Gunarajaprabhasa, Guṇarājaprabhāsa: 5 definitions

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Gunarajaprabhasa means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Guṇarājaprabhāsa (गुणराजप्रभास) is the name of a Bodhisattva, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Then the Bodhisattva, the great being named Guṇarājaprabhāsa came and sat down in this assembly, and said this to the bodhisatva, the great being Gaganagañja: ‘Son of good family, why do you wish to pose a question to the Tathāgata?’”.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Gunarajaprabhasa in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Guṇarājaprabhāsa (गुणराजप्रभास).—name of a Tathāgata: Lalitavistara 292.19.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Guṇarājaprabhāsa (गुणराजप्रभास):—[=guṇa-rāja-prabhāsa] [from guṇa] m. Name of a Buddha, [Lalita-vistara xx.]

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Gunarajaprabhasa in German

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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.

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