84000 Glossary of Terms

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སྣང་བ། | Glossary of Terms

  • གསལ་མཛད།

  • སྣང་བ།
  • snang ba
  • gsal mdzad
  • roca
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  • Roca
  • སྣང་བ།
  • snang ba
  • roca
Definition in this text:

The last buddha of the Bhadra kalpa, which according to The White Lotus of Compassion Sūtra (Toh 111, Mahā­karuṇā­puṇḍarīka­sūtra, where it was translated as gsal mdzad) is the thousand-and-fifth buddha. The Buddha Ratnagarbha prophesied that the youngest of the thousand Vedapāṭhaka pupils of Brahmin Samudrarenu would be the Buddha Roca. In present times it is most commonly translated as mos pa.

  • Roca
  • གསལ་མཛད།
  • gsal mdzad
  • roca
Definition in this text:

The last buddha of the Bhadraka eon, which according to The White Lotus of Compassion Sūtra is the 1,005th buddha. The Buddha Ratnagarbha prophesied that the youngest of the thousand Veda-reciting pupils of the brahmin Samudrareṇu would be the Buddha Roca.