Lilavajra, Līlāvajra, Lila-vajra: 5 definitions
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Lilavajra 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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Google books: Genesis and Development of Tantra (Vajrayana)Līlāvajra (लीलावज्र) is the name of one of the several Vajrācāryas at Vikramaśīla .—In chapter 38 of his Rgya gar chos ’byung (“History of Buddhism in India”), Tāranātha includes several commentators on the Laghuśaṃvara, among ten persons [e.g., Līlāvajra] whom he holds to have occupied the office of chief Vajrācārya at Vikramaśīla in rapid unbroken succession, and claims that Jayabhadra was the first of the ten.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryLīlāvajra (लीलावज्र).—an instrument like Indra's thunderbolt.
Derivable forms: līlāvajram (लीलावज्रम्).
Līlāvajra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms līlā and vajra (वज्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryLīlāvajra (लीलावज्र):—[=līlā-vajra] [from līlā] n. an implement or instrument shaped like a thunderbolt, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
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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.
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Full-text: Suryasadrisha, Mathura, Buddhaguhya.
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Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
7. The Indian historical tradition of the Guhyagarbhatattvaviniścayamahātantra < [Introduction]
Text 16.9 (Commentary) < [Chapter 16 (Text and Commentary)]
2. Compilation of the Kangyur and Nyingma Tantras < [Introduction]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 1 - The beginning of the new translations < [Book 4 - New Traditions of Secret Mantra]
Chapter 1 - The first lineage (brgyud pa dang po’i skabs) < [Book 12 - Peace-Making Lineages]
Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) (by Geetika Kaw Kher)
A brief insight in Vajrayana Buddhism < [Chapter 2 - Spread and Transition]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter XXXV < [Book VII - Ratnaprabhā]