Mahapratyangira, Mahāpratyaṅgirā: 2 definitions
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyMahāpratyaṅgirā (महाप्रत्यङ्गिरा) refers to one of the female emanations of Akṣobhya, as mentioned in the 5th-century Sādhanamālā (a collection of sādhana texts that contain detailed instructions for rituals).—Her Colour is blue; she has six arms.—One short sādhana only is assigned in the Sādhanamālā to Mahāpratyaṅgirā.
The Dhyāna (meditation instructions) of Mahāpratyaṅgirā described in the Sādhanamālā as follows:—
“Mahāpratyaṅgirā is blue in colour, six-armed, and one-faced. She shows in her three right hands the sword, the goad, and the varadamudrā, and in her three left hands she holds the tarjanī with the noose against the chest, the red lotus and the trident; she originates from the syllable “Hūṃ”, bears the image of Akṣobhya on her crown, isdecked in all sorts of ornaments, and is young and beautiful”
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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryMahāpratyaṅgirā (महाप्रत्यङ्गिरा).—name of a goddess: Sādhanamālā 402.14, 18. Perhaps a rakṣā, q.v.; the context suggests this.
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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Starts with: Mahapratyangirastotra.
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
Varahi Tantra (English Study) (by Roberta Pamio)
Chapter 25 - The seventeen-syllabled Mantra < [Summary of the Vārāhī Tantra]
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