Prabhāsvaratā

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Key Term	prabhāsvaratā
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.