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Coiled snake 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.
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiThe Coiled snake (in Sanskrit: kuṇḍalinī) refers to a “set of breathing techniques for generating internal heat” in Tantra.—Many of the techniques used by Tantra are what latter became known as Hatha Yoga, such as meditations based on the cakras, "wheels", the energy systems along the center of the spine, nāḍīs, "tubes", the energy channels that run throughout the entire body, and kuṇḍalinī, "the coiled snake", a set of breathing techniques for generating internal heat, elevating one's life force (vīrya), and injecting it into the central channel. These Yogic practices were combined with sādhanā, "the act of mastery", a daily or periodic practice of communing with the divine, usually through the visualization and worship (pūjā) of divine 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’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Partial matches: Snake.
Full-text: Phanibhoga, Nagamamdala, Bhujangavalaya, Tube, Wheel, Parivartita.
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Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Tiruppasur < [Chapter IV - Temples of Rajendra I’s Time]
Temples in Attur < [Chapter II - Temples of Rajaraja I’s Time]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 9 - The way of meditating on all dharmas as the nature of the mandala < [A. Resolving the view]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter X < [Book II - Kathāmukha]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 5 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 5 - Śrīpati Paṇḍita’s Śrīkara-bhāṣya < [Chapter XXXVIII - Śaiva Philosophy in some of the Important texts]
Jainism in Odisha (Orissa) (by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo)
The gods of northern Buddhism (by Alice Getty)