Manjuvajra, 惭补帽箩耻惫补箩谤补: 2 definitions
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography惭补帽箩耻惫补箩谤补 (啶啷嵿啷佮さ啶溹啶�) refers to one of the various forms of 惭补帽箩耻艣谤墨 having their S膩dhana described in the 5th-century 厂腻诲丑补苍补尘腻濒腻 (a collection of s膩dhana texts that contain detailed instructions for rituals).鈥擧is Colour is red; he has three faces and six arms; (variety: Yab-yum).
The Dhy膩na (meditation instructions) of 惭补帽箩耻惫补箩谤补 is described in the 厂腻诲丑补苍补尘腻濒腻 as follows:
鈥�... His [惭补帽箩耻惫补箩谤补鈥檚] handsome body is red like Ku峁卥uma and he is endowed with three faces of (Ku峁卥uma) blue and white colour. He embraces his Sv膩bh膩 Praj帽膩 with two arms, of which one touches her face. He carries the Kha岣峠a, the arrow, the bow, and the blue Utpala, sits on the moon on a double lotus in Vajr膩sana, and is radiant like the moon.鈥�.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary惭补帽箩耻惫补箩谤补 (啶啷嵿啷佮さ啶溹啶�) or 惭补帽箩耻艣谤墨.鈥�: 厂腻诲丑补苍补尘腻濒腻 93.10 (verse) etc.
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Full-text (+22): Sarvapayanjaha, Bhadrapala, Jnanaketu, Amitaprabha, Pratibhanakuta, Sarvashokatamonirghatamati, Gandhahastin, Sagaramati, Manjushri, Maitreya, Jaliniprabha, Akshayamati, Candraprabha, Gaganaganja, Sarvanivaranavishkambhin, Mahastamaprapta, Vajragarbha, Apayanjaha, Shurangama, Samantabhadra.
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