Prabhavyuha, Prabhāvyūha: 5 definitions
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā1) Prabhāvyūha (प्रभाव्यूह) refers to the “splendor of light”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Bodhisattva Gaganagañja explains to Bodhisattva Ratnaśrī what kind of concentration should be purified: “[...] (19) [when the Bodhisattvas attain] the concentration called ‘Splendor of light’ (prabhāvyūha-samādhi), all Buddha-fields will appear. (20) [when the Bodhisattvas attain] the concentration called ‘Performing duties’, attachment and anger will be eliminated; [...]”.
2) Prabhāvyūha (प्रभाव्यूह) is the name of a Brahmā, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā.—Accordingly, “At that time, the Brahmā Prabhāvyūha, being surrounded (parivṛta) and followed by sixty-eight hundred thousand Brahmās, teleported from the world of Brahmā (brahmaloka) to the presence of the Lord, bowed down at his feet, circumambulated him three times (tri-pradakṣiṇī-kṛtya), and sat down on a side. [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPrabhāvyūha (प्रभाव्यूह).—apparently name of one of the Ābhāsvara (q.v.) gods: Lalitavistara 44.12 prabhāvyūhābhāsvaraś ca (so Lefm., mss. vary, one ms. prabhāvyūhaś cābhā° which may be correct); in a list of classes of gods and individual repre- sentatives of some of them.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrabhāvyūha (प्रभाव्यूह):—[=prabhā-vyūha] [from prabhā > pra-bhā] m. Name of a, [Buddhist literature] deity, [Lalita-vistara]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Prabha, Vyuha.
Ends with: Vairocanaprabhavyuha, Vairochanaprabhavyuha.
Full-text (+41): Pramunca, Mulapada, Brahmaloka, Pujakarmana, Pradakshini, Gamana, Adhicitta, Nirihara, Pratisamkhyana, Avaropita, Akhandashila, Buddhadarshana, Dharmanirhara, Akhanda, Adveshasvabhava, Advesha, Adhishila, Adhiprajna, Ragasvabhava, Pancabala.
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