Vajrakula, Vajra-kula: 2 definitions
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beingsVajrakula (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶曕啶�) refers to one of the 鈥渇ive Buddha families鈥� (Sanskrit: 笔补帽肠补办耻濒补; Tibetan: rigs lnga) and forms part of the 鈥�Forty-two Peaceful Deities鈥� (Tibetan: zhi ba'i lha zhe gnyis) according to various sources such as the Guhyagarbha Tantra and the Tibetan Book of the Dead.鈥擵ajrakula is known in Tibetan as dorj茅 rik [rdo rje'i rigs] and is associated with Ak峁bhya and his consort Buddhalocan膩.
: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiVajrakula (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶曕啶�) refers to the 鈥渧ajra clans鈥� (Cf. 厂惫补产丑腻惫补辫奴箩腻) which (as a subsection of the 骋耻谤耻尘补峁囜笉补濒补) refers to one of the various rituals typically performed as a part of the larger rites, according to Buddhist teachings followed by the Newah in Nepal, Kathmandu Valley (whose roots can be traced to the Licchavi period, 300-879 CE).
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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Full-text: Rdo rje'i rigs, Pancakula, Mamaki, Svabhavapuja.
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
Advayavajra-samgraha (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri)
Chapter 8 - Pancakara < [Sanskrit texts of the Advayavajra-samgraha]
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 11.21-22 (Commentary) < [Chapter 11 (Text and Commentary)]
Text 11.5 (Commentary) < [Chapter 11 (Text and Commentary)]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 2 - Guhyasam膩ja-tantra system of Noble N膩g膩rjuna < [Book 7 - The preaching of the Tantras]