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རྩ་བའི་སྔགས།

rtsa ba’i sngags

mūlamantra

Term

Publications: 3

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root mantra

The Tantra of Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa

root mantra

རྩ་བའི་སྔགས།

rtsa ba’i sngags

mūlamantra

9 passages contain this term

The Dhāraṇī “One Hundred Thousand Ornaments of the Essence of Awakening”

root mantra

རྩ་བའི་སྔགས།

rtsa ba’i sngags

mūlamantra

Definition in this text:

A term for the most important and often the most simplified spell associated with a particular buddha, bodhisattva, or other being.

4 passages contain this term

The King of Ritual Manuals from the Tantra of Māyā Mārīcī’s Arising

root mantra

རྩ་བའི་སྔགས།

rtsa ba’i sngags

mūlamantra AS

Definition in this text:

A term for the most important and often the most simplified spell associated with a particular buddha, bodhisattva, or other being.

1 passage contains this term

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AO

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AD

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AA

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RP

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RS

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SU

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