प्रभास्वरता prabhāsvaratā
luminosity
འོད་གསལ་
'od gsal
光明
guāng míng
Sanskrit - Noun
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Basic Meaning
In a general sense, that which clears away darkness, though it often appears in Buddhist literature in reference to the mind or its nature. It is a particularly salient feature of Tantric literature, especially in regard to the advanced meditation techniques of the completion-stage yogas.
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Has the sense of
Radiance, brilliance, or effulgence.
In other languages
Tibetan
འོད་གསལ་
'od gsal
ösel
Sanskrit
प्रभास्वरता
prabhāsvaratā
Chinese
光明
guāng míng
Japanese
kōmyō
Korean
kwangmyŏng
How translators render it
luminosityBuddha-nature Standard, Dan Martin, Gyurme Dorje
sheer lucidityRichard Barron
utter lucidityRichard Barron
clear lightJeffrey Hopkins
inner radianceGyurme Dorje
luminous clarityIves Waldo
In the dictionaries
Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism
See page 653: In Sanskrit, “luminous,” “resplendent”; referring to an effulgence of light and often used as a metaphor for either deep states of meditation or, especially, the nature of the mind.
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