Ketugrahadeva, Ketugraha-deva: 1 definition
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyKetugrahadeva (केतुग्रहदेव) is another name for Ketu: one of the nine planets (Navagraha), commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—His Colour is blue; his Symbols are the sword and snake-noose; he has two arms. [...] Under the name Ketugrahadeva, he occurs once in the Chinese collection.
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: Deva, Ketugraha, Teva.
Full-text: Ketu.
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)