Varaprabha: 3 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Varaprabha (वरप्रभ).—(1) name of a Bodhisattva, previous in-carnation of Mañjuśrī: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 21.18 ff., 22.9 ff.; 25.4 ff.; (2) name of a former Buddha: Sukhāvatīvyūha 5.16.

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

1) Varaprabha (वरप्रभ):—[=vara-prabha] [from vara] mf(ā)n. having excellent brightness

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Bodhisattva, [Buddhist literature]

[Sanskrit to German]

Varaprabha 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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