Vadali: 3 definitions
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Vadali 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.
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA village in South India where Lankapura killed Alavanda, and which he occupied after severe fighting. Cv.lxxvi.134, 169.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyVadālī (वदाली) refers to one of the fur attendant goddesses of Aṣṭabhujamārīcī (or Mārīcīpicuvā) or the eight-armed variety of Mārīcī, who represents one of the various emanations of Vairocana, as mentioned in the 5th-century Sādhanamālā (a collection of sādhana texts that contain detailed instructions for rituals).—[...] Accordingly, Aṣṭabhuja-Mārīcī is surrounded by the four attendant goddesses, Varttālī, Vadālī, Varālī and Varāhamukhī. [...] Vadālī has many features in common with Varttālī, but her colour is yellow and she carries the noose and the Vajra in the two left hands and Aśoka and the needle in the right.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVadālī (वदाली).—name of a goddess: Sādhanamālā 276.18 etc.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with: Daivadali, Devadali, Kankuvatali, Mattai-kattuvatali, Navatali, Nilavatali, Pampotuvatali, Tevatali, Vadalavadali.
Full-text: Varali, Varahamukhi, Alavandapperumala, Varttali, Maricipicuva, Matali.
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
Stupas in Orissa (Study) (by Meenakshi Chauley)
Emanations of Vairocana < [Chapter 5]
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Buddhism in Andhra – Its Arrival, Spread and < [July – September, 1994]