Alternative spellings of this word include Chandalini.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Critical Study of the Vajraḍākamahātantrarāja (II)

Caṇḍālinī (चण्डालिनी) is the name of a Goddess (Devī) presiding over Jālandhara: one of the twenty-four sacred districts mentioned in the 9th century Vajraḍākatantra (chapter 18). Her weapon is the mudrā and kaṭṭārikā. Furthermore, Caṇḍālinī is accompanied by the Kṣetrapāla (field-protector) named Janeta and their abode is a kanaka-tree.

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

Caṇḍālinī (चण्डालिनी) is the name of a Ḍākinī who, together with the Vīra (hero) named Caṇḍāla forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Guṇacakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the guṇacakra refers to one of the four divisions of the sahaja-puṭa (‘innate layer’), situated within the padma (lotus) in the middle of the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs [viz., Caṇḍālinī] and Vīras are whitish 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

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Caṇḍālinī (चण्डालिनी).—name of a yoginī: Sādhanamālā 446.20 (verse).

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

Cāṇḍālinī (चाण्डालिनी):—[from cāṇḍāla] f. Name of a goddess, [Tantrasāra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Candalini in German

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Caṇḍālinī (चण्डालिनी):—n. fem. a virago;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with: Jushtacandalini, Ucchishtacandalini.

Full-text: Ucchishtacandalini, Janeta, Candala, Mudra, Gunacakra, Jalandhara, Ucchishta.

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