Mahashankhanatha, 惭补丑腻艣补峁卥丑补苍腻迟丑补: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term 惭补丑腻艣补峁卥丑补苍腻迟丑补 can be transliterated into English as Mahasankhanatha or Mahashankhanatha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography惭补丑腻艣补峁卥丑补苍腻迟丑补 (啶す啶距ざ啶權啶栢え啶距ぅ) or 惭补丑腻艣补峁卥丑补苍腻迟丑补loke艣vara refers to number 56 of the 108 forms of Avalokite艣vara found in the Machhandar Vahal (Kathmanu, Nepal). [Machhandar or Machandar is another name for for Matsyendra.].
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鈥湶巡钩竽迮洸贯箙k丑补苍腻迟丑补 is identical in all respects with [Mah膩ratnak墨rti Loke艣vara], except that he bears different symbols. Here the god shows the Namask膩ra mudr膩, and the two Vajras in his three right hands, while his three left hold the noose, the arrow and the Gha峁囜弓膩.鈥擬ah膩ratnak墨rti Loke艣vara is three-faced and six-armed and stands on a lotus. He holds the fruit, the Utpala and the conch in his three right hands, and displays the bow, the whip and the Namask膩ra mudr膩 in his three left鈥�.
The names of the 108 deities [viz., 惭补丑腻艣补峁卥丑补苍腻迟丑补] possbily originate from a Tantra included in the Kagyur which is named 鈥渢he 108 names of Avalokiteshvara鈥�, however it is not yet certain that this is the source for the Nepali descriptions. 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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