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འཁྲུལ་འཁོར། | Glossary of Terms
འཁྲུལ་འཁོར།
’khrul ’khor
yantra
- Term
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Diagram
- འཁྲུལ་འཁོར།
- ’khrul ’khor
- yantra
A diagram drawn in tantric rituals.
- Machine
- འཁྲུལ་འཁོར།
- ’khrul ’khor
- yantra
This term can refer to a magical diagram or any mechanical tool or device (such as a siege weapon). In The Questions of the Householder Vīradatta it is used metaphorically in the latter sense to refer to the human body as a machine.
- Magical device
- ཁྲུལ་འཁོར།
- khrul ’khor
- yantra
A sacred diagram that is drawn or constructed for ritual use. The Sanskrit word is derived from the Sanskrit root √yam, “to control.”
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Yantra
- འཁྲུལ་འཁོར།
- ’khrul ’khor
- yantra
A magical diagram; any mechanical tool or device.