Karandavyuha, Kāraṇḍavyūha: 7 definitions
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyKāraṇḍavyūha (कारण्डव्यूह) or Kāraṇḍavyūhalokeśvara refers to number 37 of the 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara found in the Machhandar Vahal (Kathmanu, Nepal). [Machhandar or Machandar is another name for for Matsyendra.].
Accordingly,—
“Kāraṇḍavyūha is one-faced and two-armed and sits in the Vajraparyaṅka attitude on a lotus. He holds the Vajra in his right hand and the book against his chest in the left”.
The names of the 108 deities [viz., Kāraṇḍavyūha] possbily originate from a Tantra included in the Kagyur which is named “the 108 names of Avalokiteshvara”, however it is not yet certain that this is the source for the Nepali descriptions. 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKāraṇḍavyūha (कारण्डव्यूह).—name of a work: Kāraṇḍavvūha 13.20; 23.6 °ha-mahāyāna-sūtra-ratna-rāja-, etc.; Sādhanamālā 30.21.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāraṇḍavyūha (कारण्डव्यूह).—m.
(-haḥ) A Budd'ha or sanctified being according to the Baudd'has. E. kāraṇḍa the same, vai to go, and ḍa aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Karaṇḍavyūha (करण्डव्यूह):—[=karaṇḍa-vyūha] [from karaṇḍa > kara] m. Name of a Buddhist work.
2) Kāraṇḍavyūha (कारण्डव्यूह):—[=kāraṇḍa-vyūha] [from kāraṇḍa] m. Name of a Buddha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] of a Buddhist work (cf. karaṇḍa-vy.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāraṇḍavyūha (कारण्डव्यूह):—[kāraṇḍa-vyūha] (haḥ) 1. m. A Buddha.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Karaṇda, Vyuha.
Starts with: Karandavyuhalokeshvara.
Ends with: Gunakarandavyuha.
Full-text (+665): Kalpadvipa, Bhavasamshodhana, Devamandala, Nagnashravana, Yamapalaka, Nupurottama, Jayavahana, Mohaparimukta, Priyamukha, Tamraguha, Manidharini, Mrigarajini, Dharmarathabhirudha, Pratisamskara, Pandalamegha, Cittaraja, Jambudvipaka, Mancapitha, Bhaishajyasena, Kshantipriya.
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
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