Sarvapayanjaha, Sarvāpāyañjaha: 3 definitions
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Source: Wisdom Library: MañjuśrīnāmasaṃgītiSarvāpāyañjaha (सर्वापायञ्जह) is one of the sixteen bodhisattvas appearing in the Vajradhātu-mahāmaṇḍala, according to the Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī v5.38-41. The Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī (literally, ‘an explanation of the nāma-mantras’) is a commentary (ṭīkā) on the 8th century Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti.
Sarvāpāyañjaha is a name of Mañjuśrī (the embodiement of non-dual knowledge) and, together with other names, forms the core essence of the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti. The Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī provides the practitioner a sādhana (‘meditative practice’) to turn these names into mantras. These mantras are chanted for the benefit of all beings, and then placed and contemplated in the Vajradhātu-mahāmaṇḍala, which is an extended version of the Vajradhātu-maṇḍala.
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographySarvāpāyañjaha (सर्वापायञ्जह) (“remover of all miseries”) is the name of a Bodhisattva commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—his color is white; his symbol is the act of removing sin or goad.—Sarvāpāyañjaha is also known by his shorter name of Apāyañjaha.
Sarvāpāyañjaha is described in the Niṣpannayogāvalī (Mañjuvajra-maṇḍala) as follows:—
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)“Sarvāpāyañjaha is white in colour. With his two hands he displays the act of removing all sins”.
Sarvāpāyañjaha (सर्वापायञ्जह) refers to one of the sixteen Bodhisattvas, according to the Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī and Abhayākaragupta’s forty-three deity Mañjuvajra-maṇḍala (Tricatvāriṃśadātmakamañjuvajra-maṇḍala: see Niṣpannayogāvalī 50).—A set of sixteen Bodhisattvas often supplements the deities of the Tattvasaṃgraha in later Vajradhātu-maṇḍala descriptions. These are generally the sixteen Bodhisattvas of the present aeon (bhadrakalpa) [e.g., Sarvāpāyañjaha], as described for example in Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī Vajradhātu-maṇḍala.—Cf. also Niṣpannayogāvalī 44ff and Abhayākaragupta’s Durgatipariśodhana-maṇḍala (Cf. Niṣpannayogāvalī 66ff).

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