Rigden sakyong: 2 definitions
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beingsRigden Sakyong in Tibetan is another name for Pārthiva—one of the “Twenty-Five Kalkis” (Tibetan: rigs ldan) as well as the “Thirty-two kings of Shambhala”, according to the Tibetan oral recounting and written texts such as the Kalachakra Tantra (kālacakratantra), dealing with the Buddhist conception of the end of the world and time.—The Tibetan mythic land (the kingdom of Shambhala) is a parallel world invisible and inaccessible to common people which is closely related to the teaching about the Wheel of Time (dus 'khor). The seven Dharmarajas and twenty-five Kulikas [e.g., rigden sakyong] are the traditional rulers of Shambhala, passing on the reign from father to son.
Source: MUNI Arts: Kalachakra and the twenty-five Kulika kings of ShambhalaRigden Sakyong refers to one of the Twenty-five Kulikas as well as one of the traditional Shambhala rulers.— His attributes are a curved knife or chopper (Sanskrit Kartrī, Kartari; Tibetan: drigug [gri gug]) and a skull or skull-cup (Sanskrit: Kapāla; Tibetan: thopa [thod pa], kapala [ka pa la], bandha [ban dha], dungchen [dung chen]).
Rigden Sakyong is known in Tibetan (wylie) as rigs ldan sa skyong; and in Sanskrit as: Kulika Pārthiva (or Mahīpāla).
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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Partial matches: Sakyong.
Full-text: Kartari, Kartri, Thopa, Drigug, Bandha, Kapala, thod pa, dung chen, ban dha, gri gug, ka pa la, Parthiva, Twenty-five Lineage Holders, Thirty-two kings of shambhala.
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