84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཐུབ་པ་བརྒྱད་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཐུབ་པ་བརྒྱད་པ།

  • thub pa brgyad pa
  • aṣṭamuni
  • Term
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  • eight sages
  • ཐུབ་པ་བརྒྱད་པ།
  • thub pa brgyad pa
  • aṣṭamuni
Definition in this text:

This is most likely a reference to the eight buddhas mentioned in the Kriyātantras, such as the Mañjuśrī­mūla­kalpa (4.77). They are Ratnaśikhin, Saṃkusumitarājendra, Śālendrarāja, Sunetra, Duḥprasaha, Vairocana, Bhaiṣajyavaidūryarāja, and Rājendra.