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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)

Vidus (विदुस्) [=Vidvas?] refers to “wise persons”, according to Vāgīśvarakīrti’s Tattvaratnāvaloka verse 17.—Accordingly, “Cleansed by the oozing of the seed (i.e. semen) from the thunderbolt (i.e.the officiant’s penis) growing as a sprout born from a purified lotus (i.e. the consecrated vulva of the consort), the crop that is the fourth [state of consciousness] comes to full bloom; [although] the Fourth [Initiation] is manifest, it is hidden even from the wise (vidus—viduṣo'pi gūḍham)”.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vidus (विदुस्).—[adjective] attentive, mindful.

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Viduṣ (विदुष्).—act improperly, commit a sin.

Viduṣ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and duṣ (दुष्).

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

1) Viduṣ (विदुष्):—[from vid] a weak form of vidvas, in [compound]

2) Vidus (विदुस्):—[from vid] mfn. wise, attentive, heedful, [Ṛg-veda]

3) Viduṣ (विदुष्):—[=vi-√duṣ] b [Parasmaipada] -duṣyati, to be defiled, commit a fault or sin, transgress, [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra] :

—[Causal] -dūṣayati, to defile, corrupt, disgrace, [Ṛg-veda; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

— (with upahāsaiḥ) to deride, ridicule, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vidus in German

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dush, Vi.

Starts with (+2): Vidooshan, Vidunmat, Vidusaga, Vidusaya, Viduseti, Vidusha, Vidushaka, Vidushakatana, Vidushana, Vidushanaka, Vidushay, Vidushi, Vidushibruva, Vidushitara, Vidushivritta, Vidushkrita, Vidushmant, Vidushta, Vidusita, Viduttara.

Ends with: Evamvidus, Trigonostemon flavidus.

Full-text: Vidvams, Vidushana, Vidushaka, Vidunmat, Viduttara, Evamvidus, Vidushanaka, Vidushitara, Vidusita, Vidvattara, Vidosa, Avidushtara, Abhisamvid, Avidvasu, Vidvas, Vidu, Vid.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Vidus, Vi-duṣ, Vi-dus, Vi-dush, Viduṣ, Vidush; (plurals include: Viduses, duṣs, duses, dushes, Viduṣs, Vidushes). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 4.42.7 < [Sukta 42]

Rig Veda 1.11.7 < [Sukta 11]

Rig Veda 7.18.2 < [Sukta 18]

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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)

Verse 2.4.235 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]

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