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Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Dharmameghāhūmi (धर्ममेघाहूमि) or simply Dharmameghā refers to one of twelve Bhūmi Goddesses, as commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—Her Colour is blue; her Symbol is a manuscript; she has two arms. [...] These twelve bhūmis [viz., Dharmameghābhūmi] are two-armed and hold in the right hand the vajra and in the left their own weapons or signs.

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Dharmameghabhūmi (धर्ममेघभूमि) refers to the “dharma-cloud level” which is associated with the Cittacakra (mind-circle), 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 mind-circle: “[...] [Every Yoginī] is known as having the nature of wisdom and means. In this regard, [the Mind] Circle is understood as [having the nature of] the upaśmaśāna (“near to the charnel ground”) [holy site], [the nature of] the Dharma-Cloud Level (dharmameghabhūmi), and the purity of the nature of the mind, and as all-pervading [like the mind]. [...]”.

context information

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.

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Dharmameghābhūmi (धर्ममेघाभूमि) or simply dharmameghā refers to “stage of the cloud of dharma” and represents the last of the “ten stages of the Bodhisattva” (bhūmi) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 64). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., dharmameghā-bhūmi). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D. Arciṣmatī is also included in the “thirteen stages of the Bodhisattva” (trayodaśa-bhūmi).

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Partial matches: Bhumi, Dharmamegha.

Full-text: Dharmamegha, Bodhisattvabhumi.

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