Vajrahumkara, 痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补, Vajrah奴峁卥膩ra, Vajrahunkara, Vajra-humkara, Vajra-hunkara: 7 definitions
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: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶灌啶傕啶距ぐ) refers to one of the various emanations of 础办峁产丑测补 having their S膩dhana described in the 5th-century S膩dhanam膩l膩 (a collection of 蝉腻诲丑补苍补 texts that contain detailed instructions for rituals).鈥擮nly one 蝉腻诲丑补苍补 in the S膩dhanam膩l膩 describes the form of the god 痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补, who is so-called because his two hands carrying the vajra and the 驳丑补峁囜弓腻 exhibit the 惫补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补-尘耻诲谤腻.
痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补 (two-armed variety).鈥擺His Colour is blue; his 膧sana is the 辫谤补迟测腻濒墨岣峢补; his Symbols are the 迟补谤箩补苍墨辫腻艣补 and vajra]鈥擳he Dhy膩na (meditation instructions) in the S膩dhanam膩l膩 is as follows:鈥�
鈥淭he worshipper should conceive himself as the god 痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补, who originates from that syllable (H奴峁�) and is terribly fierce inappearance. He laughs horribly, is wrathful, and disturbs the three worlds. His two hands carrying the 驳丑补峁囜弓腻 and the vajra are locked in the 惫补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补-尘耻诲谤腻. He tramples upon Bhairava, in the 辫谤补迟测腻濒墨岣峢补 attitude, and inspires awe鈥�.
痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补 (six-armed variety with three faces and six arms).鈥擧e is described in the Ni峁annayog膩val墨 is as follows:鈥�
: De Gruyter: A Fragment of the 痴补箩谤腻尘峁泃补尘补丑腻迟补苍迟谤补[痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补 is the principal deity in the 痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补-尘补峁囜笉补濒补 of the Ni峁annayog膩val墨, and is identified with Trailokyavijaya, He is three-faced and six-armed. With his two principal hands arranged in the 迟谤补颈濒辞办测补惫颈箩补测补-尘耻诲谤腻 and holding the vajra and 驳丑补峁囜弓腻 he embraces the Praj帽膩 of his own creation. With the two remaining right hands he holds the goad and the noose, and with the two left he shows the skull-cup and the 办丑补峁璿腻峁単补].
痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶灌啶傕啶距ぐ) is the name of a deity as defined in the 鈥�惫补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补-蝉腻诲丑补苍补鈥� chapter of the 9th-century 痴补箩谤腻尘峁泃补迟补苍迟谤补 or 痴补箩谤腻尘峁泃补尘补丑腻迟补苍迟谤补: one of the main and earliest Buddhist Yogin墨tantras. The Bhagav膩n explains in brief the 蝉腻诲丑补苍补 of 痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补, as well as the procedures for drawing the 尘补峁囜笉补濒补蝉 of Vajr膩m峁泃a, Heruka, and so on. The shape and the measures of the 惫补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补-尘补峁囜笉补濒补 are given in stanza 2. 痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补, who has three faces and six arms, has to be placed in the centre of this 尘补峁囜笉补濒补, surrounded by a halo of trembling lights, embellished with ornaments, and encircled by four 尘耻诲谤腻蝉 (Kelikil膩, Vajr膩str膩, Vajragarv膩, Spar艣avajr膩). [...] After having performed the oblation in the middle (of the 尘补峁囜笉补濒补), if the practitioner desires the supreme perfection, i.e. if he wishes to realize 痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补, he should recite the mantra of one single syllable (i.e. the sound 丑奴峁�).
: academia.edu: A Critical Study of the Vajra岣嵞乲amah膩tantrar膩ja (II)痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶灌啶傕啶距ぐ) is the husband of Sur膩bhak峁Ｄ�: the name of a 岣屇乲in墨 (鈥榮acred girl鈥�) presiding over Kosala: one of the four Upak峁tra (鈥榮acred spot鈥�) present within the V膩kcakra (鈥榗ircle of word鈥�), according to the 9th-centruy 痴补箩谤补岣嵞乲补迟补苍迟谤补. The V膩kcakra 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 whose husbands (viz., 痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补) abide in one鈥檚 body in the form of twenty-four ingredients (诲丑腻迟耻) of one鈥檚 body.
Sur膩bhak峁Ｄ� has for her husband the hero (惫墨谤补) named 痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补. She is the presiding deity of Kosala and the associated internal location are the 鈥榯ip o the nose鈥� and the bodily ingredients (诲丑腻迟耻) are the 鈥榳reath of entrails鈥�.
: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Ma峁囜笉ala痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶灌啶傕啶距ぐ) is the name of a V墨ra (hero) who, together with the 岣屇乲in墨 named Sur膩bhak峁Ｄ� 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 Heruka尘补峁囜笉补濒补. The 36 pairs of 岣屇乲in墨s and V墨ras [viz., 痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补] 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痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶灌啶傕啶距ぐ) is the name of a 岣屇乲a (male consort) and one of the deities of the Cakrasa峁僾ara-尘补峁囜笉补濒补 or Sa峁僾ara尘补峁囜笉补濒补 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 Sur膩bhak峁Ｄ� and 痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补:
Circle: 惫腻办补肠补办谤补 [=惫腻办肠补办谤补?] (speech-wheel) (red);
岣屇乲in墨 (female consort): Sur膩bhak峁Ｄ�;
岣屇乲a (male consort): 痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补;
叠墨箩补: 办辞峁�;
Body-part: nose tip;
P墨峁環a: Kosala;
Bodily constituent: antra (large intestine);
Bodhipak峁 (wings of enlightenment): 蝉尘峁泃颈产补濒补 (power of mindfulness).
痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶灌啶傕啶距ぐ) is another name for 贬奴峁僰腻谤补鈥攐ne of the most learned Indian Buddhist masters. According to the Pema Kathang, Humkara鈥檚 home-country is the mythical country of Ngatubchen (rnga thub chen). There, 贬奴峁僰腻谤补 was initiated into the Kagye鈥攖he Nyingma鈥檚 eight main yidam which includes 艢r墨 Heruka鈥攆rom Padmasambhava and his consort K膩lasiddhi. T膩r膩n膩tha suggests that 贬奴峁僰腻谤补 [痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补] may have been an epithet of the Siddha Vaidyap膩da aka V墨ryap膩da. Accordingly, Vaidyap膩da received the epithet 贬奴峁僰腻谤补 after he had practised and accomplished the wrathful deity named 贬奴峁僰腻谤补. The short biography of Vaidyap膩da that T膩r膩n膩tha relates, matches the biography that Dudjom Rinpoche gives of 贬奴峁僰腻谤补.
: Academia: Nechung: The Ritual History and Institutionalization of a Tibetan Buddhist Protector Deity痴补箩谤补丑奴峁僰腻谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶灌啶傕啶距ぐ) (associated with the Vi艣uddha cycle) refers to one of the 鈥�Eight Awareness-holders鈥� who represent the successors to the 鈥淓ight Transmitted Precepts鈥� (bk'-brgyad). These Eight Awareness-holders bestowed Tantras upon Nyangrel Nyima 脰zer鈥攁n important Nyingma 迟别谤迟枚苍 (a revealer of terma treasure texts in Tibetan Buddhism).鈥敵詹孤岚钩笈箖k腻谤补 is known in Tibetan as rdo rje 丑奴峁� mdzad.
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: Humkara, Vajra.
Starts with: Vajrahumkaramandala, Vajrahumkarasadhana, Vajrahumkarasadhananirdesha.
Full-text (+21): Surabhakshi, Vajrahumkarasadhana, Vajrahumkaramandala, rdo rje hum mdzad, Antra, Smritibala, Kom, Vajrasattvamandala, Vishuddha, yang dag thugs, Vajrakundali, Analarka, Trailokyavijaya, Vajrayaksha, Herukavajra, Vajrakala, Vajrapatala, Vajradanda, Padmantaka, Niladanda.
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