The Sanskrit term Vṛṣṇācana can be transliterated into English as Vrsnacana or Vrishnacana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Vrishnachana.

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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Vṛṣṇācana (वृष्णाचन) or Vṛṣṇācanalokeśvara refers to number 26 of the 108 forms of Avalokiteśvara found in the Machhandar Vahal (Kathmanu, Nepal). [Machhandar or Machandar is another name for for Matsyendra.].

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“Vṛṣṇācana is one-faced and six-armed and sits in the Lalita attitude on a lotus. The three right hands display the Utpala, the arrow and the Varada pose, while the three left show the book, the bow and the Abhaya pose”.

The names of the 108 deities [viz., Vṛṣṇācana] possbily originate from a Tantra included in the Kagyur which is named “the 108 names of Avalokiteshvara”, however it is not yet certain that this is the source for the Nepali descriptions.

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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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Starts with: Vrishnacanalokeshvara.

Full-text: Vrishnacanalokeshvara.

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108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (26): Vṛṣṇācana Lokeśvara

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