Vayucakra, 痴腻测耻肠补办谤补, Vayu-cakra: 8 definitions
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Vayucakra means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Vayuchakra.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia痴腻测耻肠补办谤补 (啶掂ぞ啶啶氞啷嵿ぐ).鈥擜 hermit. It is mentioned in Mah膩bh膩rata, 艢alya Parva, Chapter 38, Stanza 32, that this 痴腻测耻肠补办谤补 was born from the semen kept in a pot by the hermit called Ma峁卥a峁嘺ka. From this same pot some other hermits such as V膩yubala, V膩yujv膩la and others were born. (See under Ma峁卥a峁嘺ka, Para 3).
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts痴腻测耻肠补办谤补 (啶掂ぞ啶啶氞啷嵿ぐ) refers to a 鈥渢wo-spoked wheel鈥�, as discussed in the ninth chapter of the 础丑颈谤产耻诲丑苍测补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻, a P膩帽car膩tra work in 60 chapters dealing with topics such as Vi峁ａ箛u鈥檚 discus-power, the processes of creation and esoteric practices related to Sudar艣ana (such as mantras and yantras).鈥擺Cf. the chapter 补艣耻诲诲丑补箩补驳补诲-腻诲丑腻谤补-苍颈谤奴辫补峁嘺]: [...] Many are the cakra-wheels described, all of them seen as dynamically and intimately interrelated鈥攋ust as wheels-within-wheels are. The thirty-spoked 艣补办迟颈肠补办谤补, the six-spoked 办腻濒补肠补办谤补, the eleven-spoked buddhicakra, the one-spoked 腻办腻艣补肠补办谤补, the two-spoked 惫腻测耻肠补办谤补鈥攁ll of these (1-9) contained within the 尘补丑腻惫颈产丑奴迟颈肠补办谤补 which itself contains innumerable spokes but which unifies within its circumscribed limits what has been created (10-35). Also described in this same symbolic way, as that which rolls out as Vi峁ａ箛u manifests a desire to withdraw His powers, is what is called the 蝉补峁僪峁泃颈肠补办谤补 (36-46).
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽car膩tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Ma峁囜笉ala痴腻测耻肠补办谤补 (啶掂ぞ啶啶氞啷嵿ぐ) refers to the 鈥渨ind circle鈥� positioned in the 诲丑补谤尘补-辫耻峁璦 or 鈥榙harma layer鈥� of the 贬别谤耻办补尘补峁囜笉补濒补: a large-scale and elaborate 尘补峁囜笉补濒补 of Heruka, consisting of 986 deities, as found in the 岣屇乲腻谤峁嘺惫补 chapter 15.鈥擳he 贬别谤耻办补尘补峁囜笉补濒补 consists of four layers (辫耻峁璦) consisting of concentric circles (cakra, totally one lotus at the center and 12 concentric circles, that is, 13 circles in total).
The 惫腻测耻肠补办谤补 contains 36 pairs of 岣屇乲in墨 and Hero, collectively called 腻办腻艣补驳补谤产丑补:
- Garu岣嵞� & Garu岣峚,
- Ha峁僺墨 & Ha峁僺a,
- Citr墨 & Citra,
- K膩k墨 & K膩ka,
- Bak墨 & Baka,
- Tittirik膩 & Tittiri,
- May奴r墨 & May奴ri,
- T膩mrac奴岣嵞� & T膩mrac奴岣峚,
- Gudapulik膩 & Gudapulika,
- Komal膩 & Komala,
- P膩r膩vat墨 & P膩r膩vata,
- B峁沨atk膩k墨 & B峁沨atk膩ka,
- Ga岣峣n墨 & Ga岣峣n,
- Kapi帽jal墨 & Kapi帽jala,
- 艢uk墨 & 艢uka,
- Mantr墨 (Mantri峁嚹�) & Mantra,
- S膩ras膩 & S膩rasa,
- G峁沝hr膩 & G峁沝hra,
- Ul奴k墨 & Ul奴ka,
- Ca峁璦k墨 & Ca峁璦ka,
- K膩峁ａ弓haca峁璦k墨 & K膩峁ａ弓haca峁璦ka,
- Cakrav膩k墨 & Cakrav膩ka,
- V峁沰峁Ｄ乺a峁嚹� & V峁沰峁Ｄ乺a峁嘺,
- Karkav墨 & Karkava,
- Jalak膩k墨 & Jalak膩ka,
- Kabil膩岣嵞� & Kabil膩岣峚,
- N墨lagr墨v墨 & N墨lagr墨va,
- 艢膩rik膩 & 艢膩rika,
- Sen膩 & Sena,
- Ku峁卥umalol膩 & Ku峁卥umalola,
- V膩峁璱r墨 & V膩峁璱ra,
- K膩kaja峁単hak墨 & K膩kaja峁単ha,
- S膩m膩 & S膩ma,
- Lehapi峁ａ弓膩 & Lehapi峁ａ弓a,
- Daddar墨 & Daddara,
- M峁沢膩ri峁嚹� & M峁沢膩ri,
They are dark blue in color; they each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.
: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes痴腻测耻肠补办谤补 (啶掂ぞ啶啶氞啷嵿ぐ) refers to the 鈥渨ind circle鈥�, according to the 10th-century 岣屇乲腻谤峁嘺惫补-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Sa峁僾ara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淥utside that is the Wind Circle (惫腻测耻肠补办谤补), colored in variegated dark blue. [Figures] of Yogin墨s should be placed in the middles of the adamantine spokes in order. The wise should also know the other name [of their consort heroes], 鈥樐�k膩艣agarbha鈥�. [The yogin墨s are]鈥擺...] The Yogin墨s鈥� circle is thus [described]. The color [of their bodies] is the same as [the color of] the circle of [their residential] place (variegated dark blue). [...]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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary惫腻测耻肠补办谤补 (啶掂ぞ啶啶氞啷嵿ぐ).鈥攏 (S) The atmosphere.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English惫腻测耻肠补办谤补 (啶掂ぞ啶啶氞啷嵿ぐ).鈥�n The atmosphere. 惫腻测耻肠补办谤补艣膩stra n Meteorology.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 痴腻测耻肠补办谤补 (啶掂ぞ啶啶氞啷嵿ぐ):鈥擺=惫腻测耻-肠补办谤补] [from 惫腻测耻] m. Name of one of the 7 峁氠梗is (said to be fathers of rise Maruts), [Mah膩bh膩rata]
2) [v.s. ...] n. the range of the w掳, [V墨racarita]
[Sanskrit to German]
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 (+107): Vayubala, Vayujvala, Paravadi, Hamsi, Gridhra, Mayuri, Kapinjali, Uluki, Gadini, Baki, Bidali, Mantrini, Gadin, Griddha, Tittirika, Tamracudi, Gudapulika, Brihatkaki, Kashthacataki, Vriksharani.
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