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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

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

Karkavī (कर्कवी) is the name of a Ḍākinī who, together with the Vīra (hero) named Karkava forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Vāyucakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the vāyucakra refers to one of the three divisions of the dharma-puṭa (‘dharma layer’), situated in the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs [viz., Karkavī] and Vīras are dark blue 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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kaṟkavi (கற்கவி) [kaṟ-kavi] noun < idem. + கவி¹-. [kavi¹-.] Stone vault put up on the portal or doorway; கதவு நிலையின் மேலே இடப்பட்டிருக்கும் பாவுகல். [kathavu nilaiyin mele idappattirukkum pavugal.] (பத்துப்பாட்டு: நெடு [pathuppattu: nedu] 86, உரை: தழிழ்நா. [urai: thazhizhna.] 256.)

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Kaṟkāvi (கற்காவி) [kaṟ-kāvi] noun < கல் [kal] +. Ochre; காவிக் கல். [kavig kal.] (தைலவருக்கச்சுருக்கம் தைல. [thailavarukkachurukkam thaila.] 135.)

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Partial matches: Kar, Kavi.

Full-text: Mancilai, Karkava, Vayucakra.

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