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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySuvarṇabhāsottama (सुवर्णभासोत्तम).—(1) also -sūtra, name of a work (our Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra); this form preferred by Nobel, p. xii, tho most Nepalese mss. read usually Suvarṇaprabhās°; in verses also Svarṇa° occurs for Suvarṇa°; and sometimes, when modifying deśanā, the name becomes °ttamā, f.: Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 2.1 (verse; Svarṇa°); 13.8; 14.2; 28.12 and 29.1 (verses; Svarṇa- °ttamā, with deśanā); etc. Note also Svarṇaprabhāsa Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 53.18 (verse); (2) m., name of a Bodhisattva: Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 120.3 (most mss. Suvarṇaprabhās°).
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