Yatrapratima, Yatrapratimā, Yatra-pratima: 1 definition
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: 84000: Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa (The Root Manual of the Rites of Mañjuśrī)Yatrapratimā (यत्रप्रतिमा) refers to “(that place) where there is an image”, according to the Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa chapter 52 section 116.—Accordingly, after describing various classes of entities: “[The rite] for each of them, in short, is as follows. One should recite the Lord of Wrath Yamāntaka—either in a place where there is an image (yatrapratimā) or having made such an image oneself—until the image shakes and then moves or starts perspiring. Then [the being portrayed in the image] will arrive in its own form and will do everything it is asked to”.
Note: The image spoken of here is of the deity or spirit that one is trying to summon. The Skt. yatrapratimā (“where an image is”) seems to be describing the location where one recites the mantra. The Tibetan translates as, “having made her diagram image or her actual image,” reflects the Sanskrit yantrapratimā (“a diagram representation”).
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: Yatra, Pratima.
Full-text: Yantrapratima.
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