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प्रभंकर (prabhaMkara)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
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prabhaṃkara, in vss (m.c.) prabhakara, once prabhāṃkara (cf. Skt. and BHS prabhākara, in Skt. said of sun and moon
= Pali pabhaṃkara, often ep. of Buddha
MIndic aṃ for āṃ),
(1) light-making, light-maker: candrāditya prabhaṃkarā prabhakarā khadyotake no name LV 〔120.11〕 (vs), the moon and sun, makers of light, O maker of light (Buddha) ! would not bow down to a firefly
prabhāṃkaro Mv 〔i.296.11〕, of the moon
fig., (sarve ca te, sc. sattvāḥ, human beings …) prabhaṃkarā bhontu paraspareṇa Suv 〔40.11〕 (vs), shall give light (i.e. help, or spiritual illumination) to one another
esp. (as in Pali) ep. of Buddhas, SP 〔301.4〕
LV 〔363.9〕
〔424.2〕
〔438.1〕 (prajñājñāna-°raḥ)
Mv 〔i.232.19〕 (vs
text prabhaṃkaraṃ, v.l. prabhak°, better metr.
of Dīpaṃkara)
〔ii.353.2〕 = 〔iii.277.5〕
〔ii.389.5〕
RP 〔5.7〕
Sukh 〔74.1〕
Gv 〔391.26〕
as name of a supernatural ray emitted by Bodhisattvas, Śikṣ 〔334.1〕
(2) n. of two former Buddhas: Mv 〔i.136.17〕
〔iii.231.4〕
(3) n. of two yakṣas: Māy 〔34〕
〔77〕. Cf. niṣprabhaṃkara.