Mayajalakramalokeshvara, Māyājālakramalokeśvara, Mayajalakrama-lokeshvara: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Māyājālakramalokeśvara can be transliterated into English as Mayajalakramalokesvara or Mayajalakramalokeshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography1) Māyājālakramalokeśvara (मायाजालक्रमलोकेश्वर) or simply Māyājālakrama refers to one of the various forms of Avalokiteśvara having their Sādhana described in the 5th-century Sādhanamālā (a collection of sādhana texts that contain detailed instructions for rituals).—His Colour is blue; his Āsana is the pratyālīḍha; He has five faces and twelve hands.—As the Sādhana for the worship of this particular form of Avalokiteśvara, occurs originally in the Māyājāla-tantra, this peculiar name has been given to the deity. This is the only fierce form of Lokeśvara known to the Indian Buddhists, although fiercer forms are to be met with in the Tibetan Buddhist Iconography.
2) Māyājālakramalokeśvara (मायाजालक्रमलोकेश्वर) or simply Māyājālakrama refers to number 5 of the 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara found in the Machhandar Vahal (Kathmanu, Nepal). [Machhandar or Machandar is another name for for Matsyendra.]. [...]The names of the 108 deities [viz., Māyājālakramalokeśvara] 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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Partial matches: Lokeshvara, Mayajalakrama.
Full-text: Mayajalakrama.
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