Ankulika, Aṅkulika: 1 definition
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Ankulika means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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.
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Critical Study of the Vajraḍākamahātantrarāja (II)Aṅkulika (अङ्कुलिक) is the husband of Airāvatī: the name of a Ḍākinī (‘sacred girl’) presiding over Kāmarūpa: one of the four Kṣetras (‘sacred spot’) present within the Vākcakra (‘circle of word’), according to the 9th-centruy Vajraḍākatantra. The Vākcakra is one of three Cakras within the Tricakra system which embodies twenty-four sacred spots or districts resided over by twenty-four Ḍākinīs whose husbands (viz., Aṅkulika) abide in one’s body in the form of twenty-four ingredients (dhātu) of one’s body.
Airāvatī has for her husband the hero (vīra) named Aṅkulika. She is the presiding deity of Kāmarūpa and the associated internal location are the ‘arm-pits’ and the bodily ingredients (dhātu) are the ‘eyes’.
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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