Vishvavajra, 痴颈艣惫补惫补箩谤腻, 痴颈艣惫补惫补箩谤补: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms 痴颈艣惫补惫补箩谤腻 and 痴颈艣惫补惫补箩谤补 can be transliterated into English as Visvavajra or Vishvavajra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography痴颈艣惫补惫补箩谤补 (啶掂た啶多啶掂さ啶溹啶�) or 痴颈艣惫补惫补箩谤补loke艣vara refers to number 86 of the 108 forms of Avalokite艣vara found in the Machhandar Vahal (Kathmanu, Nepal). [Machhandar or Machandar is another name for for Matsyendra.].
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鈥湷站迸洷共贡共孤岚� also is similar to [Pi峁囜笉ap膩tra Loke艣vara] with the difference, that here the god displays the Varada pose with his right hand and holds a snake in his left.鈥擯i峁囜笉ap膩tra Loke艣vara is one-faced and two-armed and stands on a lotus. He holds the Pi峁囜笉ap膩tra (the bowl) in his two hands near the navel鈥�.
The names of the 108 deities [viz., 痴颈艣惫补惫补箩谤补] possbily originate from a Tantra included in the Kagyur which is named 鈥渢he 108 names of Avalokiteshvara鈥�, however it is not yet certain that this is the source for the Nepali descriptions.: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi
痴颈艣惫补惫补箩谤补 (啶掂た啶多啶掂さ啶溹啶�) refers to 鈥�(possesing) a world vajra鈥� (or, double vajra) which is used to describe Cakrasa峁僾ara, according to the Sa峁僾ara尘补峁囜笉补濒补 of Abhay膩karagupta鈥檚 Ni峁annayog膩val墨, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasa峁僾aratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).鈥擜ccordingly, [while describing the iconography of Cakrasa峁僾ara]: 鈥淚n the Sa峁僾ara Ma峁囜笉ala atop Mount Sumera within a vajra-canopy there is a variegated lotus, on top of that a palace, in the middle of which is the Blessed Lord, standing in 腻濒墨岣峢腻蝉补苍补, "archer's pose", [...] possessing a 苍补谤补艣颈谤辞尘腻濒腻-艣补迟腻谤诲丑补, "garland of fifty (fresh) human heads" around the neck, the 峁峁噈耻诲谤腻, "six insignia", bone ornaments, which are the 办补峁囜弓丑颈办腻, "necklace", rucaka, "bracelets", 办耻峁囜笉补濒补, "ear-rings", 尘别办丑补濒腻, "girdle", 艣颈谤辞尘补峁噄, "crest jewel", and 产丑补蝉尘颈迟颈岣�, "covered in ashes", a 箩补峁乵补办耻峁璦, "crest of dreadlocks", 办补辫腻濒补尘腻濒腻, "crown of (five) skulls", topped by an ardhacandra, "crescent moon", and 惫颈艣惫补惫补箩谤补, "world vajra" or "double vajra", a 惫颈办峁沬迟腻苍补苍补, "fierce face", and 诲补峁冡梗峁璻辞迟办补峁璦, "horrible gigantic fangs".
Note: The 惫颈艣惫补惫补箩谤补, "world vajra", is symbolic of the 尘补峁囜笉补濒补 of the world system, and represent actions that serve all beings.
: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes痴颈艣惫补惫补箩谤补 (啶掂た啶多啶掂さ啶溹啶�) refers to a 鈥渃rossed vajra鈥�, according to the 10th-century 岣屇乲膩r峁嘺va-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Sa峁僾ara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] [The Causal Vajra-holder] is white in color, [has] four faces, [has] three eyes [on each], [has] twelve arms, is devoted to the yoga of union with wisdom (his female consort), and is adorned with youthful ornaments. [His four faces are], counterclockwise, white, green, red, and yellow [in color, respectively]. [He has] twisted locks of hair and has a crossed Vajra (惫颈艣惫补惫补箩谤补) and a crescent moon on the face (head). [...]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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary痴颈艣惫补惫补箩谤腻 (啶掂た啶多啶掂さ啶溹啶班ぞ).鈥攏ame of a goddess: 厂腻诲丑补苍补尘腻濒腻 76.3.
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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