Varttali, Varttālī: 2 definitions
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyVarttālī (वर्त्ताली) refers to one of the fur attendant goddesses of Aṣṭabhujamārīcī (or Mārīcīpicuvā) or the eight-armed variety of Mārīcī, who represents one of the various emanations of Vairocana, as mentioned in the 5th-century Sādhanamālā (a collection of sādhana texts that contain detailed instructions for rituals).—[...] Accordingly, Aṣṭabhuja-Mārīcī is surrounded by the four attendant goddesses, Varttālī, Vadālī, Varālī and Varāhamukhī. [...] Varttālī has red complexion, the sow-face and four arms. She wears red garments, is decked in all sorts of ornaments, and carries the noose and the Aśoka in the two left hands and the vajrāṅkuśa and the needle in the right.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVarttālī (वर्त्ताली).—name of a goddess: Sādhanamālā 276.16 etc.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Full-text: Vadali, Varali, Varahamukhi, Maricipicuva, Dashabhujasita.
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
Stupas in Orissa (Study) (by Meenakshi Chauley)
Emanations of Vairocana < [Chapter 5]