The Sanskrit term Pustakāṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Pustakastha or Pustakashtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MUNI Arts: Kalachakra and the twenty-five Kulika kings of Shambhala

Pustakāṣṭha (पुस्तकाष्ठ) refers to an “ornately carved wooden book cover” and 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 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 (Sanskrit pustakāṣṭha; Tibetan legshing [glegs shing]).

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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

Source: Academia: 108 Buddhist Statues in Tibet

Pustakāṣṭha (पुस्तकाष्ठ) refers to “(painted) manuscript covers”.—The first Buddhist sculptures and paintings to reach Tibet were brought by missionaries from the surrounding Buddhist countries. The missionaries not only carried Buddhist manuscripts with them, but also religious objects of various kinds: sculptures made of metal, stone, wood, and terracotta, in addition to illustrated palm-leaf manuscripts (pustaka) with painted manuscript covers (pustakāṣṭha), and presumably paintings on cloth (paṭa). Among the statues were examples originating from North-Eastern India, Nepal, Kashmir and Swat (Uḍḍiyāna), China, and perhaps Central Asia.

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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: Astha, Pustaka, Stha.

Full-text: glegs shing, Legshing, Pustaka, Pata, Jampal dragpa.

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