Introduction

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Maṇḍala

Bhāgineya (भागिनेय) is the name of a Vīra (hero) who, together with the Ḍākinī named Bhāgineyī forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Agnicakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the agnicakra refers to one of the three divisions of the saṃbhoga-puṭa (‘enjoyment layer’), situated in the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs and Vīras [viz., Bhāgineya] are red in color; they each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bhāginēya (भागिनेय).—m S A sister's son.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhāgineya (भागिनेय).—[bhaginyā apatyaṃ ḍhak] A sister's son.

-yī A sister's daughter.

Derivable forms: bhāgineyaḥ (भागिनेयः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhāgineya (भागिनेय).—m.

(-yaḥ) A sister’s son. E. bhaginī a sister, ḍhak aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhāgineya (भागिनेय).—i. e. bhaginī + eya, I. m. A sister’s son, [Pañcatantra] 231, 20. Ii. yī, A sister’s daughter.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhāgineya (भागिनेय).—[masculine] a sister’s son.

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

Bhāgineya (भागिनेय):—[from bhāga] m. ([from] bhaginī) a sister’s son, [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra; Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc. (also in friendly address to any younger person, [Divyāvadāna])

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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)

Starts with: Bhagineyaka.

Ends with: Daurbhagineya, Kashtabhagineya, Saubhagineya.

Full-text: Kashtabhagineya, Bhagineyi, Bhagineyaka, Daurbhagineya, Daurbhagineyi, Bhaca, Bhagineyya, Agnicakra.

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