Atmakatva, Ātmakatva, Atmaka-tva: 1 definition
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)Ātmakatva (आत्मकत्व) refers to “that which is one’s nature”, according to the Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī by Vilāsavajra, which is a commentary on the Nāmasaṃgīti.—Accordingly, [while describing Mahāvairocana]—“And then [the Sādhaka should visualise] Mahāvairocana on the principal seat, generated by means of the syllable āḥ. [...] He is white in colour because he has the Dharma-Sphere as his nature. He has braids of hair [stacked up on his head] as a crown and is unadorned because he is one whose mind is tranquil. Since he has both wisdom and means as his nature (ātmakatva) he makes the bodhyagrī (“highest awakening”) hand gesture”.
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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Ends with: Duhkhatmakatva, Kriyatmakatva, Pancatmakatva, Prakashatmakatva, Sarvatmakatva.
Full-text: Prakashatmakatva, Paraspara.
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Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary (by Nandalal Sinha)
Sūtra 8.2.4 (Sūtra IV.ii.2, re-called) < [Chapter 2 - Of Doubly Presentative Cognition]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 6 - Ontological position of Rāmānuja’s Philosophy < [Chapter XX - Philosophy of the Rāmānuja School of Thought]