Vyamaprabha, Vyāmaprabhā, Vyama-prabha: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVyāmaprabhā (व्यामप्रभा).—sg. or pl. (= Pali byāmappabhā), and (adj. [bahuvrīhi]) °bha, (having) a halo extending a fathom (around the Buddha): °bhā niścaretsuḥ Mahāvastu ii.44.20; (Bhagavantaṃ…) °bhālaṃkṛtaṃ Divyāvadāna 46.29; 72.9; Avadāna-śataka i.3.7 etc. (mss. often vyoma°, see Speyer, ii.cix); vyāma- prabhojjvalamuñcitaraśmiṃ Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 49.1 (verse; most mss. vyoma°); °bhayā…lokaṃ sphuritvā tiṣṭhanti Sukhāvatīvyūha 29.6; adj., (Śākyamuni…) °bho (mss. vyoma°) Mahāvastu i.111.6; (Bodhisattvasya…) °bha-tā Lalitavistara 270.18 (some mss. vyo- ma°), state of having…
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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Partial matches: Vyama, Prabha.
Starts with: Vyamaprabhasa.
Full-text: Prakritiprabha.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Act 3: The Buddha illuminates by means of his usual light < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]
I. Apparent longevity of the buddhas < [Part 16 - Obtaining the immense longevity and immense radiance of the Buddhas]
II. Levitation < [Part 10 - Looking in the manner of the elephant, etc.]