Vairocana

Summary

Vairocana is a Buddha^[1]. He draws 255 Wikipedia views per month (buddha category, ranking #4 of 24).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vairocana's image is recorded as Mahavairocana.jpg^[3].
• Vairocana is recorded as male^[4].
• Vairocana's instance of is recorded as Buddha^[5].
• Vairocana's instance of is recorded as God^[6].
• Vairocana's seal image is recorded as BonjiVam.png^[7].
• Vairocana's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 55198227^[8].
• Vairocana's GND ID is recorded as 128404426^[9].
• Vairocana's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2014087168^[10].
• Vairocana's part of is recorded as Five Tathagatas^[11].
• Vairocana's part of is recorded as Eight Protectors of the Zodiac^[12].
• Vairocana's Commons category is recorded as Vairocana Buddha^[13].
• Vairocana's said to be the same as is recorded as Birushana Buddha^[14].
• Vairocana's color is recorded as white^[15].
• Vairocana's color is recorded as yellow^[16].
• Vairocana's has part is recorded as Diamond Realm Vairocana^[17].
• Vairocana's has part is recorded as Womb Realm Vairocana^[18].
• Vairocana's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02cf2m^[19].
• Vairocana's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vairocana^[20].
• Vairocana's Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts person ID is recorded as A004206^[21].
• Vairocana's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Vairocana's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Vairochana^[23].
• Vairocana's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'sa', 'text': 'वैरोचन'}^[24].
• Vairocana's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'sa-sidd', 'text': '𑖪𑖹𑖨𑖺𑖓𑖡'}^[25].
• Vairocana's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00490190^[26].
• Vairocana's FAST ID is recorded as 1744737^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Vairocana include Mahavairocana Tantra^[28], a Mahayana sutra^[29] and Mount Dainichi^[30], a mountain^[31], in Japan^[32].

Why It Matters

Vairocana draws 255 Wikipedia views per month (buddha category, ranking #4 of 24).^[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] He is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for him include Mahavairocana Tantra^[28], a Mahayana sutra^[29] and Mount Dainichi^[30], a mountain^[31], in Japan^[32].