po ti: 1 definition
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po ti 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: MUNI Arts: Kalachakra and the twenty-five Kulika kings of Shambhalapo ti (པོ་ཏི) in Tibetan refers to the Sanskrit Pustaka (“book”) which represents one of the attributes of Mañjuśrīkīrti or Rigden Jampal Dragpa—one of the Twenty-five Kulikas as well as one of the traditional Shambhala rulers.—His attributes are a book (Sanskrit: pustaka; Tibetan poti [po ti] or legbam [glegs bam], pecha [dpe cha]) and a sword—as the only figure in the list possessing these two attributes. Mañjuśrīkīrti is together with the last Shambhala King Rudracakrī [Rudra Chakrin] a manifestation of the Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī. The book is in this case Tibetan religious text which is in an ornately carved wooden book cover.

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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Starts with: po ti lnga.
Full-text (+10): Ti n'tlokoro po, po ti lnga, Uttarashadha, Purvabhadrapada, Uttarabhadrapada, Javapati, Five root texts, Pushya, Dharanipati, Pustaka, Candravati, Ghoshavati, Kalingapati, Kanapati, Mindharapati, Nemindharapati, Padapati, Varapati, Pecha, glegs bam.
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Search found 6 books and stories containing po ti; (plurals include: po tis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Tibet (Myth, Religion and History) (by Tsewang Gyalpo Arya)
8. rLangs kyi po ti se ru rgyas pa < [Chapter 1 - Early Tibetan Origin Myth]
3. Nyatri Tsanpo as descendant of God Yablha Daldrug < [Chapter 3 - Nyatri Tsanpo; The First King of Tibet]
1. Zhangzhung Civilization (introduction) < [Chapter 2 - Zhangzhung Civilization]
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 2 - Country of Chi-na-po-ti (Chinapati) < [Book IV - Fifteen Countries]
Chapter 6 - Country of San-mo-ta-ch’a (Samotaṭa) < [Book X - Seventeen Countries]
Chapter 1 - Country of Tseh-kia (Takka) < [Book IV - Fifteen Countries]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
The Avadāna of Sumana (or Sumanas, Karṇasumana) < [Part 1 - Obtaining easily an immense qualification]
I. The physical marks are not ‘planted’ just at the end of the career < [Part 3 - Possessing a body endowed with the marks]
Avadāna of Bakkula < [III. Recollection of the community (saṃgānusmṛti)]
The travels of Fa-Hian (400 A.D.) (by Samuel Beal)
The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King (A Life of Buddha) (by Samuel Beal)
Varga 9. The Mission to Seek the Prince < [Kiouen II]
Varga 12. Visit To Arāḍa Udrarāma < [Kiouen III]
Varga 18. Conversion of the 'Supporter of the Orphans and Destitute' < [Kiouen IV]
The Golden Age of Hindu-Javanese Art < [July-August 1931]