A bodhisattva in the audience of this sūtra, whose name is attested in the Vimalakīrti­nirdeśa.

A bodhisattva who resided in the Varagaṇā world of the Thus-Gone One Gaṇendra’s buddha realm, and proceeded to Bodhgayā to venerate the Buddha.

In the Kāraṇḍavyūha it is the name of both a bodhisattva and a samādhi. In this sūtra the bodhisattva is a pupil of Buddha Viśvabhū, but he is also portrayed in other sūtras receiving teaching from Śākyamuni, and is one of the sixteen bodhisattvas in the Vairocana maṇḍala.

One of the bodhisattvas attending this teaching.

The name of a bodhisattva meaning “Sky Treasury.”

One of twenty-five bodhisattvas in Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta’s retinue at the outset of this sūtra.

A bodhisattva and interlocuter in The Dharma Council.

The Sanskrit text has “gaganaṃ,” signifying this epithet of Ākāśagarbha, one of the eight great bodhisattvas, while the Tibetan uses an abbreviated form of the Tibetan translation of Ākāśagarbha, nam mkha’i snying po.

One of the sixteen great bodhisattvas. The content of the list varies from text to text.

A bodhisattva.