Prabhamandala, Prabhāmaṇḍala, Prabha-mandala, Prabhamamdala: 10 definitions
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Prabhāmaṇḍala (प्रभामण्डल) refers to a “brilliant halo” [?], according to the Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī by Vilāsavajra, which is a commentary on the Nāmasaṃgīti.—Accordingly, [while describing Mañjuśrī-jñānasattva]—“[Next] he should visualise himself as the fortunate one, the gnosis-being [Mañjuśrī], born from the syllable a situated in the middle of that [wisdom-] wheel [situated in the heart of the Ādibuddha]. He has six faces, is radiant like the autumn moon, with the best of sapphires in his beautiful hair, with a halo that has the brilliance (chāya-prabhāmaṇḍala) of the orb of the newly risen sun, with all the tathāgatas as [head-]ornaments, immersed in meditative concentration, seated on a variagated lotus throne, in tranquil mood, with a pair of books of the Prajñāpāramitā above blue lotuses held in his two hands”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Prabhāmaṇḍala (प्रभामण्डल).—a circle or halo of light; स्फुरत्प्रभामण्डलया चकाशे (sphuratprabhāmaṇḍalayā cakāśe) Kumārasambhava 1.24;6.4; R.3.6;14.14.
Derivable forms: prabhāmaṇḍalam (प्रभामण्डलम्).
Prabhāmaṇḍala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prabhā and maṇḍala (मण्डल).
Prabhāmaṇḍala (प्रभामण्डल).—n.
(-laṃ) A circle of light.
Prabhāmaṇḍala (प्रभामण्डल).—[neuter] circle or garland of light.
Prabhāmaṇḍala (प्रभामण्डल) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Śāstradipikāṭīkā by Yajñanārāyaṇa Dīkṣita.
Prabhāmaṇḍala (प्रभामण्डल):—[=prabhā-maṇḍala] [from prabhā > pra-bhā] n. (also la-ka n., [Kathāsaritsāgara]) a circle or crown of rays, [ib.]
Prabhāmaṇḍala (प्रभामण्डल):—(pra + ma) n. Strahlenkranz: sphuratprabhāmaṇḍalamastram [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 60. 5, 51. 15, 82.] śobhin (padmarāga) [17, 23.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 58, 48.] madhyaga [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 62, 2.] durdṛś [76, 50. 109, 73.] Vgl. śaśiprabhaṃ maṇḍalam [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 108.]
Prabhāmaṇḍala (प्रभामण्डल):——
1) n. Strahlenkranz. —
2) m. ein best. Samādhi [Kāraṇḍavyūha 51,23.]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Prabhāmaṃḍala (ಪ್ರಭಾಮಂಡಲ):—
1) [noun] a ring of light that seems to encircle the sun, moon or other luminous body, caused by the refraction of light through ice crystals in our atmosphere; halo.
2) [noun] a symbolic disk or ring of light shown around or above the head of a saint, etc., as in pictures; nimbus.
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Prabhāmaṃḍaḷa (ಪ್ರಭಾಮಂಡಳ):—[noun] = ಪ್ರಭಾಮಂಡಲ [prabhamamdala].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Prabhāmaṇḍala (प्रभामण्डल):—n. 1. halo; 2. corona;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Prabhata, Prabha, Mandala.
Starts with: Prabhamandalaka, Prabhamandalashobhin.
Full-text: Prabhamandalaka, Prabhamandalashobhin, Bhamandala, Prabha-valaya, Prabhacakra, Sphuratprabhamandala, Mahaprabhamandalavyuhajnanamudra, Prabhamandal, Shirashcakra, Yuan guang, Nimbus, Sri Yagneswara Dikshita, Yajnanarayana dikshita, Candrashekharamuti, Prabhavali, Skandha, Ekapada-Trimurti, Shastradipika.
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