Lokeshvara
(LokeSvara), Skt., lit. “lord of the world”; name of a buddha and of - Avalokiteshvara.
In Cambodia Lokeshvara is considered the embodiment of the supreme principle of the world and as incarnated in the ruler.
Lokeshvararaja(Lokesvararaja), Skt., roughly “king of the world”, buddha of a previous age before whom - Amitabha in one of his lives took forty eight vows to become a buddha. Lokottara Skt. (Pali, lokuttara), roughly “su- pramundane”; all that is connected with the path to liberation or that is directed toward the attainment of nirvana is regarded as supramundane.
In particular lokottara is a designation for the individual stages of the “supramundane path” ( - »arya-marga), i. e., the path and fruit of stream-entry ( - »shrota-apanna), of once-returning ( - ’ sakridagamin), never-returning ( anagamiri), and of arhatship ( - arhat, - nirvana).
In the - Mahayana ;the Buddha is considered a supramundane being who is mentally and physically absolutely pure and possesses eternal life and limitless power.
