Trailokyavashamkara, 罢谤补颈濒辞办测补惫补艣补峁僰补谤补, Trailokyava艣a峁卥ara, Trailokyavashankara: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms 罢谤补颈濒辞办测补惫补艣补峁僰补谤补 and Trailokyava艣a峁卥ara can be transliterated into English as Trailokyavasamkara or Trailokyavashamkara or Trailokyavasankara or Trailokyavashankara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyTrailokyava艣a峁卥ara (啶む啶班啶侧啶曕啶さ啶多啷嵿啶�) or Trailokyava艣a峁卥araloke艣vara refers to one of the various forms of 础惫补濒辞办颈迟别艣惫补谤补 having their S膩dhana described in the 5th-century 厂腻诲丑补苍补尘腻濒腻 (a collection of s膩dhana texts that contain detailed instructions for rituals).鈥擧is Colour is red; his 膧sana is the 惫补箩谤补辫补谤测补峁卥补.鈥擳his [Trailokyava艣a峁卥ara] variety of Loke艣vara is also known by the name of U岣嶀笉iy膩na or O岣嶀笉iyana Loke艣vara or Loke艣vara as worshipped in U岣嶀笉iy膩na which was, in the middle ages, a great centre of Tantric learning.
The Dhy膩na (meditation instructions) of Trailokyava艣a峁卥ara is described in the 厂腻诲丑补苍补尘腻濒腻 as follows:
鈥淭he worshipper should think himself as Loke艣vara whose limbs are reddened by the intense sentiment of passion, and who is one-faced, two-armed and three-eyed. He wears a crown of matted hair, and carries in his two hands the noose and the goad stamped with the vajra. He is seated on a red lotus in the 惫补箩谤补辫补谤测补峁卥补 attitude and is decked in celestial garments and ornaments. Thus meditating...鈥�.
[The Dhy膩na, it may be noticed, does not expressly mention the name of Trailokyava艣a峁卥ara which is given in the colophon. It further says that the S膩dhana is composed by the great Tantric savant, Sarahap膩da, famous in the Middle Ages as one of the eighty-four Mahasiddhas 鈥淕reat Mystics鈥漖
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罢谤补颈濒辞办测补惫补艣补峁僰补谤补 (啶む啶班啶侧啶曕啶さ啶多啶曕ぐ).鈥�(-loke艣vara), name of a deity: 厂腻诲丑补苍补尘腻濒腻 79.13 etc.
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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Starts with: Trailokyavashankaralokeshvara.
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