Brahmapurohitacakravartin, Brahmapurohita-cakravartin: 1 definition
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Alternative spellings of this word include Brahmapurohitachakravartin.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Ma峁囜笉alaBrahmapurohitacakravartin (啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶啶班啶灌た啶む啶曕啶班さ啶班啶むた啶ㄠ) is the name of a V墨ra (hero) who, together with the 岣屇乲in墨 named Brahmapurohit墨 forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the 碍腻测补肠补办谤补, according to the 10th century 岣屇乲腻谤峁嘺惫补 chapter 15. Accordingly, the 办腻测补肠补办谤补 refers to one of the three divisions of the 苍颈谤尘腻峁嘺-辫耻峁璦 (emanation layer鈥�), situated in the 贬别谤耻办补尘补峁囜笉补濒补. The 36 pairs of 岣屇乲in墨s and V墨ras [viz., Brahmapurohita-cakravartin] are body-word-mind-color (mixture of white, red, and black); they each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.
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: Brahmapurohita, Cakravartin.
Full-text: Brahmapurohiti, Kayacakra.
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