Mahabhayaphalada, Mahābhayaphalada: 1 definition

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Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Mahābhayaphalada (महाभयफलद) or Mahābhayaphaladalokeśvara refers to number 63 of the 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara found in the Machhandar Vahal (Kathmanu, Nepal). [Machhandar or Machandar is another name for for Matsyendra.].

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“Mahābhayaphalada also is similar in form to [Mahācandrabimba Lokeśvara], except that he holds the Vajra, the sword and the Utpala in his three right hands, and two Ghaṇṭās, and the book in his three left.—Mahācandrabimba Lokeśvara is three-faced and six-armed and stands on a lotus. He holds the arrow, the Utpala and the fruit in his three right hands, and the bow, the Vajra and the Cakra in his three left. The head on the top probably represents Amitābha”.

The names of the 108 deities [viz., Mahābhayaphalada] possbily originate from a Tantra included in the Kagyur which is named “the 108 names of Avalokiteshvara”, however it is not yet certain that this is the source for the Nepali descriptions.

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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.

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