Apamanaprabha, Apamāṇaprabhā, Apamana-prabha: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraApamāṇaprabhā (अपमाणप्रभा) refers to the “immense brilliance” of the Buddha, as opposed to his “usual light” (prakṛtiprabhā), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XIV).—When a person sees a god, his eyes are blinded because the greater the outer light, the more the eye contracts. It is to people of keen faculties (tīkṣnendriya) and eminent merit (gurupuṇya) that the Buddha shows his immense brilliance (apamāṇaprabhā).
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.
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