Nirabharana, Nirābharaṇa, Nir-abharana: 2 definitions

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Nirabharana means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)

Nirābharaṇa (निराभरण) refers to “(being) unadorned”, according to the Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī by Vilāsavajra, which is a commentary on the Nāmasaṃgīti.—Accordingly, [while describing Mahāvairocana]—“And then [the Sādhaka should visualise] Mahāvairocana on the principal seat, generated by means of the syllable āḥ. [...] He is white in colour because he has the Dharma-Sphere as his nature. He has braids of hair [stacked up on his head] as a crown and is unadorned (nirābharaṇa) because he is one whose mind is tranquil. Since he has both wisdom and means as his nature he makes the bodhyagrī (“highest awakening”) hand gesture”.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Nirabharana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nirābharaṇa (ನಿರಾಭರಣ):—

1) [noun] lack of ornaments or embellishments.

2) [noun] a person who is not wearing ornaments.

3) [noun] absence of embellishments as figures of speech, metaphors, etc. (in a literary work).

4) [noun] ನಿರಾಭರಣ ಸುಂದರಿ [nirabharana sumdari] nirābharaṇa sundari a beautiful woman who does not require or does not wear or is not wearing ornaments; a woman who is naturally beautiful.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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