Vimalaprabhanantarashmiraja, Vimalaprabhānantaraśmirāja, Vimalaprabhananta-rashmiraja: 1 definition

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Vimalaprabhanantarashmiraja 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.

The Sanskrit term Vimalaprabhānantaraśmirāja can be transliterated into English as Vimalaprabhanantarasmiraja or Vimalaprabhanantarashmiraja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Vimalaprabhānantaraśmirāja (विमलप्रभानन्तरश्मिराज) is the name of a Tathāgata, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as the Lord said to the Bodhisattva Ratnaśrī: “Once, son of good family, long ago, countless aeons ago, long and very long before, at that time, the Tathāgata Vimalaprabhānantaraśmirāja, worthy of offerings, the perfectly awakened one, perfect in wisdom and conduct, a Sugata, a knower of the world, a charioteer of human beings to be tamed, unsurpassable, a teacher of gods and men, a Buddha, a blessed one appeared in the aeon called Guṇaprabha, in the universe called Kāyabandhana [...]”.

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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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