(āloka, prabhāsvara, amśu, tejas, prabhā). 'Bright light', 'radiance.' A symbol of the wisdom of a Buddha or bodhisattva. It is an expression indicating the destruction of the darkness of delusion and the manifestation of the reality-principle. It is an expression of praise of the unlimited and unimpeded light of Amitābha Buddha, where 光 is distinguished into the light of his wisdom and the light of his form. 明 is the external manifest functioning expression of this wisdom.
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āloka, prakāśa, prabhā, prabhāsvara; aṃśu, aṃśu-jāla, anubhāva, arcimat, arcis, avabhāsa, avabhāsa-prabha, ātapâloka, ābhā, ābhâvabhāsa, ābhāsvara, ālokâvabhāsa, ujjvala, uttapta, ulkā, obhāṣita, obhāsa, kara, kiraṇa, caṇda-pradyota, jyotiṣka, jyotiṣ-prabha, jyotis, jyotsnā, jvala, jvalana, jvālā, tejas, dīpta, dīpti, dyuti, nirbhāsana, prati-bhā, pratibhāsa, -prabha, prabhaṃ-kara, prabhā-raśmi, prabhāva, prabhāsa, prabhāsvaratā, bhā, bhānu, bhāsvara, mayūkha, raśami, raśmi-prabhāsa, raśmy-avabhāsa, roca, sāṃkāśya
【梵】jyotiṣmatī
【滿】eldengge
【蒙】gerel tu
【漢】光明
===(術語)自瑩謂之光,照物謂之明。有二用:一者破闇,二者現法。佛之光明者,智慧之相也。探玄記三曰:「光明亦二義:一是照闇義,二是現法義。」往生論註下曰:「佛光明,是智慧相也。」