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Vajrapāṇi (Sanskrit; Pali: Vajirapāṇi, 'holder of the thunderbolt', lit. meaning, "Vajra in [his] hand") is one of the earliest-appearing bodhisattvas...
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Samantabhadra into
Vajrapāni by Vairocana, the
cosmic Buddha,
receiving a
vajra and the name "
Vajrāpani".
Vairocana then
requests Vajrapāni to
generate his...
- Tãrã
emerged from a lotus.
Vajrapani has many
forms in
Tibetan mythology with the main ones
being the
Dharmapala or the
Vajrapani-Acharya the
deity is depicted...
- wrestler-like statues. They are
dharmapala manifestations of the
bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi, the
oldest and most powerful[citation needed] of the
Mahayana Buddhist...
- of
Theravada Buddhism in the 5th century,
identified the
Bodhisattva Vajrapani with Indra. Many
later puranas describe the vajra, with the
story modified...
- the Buddhas' comp****ion and
Vajrapāṇi manifests all the Buddhas'
power as well as the
power of all five tathāgatas.
Vajrapāṇi is one of the
earliest dharmapalas...
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resides in Saila. The
great deity Manava resides in Uttara. The
great sage
Vajrapani though lives in
Rajagrha Often dwells in
Mount Grdhrakuta. The
deity Garuda...
- of the bodhisattva,
Vajrapani. He
plays an
important role in the seventh-century text, the Tattvasaṃgraha
Tantra where Vajrapani takes the role of Trailokavijaya...
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gazes down at the world"), the
savior bodhisattva of
great comp****ion
Vajrapāṇi ("Vajra in hand"), the
bodhisattva of protection, the
protector of the...
- by
Vajrapāṇi in the Tattvasaṃgraha An
Indian version of this myth can be
found in Indrabhuti's
commentary and is
cited by Gray. In it,
Vajrapāṇi forces...
