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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)
Buddha.korean_name
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
Hư Không Tạng Bồ Tát
Buddha.veneration
Mahāyāna, Vajrayāna

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ākāśagarbha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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