Maha means great.  Vairocana or Vairochana, from vi ruc, means all-shining.  You see, luci comes from ruc, or light. Buddha means Knower, the Enlightened One, or the Awakened One.  Therefore, the Great Enlightener Buddha.

It is called Dari Rulai in Chinese, and Dainichi Nyorai in Japanese.

When Subhakarasimha, a Buddhist master from Nalanda monastery in Northern India, came to China in 712AD during the Tang Dynasty, he translated MahaVairocana Buddha as the Great Sun Buddha.

Yes!  The Absolute Central Sun.  The Great Shining One.  The Cosmic Sun Buddha.

MahaVairocana Buddha, in other words, is the Cosmic Buddha of Total Reality, the All-Knowing Timeless Witness, the Cosmic Consciousness, and therefore the Keeper of Buddha Dharma.

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