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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Countries, Cities, Sacred places and other Geographical regions

Vindhyākaumārapaurikā (विन्ध्याकौमारपौरिका) (or Vindhyākumārapaurikā, Kumārapura) refers to one of the Twenty-four Sacred Places which on the Indian subcontinent are considered particularly powerful for the practices of the Yogini Tantras. These twenty-four sacred sites [e.g., Vindhyākumārapaurikā] correspond to twenty-four places on the human body and act in conjunction with yogic practices.—They are known in Sanskrit as: caturviṃśati-pīṭha and in Tibetan as: gnas nyi shu rtsa bzhi.

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Vindhyākaumārapaurikā (विन्ध्याकौमारपौरिका) is the name of a holy site similar to Vṛndākaumāriparvaka, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Vṛndākaumāriparvaka (Tibetan: tshogs can gzhon nu'i ri) is derived from Vindhyākaumārapaurikā (a holy site’s name) in the Hevajra. In manuscript C of the Ḍākārṇava, it is Vṛndakaumāriparvata (an emendation of Vṛndākaumāriparvaka), meaning “a mountain [where there is] a flock of maidens”.

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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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Partial matches: Paurika, Vindhyakaumara.

Full-text: Vindhyakaumara, Paurika, Vrindakaumari, Vindhyakumarapaurika, Kumarapura, Vrindakaumariparvata, Vrindakaumariparvaka.

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