Abhishekamantra, Abhisheka-mantra, Abhiṣekamantra: 2 definitions

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Abhishekamantra means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Abhiṣekamantra can be transliterated into English as Abhisekamantra or Abhishekamantra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

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Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Abhiṣekamantra (अभिषेकमन्त्र) refers to the “consecration mantra”, 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: “Buddhas are inside the spaces of Vajras. [He should visualize] this all-pervasive [stream]. They emerge from the gnosis fire. [He] has a stream of nectar, the self-existing. [He should perform] consecration of the adamantine leader by filling with the innate water (viz., the stream of nectar) Oṃ, for the glory of all Tathāgatas’ consecration, the pledge, hūṃ—[this is] the consecration mantra (abhiṣekamantra). [...]”.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Abhishekamantra in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Abhiṣekamantra (अभिषेकमन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—by Gobhila. Oudh. Xvi, 84. Xix, 92.

2) Abhiṣekamantrā (अभिषेकमन्त्रा):—abhiṣekamantrāḥ Āśval. Oxf. 398^b.

3) Abhiṣekamantra (अभिषेकमन्त्र):—ascribed to Gobhila. Oudh. Xx, 158. Xxi, 110. 116.

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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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