Shakyabuddha, Śākyabuddha, Shakya-buddha: 3 definitions
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Shakyabuddha 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.
The Sanskrit term Śākyabuddha can be transliterated into English as Sakyabuddha or Shakyabuddha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyŚākyabuddha (शाक्यबुद्ध) or Śākyabuddhalokeśvara refers to number 31 of the 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara found in the Machhandar Vahal (Kathmanu, Nepal). [Machhandar or Machandar is another name for for Matsyendra.].
Accordingly,—
“Śākyabuddha is one-faced and four-armed, and is represented as standing on a lotus. His two right hands hold the arrow and the Khatvāṅga, while his two left show the bow and the Tarjanī”.
The names of the 108 deities [viz., Śākyabuddha] possbily originate from a Tantra included in the Kagyur which is named “the 108 names of Avalokiteshvara”, however it is not yet certain that this is the source for the Nepali descriptions. 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚākyabuddha (शाक्यबुद्ध):—[=śākya-buddha] [from śākya] m. = -muni, [ib.]
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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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Partial matches: Shakya, Buddha.
Starts with: Shakyabuddhalokeshvara.
Full-text: Shakyabuddhalokeshvara.
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