Sudhanakumara, Sudhanakumāra, Sudhana-kumara: 1 definition
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographySudhanakumāra (सुधनकुमार) is the name of a deity sometimes seen accompanying Mañjuśrī, as depicted in Buddhist Iconography.—In his simplest form Mañjuśrī carries the sword in his right hand and the Prajñāpāramitā manuscript in his left. In representations sometimes the two symbols are placed on lotuses. Sometimes Mañjuśrī is accompanied only by Yamāri, sometimes only by his Śakti or female counterpart, sometimes by Sudhanakumāra and Yamāri and sometimes again by the four divinities, Jālinīprabha (also called Sūryaprabha), Candraprabha, Keśinī and Upakeśinī. Though the last four are required to be present with Arapacana, they are nevertheless found in others also.
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: Kumara, Sudhana.
Full-text: Sudhana, Upakeshini, Suryaprabha, Kesini, Khasarpanalokeshvara, Khasarpana, Manjughosha, Manjushri, Yamari, Jaliniprabha, Candraprabha.
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