具曰藥師琉璃光如來。又有大醫王佛，醫王善逝等稱。梵名鞞殺社窶嚕Bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabhāsa，為東方淨琉璃國之教主，發十二誓願，救眾生之病源，治無明之痼疾。藥師琉璃光如來本願功德經曰：「佛告曼殊室利：東方去此過十剋伽沙等佛土，有世界名淨琉璃，佛號藥師琉璃光如來。（中略）佛薄伽梵，曼殊室利，彼世尊藥師琉璃如來。本行菩薩道時，發十二大願，令諸有情所求皆得。」 醫也。大寶積經曰：「譬如藥師持藥囊，自身病不能療治。」
Bhaiṣajya-guru-vaiḍūrya-prabhāṣa; 藥師琉璃光如來; 大醫王佛; 醫王善逝, etc. The Buddha of Medicine, who heals all diseases, including the disease of ignorance. His image is often at the left of Śākyamuni Buddha's, and he is associated with the east. The history of this personification is not yet known, but cf. the chapter on the 藥王 in the Lotus Sutra. There are several sutras relating to him, the藥王琉璃光, etc., tr. by Xuanzang circa A.D. 650, and others. There are shrines of the 藥王三尊 the three honoured doctors, with Yaoshi in the middle and as assistants 日光邊照 the Bodhisattva Sunlight everywhere shining on his right and 月光邊照 the Bodhisattva Moonlight, etc., on his left. The 藥王七佛 seven healing Buddhas are also all in the east. There are also the 藥王十二神將 twelve spiritual generals or protectors of Yaoshi, for guarding his worshippers.
葉師瑠璃光如來的簡稱。見藥師瑠璃光佛條。