Pukkasi, Pukkashi, Pukkaśī, Pukkasī, Pukkāsī: 5 definitions
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Pukkasi means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Pukkaśī can be transliterated into English as Pukkasi or Pukkashi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Pukkaśī (पुक्कशी) refers to one of the “Fifty-eight Wrathful Deities” (Tibetan: khro bo lha nga brgyad) according to various sources such as the Guhyagarbha Tantra and the Tibetan Book of the Dead.—They feature in Tantric teachings and practices which focus on purifying elements of the body and mind. These deities [e.g., Gaurī] form part part of the the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities who manifest to a deceased person following the dissolution of the body and consciousness whilst they are in the intermediate state (bardo) between death and rebirth. Gaurī is part of the “eight wrathful females” and is also known as Puskasī. She is known in Tibetan as (1) pus ka si (2) spos mo.
Pukkasī (पुक्कसी) refers one of the eight Gaurīs, commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—Her Colour is blue; her Symbol is the bowl; she has two arms.—The fifth goddess in the Gaurī group is Pukkasī.
Pukkasī is described in the Niṣpannayogāvalī (pañcaḍāka-maṇḍala) as follows:—
“Pukkasī is blue in colour and holds in the right hand the bowl of bodhi-mind”.
[The left shows the tarjanī against the chest as a common gesture.
All the deities are violent in character with fearful appearance and ornaments, and garlands of heads. They dance in pratyālīḍha and show the raised index finger with clasped fist against the chest, as the common gesture.]
Pukkasī (पुक्कसी) is also mentioned as the Ḍākinī of the south-eastern corner in the Jñānacakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the jñānacakra refers to one of the three divisions of the saṃbhoga-puṭa (‘enjoyment layer’), situated in the Herukamaṇḍala. Two colors are evenly assigned to the four corner Ḍākinīs [viz., Pukkasī] in order in accordance with the direction which they face.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Pukkasī (पुक्कसी).—name of a yoginī: Sādhanamālā 445.21.
1) Pukkasī (पुक्कसी):—[from pukkasa > pukkaṣa] f. the indigo plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] = kalikā or kālikā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Full-text: Sopaka, Fifty-eight wrathful deities, Caturdevi, Pukkasha, Konavasi, Puskasi, Pus ka si, Spos mo, pukka sI, Vishuddhaheruka, Krodhishvari, gau ri ma brgyad.
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Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
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