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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Uttaradvāra (उत्तरद्वार) refers to the “northern gate”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: [while describing the earth-circle (medinīcakra)]: “[...] (1) Brahmāṇī, (2) Māheśvarī, (3) Kaumārī, and (4) Vaiṣṇavī are to be known at the east, north, west, and south gates [e.g., uttaradvāra], [respectively]. Then, (5) Vārāhī, (6) Indrī, (7) Caṇḍī, and (8) Mahālakṣmī are at the [four] corners. Forms and marks [of these yoginīs] at the [four] gates are known to be like Ḍākinī and so on. [...]”.

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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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Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Uttaradvāra refers to: the northern gate J. VI, 364.

Note: uttaradvāra is a Pali compound consisting of the words uttara and dvāra.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Partial matches: Dvara, Uttara.

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