Khyam, Khyaṃ: 1 definition
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Khyam means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiKhyaṃ (ख्यं) refers to an “egg”, according to Buddhist teachings followed by the Newah in Nepal, Kathmandu Valley (whose roots can be traced to the Licchavi period, 300-879 CE).—The goal of the [Vāruṇīpūjā] ritual is to mix the two substances together by taking an egg (khyaṃ), fish (nyā), and meat (lā) (all Newah), and to dip it in the khāy, and then to “seed” the alcohol by placing it in the thāpiṃ. When together the two as one are referred to as Ānandā-Vāruṇī, where as a single mixture of male and female sexual fluids combined, the male deity Ānanda takes on the feminine form Ānandā, because it has been deposited into the thāpiṃ, which in this context symbolizes the vagina and uterus as a receptacle. Shorter versions of the vāruṇīpūjā appear at the end of the Guru Maṇḍala as the Bali Bhāvanā, “Bali Meditation”, and in the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi as the Mantra Pātra.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Khyamva, Khyamvakhyamva.
Ends with: Sandigdhalekhyam, Yathakhyam, Yathamukhyam, Yathasakhyam, Yathasamkhyam.
Full-text (+28): Alekhya, Abhimukhya, Lekhya, Shakhya, Mukhya, Saukhya, Parimukhya, Amukhya, Ratnamukhya, Gadakhya, Somakhya, Krayalekhya, Kaunakhya, Hamsabhikhya, Priyakhya, Ukhya, Sandigdhalekhya, Vaimukhya, Shavarabhedakhya, Hinasakhya.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 7.86.2 < [Sukta 86]
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 9.5 (Commentary) < [Chapter 9 (Text And Commentary)]
Text 17.2 (Commentary) < [Chapter 17 (Text And Commentary)]
Text 6.3 (Commentary) < [Chapter 6 (text and commentary)]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 1c - The Zur Geneology (iv): Zur Genealogy from zur shAkya seng ge < [Book 3 - Early translations of Secret Mantra]
Chapter 22 - Dpang blo gros brtan pa < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
Chapter 29 - Sonam Gyatso (i): Birth < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 3 - The Precursors of the Viśiṣṭādvaita Philosophy < [Chapter XVIII - An Historical and Literary Survey of the Viśiṣṭādvaita School of Thought]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)