Lankeshvari, 尝补峁卥别艣惫补谤墨, Lankesvari, Lanka-ishvari: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 尝补峁卥别艣惫补谤墨 can be transliterated into English as Lankesvari or Lankeshvari, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Wisdom Library: Vajrayogini尝补峁卥别艣惫补谤墨 (啶侧啷嵿啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶班) is the goddess presiding over one of the six petals of the northern lotus of the 惫腻谤腻丑测补产丑测耻诲补测补-尘补峁囜笉补濒补, according to the V膩r膩hyabhyudayatantra (largerly extracted from the 10th century Abhidh膩nottaratantra). These six petals are presided over by a 办耻濒别艣惫补谤墨 (presiding lady) named 尝辞肠补苍腻. The central deity of the 惫腻谤腻丑测补产丑测耻诲补测补-尘补峁囜笉补濒补 is the twelve-armed Vajravar膩h墨.
尝补峁卥别艣惫补谤墨 is associated with the sacred site (辫墨峁环补) named Dev墨ko峁璦. All the goddess of the northern lotus petals are to be visualised as dancing naked and being half-male / half-female (补谤诲丑补苍补谤墨艣惫补谤墨) with their two sides being black and yellow. In their four arms they brandish a bowl and staff, with a 岣峚尘补谤耻 and their familial attribute.
: academia.edu: A Critical Study of the Vajra岣嵞乲amah膩tantrar膩ja (II)尝补峁卥别艣惫补谤墨 (啶侧啷嵿啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶班) is the name of a 岣屇乲in墨 (鈥榮acred girl鈥�) presiding over Dev墨ko峁璦: one of the four Upap墨thas (鈥榮acred spot鈥�) present within the Cittacakra (鈥榗ircle of mid鈥�), according to the 9th-centruy 痴补箩谤补岣嵞乲补迟补苍迟谤补. The Cittacakra is one of three Cakras within the Tricakra system which embodies twenty-four sacred spots or districts resided over by twenty-four 岣屇乲in墨s (viz., 尝补峁卥别艣惫补谤墨) whose husbands abide in one鈥檚 body in the form of twenty-four ingredients (诲丑腻迟耻) of one鈥檚 body.
尝补峁卥别艣惫补谤墨 has for her husband the hero (惫墨谤补) named Vajraprabha. She is the presiding deity of Dev墨ko峁璦 and the associated internal location are the 鈥榚yes鈥� and the bodily ingredients (诲丑腻迟耻) is the 鈥榣iver鈥�.
: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Ma峁囜笉ala尝补峁卥别艣惫补谤墨 (啶侧啷嵿啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶班) is the name of a 岣屇乲in墨 who, together with the V墨ra (hero) named Vajraprabha forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Vajracakra, according to the 10th century 岣屇乲腻谤峁嘺惫补 chapter 15. Accordingly, the vajracakra refers to one of the four divisions of the 蝉补丑补箩补-辫耻峁璦 (鈥榠nnate layer鈥�), situated within the padma (lotus) in the middle of the 贬别谤耻办补尘补峁囜笉补濒补. The 36 pairs of 岣屇乲in墨s [viz., 尝补峁卥别艣惫补谤墨] and V墨ras each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum and a knife; they are dark-bluish-black in color.
: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi尝补峁卥别艣惫补谤墨 (啶侧啷嵿啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶班) is the name of a 岣屇乲in墨 (female consort) and one of the deities of the Cakrasa峁僾ara-ma峁囜笉ala or Sa峁僾arama峁囜笉ala 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).鈥擳he Cakrasa峁僾ara mandala has a total of sixty-two deities. [...] Three concentric circles going outward, the body, speech and mind wheels (办腻测补-惫腻办补-肠颈迟迟补), in the order: mind (blue), speech (red), and body (white), with eight 岣屇乲in墨s each in non-dual union with their 岣屇乲as, "male consorts".
Associated elements of 尝补峁卥别艣惫补谤墨 and Vajraprabha:
Circle: 办腻测补肠补办谤补 (mind-wheel) (blue);
岣屇乲in墨 (female consort): 尝补峁卥别艣惫补谤墨;
岣屇乲a (male consort): Vajraprabha;
叠墨箩补: 诲别峁�;
Body-part: eyes;
P墨峁環a: Dev墨ko峁璦;
Bodily constituent: bukka (kidneys);
Bodhipak峁 (wings of enlightenment): 蝉尘峁泃墨苍诲谤颈测补 (faculty of mindfulness).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary尝补峁卥别艣惫补谤墨 (啶侧啷嵿啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶班).鈥攏ame of a yogin墨: 厂腻诲丑补苍补尘腻濒腻 427.4.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary尝补峁卥别艣惫补谤墨 (啶侧啷嵿啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶班):鈥擺from la峁卥e艣vara > la峁卥膩 > la峁卥a] f. Name of a Yogin墨, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, 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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ishvari, Lanka.
Full-text: Devikota, Vajraprabha, Bukka, Smritindriya, Atum, Vajracakra, Locana.
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