རིགས་སྔགས། | Glossary of Terms
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རིག
- རིག་པ།
- རིག་སྔགས།
- རིགས་སྔགས།
- rigs sngags
- rig pa
- rig sngags
- rig
- vidyāmantra
- vidyā
- Term
- vidyā
- རིག་པ།
- rig pa
- vidyā
Magical spell; knowledge of spells; a class of male or female deities identified with their spells.
- vidyā
- རིག་པ།
- rig pa
- vidyā
This term may, according to context, refer to exoteric or esoteric knowledge, a goddess, her associated dhāraṇī, or some combination of these. In the body of this scripture, the dhāraṇī is referred to as a vidyā. In tantric literature these two terms are frequently used interchangeably.
A term for a spell and the female being(s) associated with that class of spell.
A term for a spell and the female being(s) associated with that class of spells.
- vidyā
- རིག
- rig
- vidyā
A term that at once refers to a type or a class of deity (typically female) and the spell used to harness their power, thereby reflecting their inseparability.
- vidyā
- རིག
- rig
- vidyā
A term that at once refers to a type or a class of deity (typically female) and the spell used to harness their power, thereby reflecting their inseparability.
A term for a class of spell and the female beings or goddesses who embody the power of that spell and carry out the action for which that spell is employed.
A spell.
- vidyā
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig sngags
- vidyā
Knowledge, especially the secret knowledge of mantras, mudrās, and so forth, and also the magical power that this knowledge entails; a magical spell or the power of a magical spell; a nonhuman female being or deity possessing such power.
- vidyā
- རིག་པ།
- rig pa
- vidyā
A term that at once refers to a type of spell or dhāraṇī and to the goddess it invokes, thereby reflecting their inseparability.
- vidyā
- རིག་པ།
- rig pa
- vidyā
A term that at once refers to a type of mantra or dhāraṇī and to the deity it invokes, thereby reflecting their inseparability. A vidyā is typically applied to female deities, and is often, but not exclusively, used for worldly goals in esoteric ritual. In worldly contexts a vidyā is similar to a “spell.”
A synonym for dhāraṇī.
- vidyāmantra
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig sngags
- vidyāmantra
A spell. Although a technical term in its own right, it is also used interchangeably at times with the terms dhāraṇī and dhāraṇīmantra, guhyamantra, etc.
- vidyāmantra
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig sngags
- vidyāmantra
Knowledge or awareness mantra.
- vidyāmantra
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig sngags
- vidyāmantra
- 神呪
A type of incantation or spell used to accomplish a ritual goal. This can be associated with either ordinary attainments or those whose goal is awakening.
- vidyāmantra
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig sngags
- vidyāmantra
The formula associated with and identical to the goddess it invokes.
- vidyāmantra
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig sngags
- vidyāmantra
A sacred utterance or spell made for the purpose of attaining either worldly or transcendent benefits.
- vidyāmantra
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig sngags
- vidyāmantra
A sacred utterance or spell made for the purpose of attaining either worldly or transcendent benefits.
- vidyāmantra
- རིག་པ།
- rig pa
- vidyāmantra
A type of incantation or spell used to accomplish a ritual goal. This can be associated with either ordinary attainments or those whose goal is awakening.
A type of mantra.
- spell
- རིག་པ།
- rig pa
- vidyā
In different contexts in this text, also translated as “knowledge.”
- spell
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig sngags
- vidyā
A type of incantation or spell used to accomplish a ritual goal. This can be associated with either ordinary attainments or those whose goal is awakening.
- spell
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig sngags
- vidyā
A type of incantation or spell used to accomplish a ritual goal. This can be associated with either ordinary attainments or those whose goal is awakening.
- spell
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig sngags
- vidyā
A type of incantation or spell used to accomplish a ritual goal. This can be associated with either ordinary attainments or those whose goal is awakening.
- spell
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig sngags
- vidyā
A type of incantation or spell used to accomplish a ritual goal. This can be associated with either ordinary attainments or those whose goal is awakening.
- spell
- རིག་པ།
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig pa
- rig sngags
- vidyā
A type of mantra-like formula that is used to accomplish a ritual goal. It can be associated with either ordinary attainments or the goal of awakening.
- incantation
- རིག་པ།
- rig pa
- vidyā
A mantra-like formula for invoking specific deities, often to bring about more mundane accomplishments in Buddhist ritual practices. A vidyā is at once considered the incantation and the deity it invokes.
- incantation
- རིག་སྔགས།
- རིག་པ།
- rig sngags
- rig pa
- vidyāmantra
- vidyā
Vidyāmantras are incantations that, by extension of the literal meaning of the Sanskrit word, are believed to encapsulate and invoke hidden or spiritual knowledge in their syllables, which themselves are considered magically potent. In tantric texts, vidyās and vidyāmantras take the form of or can appear as female deities.
- incantation
- རིག་པ།
- rig pa
- vidyā
A type of incantation or spell used to accomplish a ritual goal. This can be associated with either ordinary attainments or those whose goal is awakening.
- incantation
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig sngags
- vidyā
A spell-like verbal formula that invokes specific deities in order to bring about mundane and transcendent goals in Buddhist ritual practices. A vidyā is considered at once the incantation and the deity it invokes.
- incantation
- རིག་པ།
- rig pa
- vidyā
A sacred utterance or spell made for the purpose of attaining worldly or transcendent benefits.
- knowledge mantra
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig sngags
- vidyā
A type of incantation used in meditative and ritual contexts.
- knowledge-mantra
- རིག
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig
- rig sngags
- vidyā
- magical formula
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig sngags
- vidyā
A mantra or sacred utterance for producing vidyā, which means “knowledge” or “insight.” The term vidyā has a wide range of meaning, but in this context, it may refer to a magic spell made for the purpose of attaining either worldly or transcendent benefits.
- vidyā-mantra
- རིག་སྔགས།
- rig sngags
- vidyāmantra
A sacred utterance or spell made for the purpose of attaining worldly or transcendent benefits.