Cundra, 颁耻苍诲谤腻, 颁耻峁囜笉谤腻: 1 definition
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Cundra means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chundra.
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography颁耻苍诲谤腻 (啶氞啶ㄠ啶︵啶班ぞ) is another name for 颁耻苍诲腻: one of the various emanations of Vairocana, as mentioned in the 5th-century S膩dhanam膩l膩 (a collection of s膩dhana texts that contain detailed instructions for rituals).鈥擧er Colour is white;her Symbol is the book on lotus; she has one face, and two, four, sixteen, eighteen or twenty-six arms.鈥擜ccording to the Ni峁annayog膩val墨 under the 尘补帽箩耻惫补箩谤补-尘补峁囜笉补濒补, 颁耻苍诲腻 is affiliated to the Dhy膩ni Buddha Vairocana, and thus 颁耻苍诲腻 is the spiritual daughter of Vairocana, and is required to be classed under the emanations of this very Dhy膩ni Buddha.
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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