Pretadhivasini, Preta-adhivasini, Pretādhivāsinī: 3 definitions
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Pretādhivāsinī (प्रेताधिवासिनी) or Pretapurī is one of the two Melāpaka (‘sacred spot’) present within the Kāyacakra (‘circle of body’) which is associated with the Ḍākinī named Pātālavāsinī (‘a woman living underground’), according to the 9th-centruy Vajraḍākatantra. Vākcakra is one of three Cakras within the Tricakra system which embodies twenty-four sacred spots or districts (viz., Pretādhivāsinī) resided over by twenty-four ‘sacred girls’ (ḍākinīs) whose husbands abide in one’s body in the form of twenty-four ingredients (dhātu) of one’s body.
Pretādhivāsinī has the presiding Ḍākinī named Cakravegā whose husband, or hero (vīra) is named Mahābala. The associated internal location are the ‘genitals’ and the bodily ingredient (dhātu) is the ‘mucus’. According to the Vajraḍākavivṛti, the districts Kulatā, Maru, Pretapurī (Pretādhivāsinī) and Triśakuni are associated with the family deity of Vārāhī; while in the Abhidhānottarottaratantra there is the Ḍāka deity named Vajraḍāka standing in the center of the districts named Pretapurī (Pretādhivāsinī), Gṛhadevatā, Saurāṣṭra and Suvarṇadvīpa.
Pretādhivāsinī (प्रेताधिवासिनी) (or Pretapurī) refers to one of the Twenty-four Great Sacred Places (Tibetan: gnas chen nyer bzhi) according to the Cakrasaṃvaratantra (Chakrasamvara Tantra).—In the Nyingma tradition, Jigme Lingpa’s Yumka Dechen Gyalmo has incorporated this enumeration. Furthermore, Jigme Lingpa says that “as regards these places, they are entirely present internally, within our own body”.—For example, “the genitals are Pretapurī (Pretādhivāsinī)”.—This correlation can also be found in the Sampuṭodbhavatantra (“Emergence from Samputa Tantra”) [e.g., “Pretādhivāsinī is in the sexual organ, While Gṛhadevatā is in the anus—These two are melāpakas.”]
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.
India history and geography
Pretādhivāsinī (प्रेताधिवासिनी) or Pretapurī is the name of an ancient locality identified with “the valleys located on the border between India and Tibet” according to Nāropāda (11th century A.D.). He is known for identifying unnatural or obscure names mentioned by the Cakrasaṃvara scriptures.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Partial matches: Preta.
Full-text: Pretapuri, Pretadhivasin, Grihadevata, Varahi, Vajradaka, Cakravega, Melapaka, Mahabbala, Eight underground abodes, Saurashtra, Suvarnadvipa, Kayacakra, Twenty-four places.
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