Ratnavajra, Ratna-vajra: 5 definitions
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdomlib Libary: VajrayoginiRatnavajra (रत्नवज्र) is the name of a caitya (funeral monument) associated with Ghorāndhakāra: the south-western cremation ground (śmaśāna) according to the Vajravārāhī-sādhana by Umāpatideva as found in te 12th century Guhyasamayasādhanamālā. As a part of this sādhana, the practicioner is to visualize a suitable dwelling place for the goddess inside the circle of protection which takes the form of eight cremation grounds.
Source: academia.edu: A Critical Study of the Vajraḍākamahātantrarāja (II)Ratnavajra (रत्नवज्र) is the husband of Khaṇḍarohā: the name of a Ḍākinī (‘sacred girl’) presiding over Gṛhadevatā: one of the four Melāpaka (‘sacred spot’) present within the Kāyacakra (‘circle of body’) , according to the 9th-centruy Vajraḍākatantra. The Kāyacakra is one of three Cakras within the Tricakra system which embodies twenty-four sacred spots or districts resided over by twenty-four Ḍākinīs whose husbands (viz., Ratnavajra) abide in one’s body in the form of twenty-four ingredients (dhātu) of one’s body.
Khaṇḍarohā has for her husband the hero (vīra) named Ratnavajra. She is the presiding deity of Gṛhadevatā and the associated internal location are the ‘anus’ and the bodily ingredient (dhātu) is the ‘pus’.
Source: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka MaṇḍalaRatnavajra (रत्नवज्र) is the name of a Vīra (hero) who, together with the Ḍākinī named Khaṇḍarohā forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Vajracakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the vajracakra refers to one of the four divisions of the sahaja-puṭa (‘innate layer’), situated within the padma (lotus) in the middle of the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs and Vīras [viz., Ratnavajra] each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum and a knife; they are dark-bluish-black in color.
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)Ratnavajra (रत्नवज्र) is the supposed author of the Caturthasadbhāvopadeśa, an attribution found in the colophon (D 159b3–4): “the great Kashmiri master … Ratnavajra” (kha che’i slob dpon chen po … dpal rin chen rdo rje). We see the same name in unit (e). Sūkṣmāvarttabhaṭṭa and Ratnavajra are one and the same, as the last verse of the work reveals: [...]. The underlying meaning is clear enough: the author identifies himself as a Kashmiri master called Ratnavajra, also known as Sūkṣmāvartaśrī, as āvartta—with a slight stretch—can be reconstructed from rtogs pa, whereas śrī is perhaps a metrical equivalent of bhaṭṭa or an unusual rendering into Tibetan.
Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiRatnavajra (रत्नवज्र) is the name of a Ḍāka (male consort) and one of the deities of the Cakrasaṃvara-maṇḍala or Saṃvaramaṇḍala of Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasaṃvaratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).—The Cakrasaṃvara mandala has a total of sixty-two deities. [...] Three concentric circles going outward, the body, speech and mind wheels (kāya-vāka-citta), in the order: mind (blue), speech (red), and body (white), with eight Ḍākinīs each in non-dual union with their Ḍākas, "male consorts".
Associated elements of Khaṇḍorohā and Ratnavajra:
Circle: kāyacakra (body-wheel) (white);
Ḍākinī (female consort): Khaṇḍorohā;
Ḍāka (male consort): Ratnavajra;
Bīja: gṛṃ;
Body-part: anus;
Pīṭha: Gṛhadevatā;
Bodily constituent: pūya (pus);
Bodhipakṣa (wings of enlightenment): praśrabdhibodhyaṅga (awakening of confidence).
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ratna, Vajra.
Full-text: Grihadevata, Sukshmavarttabhatta, Caturthasadbhavopadesha, Puya, Prashrabdhibodhyanga, Khandaroha, Grim, Khandoroha, Ghorandhakara, Vajracakra.
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Formal Education System in Ancient India (by Sushmita Nath)
The 8th century Vikramaśilā Mahāvihāra < [Chapter 3 - Centres of Learning in Vedic and Buddhist Period]
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 11.17 (Commentary) < [Chapter 11 (Text and Commentary)]
Introduction 3.2.2: The Sequence of the actual Foundation of Empowerment < [Chapter 9 (Text And Commentary)]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 2 - Spa tshab together with his lineage < [Book 6 - The Origin of the Mādhyamika (middle way)]
Chapter 3b - The Life story of 'Khon phu ba < [Book 4 - New Traditions of Secret Mantra]
Chapter 11 - Miscellaneous doctrines < [Book 14 - Great Compassion Cycle]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 4 - Teachers and Pupils in Vedānta < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]