Vishvatara, 痴颈艣惫补迟腻谤腻, Vishva-tara: 1 definition
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Vishvatara 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 痴颈艣惫补迟腻谤腻 can be transliterated into English as Visvatara or Vishvatara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography痴颈艣惫补迟腻谤腻 (啶掂た啶多啶掂い啶距ぐ啶�) refers to one of the Goddesses accompanying 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨, as described in the Dharmako艣asa峁僩raha.鈥擺...] 鈥湷С馨斐竽灞共钩倌� Loke艣vara is three-faced, white in colour, and six-armed. One of his right hands is in the act of shooting an arrow, the remaining two have the rosary and the varada pose. In two of his left hands he carries the bow and the lotus, and the third is placed on the thigh of T膩r膩. He sits in 濒补濒颈迟腻蝉补苍补 on the lotus, and is surrounded by the goddesses Vajrat膩r膩, 痴颈艣惫补迟腻谤腻, Padmat膩r膩 and the like. There is a caitya on the top.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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