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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Critical Study of the Vajraḍākamahātantrarāja (II)

Pretādhivāsinī (प्रेताधिवासिनी) or Pretapurī is one of the two Melāpaka (‘sacred spot’) present within the Kāyacakra (‘circle of body’) which is associated with the Ḍākinī named Pātālavāsinī (‘a woman living underground’), according to the 9th-centruy Vajraḍākatantra. Vākcakra is one of three Cakras within the Tricakra system which embodies twenty-four sacred spots or districts (viz., Pretādhivāsinī) resided over by twenty-four ‘sacred girls’ (ḍākinīs) whose husbands abide in one’s body in the form of twenty-four ingredients (dhātu) of one’s body.

Pretādhivāsinī has the presiding Ḍākinī named Cakravegā whose husband, or hero (vīra) is named Mahābala. The associated internal location are the ‘genitals’ and the bodily ingredient (dhātu) is the ‘mucus’. According to the Vajraḍākavivṛti, the districts Kulatā, Maru, Pretapurī (Pretādhivāsinī) and Triśakuni are associated with the family deity of Vārāhī; while in the Abhidhānottarottaratantra there is the Ḍāka deity named Vajraḍāka standing in the center of the districts named Pretapurī (Pretādhivāsinī), Gṛhadevatā, Saurāṣṭra and Suvarṇadvīpa.

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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.

India history and geography

Source: academia.edu: The Cakrasamvara Tantra (h)

Pretādhivāsinī (प्रेताधिवासिनी) or Pretapurī is the name of an ancient locality identified with “the valleys located on the border between India and Tibet” according to Nāropāda (11th century A.D.). He is known for identifying unnatural or obscure names mentioned by the Cakrasaṃvara scriptures.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Full-text: Pretapuri, Vajradaka, Melapaka, Cakravega, Varahi, Mahabala, Saurashtra, Kayacakra, Suvarnadvipa, Grihadevata.

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