Sarvaprabhavavairocana, Sarvaprabhāvavairocana, Sarvaprabhava-vairocana: 1 definition

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Sarvaprabhavavairocana means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Sarvaprabhavavairochana.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Sarvaprabhavavairocana in Mahayana glossary
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Sarvaprabhāvavairocana (सर्वप्रभाववैरोचन) is the name of a lotus flower, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] Then the Bodhisattva Āśupratibhāna made a wish: ‘I have seen a lotus flower called Sarvaprabhāvavairocana in the Padmavyūha universe of the Tathāgata Śrīratnotpala. It would be one krośa wide, consisting of hundred koṭis of young and tender petals, is pleasant to touch like soft cloth, has a fragrance that fills up the Buddha-fields, and has many hundred thousand colors. When the Bodhisattvas see this lotus flower, they are in rapture and unable to take their eyes off it. By seeing the lotus flower and by smelling its fragrance, the Bodhisattvas attain concentration. Please pour down the rain of such lotus flowers on us’ [...]”.

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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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