Forty-two peaceful deities: 2 definitions

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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

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The Forty-two Peaceful Deities are known in Tibetan as (1) zhi lha zhe gnyis or (2) zhi ba'i lha zhe gnyis.

  1. Samantabhadra (buddha),
  2. Samatabhadrī,
  3. Vairocana,
  4. Akṣobhya,
  5. Ratnasambhava,
  6. Amitābha,
  7. Amoghasiddhi,
  8. Ākāśadhātvīśvarī,
  9. Buddhalocanā,
  10. Māmakī,
  11. Paṇḍaravāsinī,
  12. Samayatārā,
  13. Kṣitigarbha,
  14. Vajrapāṇi,
  15. Ākāśagarbha,
  16. Avalokiteśvara,
  17. Lāsyā,
  18. Mālyā,
  19. Gītā,
  20. Nartī,
  21. Maitreya,
  22. Nivaraṇaviśkambhin,
  23. Samantabhadra (bodhisattva),
  24. Mañjuśrī,
  25. Dhūpā,
  26. Puṣpā,
  27. Ālokā,
  28. Gandhā,
  29. Amṛtakuṇḍalin,
  30. Hayagrīva,
  31. Mahābala,
  32. Yamāntaka,
  33. Aṅkuśā,
  34. Pāśā,
  35. Sphoṭā,
  36. Ghaṇṭā,
  37. Munīndra,
  38. Vemacitra,
  39. Śākyamuni,
  40. Siṃha,
  41. Jvālamukha,
  42. Yamarāja,
Source: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems
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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.

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General definition (in Buddhism)

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The forty-two Peaceful Deities belong to the maṇḍala of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities, and feature in several practices and cycles of teachings, most notably the Tibetan Book of the Dead and the Guhyagarbha Tantra.

The forty-two Peaceful Deities are:

  1. Samantabhadra (buddha),
  2. Samatabhadrī,
  3. Vairocana,
  4. Akṣobhya,
  5. Ratnasambhava,
  6. Amitābha,
  7. Amoghasiddhi,
  8. Dhātvīśvarī (or Vajradhātvīśvarī)
  9. Buddhalocanā
  10. Māmakī
  11. Paṇḍaravāsinī
  12. Samayatārā
  13. Mañjuśrī
  14. Avalokiteśvara
  15. Vajrapāṇi
  16. Maitreya
  17. Kṣitigarbha
  18. Ākāśagarbha
  19. Sarvanivaraṇaviśkambhin
  20. Samantabhadra
  21. Lāsyā
  22. Mālā
  23. Gītā
  24. Nṛtyā
  25. Puṣpā
  26. Dhūpā
  27. Ālokā
  28. Gandhā
  29. Kauśika
  30. Vemacitra
  31. Śākyamuni
  32. Shravasingha (or Dhruvasiṃha, Siṃhapradyota)
  33. Jvālāmukhadeva
  34. Dharmarāja
  35. Acala
  36. Yamāntaka
  37. Hayagrīva
  38. Amṛtakuṇḍalī
  39. Aṅkuśā
  40. Pāśā
  41. Śṛṅkhalā
  42. Ghaṇtā
Source: Encyclopedia of Buddhism: Glossary

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