Ākāśagarbha
Ākāśagarbha, meaning "Space Source," is also known as Gaganagañja and is associated with the space element (ākāśa). He is one of the "Eight Close Sons" of Shakyamuni Buddha's entourage. In East Asian Buddhism, he is known as Akasagarbha.
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When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambin, Śākyamuni Buddha, Lokastotrapūjā-nātha, Cundī, Sūryaprabha, Candraprabha, Sarvanivāraṇaviṣkambhin, Prajñāpāramitā-devi, Bhaiṣajyasamudgata, Bhaiṣajyarāja, Akṣayamati, Ushnishavijaya, Cintamanicakra, Mahāsthāmaprāpta, Maitreya, Vajrapāṇi, Manjushri, Samantabhadra, Kṣitigarbha, Taras, Hachiman, Guan Yu, Vajrasattva, Vasudhara, Avalokiteshvara
- syncretized with
- Vilambā
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Kṣitigarbha (Sanskrit: क्षितिगर्भ, Tibetan:སའི་སྙིང་པོ / ས་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ, “Essence of the Earth”) is counted among the Eight Great Bodhisattvas (byang chub sems dpa’ chen po brgyad), together with Mañjuśrī, Avalokiteśvara, Vajrapāṇi, Samantabhadra, Ākāśagarbha, Maitreya and Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambin.”
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“Ākāśagarbha ("Space Source") also known as Gaganagañja, associated with the space element (ākāśa).”
#22055 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In some interpretations, she is also equated with Ākāśagarbha, the bodhisattva associated with the great element (mahābhūta) of space (ākāśa).”
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