Hevajrakrama, Hevajra-krama: 1 definition
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Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyHevajrakrama (हेवज्रक्रम) or Hevajrakramakurukullā refers to a four-armed form of Kurukullā: one of the various (female) emanations of Amitābha having their Sādhana described in the 5th-century Sādhanamālā (a collection of sādhana texts that contain detailed instructions for rituals).—Kurukullā is one-faced and may have two, four, six or eight arms. When she is six -armed, she bears the effigies of the five Dhyāni Buddhas on her crown. When two-armed, she is called Śukla Kurukullā, and when she is four-armed she is called by the names of Tārodbhava Kurukullā, Uḍḍiyāna Kurukullā, Hevajrakrama Kurukullā and Kalpokta Kurukullā.
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: Hevajra, Krama.
Starts with: Hevajrakramakurukulla.
Full-text: Hevajrakramakurukulla, Kalpokta, Kalpoktakurukulla.
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)