འཇམ་དཔལ་གཞོན་ནུར་གྱུར་པ། | Glossary of Terms

A famous bodhisattva said in this text to reside in the world system of Padmavatī, the buddhafield of the Buddha Samantakusuma.

Here the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī resides at a place called Mountain of Meadows.

A great bodhisattva, one of the eight “close sons” of the Buddha, the embodiment of wisdom.

Also called here “Mañjusvara” and “Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta.”

Also known here as Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta, Mañjughoṣa or Pañcaśikha.

One of the bodhisattvas in the retinue of the Buddha.

See “Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta.”

Also rendered here as “Mañjuśrī Kumāra­bhūta.”

In this text, he is one of the main interlocutors of the Buddha.

One of the eight “close sons” of the Buddha, the embodiment of insight (prajñā). In Tibetan tradition he is known as rgyal ba’i yab gcig, the “sole father of buddhas,” as he inspires them in their realization of the profound. He is represented as bearing the sword of insight in his right hand and a volume of the Prajñā­pāramitā­sūtra in his left.

The eternally youthful crown prince (kumārabhūta), so called because of his special identification with the Prajñā­pāramitā, or Transcendence of Wisdom. He is the only member of the Buddha’s retinue who volunteers to visit Vimalakīrti, and he serves as Vimalakīrti’s principal interlocutor throughout the sūtra. Traditionally regarded as the wisest of bodhisattvas, in Tibetan tradition he is known as rgyal ba’i yab gcig, the “sole father of buddhas,” as he inspires them in their realization of the profound. He is represented as bearing the sword of wisdom in his right hand and a volume of the Prajñā­pāramitā­sūtra in his left. He is always youthful in appearance, like a boy of sixteen.

Also known as Mañjuśrī­kumāra­bhūta.

Also called here Mañjuśrī­kumāra­bhūta, literally “Youthful Mañjuśrī.”

Also known here as Youthful Mañjuśrī.

Also rendered here as Mañjuśrī­kumāra­bhūta.

He is also known here as Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta.

Also called Mañjuśrī­kumāra­bhūta and Mañjughoṣa in this sūtra.

Also rendered here as Mañjuśrī­kumāra­bhūta.

Also called here “Mañjuśrī­kumāra­bhūta.”

The deified bodhisattva of wisdom; one of the original sixteen bodhisattvas.

Also known here as Mañjuśrīkumārabhūta.

See “Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta.”

See “Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta.”

Also called here Youthful Mañjuśrī.

Another name for the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī, it means in full “the youthful Mañjuśrī.”

The bodhisattva who is considered the embodiment of wisdom, with the additional honorific title for a young man, since he is perennially youthful.

“Mañjuśrī the ever youthful,” a common epithet of Mañjuśrī.

“Mañjuśrī who takes the form of a youth,” an epithet by which the bodhisattva is often referred.

See “Mañjuśrī.”

One of the names of the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī which means, “the youthful Mañjuśrī.”

An alternate name for Mañjuśrī that includes the epithet “youthful” (kumārabhūta).

An alternative name for Mañjuśrī, meaning, "youthful Mañjuśrī."

See “Mañjuśrī.”

See “Mañjuśrī.”

See “Mañjuśrī.”

A common term of address for the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī. See “Mañjuśrī.”

See “Mañjuśrī.”

An epithet of Mañjuśrī, the “Ever-Youthful.”

The bodhisattva who is considered the embodiment of wisdom, with the additional honorific title for a young man. Also rendered here as “Mañjusvara” and “Mañjuśrī.”

See “Mañjuśrī.”

Also rendered here as “Mañjuśrī.”

Literally “Youthful Mañjuśrī.” See “Mañjuśrī.”

An epithet of Mañjuśrī, the “Ever-Youthful.”

See “Mañjuśrī.”

“The Ever-Youthful Mañjuśrī,” or “Youthful Gentle Splendor,” an epithet of Mañjuśrī, the bodhisattva of wisdom and one of the Buddha’s principal interlocutors in many sūtras.

Evolved from the gandharva Pañcaśikha in early Buddhism, which remains one of Mañjuśrī’s alternate names. Pañcaśikha was a gandharva who lived on a five-peaked mountain, and who brought the Buddha information on what was occuring in the paradises. Mañjuśrī is the first prominent bodhisattva after Maitreya in the early Mahāyāna sūtras, where he is known as Mañjughoṣa (“Having a Beautiful Voice”). He came to embody wisdom, and became one of the eight great bodhisattvas. In the early tantras he was the lord of one of the three buddha families. In the Sanskrit version of the sūtra, Kumārabhūta is a separate word rather than a compound with his proper name. This means that it could be the second of his names, and it is glossed as meaning “always young.” Alternatively it could be treated simply as an adjective, as in “the youth Manjuśrī.”

Evolved from the gandharva Pañcaśikha in early Buddhism, which remains one of Mañjuśrī’s alternate names. Pañcaśikha was a gandharva who lived on a five-peaked mountain, and who brought the Buddha information on what was occuring in the paradises. Mañjuśrī is the first prominent bodhisattva after Maitreya in the early Mahāyāna sūtras, where he is known as Mañjughoṣa (“Having a Beautiful Voice”). He came to embody wisdom, and became one of the eight great bodhisattvas. In the early tantras he was the lord of one of the three buddha families. In the Sanskrit version of the sūtra, Kumārabhūta is a separate word rather than a compound with his proper name. This means that it could be the second of his names, and it is glossed as meaning “always young.” Alternatively it could be treated simply as an adjective, as in “the youth Manjuśrī.”

See “Mañjuśrī.”

See “Mañjuśrī.”

An epithet for the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī, as he appears always youthful, like a prince of sixteen. See “Mañjuśrī.”

Mañjuśrī who takes the form of a youth, an epithet by which the well-known bodhisattva is often referred.

See “Mañjuśrī.”

See “Mañjuśrī.”

Mañjuśrī who takes the form of a youth, an epithet by which the well-known bodhisattva is often referred. He is considered to be the embodiment of the transcendent perfection of insight and is portrayed wielding a sword in his right hand that cuts through delusion and a volume of the Prajñā­pāramitā­sūtra in his left that contains teachings on transcendent insight.

Bodhisattva of wisdom and one of the Buddha’s principal interlocutors in many sūtras.

A term of address for the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī.

See “Mañjuśrī.”