Devihridayamantra, Devīhṛdayamantra, Devihridaya-mantra: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Devīhṛdayamantra can be transliterated into English as Devihrdayamantra or Devihridayamantra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Critical Sanskrit Edition and a Translation of Kambala’s Sādhananidhi, Chapter 8Devīhṛdayamantra (देवीहृदयमन्त्र) refers to the “Goddess’ heart mantra” and represents one of the four major mantras in the Cakrasaṃvara tradition, as taught in the eighth chapter of the 9th-century Herukābhidhāna and its commentary, the Sādhananidhi.
The mantra is as follows: “oṃ vajravairocanīye hūṃ hūṃ phaṭ svāhā”.
The thirteen letters constituting the mantra are transformed in meditation into thirteen deities. They are:
- Vārāhī, alias Vajravārāhī (hā), who resides at the center of a lotus;
- Praṇavā (oṃ),
- Vaḍavā (va),
- Jraginī (jra),
- Vairiṇī (vai), who reside at the four gates;
- Roṣaṇī (ro),
- Capalā (ca),
- Nīhārī (nī),
- Yemalā (ye), who reside at the four corners;
- Hūṃkārī (hūṃ),
- Hutāśanī (hūṃ),
- Phaṭinī (phaṭ),
- Svākārī (svā), who reside on the four petals of a lotus facing towards the four cardinal directions.
All these female deities have their male consorts who resemble their consort female deities in appearance and are in sexual union with them. However, individual names of the male consorts are not taught. The text does not explain which doctrinal concepts constitute the purity of the thirteen female deites or thirteen couples.
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: Devihridaya, Mantra.
Full-text: Jragini, Humkari, Capala, Pranava, Hutashani, Vairini, Nihari, Vadava, Roshani, Yemala, Phatini, Svakari, Varahi.
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