Vajrakarmaparamita, Vajrakarmapāramitā, Vajrakarma-paramita: 1 definition

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Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Vajrakarmapāramitā (वज्रकर्मपारमिता) refers to one of twelve Pāramitā Goddesses in human form, as commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—Her Colour is variegated; her Symbol is a viśvavajra on lotus; she has two arms.

Vajrakarmapāramitā is described in the Niṣpannayogāvalī (dharmadhātuvāgīśvara-maṇḍala) as follows:—

“Vajrakarmapāramitā is of variegated colour and holds in her left hand the viśvavajra (double thunderbolt) on a blue lotus”.

[The right hand as usual holds the cintamaṇi banner.

The twelve deities collectively have their spiritual father in Ratnasambhava. [...] According to a statement in the maṇḍala all the deities [viz., Vajrakarmapāramitā] are two-armed, and they hold in the right hand the flag marked with the Cintāmaṇi jewel, and in the left their special symbols. Prajñāpāramitā is an exception since she has two more hands.]

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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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