Candraprabha, (1) (6100)

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Candraprabha, (1)
Entry 6100, Page 224, Col. 2
(candrapraBa, candrapraBa)
Candraprabha, (1)¦ n. of a former incarnation of Śākyamuni: Divy 315.27 ff., 328.20 (hero of Divy Chap. 22); RP 23.4 (certainly the same); prob. also intended by LV 171.1; (2) n. of another incarnation of Śākyamuni, a śreṣṭhin's son: Divy 475.10 ff.; 480.3--5; (3) n. of a Bodhisattva, chief interlocutor of Buddha in Samādh: 8.1; 19.1 ff., 37; 22.1, 7; (?) perh. the same, Mvy 689; Sādh 96.1 (in these two followed by Sūryaprabha, q.v.); 114.2; Mmk 40.15; 62.11; 312.5; (v.l. for Candrapradīpa, q.v., as n. of a samādhi, referring to this Bodhisattva;) (4) n. of a yakṣa: Divy 113.22; 114.4, 6; (5) n. of a nāga- king: Māy 246.24; (6) n. of a former Buddha: Sukh 6.6; (7) n. of a mountain: Māy 253.35 (a mountain of this name appears in Skt., Kirfel, Kosm. 59; perh. the same ?); (8) m. (or nt.), a kind of gem: Mv ii.317.11. Cf. candana- prabha.