Riddhivashita, Ṛddhivaśitā, Riddhi-vashita: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ṛddhivaśitā can be transliterated into English as Rddhivasita or Riddhivashita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyṚddhivaśitā (ऋद्धिवशिता) refers to one of twelve Vaśitā Goddesses, as commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—Her Colour is green; her Symbol is the sun and moon on lotus; she has two arms.
Ṛddhivaśitā is described in the Niṣpannayogāvalī (dharmadhātuvāgīśvara-maṇḍala) as follows:—
“Ṛddhivaśitā is green as the sky and holds in her left hand the discs of the sun and the moon on a lotus”.
[These Vaśitās are collectively taken to be the spiritual daughters of the Dhyāni Buddha Amitābha. The twelve Vaśitā Goddesses [viz., Ṛddhivaśitā] are described collectively as two-armed, holding in their right hands the lotus and in the left proudly bearing their special symbols.]
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.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaṚddhivaśitā (ऋद्धिवशिता) or simply Ṛddhi refers to the “mastery of spiritual power” and represents one of the “ten masteries of the Bodhisattvas” (vaśitā) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 74). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., ṛddhi-vaśitā). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Riddhi, Vasita.
Full-text: Riddhi, Vasita, Ten Masteries.
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