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'''Akashagarbha''' (Skt. ''Ākāśagarbha''; Tib. ནམ་མཁའི་སྙིང་པོ་, ''Namkhé Nyingpo'' | '''Akashagarbha''' (Skt. ''Ākāśagarbha''; Tib. [[ནམ་མཁའི་སྙིང་པོ་]], ''Namkhé Nyingpo'', Wyl. ''nam mkha'i snying po'') — one of the [[eight great bodhisattvas]]. The name means 'nucleus of space.' Akashagarbha is associated with the element of space (Skt. ''aksasha'', [[ཨཱ་ཀཱ་ཤ་]], A kA sha.), as well as wisdom and knowledge similar to [[Mañjushri]]. He is often depicted as blue, yellow or green in colour and holding a sword to cut through the [[destructive emotions]]. | ||
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Akashagarbha (Skt. Ākāśagarbha; Tib. ནམ་མཁའི་སྙིང་པོ་, Namkhé Nyingpo, Wyl. nam mkha'i snying po) — one of the eight great bodhisattvas. The name means 'nucleus of space.' Akashagarbha is associated with the element of space (Skt. aksasha, ཨཱ་ཀཱ་ཤ་, A kA sha.), as well as wisdom and knowledge similar to Mañjushri. He is often depicted as blue, yellow or green in colour and holding a sword to cut through the destructive emotions.
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Further Reading
- Jamgön Mipham, A Garland of Jewels, (trans. by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso), Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2008, ISBN 978-1934608036