Advayavajra, Advaya-vajra: 5 definitions
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)Advayavajra (अद्वयवज्र) (incorrectly spelt as Advayavakra or perhaps Advayacakra in the colophon), is the author of the Gūḍhapadā commentary of the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti.—This Advayavajra is very likely not the same as the famous Advayavajra or Maitreyanātha (some good reasons against this identification are listed in Isaacson and Sferra 2014, 74–75).
Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of HeroesAdvayavajra (अद्वयवज्र) translated into Tibetan the Herukābhyudaya, which is mentioned in the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—The Herukābhyudaya was translated into Tibetan by Advayavajra. The Herukābhyudaya contains a passage that is more archaic than the Cakrasaṃvara (Sanderson 2009, pp. 213–14; Szántó 2012 a, p. 37)
Source: Academia: Newar Scholars and Tibetan BuddhistsAdvayavajra was a great Buddhist scholar born in a Brahmin family at Jhotakarani near Kapilvastu. He studied logical treatises of Dignaga and Dharmakirti, middle way of Nagarjuna and doctrinal aspect of Prajnaparamita under Guru Naropa at Vikramsila and Vijnanavada and Nirakaravyavastha under Mahasidda Ratnakarsanti. The Kagyud-pa tradition of Tibet describes that he also debated with Naropa.
Advayavajra (also known as Avadhutipa) composed several texts, which made him immortal as a Buddhist scholar. His greatest contributions were—Advayavajra-sangraha, Abodhabodhaka, Guru-Maitrigitika, Caturmudropadesa, Cittamatra-drishti, Dohatatvanidhitattvapadesa and Caturvajragitika. Advayavajra-Samgraha itself is comprised of twenty-one short works) [...] Advayavajra has been considered a great scholar. He had intuitive vision of things. Following the instructions of his Guru, he undertook the career of teaching Buddhism. Guru Marpa was his disciple. His other famous disciples were Sahajavajra, Sunyatasamadhi, Ramapala and Vajrapani.
Source: WikiPedia: Tibetan BuddhismAdvayavajra (अद्वयवज्र) is another name for Maitrīpāda (11th century)—a prominent Indian Buddhist Mahasiddha associated with the Mahāmudrā transmission of Tantric Buddhism. His teachers were Śavaripa and Naropa. His students include Atiśa, Marpa, Vajrapāṇi, Karopa, Natekara (also known as Sahajavajra), Devākaracandra (also known as Śūnyatāsamādhi), and Rāmapāla. His hermitage was in the Mithila region (also known as Tirhut), somewhere in northern Bihar and neighboring parts of southern Nepal.—Note: Maitrīpāda is also known as Maitreyanātha, Advayavajra, and, to Tibetans, Maitrīpa.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAdvayavajra (अद्वयवज्र).—name of an author: Sādhanamālā 48.18, 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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Partial matches: Vajra, Advaya.
Starts with: Advayavajrasangraha.
Full-text: Maitreyanatha, Advayavajrasangraha, Advayavakra, Advayacakra, Mantranaya, Herukabhyudaya, Sadhanamala, Paramitanaya, Abhyudaya, Maitripa, Gudhapada, Madhyamaka, Bija, Yogacara, Sautrantika, Maitripada, Mahayana.
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Advayavajra-samgraha (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri)
Part 1 - Introduction (to the Advayavajra-samgraha) < [Introduction]
Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)
Page 201 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
Complete works of Swami Abhedananda (by Swami Prajnanananda)
Chapter 4 - Buddhist Councils And Buddhist Thoughts < [Discourse 7 - Thoughts on Sankhya Buddhism and Vedanta]
Karandavyuha Sutra (by Mithun Howladar)
Part 3 - Significance of the [Oṃ Maṇi Padme Hūṃ] Mantra < [Appendix 3 - Six-Syllabled Mantra]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 2a - Niguma: Siddha khyung po rnal 'byor’s biography < [Book 9 - Kodrakpa and Niguma]
Chapter 2 - Guhyasamāja Marpa system < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
Hevajra Tantra (analytical study) (by Seung Ho Nam)
1. Buddhist Tantric Literature < [Chapter 2 - Place of Hevajra Tantra in Tantric Literature]
3. history of Yogaratnamala < [Chapter 2 - Place of Hevajra Tantra in Tantric Literature]