Ākāśagarbha
Also known as Boundless Space Treasury
Ākāśagarbha (, Standard Tibetan: ''Namkha'i Nyingpo) is a bodhisattva in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Buddhism who is associated with the great element (mahābhūta) of space (ākāśa'').
Key facts
- Buddha.name
- Ākāśagarbha
- Buddha.image
- Kokuzo Bosatsu (Akasagarbha) - Google Art Project.jpg
- Buddha.caption
- Painting of Ākāśagarbha, Japan, 13th century
- Buddha.sanskrit_name
- आकाशगर्भ Ākāśagarbhaगगनगञ्जGaganagañja
- Buddha.chinese_name
- (Traditional)虛空藏菩薩(Simplified)虚空藏菩萨 (Pinyin: Xūkōngzàng Púsà)
- Buddha.japanese_name
- (romaji: Kokūzō Bosatsu)
- Buddha.khmer_name
- អាកាសគភ៌(aa-kas-sak-koa)
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- 허공장보살 (RR: Heogongjang Bosal)
- Buddha.tagalog_name
- Akasagarbha
- Buddha.thai_name
- พระอากาศครรภโพธิสัตว์
- Buddha.tibetan_name
- ནམ་མཁའི་སྙིང་པོ་Wylie:nam mkha'i snying poTHL: Namkhé Nyingpo
- Buddha.vietnamese_name
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Sutras
- Five Great Ākāśagarbhas
- Mantras
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Ākāśagarbha (, Standard Tibetan: ''Namkha'i Nyingpo) is a bodhisattva in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Buddhism who is associated with the great element (mahābhūta) of space (ākāśa).
==Overview== Ākāśagarbha is regarded as one of the eight great bodhisattvas. His name can be translated as "boundless space treasury" or "void store" as his wisdom is said to be boundless as space itself. He is sometimes known as the twin brother of the "earth store" bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha, and is even briefly mentioned in the Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra.