Kusumashri, Kusumaśrī, Kusuma-shri: 2 definitions
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Kusumashri means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Kusumaśrī can be transliterated into English as Kusumasri or Kusumashri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beingsKusumaśrī (कुसुमश्री) refers to one of the “Thirty-Five Confession Buddhas” (Tibetan: ltung bshags kyi sangs rgyas so lnga) according to various sources in Mahayana and Tibetan Buddhism such as the Triskandhadharma-Sutra and the Ratnakuta-Sutra.—These texts describe the practice of purification by confession and making prostrations to these Buddhas [e.g., Kusumaśrī] while incorporating visualization techniques using a variety of iconographic depictions. The purpose of such practice is to purify negative karma.
Kusumaśrī is also known in Tibetan as: métok pel [me tog dpal]
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKusumaśrī (कुसुमश्री).—name of a future Buddha: Gaṇḍavyūha 441.25 (see Kusuma); one of ‘the 35 Buddhas’, Śikṣāsamuccaya 169.12.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shri, Kusuma.
Starts with: Kusumashrigarbha.
Full-text: Thirty-five Buddhas of Confession, Metok pel, Me tog dpal, Shrikusuma, Kusuma, Maitreya.
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