The Sanskrit term Mṛtyuvañcanatārā can be transliterated into English as Mrtyuvancanatara or Mrityuvancanatara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Mrityuvanchanatara.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Mṛtyuvañcanatārā (मृत्युवञ्चनतारा) or Mṛtyuvañcana refers to a deity from the White Tārā family, according to Buddhist Iconography.—The distinctive feature of this [Mṛtyuvañcanatārā] form of Tārā is that she bears a wheel on her chest. She is absolutely unattended and sits in the Vajraparyaṅka attitude. [...] Strictly speaking, only those deities can be called Tārās to whom the mantra: “oṃ tārā tuttāre ture svāhā” is assigned. [...] From the colour of the different Tārās it will be possible to refer them [viz., Mṛtyuvañcanatārā] to their respective Kulas or families presided over by the five Dhyāni Buddhas.

context information

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: Mrityuvancana, Tara.

Full-text: Mrityuvancana.

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