Sūryaprabha
Sūryaprabha (literally "Sunlight") is a bodhisattva whose specialty is sunlight and good health. Sūryaprabha is often seen with Candraprabha, as the two siblings serve Bhaiṣajyaguru. Statues of the two closely resemble each other and are commonly found together, sometimes flanking temple doors.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Bhaiṣajyaguru, Taiyin Xingjun, Candra, Candimā Devaputta, Candraprabha, Sarvanivāraṇaviṣkambhin, Prajñāpāramitā-devi, Bhaiṣajyasamudgata, Bhaiṣajyarāja, Akṣayamati, Ushnishavijaya, Cintamanicakra, Mahāsthāmaprāpta, Manjushri, Sūrya, Rahu, Maitreya, Taras, Vajrapāṇi, Hachiman, Guan Yu, Vajrasattva, Vasudhara, Samantabhadra, Kṣitigarbha, Ākāśagarbha, Cundī, Avalokiteshvara
- allied with
- Candraprabha, Candraprabha Bodhisattva
- sibling of
- Candraprabha
- manifests as
- Taiyang Xingjun
- serves
- Bhaiṣajyaguru
- manifested by
- Taiyang Xingjun
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Sūryaprabha (literally "Sunlight", Chinese: 日光菩薩; pinyin: Rìguāng Púsà; Rōmaji: Nikkō Bosatsu) is a bodhisattva whose specialty is sunlight and good health. Sūryaprabha is often seen with Candraprabha, as the two siblings serve Bhaiṣajyaguru.”
#17399 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“A Mahāyāna figure, usually paired with Sūryaprabha (Sunlight Bodhisattva).”
#18322 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Candraprabha is a bodhisattva often seen with Sūryaprabha, as the two siblings serve Bhaiṣajyaguru. Statues of Candraprabha and Sūryaprabha closely resemble each other and are commonly found together”
#19164 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5