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Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Abhimukhībhūmi (अभिमुखीभूमि) or simply Abhimukhī 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 yellow; her Symbol is an emerald; she has two arms. [...] These twelve bhūmis [viz., Abhimukhībhūmi] 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

Abhimukhībhūmi (अभिमुखीभूमि) refers to the “immediacy 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 describing the earth-circle (medinīcakra)]: “Thirty-six Yoginīs, [who] go on the ground, are [on the spokes] in order. [The Yoginīs are]—[...] Having the nature of wisdom and means, [every] goddess dwells in the upacchandoha (“near to the milking together”) [holy site]. She is [of] the Immediacy Level (abhimukhībhūmi) and is the Wisdom Perfection. [She] lives in the fifth continent. [...]”.

context information

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-samgraha

Abhimukhībhūmi (अभिमुखीभूमि) or simply abhimukhī refers to “stage of the manifest” and represents the sixth of the “ten stages of the Bodhisattva” (bhūmi) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 64). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., abhimukhī-bhūmi). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D. Arciṣmatī is also included in the “thirteen stages of the Bodhisattva” (trayodaśa-bhūmi).

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bhumi, Abhimukhi.

Full-text: Abhimukhi, Bodhisattvabhumi.

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