Vairocana
| Vairocana | |
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A medieval Japanese painting of Vairocana of the Vajradhātu Maṇḍala forming the wisdom-fist mudra. | |
| Sanskrit | वैरोचन
Vairocana |
| Burmese | ဝေရောစန |
| Chinese | 大日如來
(Pinyin: Dàrì Rúlái) 毘盧遮那佛 (Pinyin: Pílúzhēnà Fó) |
| Japanese | 大日如来 (romaji: Dainichi Nyorai) 毘盧遮那仏 (romaji: Birushana Butsu) |
| Korean | 대일여래 大日如來(RR: Daeil Yeorae) 비로자나불 毘盧遮那佛(RR: Birojana Bul) |
| Mongolian | ᠮᠠᠰᠢᠳᠠ ᠭᠡᠢᠢᠭᠦᠯᠦᠨ ᠵᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠᠭᠴᠢ Машид гийгүүлэн зохиогч Masida geyigülün zohiyaghci ᠪᠢᠷᠦᠵᠠᠨ ᠠ᠂ ᠮᠠᠰᠢᠳᠠ ᠭᠡᠢᠢᠭᠦᠯᠦᠨ ᠵᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠᠭᠴᠢ᠂ ᠭᠡᠭᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠭᠡᠷᠡᠯᠲᠦ Бярузана, Машид Гийгүүлэн Зохиогч, Гэгээн Гэрэлт Biruzana, Masida Geyigülün Zohiyaghci, Gegegen Gereltü |
| Thai | พระไวโรจนพุทธะ (RTGS: Phra wịrocana phuthṭha) |
| Tibetan | རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད་ Wylie: rnam par snang mdzad THL: Nampar Nangdze |
| Vietnamese | Đại Nhật Như Lai 大日如來 Tỳ Lư Xá Na 毘盧遮那 Tỳ Lô Giá Na Phật 毗盧遮那佛 |
| Information | |
| Venerated by | Mahayana, Vajrayana |
| Attributes | Śūnyatā |
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Vairocana (from Sanskrit: Vi+rocana, "from the sun" or "belonging to the sun", "Solar", or "Shining"), also known as Mahāvairocana (Great Vairocana), is a major Buddha from Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. Vairocana is often interpreted, in texts like the Avatamsaka Sutra, as the Dharmakāya of the historical Gautama Buddha.
In East Asian Buddhism (Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese Buddhism), Vairocana is also seen as the dharmakāya (the supreme buddha-body, the body of ultimate reality), and the embodiment of the Buddhist concept of wisdom and purity. Mahāvairocana is often translated into East Asian languages as "Great Sun Buddha" (Chinese: 大日如來, pinyin: Dàrì Rúlái, Japanese: Dainichi Nyorai). In the conception of the Five Jinas of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, Vairocana is at the centre and is often considered a Primordial Buddha. In East Asian esoteric Buddhism, Mahāvairocana is considered to be a Cosmic Buddha whose body is the entire cosmos, the absolute reality Dharmadhātu.
Vairocana is not to be confused with Vairocana Mahabali, son of the asura Virochana, a character in the Yoga Vasistha. Vairocana Buddha is also not to be confused with another Buddha that appears in some Mahayana sources called "Rocana".