Ushnishavijayatara, Uṣṇīṣavijayatārā, Ushnishavijaya-tara: 1 definition
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Ushnishavijayatara 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.
The Sanskrit term Uṣṇīṣavijayatārā can be transliterated into English as Usnisavijayatara or Ushnishavijayatara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Rangjung Yeshe Wiki: Dharma DictionaryUṣṇīṣavijayatārā (उष्णीषविजयतारा) (in Tibetan: གཙུག་ཏོར་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་མའི་སྒྲོལ་མ) refers to the “Tārā who is the Victorious Uṣṇīṣa” and represents one of the twenty-one emanations of Tārā according to the Kashmiri Mahasiddha Suryagupta Tradition.—Suryagupta or Ravigupta (Tibetan: nyi ma be pa) was a layperson from Kashmir that was cured of leprosy by a miraculous statue of the goddess Tara. Suryagupta is famous for having many visions of Tara and originating many lineages of her practice such as the Twenty-one forms of Tara [e.g., Uṣṇīṣavijayatārā]. There exists inscriptions and paintings (from the 14th century) of these Twenty-one Taras and they are also described in ritual and meditation texts in both Sanskrit and Tibetan language.
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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Partial matches: Ushnishavijaya, Tara.
Full-text: Ushnishavijaya.
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