Manurakshasi, Manu-rakshasi, Manurākṣasī: 1 definition
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Manurakshasi means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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: Google Books: An Esoteric Exposition of the Bardo Thodol Part AManurākṣasī (मनुराक्षस):—One of the six Īśvarī performing the rites of pacification.—In the northern direction the brownish white yak-headed Manurākṣasī, who holds a vajra, governs the prāṇas coming to and from Splenic centre I. Splenic centre I directs its Watery-Fiery reject prāṇas needing recycling to the Solar Plexus centre, whilst the Solar Plexus centres sends to it for further refining the most Airy aspect of its general Watery-Earthy prāṇas.
The yak is a peaceful grazing animal that forages on the greenery it resides in. In a similar fashion this Splenic centre processes the general samskāras foraged in the symbolic green fields of saṃsāra represented by the verdure of the Solar Plexus centre and the entire Inner Round chakras it synthesises.
The purpose of the power of a vajra is to use the most potent forces possible to effect the necessary transformations of saṃskāras, which allows the prāṇas to be accommodated by Splenic centre I and sent to the centres above the diaphragm.
The counterpart of this pair is Brahmāṇī.
The term ‘Manu’ comes from the root ‘man’, ‘to think', thus the name Manurākṣasī refers to a flesh eating demoness, who devours evil spirits (the denizens of the lower strata of the astral and mental realms) with the power of thought.
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: Rakshasi, Manu.
Full-text: Brahmani.
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