Raudrashmashana, Raudraśmaśāna, Raudra-shmashana: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Raudraśmaśāna can be transliterated into English as Raudrasmasana or Raudrashmashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of HeroesRaudraśmaśāna (रौद्रश्मशान) refers to an “awful charnel grounds”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: [while describing the earth-circle (medinīcakra)]: “[...] [Eight] charnel grounds are indeed taught in the middles of the blazing circles. He should arrange [the four] awful charnel grounds (raudraśmaśāna), (1) Māraṇa, (2) Saṃtrāsana, (3) Mahābhaya, and (4) Bhayaṃkara, in [the four cardinal directions] going counterclockwise; and (5) Uccāṭaka (for Uccāṭana), (6) Vidveṣaṇa, (7) Mūkana, and (8) Stambhana are at the [four] corners starting with the northeast. Then, he should place the trees [in these eight charnel grounds] in order. [...]”.
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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