- the
unusual relationship of the
vajracharyas and
their ****istant
shakyas with
Buddhist monasticism:
Unlike Vajracharyas,
Shakya men may not be priests...
-
Vajra Vajracharya (Nepali: गौतम वज्र वज्राचार्य) is a
Sanskritist and
scholar specializing in the
iconography of the
Indian subcontinent.
Vajracharya was...
- Its
caste system has a non-celibate
religious clergy caste formed of
vajracharya (who
perform rituals for others) and
shakya (who
perform rituals mostly...
-
Newars have
their own
priests (Rajopadhyaya
Brahmins for
Hindus and
Vajracharyas for Buddhists) and
varying amounts of
cultural differences. Religiously...
-
extensively in
tantric literature: the term for the
spiritual teacher is the
vajracharya; one of the five
dhyani buddhas is vajrasattva, and so on. The practice...
- Déva-bhāju)
occupied the
highest social position in the
Hindu side, the
Vajracharya (or Guru/Gu-bhāju)
formed the head
among the Buddhists. For
Hindu Newars...
-
Society in History.
Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-566915-2.
Vajracharya,
Dhanavajra (1
December 1975), "Notes on the
Changunarayan Inscription"...
- A
vajracharya (thunderbolt-carrier), a
Newar Buddhist priest...
- Déva-bhāju)
occupied the
highest social position in the
Hindu side, the
Vajracharya (or Guru/Gu-bhāju)
formed the head
among the Buddhists. For
Hindu Newars...
- century".
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Retrieved 22
January 2025.
Vajracharya,
Gautama V. (7
January 2009). "The
Creatures of the Rain Rivers, Cloud...
