Manjunatha, Mañjunātha: 4 definitions
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyMañjunātha (मञ्जुनाथ) or Mañjunāthalokeśvara refers to number 96 of the 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara found in the Machhandar Vahal (Kathmanu, Nepal). [Machhandar or Machandar is another name for for Matsyendra.].
Accordingly,—
“Mañjunātha is also similar to [Piṇḍapātra Lokeśvara], but here the god holds the rosary in his right hand and the book against his chest with his left.—Piṇḍapātra Lokeśvara is one-faced and two-armed and stands on a lotus. He holds the Piṇḍapātra (the bowl) in his two hands near the navel”.
The names of the 108 deities [viz., Mañjunātha] 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. 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 DictionaryMañjunātha (मञ्जुनाथ) or Mañjuśrī.—: Sādhanamālā 108.2 (verse) etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMañjunātha (मञ्जुनाथ):—[=mañju-nātha] [from mañju > mañj] m. = -śrī, [Buddhist literature]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Natha, Manju, Mancu.
Starts with: Manjunathalokeshvara.
Full-text: Manjudeva, Manjunathalokeshvara, Manjushri.
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
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