Vajrocana: 1 definition
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Vajrocana means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Vajrochana.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Critical Study of the Vajraḍākamahātantrarāja (II)Vajrocana (वज्रोचन) is the husband of Cakravartinī: the name of a Ḍākinī (‘sacred girl’) presiding over Maru: one of the four Upaśmaśāna (‘sacred spot’) present within the Kāyacakra (‘circle of body’) , according to the 9th-centruy Vajraḍākatantra. The Kāyacakra is one of three Cakras within the Tricakra system which embodies twenty-four sacred spots or districts resided over by twenty-four Ḍākinīs whose husbands (viz., Vajrocana) abide in one’s body in the form of twenty-four ingredients (dhātu) of one’s body.
Cakravartinī has for her husband the hero (vīra) named Vajrocana. She is the presiding deity of Maru and the associated internal location are the ‘thumbs of feet’ and the bodily ingredients (dhātu) are the ‘phlegm’.
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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Full-text: Cakravartini, Maru.
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