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Yogambara, the Glossary

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Yogambara (Tibetan: nam khai nal jor), is a tutelary deity in Tibetan Buddhism belonging to the Wisdom-mother class of the Anuttarayoga Tantra.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 7 relations: Abhayakaragupta, Buddhist tantric literature, Classes of Tantra in Tibetan Buddhism, Marpa Lotsawa, Ngok Loden Sherab, Tibetan Buddhism, Tutelary deity.

  2. Buddhist mythology stubs
  3. Tibetan Buddhist deities

Abhayakaragupta

Abhayākaragupta (Wylie: 'jigs-med 'byung-gnas sbas-pa) was a Buddhist monk, scholar and tantric master (vajracarya) and the abbot of Vikramasila monastery in modern-day, Bihar in India.

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Buddhist tantric literature

Buddhist tantric literature refers to the vast and varied literature of the Vajrayāna (or Mantrayāna) Buddhist traditions.

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Classes of Tantra in Tibetan Buddhism

Classes of Tantra in Tibetan Buddhism refers to the categorization of Buddhist tantric scriptures in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism.

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Marpa Lotsawa

Marpa Lotsāwa (མར་པ་ལོ་ཙཱ་བ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་བློ་གྲོས་, 1012–1097), sometimes known fully as Marpa Chökyi Lodrö (Wylie: mar pa chos kyi blo gros) or commonly as Marpa the Translator (Marpa Lotsāwa), was a Tibetan Buddhist teacher credited with the transmission of many Vajrayana teachings from India, including the teachings and lineages of Mahamudra.

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Ngok Loden Sherab

Ngok Loden Sherab or Ngok Lotsawa Loden Sherab (1059–1109) - Important in the transmission of Buddhism from India to Tibet.

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Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet, Bhutan and Mongolia.

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Tutelary deity

A tutelary (also tutelar) is a deity or a spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation. Yogambara and tutelary deity are tutelary deities.

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See also

Buddhist mythology stubs

Tibetan Buddhist deities

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogambara