Pitaprajnaparamita, Pītaprajñāpāramitā, Pita-prajnaparamita: 1 definition
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyPītaprajñāpāramitā (पीतप्रज्ञापारमिता) refers to a variety of Prajñāpāramitā: one of the female emanations of Akṣobhya, as mentioned in the 5th-century Sādhanamālā (a collection of sādhana texts that contain detailed instructions for rituals).—Her Colour is yellow; her Mudrā is the vyākhyāna; her Distinctive mark is the book on lotus to the left.—Prajñāpāramitā is the embodiment of the Mahāyāna Scripture of the same name which was, according to the Buddhist tradition, restored from the nether regions by Nāgārjuna in the second century A. D. Buddha is said to have entrusted this Book of Transcedental Knowledge to the care of the Nāgas in the nether regions, as in his time people were not sufficiently intelligent to grasp the true meaning of the doctrines it contained.
The Dhyāna (meditation instructions) of Pītaprajñāpāramitā described in the Sādhanamālā as follows:—
[The yellow variety of Prajñāpāramitā with the effigy of Akṣobhya is identical in form with [Sitaprajñāpāramitā] described above, except with regard to the colour and the mudrā. She is yellow in complexion, bears the image of Akṣobhya on her jaṭāmukuṭa, wears celestial ornaments, and her two hands display the vyākhyāna attitude. On a lotus to her left rests the scripture Prajñāpāramitā.]
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: Prajnaparamita, Pita.
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