Digital Dictionary of Buddhism

DDB Top Page 
 
 
  XML source

大明白身菩薩

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: Gaurīmahāvidyā Bodhisattva

Senses:

  • A figure in the Court of the Lotus Division 蓮華部院 in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala 胎藏界曼荼羅. White-yellow in color. In the left hand a blossomed lotus and the right hand in the wish-granting mudrā 與願印. Seated on a red lotus. The blossomed lotus represents the future minds of beings free of defilements. Although seated to the right (or west) of Tārā Bodhisattva 多羅菩薩, the Mahāvairocana-sūtra 大日經 (T 848) states this is to be Pāṇḍaravāsinī Bodhisattva 白處尊菩薩. Seed syllable: sa. Mudrā: lotus añjali 蓮華合掌. Mantra: namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ kṣaḥ ḍaḥ ra yaṃ kaṃ svāhā. Abbreviated as 白身菩薩.

    References:

    Somekawa, Eisuke, Michihiko Komine, Tenyū Koyama, Hisao Takahashi, and Takayuki Hirosawa. 1993. Mandara zuten曼荼羅図典 . Tokyo:  Daihōrinkaku.

    (Skt. gaurīmahā-vidya-sattva). 〔胎藏金剛教法名號 T 864B.18.203c25〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]
  • Search SAT
  • Search INBUDS Database

    • Feedback

    [Dictionary References]

    Fo Guang Dictionary 798

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3446c

    Copyright provisions

    The rights to textual segments (nodes) of the DDB are owned by the author indicated in the brackets next to each segment. For rights regarding the compilation as a whole, please contact Charles Muller. Please do not reproduce without permission. And please do not copy into Wikipedia without proper citation!

    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2016-06-26