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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Vajrākara (वज्राकर) refers to one of the male Vidyā-beings mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Vajrākara).

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Vajrākāra (वज्राकार) refers to “being shaped like a Vajra”, 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: “[...] Having recourse to the twofold yoga of the bindu (“drop”) and the subtle, the very valuable, he should meditate on the twelve circles’ bindus in [those] shaped like a Vajra (vajrākāra). One thousand bindus are in the prongs, [which run] upward from the navel area. [...]”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vajrākara (वज्राकर).—a diamond mine; बभूव वज्राकरभूषणायाः (babhūva vajrākarabhūṣaṇāyāḥ) (patiḥ) R.18.21.

Derivable forms: vajrākaraḥ (वज्राकरः).

Vajrākara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vajra and ākara (आकर).

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Vajrākāra (वज्राकार).—a.

1) shaped like वज्र (vajra).

2) a crossshaped symbol.

Vajrākāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vajra and ākāra (आकार). See also (synonyms): vajrākṛti.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vajrākara (वज्राकर).—(? em., but plausible), name of a mountain: Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 133.5.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vajrākara (वज्राकर):—[from vajra > vaj] m. a diamond mine, [Raghuvaṃśa]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a place, [Catalogue(s)]

3) Vajrākāra (वज्राकार):—[from vajra > vaj] mfn. ([Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]) shaped like a thunderbolt or Vajra, having transverse lines (See v)

4) [v.s. ...] a cross-shaped symbol (formerly used in grammars to denote Jihvāmūlīyas).

[Sanskrit to German]

Vajrakara in German

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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.

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Partial matches: Vajra, Akara.

Full-text: Vajrakriti, Vairagara, Vajra.

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