Tikshnoshnisha, Tīkṣṇoṣṇīṣa, Tikshna-ushnisha: 1 definition
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Tikshnoshnisha means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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 Tīkṣṇoṣṇīṣa can be transliterated into English as Tiksnosnisa or Tikshnoshnisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyTīkṣṇoṣṇīṣa (तीक्ष्णोष्णीष) presides over the Vāyu-corner and represents one of the eight Uṣṇīṣa Gods, commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—His Colour is sky-green; his Symbol is the sword and book.—The seventh deity in the series of eight Uṣṇīṣa gods is called Tīkṣṇoṣṇīṣa.
Tīkṣṇoṣṇīṣa is described in Niṣpannayogāvalī (durgatipariśodhana-maṇḍala) as follows:—
“On the spoke in the Vāyu corner there is Tīkṣṇoṣṇīṣa of sky-green colour. He holds in the right hand the sword and in the left hand a manuscript.”
[The Uṣṇīṣa deities like all other deities of the maṇḍala are two-armed and one-faced. They wear rich dress and ornaments, and a bejewelled crown. They sit on human beings.]
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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