| Key Term |
prabhāsvaratā |
| Topic Variation |
luminosity |
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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. |