Kanakavarna, Kanakavarṇa, Kanakavarṇā: 6 definitions
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Kanakavarna means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 SamadhiKanakavarṇā (कनकवर्णा) refers to “having a golden color” and is used to describe Locanī, according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Locanī, having a golden color (kanakavarṇā), arrow and shining appearance, Māmakī, having a dark-blue color, water, grain and a bouquet, Pāṇḍarā, having a red color, and drawing a bow and arrow, Holy goddess Ārya Tārā, having a green color and blue lotus”.
Source: Rangjung Yeshe Wiki: Dharma DictionaryKanakavarṇa (कनकवर्ण) or Kanakavarṇatārā (in Tibetan: གསེར་མདོག་ཅན་གྱི་སྒྲོལ་མ) refers to the “golden-coloured Tārā” and represents one of the twenty-one emanations of Tārā according to the Kashmiri Mahasiddha Suryagupta Tradition.—Suryagupta or Ravigupta (Tibetan: nyi ma be pa) was a layperson from Kashmir that was cured of leprosy by a miraculous statue of the goddess Tara. Suryagupta is famous for having many visions of Tara and originating many lineages of her practice such as the Twenty-one forms of Tara [e.g., Kanakavarṇa-tārā]. There exists inscriptions and paintings (from the 14th century) of these Twenty-one Taras and they are also described in ritual and meditation texts in both Sanskrit and Tibetan language.
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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKanakavarṇa (कनकवर्ण).—name of a king, previous birth of the Buddha: Divyāvadāna 291.5 ff.; °varṇāvadāna, nt., name of Divyāvadāna chapter xx, Divyāvadāna 298.23.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKanakavarṇa (कनकवर्ण):—[=kanaka-varṇa] [from kanaka > kan] m. Name of a king (supposed to be a former manifestation of Śākyamuni).
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Varna, Kanaka.
Starts with: Kanakavarnatara.
Full-text: Kanakavati, Kancanavarna, Gaganacumbita, Kanaka, Kancanasannibha, Candrakara, Lakshana.
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