Manjuvara, 惭补帽箩耻惫补谤补: 2 definitions
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: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography惭补帽箩耻惫补谤补 (啶啷嵿啷佮さ啶�) 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).
惭补帽箩耻惫补谤补 (first variety): his Colour is golden-yellow; his Mudr膩 is the dharmacakra; his 膧sana is the lalita or 腻谤诲丑补辫补谤测补峁卥补; his Symbol is the 辫谤补箩帽腻辫腻谤补尘颈迟腻 on lotus. The Dhy膩na (meditation instructions) of 惭补帽箩耻惫补谤补 is described in the 厂腻诲丑补苍补尘腻濒腻 as follows:
鈥淭he worshipper should think himself as god 惭补帽箩耻惫补谤补 of golden-yellow colour with head decorated with the images of the five Dhy膩ni Buddhas. His hands display the Dharmacakra-mudr膩 and he shows the blue lotus bearing the Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 manuscript. He rides a lion, sits there on in the Lalita attitude and is decked in allornaments... O峁� 惭补帽箩耻惫补谤补 H奴峁冣��.
[According to a second S膩dhana 惭补帽箩耻惫补谤补 should have the lotus in his left hand with the Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 on it. He may sit in the ardhaparya峁卥a attitude and may be accompanied with the fierce god Yam膩ntaka of blue colour, whose face distorted with bare fangs is terrible to behold. Yam膩ntaka carries the staff in one of his hands and touches the feet of 惭补帽箩耻惫补谤补 with the other.]
惭补帽箩耻惫补谤补 (second variety): his colour is golden-yellow; he has three faces and six arms. This form of Ma帽javajra is described in the Ni峁annayog膩val墨 (Ma帽juvajra-ma峁囜笉ala) as follows:
鈥淕od Ma帽juvajra is seated on the back of a lion, is of beautiful golden colour and resembles Vairocana, His three faces have yellow, blue and white colour. He is six-armed. In the three right handshe holds the sword, the Varada-mudr膩 and the arrow. In the three left likewise he carries the Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 manuscript, the blue lotus and the bow鈥�
惭补帽箩耻惫补谤补 (third variety): his colour is red; he has six arms. This form of Ma帽javajra is also described in the Ni峁annayog膩val墨 as follows:
鈥淭he god Vajrasattva in the form of Ma帽juvajra is red like vermillion. His right face is blue and the left white. With the two principal hands he embraces his Praj帽膩; in the others he carries the sword, the arrow the lotus and the bow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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary惭补帽箩耻惫补谤补 (啶啷嵿啷佮さ啶�) or 惭补帽箩耻艣谤墨.鈥�: 厂腻诲丑补苍补尘腻濒腻 108.17 (verse) etc.; (膧rya-)惭补帽箩耻艣谤墨m奴lakalpa 436.2 (verse). Error for Ma帽jurava?
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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