A thus-gone one to whom the Bodhisattva felt devotion in a past life.

Vairocana (Brilliance of the Sun) is a buddha who inhabits the buddhafield Suprabhā.

A buddha.

In the Ratnaketudhāraṇī, he is one of the six “directional” tathāgatas; also, one of the future buddhas.

“Completely Illuminating.” A buddha.

Chief of one of the five families of buddhas.

Vairocana is a buddha who inhabits a buddhafield. This buddhafield is specifically said to be Suprabhā in Toh 44-37 and Toh 104. He also appears in Toh 44-37 with the name Vairocanagarbha.

A future buddha.

A sambhogakāya buddha personifying (in the systems taught in the Sampuṭodbhava) the true nature of the aggregate of form.

One of the five buddhas; in the system followed in the CMT, he is in the eastern quarter of the maṇḍala.

The name of a tathāgata. Vairocana is the tathāgata at the head of the tathāgata family among the five families.

The name Vairocana, literally, “solar,” is used in some important Mahāyāna sūtras such as The Stem Array (UT22084-037-007-7246) and The Ten Bhūmis (UT22084-036-002-1921) as an epithet for the Buddha Śākyamuni. As a distinct tathāgata, Vairocana presides over the tathāgata family among the five buddha families.

The name of a tathāgata. Vairocana is the tathāgata at the head of the tathāgata family among the five families.

The name of a tathāgata. Vairocana is the tathāgata at the head of the tathāgata family among the five families.

The name of a buddha. Vairocana is the tathāgata at the head of the tathāgata family among the five families.

The name of a buddha. Vairocana is the tathāgata at the head of the tathāgata family among the five families.

The name of a buddha. Vairocana is the tathāgata at the head of the tathāgata family among the five families.

The name of a buddha. Vairocana is the tathāgata at the head of the tathāgata family among the five families.

Chief of one of the five families of buddhas.

One of the tathāgatas.

One of the five primary tathāgatas, he presides over the tathāgata family.

The name of a buddha. He is of special importance in the Yoga Tantras, and is at the head of the tathāgata family among the five tathāgata families.