Bhavabhadra, Bhava-bhadra: 2 definitions

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In Buddhism
1. Tibetan Buddhism
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Bhavabhadra means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Bhavabhadra (भवभद्र) (who has been said to be identical to Bhavabhaṭṭa—the author of the commentaries of the Catuṣpīṭha and Cakrasaṃvara) wrote an extensive Vivṛti commentary on the Vajraḍāka, which is mentioned in the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Whether Bhavabhadra and Bhavabhadra might be the same person or not, it is certain that Bhavabhadra is not after Gayādhara (the first half of the 11th century) because Bhavabhadra’s Vivṛti commentary on the Vajraḍāka was translated into Tibetan by Gayādhara Isaacson and Sferra analyzed Bhavabhaṭṭa (identical to Bhavabhadra) to have flourished “around 1000 CE” (Isaacson and Sferra 2015 b, p. 477), and Szántó , in the “first half of the 10 th cent” (Sz á nt ó 2015, p. 320).

Source: Google books: Genesis and Development of Tantra (Vajrayana)

Bhavabhadra (भवभद्र) (or Bhavabhaṭṭa) is the name of a commentator on the Laghuśaṃvara.—In chapter 38 of his Rgya gar chos ’byung (“History of Buddhism in India”), Tāranātha includes several commentators on the Laghuśaṃvara [e.g., Bhavabhadra], among ten persons whom he holds to have occupied the office of chief Vajrācārya at Vikramaśīla in rapid unbroken succession.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Chapter 6 - Six texts of Adamantine Sow (Vajravārahī) < [Book 7 - The preaching of the Tantras]

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