Dhyani-Buddha

Glossary

Denoting any of the five celestial and meditative Buddhas — Vairochana, Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitabha and Amoghasiddhi — it was a term coined by Brian Houghton Hodgson in the early nineteenth century. The term is not mentioned in Buddhist texts; Vajrayana and Mahayana Buddhists refer to these Buddhas as “the five Tathagatas” or “five transcendental Buddhas.”

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Dhyani-Buddha%newline%Denoting any of the five celestial and meditative Buddhas — Vairochana, Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitabha and Amoghasiddhi — it was a term coined by Brian Houghton Hodgson in the early nineteenth century. The term is not mentioned in Buddhist texts; Vajrayana and Mahayana Buddhists refer to these Buddhas as "the five Tathagatas" or "five transcendental Buddhas."

Chicago	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. “Dhyani-Buddha”. Accessed December 17, 2024. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/dhyani-buddha/
MLA	“Dhyani-Buddha.” MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/dhyani-buddha/. Accessed 17, December, 2024.
Harvard	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. (2022) Dhyani-Buddha. [Online]. Available at: https://mapacademy.io/glossary/dhyani-buddha/. (Accessed: 17, December, 2024)