Digital Dictionary of Buddhism

DDB Top Page 
 
 
  XML source

廣博身如來

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: Vipulakāya-tathāgata

Senses:

  • Another name for Mahāvairocana-tathāgata 大日如來.His body is vast in size, and able to include all aspects of the reality-realm.. He is one of the five wisdom tathāgatas 五智如來 who appears at the feeding of the hungry ghosts. He manifests the Dharma-world wisdom. 〔瑜伽集要焰口施食儀〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • Search SAT
  • Search INBUDS Database

    • Feedback

    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 307

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 401b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 退轉輪經

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1270a,1914a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 324-2

    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: 2007-06-01