Yamadamshtrini, Yama-damshtrini, Yamadaṃṣṭriṇī: 2 definitions
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Yamamathanī (यममथनी) is the presiding deity of the north-eastern outer corner of the vārāhyabhyudaya-maṇḍala, according to the Vārāhyabhyudayatantra (largerly extracted from the 10th century Abhidhānottaratantra). The central deity of the vārāhyabhyudaya-maṇḍala is the twelve-armed Vajravarāhī, which is modeled upon the twelve-armed Cakrasaṃvara, thus inhibiting many similar iconographical features.
Yamadaṃṣṭṛiṇī has a terrible form and the head of a horse and is to be visualised as being dwarfish in shape and squint-eyed. They wield in their left hands a skull bowl and the head of Brahmā, and in their right hands a chopper and ḍamaru.
Yamadaṃṣṭriṇī (यमदंष्ट्रिणी) refers to the Ḍākinī of the north-western corner in the Guṇacakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the guṇacakra refers to one of the four divisions of the sahaja-puṭa (‘innate layer’), situated within the padma (lotus) in the middle of the Herukamaṇḍala. Two colors are evenly assigned to the four corner Ḍākinīs [viz., Yamadaṃṣṭriṇī] in order in accordance with the direction which they face.
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: Damshtrini, Yama.
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