84000 Glossary of Terms

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སྲིང་མོ་བཞི། | Glossary of Terms

  • སྲིང་མོ་བཞི།

  • sring mo bzhi
  • caturbhaginī
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  • Four Bhaginīs
  • སྲིང་མོ་བཞི།
  • sring mo bzhi
  • caturbhaginī
Definition in this text:

Jayā, Vijayā, Ajitā/Jayantī, and Aparājitā. Along with their brother Tumburu (a form of Śiva), they comprise an important cult in the Vidyāpiṭha tradition of tantric Śaivism. This set of deities appears frequently in Buddhist literature, especially in Dhāraṇīs and Kriyātantras.

  • Four Bhaginīs
  • སྲིང་མོ་བཞི།
  • sring mo bzhi
  • caturbhaginī
Definition in this text:

The “Four Sisters,” likely a reference to Jayā, Vijayā, Ajitā, Aparājitā, a group of female deities who, along with their brother Tumburu (an aspect of Śiva), are the focal point of a prominent cult in the early Śaiva tantric tradition.

  • Four Bhaginīs
  • སྲིང་མོ་བཞི།
  • sring mo bzhi
  • caturbhaginī
Definition in this text:

The “Four Sisters,” likely a reference to Jayā, Vijayā, Ajitā, Aparājitā, a group of female deities who, along with their brother Tumburu (an aspect of Śiva), are the focal point of a prominent cult in the early Śaiva tantric tradition.

  • Four Bhaginīs
  • སྲིང་མོ་བཞི།
  • sring mo bzhi
  • caturbhaginī
Definition in this text:

The “Four Sisters,” likely a reference to Jayā, Vijayā, Ajitā, Aparājitā, a group of female deities who, along with their brother Tumburu (an aspect of Śiva), are the focal point of a prominent cult in the early Śaiva tantric tradition.

  • Four Bhaginīs
  • སྲིང་མོ་བཞི།
  • sring mo bzhi
  • caturbhaginī
Definition in this text:

The “Four Sisters,” likely a reference to Jayā, Vijayā, Ajitā, Aparājitā, a group of female deities who, along with their brother Tumburu (an aspect of Śiva), are the focal point of a prominent cult in the early Śaiva tantric tradition.