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gri gug 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.
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: MUNI Arts: Kalachakra and the twenty-five Kulika kings of Shambhalagri gug (嘟傕静嘟侧紜嘟傕酱嘟�) in Tibetan refers to the Sanskrit Kartr墨 (鈥渒nife鈥�) which represents one of the attributes of 笔腻谤迟颈惫补 or Rigden Sakyong鈥攐ne of the Twenty-five Kulikas as well as one of the traditional Shambhala rulers.鈥� His attributes are a curved knife or chopper (Sanskrit Kartr墨, Kartari; Tibetan: drigug [gri gug]) and a skull or skull-cup (Sanskrit: Kap膩la; Tibetan: thopa [thod pa], kapala [ka pa la], bandha [ban dha], dungchen [dung chen]).鈥擱igden Sakyong is known in Tibetan (wylie) as rigs ldan sa skyong; and in Sanskrit as: Kulika P膩rthiva (or Mah墨p膩la).
gri gug (嘟傕静嘟侧紜嘟傕酱嘟�) or 鈥渒nife鈥� also represents one of the attributes of 惭补丑别艣惫补谤补 or Rigden Wangchug.
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: Gri.
Full-text: Drigug, Rigden wangchug, Rigden sakyong, Kartari, Kartri, thod pa, ban dha, dung chen, Kapala, Topa, ka pa la, Bandha.
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On the use of Human remains in Tibetan ritual objects (by Ayesha Fuentes)
Skull 岣宎maru (thod rnga) andTantric practice < [Chapter 4 - Human remains in Tibetan ritual objects: A technical study]
鈥済Cod鈥� and its sources in the 鈥渂Ka鈥� brgyud鈥� traditions < [Chapter 3 - 鈥渞Kang gling鈥� in the iconography of 鈥済cod鈥漖
K膩p膩lika implements in the formalization of Buddhist Mah膩yoga Tantra < [Chapter 2 - The use of skulls and bone ornaments]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 9 - Good Friend Drapa Ngonshe and Chenye (Monastery) < [Book 2 - Later spread of the Doctrine]