Vajramritatantra, Vajrāmṛtatantra, Vajramrita-tantra: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Vajrāmṛtatantra can be transliterated into English as Vajramrtatantra or Vajramritatantra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Fragment of the VajrāmṛtamahātantraVajrāmṛtatantra (वज्रामृततन्त्र) (or Vajrāmṛtamahātantra or simply Vajrāmṛta) is one of the main and earliest Buddhist Yoginītantras, probably datable to between the end of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century. The Tibetan translations of three Sanskrit commentaries on this tantra survive in the bsTan ’gyur. These commentaries are the short Vajrāmṛtapañjikā (rDo rje bdud rtsi’i dka’ ’grel) by Vimalabhadra (Dri med bzaṅ po), the Vajrāmṛtatantraṭīkā (rDo rje bdud rtsi’i rgyud kyi bśad pa) by Guṇabhadra (Yon tan bzaṅ po), and the Vajrāmṛtamahātantrarājaṭīkā Amṛtadhārā (rDo rje bdud rtsi’i rgyud kyi rgyal po chen po’i rgya cher ’grel) by Śrībhānu.
The text consists of a dialogue between a questioner and a/the Buddha or Bhagavān (in this work called Vajrin, Vajrāmṛta, and Mahāsukha), who imparts the teaching. Following a well-established scheme, which here is probably modelled after the Śaiva tantras, in this text the questioner is identified with the female consort of the Bhagavān instead of one of the Bodhisattvas, who are usually the recipients of the Tantric teachings.
The chapter titles of the Vajrāmṛtatantra are:
- First chapter (guhyamaṇḍalakaraṇābhinaya-nirdeśa),
- Second chapter (tattvayogajñāna-nirdeśa),
- Third chapter (mantrotpatti-nirdeśa),
- Fourth chapter (homavidhi-nirdeśa),
- Fifth chapter (karmaprasara-nirdeśa),
- Sixth chapter (vajrahūṃkārasādhana-nirdeśa),
- Seventh chapter (geyanṛtyābhiṣekatattvāvabodha-nirdeśa),
- Eighth chapter (śrī-herukotpatti-nirdeśa),
- Ninth chapter (śrī-amṛtakuṇḍalyutpatti-nirdeśa),
- Tenth chapter (vetālasādhana-nirdeśa),
- Eleventh chapter (pañcāmṛtasādhanopāya-nirdeśa).
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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Partial matches: Vajramrita, Tantra.
Full-text (+38): Vajrasattvamandala, Vajrahumkarasadhananirdesha, Shriherukotpattinirdesha, Pancamritasadhanopayanirdesha, Tattvayogajnananirdesha, Mantrotpattinirdesha, Karmaprasaranirdesha, Geyanrityabhishekatattvavabodhanirdesha, Guhyamandalakaranabhinayanirdesha, Homavidhinirdesha, Amritakundalyutpattinirdesha, Vetalasadhananirdesha, Amritalocana, Varuna, Surupa, Amrita, Aprameya, Amritavajra, Sukhasadhani, Vikata.
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