Samharabhairava, Saṃhārabhairava, Samhara-bhairava: 4 definitions

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Samharabhairava means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Samharabhairava in Tibetan Buddhism glossary
Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Saṃhārabhairava (संहारभैरव) is the name of a deity [i.e., oṃ saṃhārabhairavāya svāhā], according to the Vāruṇī Pūjā [i.e., Varuni Worship] ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Samharabhairava in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃhārabhairava (संहारभैरव).—one of the forms of Bhairava.

Derivable forms: saṃhārabhairavaḥ (संहारभैरवः).

Saṃhārabhairava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms saṃhāra and bhairava (भैरव).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃhārabhairava (संहारभैरव):—[=saṃ-hāra-bhairava] [from saṃ-hāra > saṃ-hṛ] m. Bhairava as world-destroyer (one of the 8 forms of Bh° q.v.), [Catalogue(s)]

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Samharabhairava in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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