Vajravidarani, Vajravidāraṇī, Vajra-vidarani: 1 definition
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Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyVajravidāraṇī (वज्रविदारणी) refers to one of the female emanations of Akṣobhya, as mentioned in the 12th century Dharmakośasaṃgraha (a work dealing with iconography of Buddhist deities) written by Amṛtānanda.
Vajravidāraṇī is described in the Dharmakośasaṃgraha as follows:
“Vajravidāraṇī is five-faced, ten-armed, carries in the right hands the goad, the sword, the arrow, the vajra, and the varada-mudrā, and in the left the noose, the shield, the bow, the flag and the abhaya pose. She stands in the pratyālīḍha attitude.”
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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