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# Sorrowless Eminent Splendour (Skt. ''Aśokottamaśrī''; Wyl. ''mya ngan med mchog dpal'')
# Sorrowless Eminent Splendour (Skt. ''Aśokottamaśrī''; Wyl. ''mya ngan med mchog dpal'')
# Flawless Pure Gold, Jewel Light, Master of Courageous Conduct (Skt. ''Suvarṇabhadravimalaratnaprabhāsavrata''; Wyl. ''gser bzang dri med rin chen snang brtul zhugs pa'')
# Flawless Pure Gold, Jewel Light, Master of Courageous Conduct (Skt. ''Suvarṇabhadravimalaratnaprabhāsavrata''; Wyl. ''gser bzang dri med rin chen snang brtul zhugs pa'')
# Jewel, Moon and Lotus Adorned King of Intelligence, Brilliance and Eloquence (Skt. ''Ratnacandrapadmapratimaṇḍitapaṇḍitatejagīrghoṣarāja''; Wyl. ''rin po che dang zla ba dang padmas rab tu brgyan pa mkhas pa gzi brjid sgra dbyangs kyi rgyal po'')
# Jewel, Moon and Lotus Adorned King of Intelligence, Brilliance and Eloquence (Skt. ''Ratnacandrapadmapratimaṇḍitapaṇḍitatejasvaraghoṣarāja''; Wyl. ''rin po che dang zla ba dang padmas rab tu brgyan pa mkhas pa gzi brjid sgra dbyangs kyi rgyal po'')
# Renowned King of Splendour (Skt. ''Suparikīrtitanāmaśrīrāja''; Wyl. ''mtshan legs yongs grags dpal gyi rgyal po'')
# Renowned King of Splendour (Skt. ''Suparikīrtitanāmaśrīrāja''; Wyl. ''mtshan legs yongs grags dpal gyi rgyal po'')



Revision as of 12:53, 21 August 2018

The Eight Lords of Physicians (Wyl. sman bla brgyad) aka Eight Sugatas who are Lords of Physicians (Wyl. sman bla bde gshegs brgyad) aka Eight Sugata-Brothers who are Lords of Physicians (Wyl. sman bla bde gshegs mched brgyad) aka Eight Brothers who are Lords of Physicians (Wyl. sman bla mched brgyad) — a set of Eight ‘Medicine Buddhas’ appearing in two Kriya Tantra texts[1]. They are:

  1. Shakyamuni (Skt. Śākyamuni; Wyl. shAkya thub pa)
  2. Lord of Physicians, Radiant Lapis Lazuli King aka the 'Buddha of Medicine' (Skt. Bhaiṣajyaguru-Vaiḍūryaprabhārāja; Wyl. sman gyi bla bai dū rya’i ’od kyi rgyal po)
  3. King of Insight, Playful Dharma Ocean of Higher Knowledge (Skt. Dharmasāgarāgramativikrīḍitābhijñārāja; Wyl. chos rgya mtsho mchog gi blos rnam par rol bar mngon par mkhyen pa’i rgyal po)
  4. Dharma Expounding Melodious Ocean (Skt. Dharmakīrtisāgaraghoṣa; Wyl. chos sgrags rgya mtsho’i dbyang)
  5. Sorrowless Eminent Splendour (Skt. Aśokottamaśrī; Wyl. mya ngan med mchog dpal)
  6. Flawless Pure Gold, Jewel Light, Master of Courageous Conduct (Skt. Suvarṇabhadravimalaratnaprabhāsavrata; Wyl. gser bzang dri med rin chen snang brtul zhugs pa)
  7. Jewel, Moon and Lotus Adorned King of Intelligence, Brilliance and Eloquence (Skt. Ratnacandrapadmapratimaṇḍitapaṇḍitatejasvaraghoṣarāja; Wyl. rin po che dang zla ba dang padmas rab tu brgyan pa mkhas pa gzi brjid sgra dbyangs kyi rgyal po)
  8. Renowned King of Splendour (Skt. Suparikīrtitanāmaśrīrāja; Wyl. mtshan legs yongs grags dpal gyi rgyal po)

References

  1. The Sūtra Describing in Full the Specific Previous Vows of the Seven Tathāgatas (D 503, Skt. sapta-tathāgata-pūrva-praṇi­dhāna-viśeṣa-vistāra-sūtra; Wyl. phags pa de bzhin gshegs pa bdun gyi sngon gyi smon lam gyi khyad par rgyas pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo) and The Incantation of Vaiḍūrya-prabhā (D 505, Skt. tathāgata-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-nāma-balādhāna-samādhi-dhāraṇī; Wyl. bai DUr+ya'i 'od gyi gzungs)