Suvarnavabhasa,
i.e. the ‘Golden One’,
is the Sanskrit
name of an incarnation of the
Buddha
in the form of a golden
peacock
(mayura)
king, who lived near the
Himalayas and who used to recite
the
Mahamayuri
dharani daily with great devotion. It
tops a
large
brass stand
(fig.)
used to as an oil lamp or to hold small clay oil lamps (fig.)
called
dipa, inside a
Hindu temple in
Kuala Lumpur.
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