Akṣobhya (English spelling) Aksobhya

Japanese: Akṣobhya(英語表記)Aksobhya
Akṣobhya (English spelling) Aksobhya

…A Buddha conceived in the early days of Mahayana Buddhism. A transliteration of the Sanskrit Akṣobhya (meaning "non-anger"). According to the Akṣobhya Sutra, translated in Chinese in 147, in a past life, a monk heard the sermon of Mahavairocana in Abhirati, a land of joy in the east, made a bodhisattva vow, vowed to be non-angerful, and received a prophecy from Mahavairocana that he would become an Akṣobhya.

*Some of the glossaries that mention "Akṣobhya" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…大乗仏教の初期に考えだされた仏。サンスクリットAkṣobhya(〈不瞋恚(ふしんい)〉の意)の音訳。147年漢訳の《阿閦仏国経》によると,過去世に一比丘が東方の妙喜国Abhiratiにおいて大日如来の説法をきき,菩薩の誓願をおこし,不瞋恚の誓いをたて,大日如来から〈阿閦仏となるべし〉との予言をうけた。…

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