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Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyNirkutipratisaṃvit (निर्कुतिप्रतिसंवित्) or simply Nirukti refers to one of four Pratisaṃvit Goddesses, as commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—Her Colour is red; her Symbol is the chain; she has two arms.
Nirkutipratisaṃvit is described in the Niṣpannayogāvalī (dharmadhātuvāgīśvara-maṇḍala) as follows:—
“In the West there is Nirkutipratisaṃvit of red colour, holding in her two hands the chain from which a lotus is suspended”.
[A statuette of this obscure deity is found in the Chinese collection of Peiping.]
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: Pratisamvit, Pratisamvid.
Full-text: Nirukti.
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