jīn guāng
金色之光也。觀無量壽經曰:「琉璃色中出金色光。」又曰:「如意寶珠,漏出金色微妙光明。」又曰:「觀世音菩薩像,坐左華座,亦放金光。」
(金光明) Golden light, an intp. of suvarṇa,prabhāsa, oruttama. It is variously applied, e. g. 金光明女 Wife of 金天童子; 金光明鼓 Golden-light drum. 金光明經Golden-light Sutra, tr. in the sixth century and twice later, used by the founder of Tiantai; it is given in its fullest form in the 金光明最勝王經Suvarṇa-prabhāsa-uttamarāja Sutra.
golden light