Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Deities name "Usnisa" | Buddhist | God. A dikpala or guardian of the zenith direction. Also a collective term for a group of eight deities, including Usnisa, who are perceived as extensions of the DHYANIBUDDHAS. NOTE: the word describes, additionally, a type of curled hairstyle found in the characteristic iconography of buddbas. Color: yellow. Attributes: jewel, lotus, prayer wheel and sword. Threeheaded.... |
Goddess name "Usnisavijaya" | Buddhist | A goddess of longevity in Buddhism. She wears an image of the Budda Vairocana in her headdress. She is the most popular Budda goddess in Nepal, Tibet, and Mongolia. |
Goddess name "Usnisavijaya (victorious)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Primordial goddess. Form of VAIROCANA, widely worshiped in Tibet. Regarded as a female BODHISATTVA or buddbadesignate, and a dikpala or guardian of the zenith direction. Also a deification of literature. One of a group of DHARANIS. Color: white. Attributes: arrow, bow, image of the BUDDHA on a lotus leaf, jewel, noose, prayer wheel, staff and waterjar. Three-eyed, three-headed and with eight arms.... |
"Vac" | Buddhist | A variety of Manjusri |
God name "Vac" | Buddhist | God. An emanation of AMITABHA and a variety of MANJUSRI.... |
Goddess name "Vadali" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of MARICI. Attributes: flower, needle, noose and staff.... |
"Vagisvara" | Buddhist | Lord of Speech; a form of Manjusri who often received a vision of Tara who solved any problems of understanding he had. Buddhist |
Spirit name "Vagisvara (lord of speech)" | Buddhist | God of speech. The tutelary deity of Nepal. An emanation of all DHYANIBUDDHAS (spiritual meditation buddhas) and a variety of MANJUSRI. Accompanied by a lion or seated upon a lion throne. Attribute: blue lotus.... |
"Vairocana" | Buddhist | A Buddha who is the embodiment of Dharmakaya and the universal aspect of the historical Gautama Buddha. In the conception of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, Vairocana is at the center. Buddhist |
"Vairocana/ Buddhaheruka" | Buddhist | The First & oldest meditation Buddha |
Deity name "Vajardaka" | Buddhist | A fierce and wrathful deity invoked for purifying negative actions. Buddhist |
Goddess name "Vajracarcika" | Buddhist | Goddess in charge of wells and springs. Buddhist |
Goddess name "Vajracarcika" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. An emanation of AKSOBHYA, she stands upon a corpse. Color: red. Attributes: cup, image of Aksobhya on the crown, jewel, lotus, skull with noose, staff and sword. Three-eyed.... |
God name "Vajradaka" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. An emanation of AKSOBHYA bearing one, three or four heads.... |
"Vajradhara" | Buddhist | The ultimate Primordial Buddha, or Adi Buddha, according to the cosmology of Tibetan Buddhism. |
"Vajradhara" | Buddhist | The ultimate Primordial Buddha. Buddhist |
God name "Vajradhara" | Buddhist | God. An epithet of the ADIBUDDHA but also an allegory for the highest buddha. Known particularly from Nepal and Tibet. His SAKTI is PRAJNAPARAMITA. Attributes: cup, hook, noose, regal ornaments and staff. Three-headed.... |
"Vajradhatvisvari" | Buddhist | The musicality of being lies in the flowing and streaming of all manifest consciousness. It greases friction, it smoothes communication, it lingers that all may gently wave around it. Buddhist |