Vairocana

Japanese: Vairocana
Vairocana

…The Buddha with the strongest pantheistic coloring in Mahayana Buddhism, who attributes light. It is a transliteration of the Sanskrit Vairocana, the prefix vai-means "wide," and the root of lochana, ruc, means "to illuminate." It is abbreviated to Vairocana, and is called Kōmyōhenshō in free translation. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Vairocana" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…大乗仏教のなかでも最も汎神論的色彩の濃い,光明を属性とする仏。サンスクリットのバイローチャナVairocanaの音訳で,前接辞バイvai‐は〈広く〉の意,ローチャナの語根ルチrucは〈照らす〉の意である。略して盧遮那(るしやな)仏,意訳して光明遍照と呼ばれる。…

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