Romani, Romaṇī, Rōmaṇī, Romanī: 3 definitions
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiRomanī (रोमनी) or “body hair” is associated with Caṇḍākṣī and Mahākaṅkāla, according to the Cakrasaṃvara-maṇḍala or Saṃvaramaṇḍala of Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasaṃvaratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).—The Cakrasaṃvara mandala has a total of sixty-two deities. [...] Three concentric circles going outward, the body, speech and mind wheels (kāya-vāka-citta), in the order: mind (blue), speech (red), and body (white), with eight Ḍākinīs each in non-dual union with their Ḍākas, "male consorts".
Associated elements of Caṇḍākṣī and Mahākaṅkāla:
Circle: kāyacakra (mind-wheel) (blue);
Ḍākinī (female consort): Caṇḍākṣī;
Ḍāka (male consort): Mahākaṅkāla;
Bīja: jāṃ;
Body-part: forehead;
Pīṭha: Jālandhara (Jālaṃdhara);
Bodily constituent: keśa-romanī (head/body hair);
Bodhipakṣa (wings of enlightenment): vīrya-ṛddhipāda (power of effort).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryrōmaṇī (रोमणी).—Properly rōvaṇadivā &c.
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rōmaṇī (रोमणी) [or रोमणें, rōmaṇēṃ].—See rumaṇa- bāka &c.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryRomānī (रोमानी):—(a) romantic; ~[niyata] romanticism, romantic character.
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Starts with: Romanilaya.
Ends with (+24): Alamkarashiromani, Anupanarayana tarkashiromani, Bhattacaryashiromani, Ciromani, Daivajnashiromani, Govindarama vidyashiromani, Gunashiromani, Jatakashiromani, Jyotpattishiromani, Karanashiromani, Khalashiromani, Kuttakarashiromani, Mimamsashiromani, Muhurtashiromani, Nanshiromani, Nyayashiromani, Panditashiromani, Paribhashashiromani, Pramanyashiromani, Pramanyavadashiromani.
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