Vajrakīla
deity Tibetan Buddhist single tradition · 1
Vajrakīla is a deity whose basic doctrines and rituals originated in India. The deity is associated with the phur-pa (kīla). The practice of Vajrakilaya as a yidam deity with the power to cut through any obstructions was absorbed into all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
When
- First attested
- 700 CE
- Attested period
- 700 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Kīla cult existed among Buddhists in 8th century India.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Yangdak Heruka
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“demonstrated that all the basic doctrines and rituals of Vajrakīla had their origin in India." Robert Mayer, one of the leading scholars of the kīla literature, shares the same view, writing that prior research had been plagued by "elementary misunderstandings”
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