Karunyapataka, Kāruṇyapāṭaka, Karunya-pataka: 1 definition
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Countries, Cities, Sacred places and other Geographical regionsKāruṇyapāṭaka (कारुण्यपाटक) refers to one of the Twenty-four Sacred Places which on the Indian subcontinent are considered particularly powerful for the practices of the Yogini Tantras. These twenty-four sacred sites [e.g., Kāruṇyapāṭaka] correspond to twenty-four places on the human body and act in conjunction with yogic practices.—They are known in Sanskrit as: caturviṃśati-pīṭha and in Tibetan as: gnas nyi shu rtsa bzhi.
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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Partial matches: Karunya, Pataka.
Full-text: Twenty-four power places.
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