Vajroshnisha, 痴补箩谤辞峁ａ箛墨峁, Vajra-ushnisha: 1 definition
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Vajroshnisha 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 痴补箩谤辞峁ａ箛墨峁 can be transliterated into English as Vajrosnisa or Vajroshnisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography1) 痴补箩谤辞峁ａ箛墨峁 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啷嬥し啷嵿ぃ啷�啶�) is another name for 笔补诲尘腻苍迟补办补: one of the ten deities of the quarters (Dikp膩la) presiding over the west, 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is Colour is Red ; he has three faces and six arms.鈥擳he third Lord of the quarters is 笔补诲尘腻苍迟补办补 (who presides over the west).鈥擨n the 惫补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补-尘补峁囜笉补濒补 he is known by the name of 痴补箩谤辞峁ａ箛墨峁.
2) 痴补箩谤辞峁ａ箛墨峁 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啷嬥し啷嵿ぃ啷�啶�) presides over the East and represents one of the eight U峁ａ箛墨峁 Gods, commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, according to the same Ni峁annayog膩val墨.鈥擧is Colour is white; his Symbol is the 产丑奴峁补谤艣补.鈥擳he first deity in this U峁ａ箛墨峁 series of gods is 痴补箩谤辞峁ａ箛墨峁 .
痴补箩谤辞峁ａ箛墨峁 is described in Ni峁annayog膩val墨 (诲耻谤驳补迟颈辫补谤颈艣辞诲丑补苍补-尘补峁囜笉补濒补) as follows:鈥�
鈥淥n the Eastern spoke there is 痴补箩谤辞峁ａ箛墨峁 of white colour. He shows the 产丑奴峁补谤艣补 (Earth-touching) 尘耻诲谤腻鈥�.
[The U峁ａ箛墨峁 deities like all other deities of the 尘补峁囜笉补濒补 are two-armed and one-faced. They wear rich dress and ornaments, and a bejewelled crown. They sit on human beings.]
3) 痴补箩谤辞峁ａ箛墨峁 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啷嬥し啷嵿ぃ啷�啶�) or 痴补箩谤辞峁ａ箛墨峁loke艣vara refers to number 34 of the 108 forms of Avalokite艣vara found in the Machhandar Vahal (Kathmanu, Nepal). [Machhandar or Machandar is another name for for Matsyendra.].
础肠肠辞谤诲颈苍驳濒测,鈥�
鈥湷詹孤岚轻梗峁嚹梗a is one-faced and six-armed, and is represented as standing on a lotus. His three right hands show the rosary, the Trida峁囜笉墨 and the Abhaya pose, and his three left the book, the noose and the Varada pose鈥�.
The names of the 108 deities [viz., 痴补箩谤辞峁ａ箛墨峁] 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. 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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Partial matches: Ushnisha, Vajra.
Starts with: Vajroshnishalokeshvara.
Full-text: Vajroshnishalokeshvara, Padmantaka.
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