Taditkara, 罢补岣峣迟办补谤腻: 1 definition
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: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography罢补岣峣迟办补谤腻 (啶むぁ啶苦い啷嵿啶班ぞ) refers to one of the four 鈥淟ight Goddesses鈥�, as 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 green; her Symbol is lightening; she has two arms.鈥擳he fourth and the last in the series of four goddesses of Light is called 罢补岣峣迟办补谤腻 (鈥渓ightening bearer鈥�). A statuette of this Goddess occurs in the Chinese collection under the title of Vidyuddhar膩. The image answers the description in all details The two are therefore identical.
罢补岣峣迟办补谤腻 is described in the Ni峁annayog膩val墨 (辫补帽肠补岣嵞乲补-尘补峁囜笉补濒补 ) as follows:鈥�
鈥湴詹贯笉i迟办补谤腻 is green in colour and holds in her hands the creeper-like lightening鈥�.
[Collectively, they are conceived as nude, and as violent in appearance with garland of skulls and severed heads. They dance on a corpse in the 辫谤补迟测腻濒墨岣峢补 attitude and hold their special marks of recognition in their hands.]
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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