Vagishvarakirti, Vāgīśvarakīrti, Vagishvara-kirti: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vāgīśvarakīrti can be transliterated into English as Vagisvarakirti or Vagishvarakirti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)Vāgīśvarakīrti (वागीश्वरकीर्ति) is the name of an East Indian tantric Buddhist scholar whose views were considered important enough to be contested sometime before 1057ce, probably still during his scholarly activity, in Kashmir. Although unnamed, he is a master alluded to with great reverence on the Sap Bāk inscription from the Khmer Empire, dated 1067ce.—This Vāgīśvarakīrti should not be confused with his namesake, a Newar scholar from Pharping, whence his epithet Pham mthiṅ ba. Nor should we confuse him with a rather nebulous person, whose name is re-Sanskritised as Suvāgīśvarakīrti, author of a number of small works extant in Tibetan translation. Lastly, there is no good reason to assume that he is the same as a commentator of Daṇḍin’s Kāvyādarśa; this person’s name is often re-Sanskritised from the Tibetan as Vāgīśvara, but it is more likely that his name was Vācaspati or Vāgīśa.
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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāgīśvarakīrti (वागीश्वरकीर्ति):—[=vāg-īśvara-kīrti] [from vāg-īśvara > vāg > vāc] m. Name of a teacher, [Buddhist literature]
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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)
Partial matches: Vagishvara, Kirti.
Full-text (+21): Saptanga, Shrisamaja, Vimati, Vagishvara, Nishtha, Nashini, Nirmala, Nashin, Vimatinashini, Vimatinashin, Dambholi, Pathoja, Ankurabhuta, Paripaka, Vidvas, Shuddhapathoja, Shasya, Turiyashasya, Turiya, Vidus.
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