མི་འཁྲུགས་པ། | Glossary of Terms

Name of a buddha and of a series of future buddhas.

Name of a buddha.

The buddha in the eastern realm of Abhiratī. The translation of his name in this sūtra differs from the usual translations, which are either mi ’khrugs pa, mi skyod pa, or mi bskyod pa. In the higher tantras he is the head of one the five buddha families, the vajra family, in the east, and he was also well known early in the Mahāyāna sūtra tradition.

A buddha who dwells in a celestial realm in the East.

Name of a Buddha dwelling in an eastern region.

In Sanskrit, “Immovable,” the name of a tathāgata. In Surata’s next life, he returns to Abhirati, the realm of Akṣobhya.

The buddha in the eastern realm of Abhirati. Akṣobhya, who in the higher tantras is the head of one the five buddha families, the vajra family in the east, was well known early in the Mahāyāna tradition.

A buddha.

The buddha in the eastern realm, Abhirati. Akṣobhya, who in the higher tantras is the head of one the five buddha families, the vajra family in the east, was well known early in the Mahāyāna tradition.

The buddha in the eastern realm, Abhirati. Akṣobhya (Unshakable) was well known early in the Mahāyāna tradition.

The buddha in the eastern realm of Abhirati. A well-known buddha in early Mahāyāna who became the head of one of the five buddha families, the eastern vajra family, in the higher tantras.

The head of one of the five tathāgata families.

Name of a tathāgata.

The buddha in the eastern realm, Abhirati. Akṣobhya, who in the higher tantras is the head of one the five buddha families, the vajra family in the east, was well-known early in the Mahāyāna tradition.

In the Ratnaketudhāraṇī, he is one of the six “directional” tathāgatas.

A buddha.

One of the five tathāgatas.

Buddha of the universe Abhirati, presiding over the eastern direction; also prominent in tantric works as one of the five dhyāni buddhas, or tathāgatas (see Lamotte, pp. 360-362, n. 9).

The name of a buddha.

“Unmovable One.”

The buddha in the realm of Manifest Joy.

Literally “The Immovable One,” Akṣobhya is a buddha who dwells in the eastern buddha field Abhirati.

A buddha whose realm, Abhirati, lies in the eastern direction.

Name of the thus-gone one of the world system Delightful.

A buddha of the east.

One of the five tathāgatas.

One of the five buddhas; in the system followed in the CMT, he is at the center of the maṇḍala.

A tathāgata and important esoteric deity. Among the five families, he is head of the vajra family.

The tathāgata who dwells in the eastern realm of Abhirati.

One of the five primary tathāgatas, he presides over the vajra family.