The Sanskrit term Siṃhanāthalokeśvara can be transliterated into English as Simhanathalokesvara or Simhanathalokeshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Siṃhanāthalokeśvara (सिंहनाथलोकेश्वर) or simply Siṃhanātha refers to number 20 of the 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara found in the Machhandar Vahal (Kathmanu, Nepal). [Machhandar or Machandar is another name for for Matsyendra.]. [...]The names of the 108 deities [viz., Siṃhanāthalokeśvara] 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.

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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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Partial matches: Lokeshvara, Simhanatha.

Full-text: Simhanatha.

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