The Sanskrit term Sarvaśokatamonirghātamati can be transliterated into English as Sarvasokatamonirghatamati or Sarvashokatamonirghatamati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Wisdom Library: Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti

Sarvaśokatamonirghātamati (सर्वशोकतमोनिर्घातमति) 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.

Sarvaśokatamonirghātamati 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 Iconography

Sarvaśokatamonirghātamati (सर्वशोकतमोनिर्घातमति) (“destroyer of all sorrows”) is the name of a Bodhisattva commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—his color is whitish-yellow; his symbol is the staff.—In the Chinese collection, this Bodhisattva is illustrated twice as Tamodghātamati and as Śokanirghātamati .

Sarvaśokatamonirghātamati is described in the Niṣpannayogāvalī as follows:—

(1: Mañjuvajra-maṇḍala):—“Sarvaśokatamonirghātamati is of golden complexion. With his two hands joined palm to palm, he displays the attitude of striking”. (2: Dharmadhatūvāgīśvara-maṇḍala):—“Sarvaśokatamonirghātamati is of the red colour of Kuṃkuma (vermillion). With his right hand he holds the Vajra with five thongs and with the left, the Śakti (javelin)”. (3: Durgatipariśodhana-maṇḍala):—“Sarvaśokatamonirghātamati is of mixed white and yellow colour. With his right hand he holds the staff while his clenched left hand rests on the hip”.

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)

Sarvaśokatamonirghātamati (सर्वशोकतमोनिर्घातमति) refers to one of the sixteen Bhadrakalpa Bodhisattvas, according to the Niṣpannayogāvalī 44ff and Abhayākaragupta’s Durgatipariśodhana-maṇḍala (Cf. Niṣpannayogāvalī 66ff.).—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., Sarvaśokatamonirghātamati], as described for example in Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī Vajradhātu-maṇḍala.—Cf. also Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī and Abhayākaragupta’s forty-three deity Mañjuvajra-maṇḍala (Tricatvāriṃśadātmakamañjuvajra-maṇḍala: see Niṣpannayogāvalī 50)

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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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Figure 63 - Bodhisattva Sarvaśokatamonirghātamati

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