Vajrapashi, 痴补箩谤补辫腻艣墨, Vajra-pashi: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term 痴补箩谤补辫腻艣墨 can be transliterated into English as Vajrapasi or Vajrapashi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography1) 痴补箩谤补辫腻艣墨 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ啶多) refers to one of the ten Goddesses of the 痴补箩谤补迟腻谤腻尘补峁囜笉补濒补 belonging to 痴补箩谤补迟腻谤腻: one of the various emanations of Ratnasambhava, as mentioned in the 5th-century S膩dhanam膩l膩 (a collection of 蝉腻诲丑补苍补 texts that contain detailed instructions for rituals).鈥擜ccordingly, the 蝉腻诲丑补苍补 further says that the Guardians of the Gates should also be meditated upon as around the principal Goddess, but apparently not in the same circle with the [four cardinal Goddess]:鈥斺�淥n the southern gate there is 痴补箩谤补辫腻艣墨 of yellow colour. She has one distorted face. She carries in her two hands the noose marked with a vajra鈥�.
All these Goddesses [viz., 痴补箩谤补辫腻艣墨] stand on the orb of the sun in the 腻濒墨岣峢补 attitude with the right leg stretched forward. They are radiant like the Sun-god and are surrounded with a fiery halo. They are decked in ornaments of snakes. [...] These Goddesses originate from the ten different letters of the mantra of 痴补箩谤补迟腻谤腻, which is 鈥渙峁� t膩re tutt膩re ture sv膩h膩鈥�, consisting of ten syllables. Each syllable brings forth a Goddess, and these Goddesses are said to be the embodiments of the ten paramitas of the Mah膩y膩na School.
2) 痴补箩谤补辫腻艣墨 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ啶多) presides over the South and represents one of the six Goddesses of the directions, commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Ni峁annayog膩val墨 of Mah膩pa峁囜笉ita Abhay膩kara.鈥擧er Colour is yellow; her Symbol is the noose; she has one face and two arms.鈥擳he second goddess in the series is 痴补箩谤补辫腻艣墨 who is the presiding deity of the Southern quarter.
痴补箩谤补辫腻艣墨 is described in Ni峁annayog膩val墨 (惫补箩谤补迟腻谤腻尘补峁囜笉补濒补) and S膩dhanam膩l膩 (vajrat膩r膩蝉腻诲丑补苍补) as follows:鈥�
鈥淚n the South is 痴补箩谤补辫腻艣墨, yellow in colour holding in the right hand the Noose.鈥�
[She shows the raised index linger in the left band.]
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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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
Figure 193 - Goddesses of Direction (2): 痴补箩谤补辫腻艣墨
Figure 105-108 - (Avalokite艣vara): Lokan膩tha
Figure 180-183 - Emanations of Ratnasambhava: 痴补箩谤补迟腻谤腻 and Pu峁at膩r膩
Iconography of Buddhist and Brahmanical Sculptures (by Nalini Kanta Bhattasali)