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Key Term | prabhāsvaratā |
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Topic Variation | luminosity |
Hover Popup Choices | luminosity; luminous; 'od gsal; prabhāsvaratā; clear light; Luminosity |
In Tibetan Script | འོད་གསལ་ |
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | 'od gsal |
Devanagari Sanskrit Script | प्रभास्वर |
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | ösel |
Chinese Script | 光明 |
Chinese Pinyin | guāng míng |
Japanese Transliteration | kōmyō |
Korean Transliteration | kwangmyŏng |
English Standard | luminosity |
Richard Barron's English Term | sheer lucidity; utter lucidity |
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | clear light |
Dan Martin's English Term | luminosity |
Gyurme Dorje's English Term | inner radiance; luminosity |
Ives Waldo's English Term | luminous clarity |
Term Type | Noun |
Source Language | Sanskrit |
Basic Meaning | In a general sense, that which clears away darkness, though it often appears in Buddhist literature in reference to the mind or its nature. It is a particularly salient feature of Tantric literature, especially in regard to the advanced meditation techniques of the completion-stage yogas. |
Has the Sense of | Radiance, brilliance, or effulgence. |
Related Terms | Prabhāsvaracitta |
Definitions | |
Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism | See page 653: In Sanskrit, “luminous,” “resplendent”; referring to an effulgence of light and often used as a metaphor for either deep states of meditation or, especially, the nature of the mind. |