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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Sādhumatīhūmi (साधुमतीहूमि) or simply Sādhumatī refers to one of twelve Bhūmi Goddesses, as commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—Her Colour is white; her Symbol is a sword on lotus; she has two arms. [...] These twelve bhūmis [viz., Sādhumatībhūmi] are two-armed and hold in the right hand the vajra and in the left their own weapons or signs.

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Sādhumatībhūmi (साधुमतीभूमि) refers to the “eminence level”, 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, “Now, outside that, I shall explain the Knowledge Circle entirely, [which is] multicolored and has thirty-six spokes corresponding to the sequence of the Asuras’ clan.—[...] All [Yoginīs and heroes] have the nature of wisdom and means. The color [of their bodies] is manifold like [the color of the circle]. The weaponry in hand is as before, and the Eminence Level (sādhumatībhūmi) is to be known [jñeyā bhūmi sādhumatī tathā]. [...]”.

context information

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.

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Sādhumatībhūmi (साधुमतीभूमि) or simply sādhumatī refers to “stage of the really intelligent” and represents the ninth of the “ten stages of the Bodhisattva” (bhūmi) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 64). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., sādhumatī-bhūmi). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D. Arciṣmatī is also included in the “thirteen stages of the Bodhisattva” (trayodaśa-bhūmi).

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bhumi, Sadhumati.

Full-text: Sadhumati, Rutajnana, Ruta, Bodhisattvabhumi, Vikurvana, Grihapati, Grihapatiratna.

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