Ratnoshnisha, Ratna-ushnisha, Ratnoṣṇīṣa: 1 definition

Introduction:

Ratnoshnisha 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.

The Sanskrit term Ratnoṣṇīṣa can be transliterated into English as Ratnosnisa or Ratnoshnisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Ratnoṣṇīṣa (रत्नोष्णीष) presides over the South and represents one of the eight Uṣṇīṣa Gods, commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—His Colour is blue; his Symbol is the varada.—The second deity in the Uṣṇīṣa series of gods is Ratnoṣṇīṣa.

Ratnoṣṇīṣa is described in Niṣpannayogāvalī (durgatipariśodhana-maṇḍala) as follows:—

“On the Southern spoke there is Ratnoṣṇīṣa who is blue in colour and shows the varada-mudrā”.

[The Uṣṇīṣa deities like all other deities of the maṇḍala are two-armed and one-faced. They wear rich dress and ornaments, and a bejewelled crown. They sit on human beings.]

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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.

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