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Samantaprabha, Գٲ, Samanta-prabha: 7 definitions

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Samantaprabha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Samantaprabha in Tibetan Buddhism glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Samantaprabha (समन्तप्र�) is the name of a Pratyekabuddha mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Samantaprabha).

: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Գٲ (समन्तप्रभा) or Գٲū refers to one of twelve Bhūmi Goddesses, as commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—Her Colour is red; her Symbol is an image of Amitābha; she has two arms.

Գٲ is described in the Niṣpannayogāvalī (󲹰ٳܱ岵īś-ṇḍ) as follows:�

“Գٲ� is of the colour of the sun at noon, and holds in her left hand the image of Amitābha Buddha which indicates Perfect Enlightenment�.

[These twelve ū [viz., Գٲ] are two-armed and hold in the right hand the vajra and in the left their own weapons or signs.]

: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Գٲ (समन्तप्रभा) refers to the “universal splendor�, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: [while explaining the speech circle ()]: “[...] [Every] goddess on this circle inherently has the nature of wisdom and means They are taught in the Catuṣpīṭhatantra, consisting of 12,000 [stanzas]: [they are equivalent to] Jñānaḍākinī and others. [This is] the doctrine of the goddesses starting with Pūjā. [This circle is declared] to be the ī (“village border�) site: In this way, [the goddesses are of] the Universal Splendor Level (Գٲ-ū) [ityevaṃūśca Գٲ]. [...]�

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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 (Բ) are collected indepently.

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General definition (in Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Samantaprabha in Buddhism glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Գٲ (समन्तप्रभा) refers to “all-round light� and represents the eleventh of the “thirteen stages of the Bodhisattva� (ū) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 65). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., Գٲ). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Samantaprabha in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Samantaprabha (समन्तप्र�).�(1) name of a Buddha: Ҳṇḍū 284.11, and see s.v. Գٲsa; (2) name of a Bodhisattva: [Page563-a+ 71] Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 707; ṣṭ貹ṛc 1.12; (3) m., a kind of flower: Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 6191.

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Գٲ (समन्तप्रभा).—name of an eleventh (Bodhisattva-) ū, one of three added to the usual ten, according to Dhar- mas 65.

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

1) Samantaprabha (समन्तप्र�):—[=sam-anta-prabha] [from sam-anta] m. a kind of flower, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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