Vishvoshnisha, 痴颈艣惫辞峁ａ箛墨峁, Vishva-ushnisha: 1 definition
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Vishvoshnisha 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 痴颈艣惫辞峁ａ箛墨峁 can be transliterated into English as Visvosnisa or Vishvoshnisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography痴颈艣惫辞峁ａ箛墨峁 (啶掂た啶多啶掂啶粪啶｀啶�) presides over the North and represents one of the eight U峁ａ箛墨峁 Gods, 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 green; his Symbol is the abhaya.鈥擳he fourth deity in the series of eight U峁ａ箛墨峁 gods is called 痴颈艣惫辞峁ａ箛墨峁.
痴颈艣惫辞峁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 Northern spoke there is 痴颈艣惫辞峁ａ箛墨峁 who is green in colour and shows the 补产丑补测补-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.]
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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