The Sanskrit term Śokavinodanatārā can be transliterated into English as Sokavinodanatara or Shokavinodanatara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Rangjung Yeshe Wiki: Dharma Dictionary

Śokavinodanatārā (शोकविनोदनतारा) (in Tibetan: mya ngan sel ba'i sgrol ma) refers to the “Tārā who is the dispeller of sorrow” and represents one of the twenty-one emanations of Tārā according to the Kashmiri Mahasiddha Suryagupta Tradition.—Suryagupta or Ravigupta (Tibetan: nyi ma be pa) was a layperson from Kashmir that was cured of leprosy by a miraculous statue of the goddess Tara. Suryagupta is famous for having many visions of Tara and originating many lineages of her practice such as the Twenty-one forms of Tara [e.g., Śokavinodanatārā]. There exists inscriptions and paintings (from the 14th century) of these Twenty-one Taras and they are also described in ritual and meditation texts in both Sanskrit and Tibetan language.

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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: Shokavinodana, Tara.

Full-text: Sokavinodana.

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