The Sanskrit term Śaśāṅkaprabha can be transliterated into English as Sasankaprabha or Shashankaprabha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)

Śaśāṅkaprabha (शशाङ्कप्रभ) refers to “radiant like the moon”, 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 (śarat-śaśāṅkaprabha), with the best of sapphires in his beautiful hair, with a halo that has the brilliance 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”.

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Prabha, Shashanka.

Full-text: Shashanka, Sarat.

Relevant text

No search results for Shashankaprabha, Śaśāṅkaprabha, Śaśāṅka-prabha, Shashanka-prabha, Sasankaprabha, Sasanka-prabha; (plurals include: Shashankaprabhas, Śaśāṅkaprabhas, prabhas, Sasankaprabhas) in any book or story.