• སངས་རྒྱས་ཀྱི་མཐུ།
  • sangs rgyas kyi mthu
  • anubhāva
  • Term
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  • majestic power
  • སངས་རྒྱས་ཀྱི་མཐུ།
  • sangs rgyas kyi mthu
  • anubhāva
Definition in this text:

Specifically that of the Buddha, in most instances of the term, but used more generally, too, of the sun and the moon, as well as various beings in the phrase “great superhuman power and great majestic power” (mahārddhiko mahānubhāvaḥ). The term has the sense of the power that comes from the mere presence or nature of the thing, something like the classical sense of the term charisma.