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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Countries, Cities, Sacred places and other Geographical regions

Kumārapura (कुमारपुर) (or Vindhyākumārapaurikā, Vindhyākaumārapaurikā) 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., Kumārapura] 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.

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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.

India history and geography

Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)

Kumārapura is the name of an ancient city mentioned in the “Asankhali plates of Narasiṃha II” (1302 A.D.). The fifth plot of land comprised the locality called Kumārapura. It was bounded in the east by the highway to the north of Kumārabhogya (the haṭṭa or market-place of this name mentioned above) and in the west by a sāla tree. Its southern boundary touched the northern limit of the land of Gopāla and Champadāsa mentioned before in connection with the third and fourth plots, while its northern end was marked by a hijjala tree. The land within these boundaries measured 66 vāṭikās.

These copper plates (mentioning Kumārapura) were discovered from the house of a Santal inhabitant of Pargana Asankhali in the Mayurbhanj State (Orissa). It was made when king Vīra-Narasiṃhadeva was staying at the Bhairavapura-kaṭaka (city, camp or residence).

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Partial matches: Kumara, Pura.

Full-text: Vindhyakumarapaurika, Vindhyakaumarapaurika, Twenty-four places.

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