Vajrasharada, 痴补箩谤补艣腻谤补诲腻: 1 definition
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Vajrasharada means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term 痴补箩谤补艣腻谤补诲腻 can be transliterated into English as Vajrasarada or Vajrasharada, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography痴补箩谤补艣腻谤补诲腻 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶多ぞ啶班う啶�) is one of the forms of 厂补谤补蝉惫补迟墨, 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).鈥擧er Symbols are lotus (right) and book (left).
The Dhy膩na (meditation instructions) of 痴补箩谤补艣腻谤补诲腻 described in the S膩dhanam膩l膩 as follows:鈥�
[痴补箩谤补艣腻谤补诲腻 rests upon a pure white lotus, and a crescent decorates her crown; she is three-eyed and two-armed and carries the book in the left hand and the lotus in the right. [...] She may, however, be accompanied by the four attendants, Praj帽膩 and others. As the 蝉腻诲丑补苍补 is silent about the 腻蝉补苍补, she may have any attitude. The Nalanda image which has been identified as Ko峁璱艣r墨 (?) is probably a stone representation of this goddess. 痴补箩谤补艣腻谤补诲腻 here sits in Bhadr腻蝉补苍补, as do her companions. All the figures in the group are mutilated, but at least one among them carries the utpala and the book, in the right and left hands respectively.]
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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