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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Samantaprabhāhūmi (समन्तप्रभाहूमि) or simply Samantaprabhā refers to one of twelve Bhūmi Goddesses, as commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—Her Colour is red; her Symbol is an image of Amitābha; she has two arms. [...] These twelve bhūmis [viz., Samantaprabhābhūmi] are two-armed and hold in the right hand the vajra and in the left their own weapons or signs.

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Samantaprabhābhūmi (समन्तप्रभाभूमि) refers to the “universal splendor level”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: [while explaining the speech circle (vākcakra)]: “[...] [Every] goddess on this circle inherently has the nature of wisdom and means They are taught in the Catuṣpīṭhatantra, consisting of 12,000 [stanzas]: [they are equivalent to] Jñānaḍākinī and others. [This is] the doctrine of the goddesses starting with Pūjā. [This circle is declared] to be the pīlava (“village border”) site: In this way, [the goddesses are of] the Universal Splendor Level (samantaprabhābhūmi) [ityevaṃbhūmiśca samantaprabhā]. [...]”

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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.

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Partial matches: Bhumi, Samantaprabha.

Full-text: Samantaprabha.

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