Bhavabhadra, Bhava-bhadra: 2 definitions
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: MDPI Books: The Ocean of HeroesBhavabhadra (啶さ啶う啷嵿ぐ) (who has been said to be identical to Bhavabha峁弓a鈥攖he author of the commentaries of the Catu峁墨峁環a and Cakrasa峁僾ara) wrote an extensive Viv峁泃i commentary on the Vajra岣嵞乲a, which is mentioned in the 10th-century 岣屇乲膩r峁嘺va-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Sa峁僾ara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.鈥擶hether Bhavabhadra and Bhavabhadra might be the same person or not, it is certain that Bhavabhadra is not after Gay膩dhara (the first half of the 11th century) because Bhavabhadra鈥檚 Viv峁泃i commentary on the Vajra岣嵞乲a was translated into Tibetan by Gay膩dhara Isaacson and Sferra analyzed Bhavabha峁弓a (identical to Bhavabhadra) to have flourished 鈥渁round 1000 CE鈥� (Isaacson and Sferra 2015 b, p. 477), and Sz谩nt贸 , in the 鈥渇irst half of the 10 th cent鈥� (Sz 谩 nt 贸 2015, p. 320).
: Google books: Genesis and Development of Tantra (Vajrayana)Bhavabhadra (啶さ啶う啷嵿ぐ) (or Bhavabha峁弓a) is the name of a commentator on the Laghu艣a峁僾ara.鈥擨n chapter 38 of his Rgya gar chos 鈥檅yung (鈥淗istory of Buddhism in India鈥�), T膩ran膩tha includes several commentators on the Laghu艣a峁僾ara [e.g., Bhavabhadra], among ten persons whom he holds to have occupied the office of chief Vajr膩c膩rya at Vikrama艣墨la in rapid unbroken succession.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
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Partial matches: Bhadra, Bhava.
Full-text: Bhavabhatta, Vajradakavivriti, Durjayacandra, Tathagatarakshita.
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Hevajra Tantra (analytical study) (by Seung Ho Nam)
2.2. Commentaries on Hevajra Tantra < [Chapter 2 - Place of Hevajra Tantra in Tantric Literature]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 6 - Six texts of Adamantine Sow (Vajrav膩rah墨) < [Book 7 - The preaching of the Tantras]
Reverberations of Dharmakirti鈥檚 Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)