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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Ākoṭana (आकोटन) refers to the “hammering (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: [while explaining the body circle (kāyacakra)]: “[...] Oṃ, gha, gha, slay, slay all evils! PhaṭStake, stake all siners! Phaṭ Hūṃ hūm hūṃ. O Adamantine Stake! O Vajra-holder! Command! Stake the body, speech, and mind adamantine of all obstacle demons! Hūṃ phaṭ—The staking mantra. Oṃ, O Adamantine Hammer! O Adamantine Stake! Strike! Hūṃ phaṭ—the hammering (ākoṭana) mantra. [...]”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

ākoṭana : (nt.) knocking; urging.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

1) Ākoṭana, ² (adj.) (= ākoṭana¹) beating, driving, inciting, urging J.VI, 253 (f. ākoṭanī of paññā, expl^d. by “nivāraṇapatoda-laṭṭhi viya paññā koṭinī hoti” p. 254). (Page 94)

2) Ākoṭana, ¹ (nt.) (fr. ākoṭeti) beating on, knocking M.I, 385; Miln.63, 306; DhsA.144. (Page 94)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ākoṭana (आकोटन).—nt. (compare ākoṭayati), beating (of clothes): Mahāvyutpatti 9257; compare ākoṭayet 9260. In Kyoto ed. there is a v.l. apakoṭana, but Mironov records no such reading and it is surely to be rejected.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ākoṭana (आकोटन):—[=ā-koṭana] [from ā-kuṭ] n. smoothing, [Mahā-vyutpatti]

2) Ākoṭanā (आकोटना):—[=ā-koṭanā] [from ā-koṭana > ā-kuṭ] f. punishment, [Nārada-smṛti, nāradīya-dharma-śāstra], [Scholiast or Commentator]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ākoṭana (आकोटन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ākoḍaṇa.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kotana, A.

Starts with: Akotanamantra, Akotanarong.

Ends with: Apakotana, Bakotana.

Full-text: Apakotana, Akodana, Gandika.

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