Maricipicuva, 惭腻谤墨肠墨辫颈肠耻惫腻, Marici-picuva: 1 definition
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Alternative spellings of this word include Marichipichuva.
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography惭腻谤墨肠墨辫颈肠耻惫腻 (啶ぞ啶班啶氞啶た啶氞啶掂ぞ) or A峁ａ弓abhujap墨ta-惭腻谤墨肠墨 is a variety of 惭腻谤墨肠墨: one of the various emanations of Vairocana, as mentioned in the 5th-century S膩dhanam膩l膩 (a collection of s膩dhana texts that contain detailed instructions for rituals).鈥擲he has three faces and eight arms.
The Dhy膩na (meditation instructions) of A艣okak膩nt膩 described in the S膩dhanam膩l膩 as follows:鈥�
鈥淭he worshipper should conceive himself as Marlcipicuva who displays the sentiments of 艢峁涐箙g膩ra, V墨ra, and Har峁 in one of her faces, which is of the colour of 箩腻尘产耻苍腻诲补 (gold). In the middle face which is of the colour of the Indran墨la gem, the sentiments of Bhaya, B墨bhatsa,and Raudra are displayed; and in the third face of crystal colour, the sentiments of Karu峁嚹�, Adbhuta and 艢膩nta appear. She has three eyes in each one of her three faces, which give freedom from the three great evils. Her essence is made of Dharmak膩ya and Sambhogak膩ya. She is clad in garments of yellow colour and resides happily in the mass of rays. She sews up the eyes and the mouths of the wicked with the needle and secures them with the string. She strikes their hearts with the a峁卥u艣a, draws them by the neck with the noose, pierces them with the bow and the arrow, and shatters their hearts to pieces with the vajra, and then sprinkles water with the leaves of A艣oka... She tramples under her feet 辫谤补箩帽腻 and 耻辫腻测补.鈥�
[A峁ａ弓abhuja-惭腻谤墨肠墨 or Sa峁僰峁pta-惭腻谤墨肠墨 is yellow in colour, wears red garments, is decked in various ornaments, bears the image of Vairocana on the crown and resides within the cavity of a Caitya. Her three faces display three different sentiments. The first, or the principal face displays passionate love, and is of the colour of gold. The second, or the left face is distorted, sow-like, has the colour of the Indran墨la gem, displays wrath and looks terrible with bare fangs and protruding lips. The third or the right face is of deep red colour, glows in heavenly splendour and displays the sentiment cf Santa. She rides a chariot drawn by seven pigs, stands in the 腻濒墨岣峢补 attitude, and appears a virgin in the fulness of youth. Below the seven sows is the fierce R膩hu, who devours the sun and the moon.
She is surrounded by the four attendant goddesses, Vartt膩l墨, Vad膩l墨, Var膩l墨 and Var膩hamukh墨.
(i) Vartt膩l墨 has red complexion, the sow-face and four arms. She wears red garments, is decked in all sorts of ornaments, and carries the noose and the A艣oka in the two left hands and the Vajr膩峁卥u艣a and the needle in the right.
(ii) Vad膩l墨 has many features in common with Vartt膩l墨, but her colour is yellow and she carries the noose and the Vajra in the two left hands and A艣oka and the needle in the right.
(iii) Var膩l墨 is identical with Vad膩l墨, except that she holds the Vajra and the needle in the two right hands and the noose and the A艣oka in the left.
(iv) Var膩hamukh墨 wears the same garments and the same ornaments as Vad膩l墨 and Var膩l墨, but her complexion is ruddy, and she carries the Vajra and the arrow in the two right hands and the A艣oka and the bow in the left.]
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: Picuva, Marici.
Full-text: Samkshiptamarici, Vadali, Ashtabhujapita, Ashtabhujamarici, Varahamukhi, Varali, Varttali, Marici.
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