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Heruka (T. khrag ’thung; C. xilujia 嚕迦).[1] A name for a male wrathful deity in Buddhist tantra.[2][3]
The 84000 glossary states:
- The wrathful buddha personifying the true nature of all forms and all the sensory fields and elements; a wrathful deity of the vīra type...[4]
In the Sarma schools, heruka is also an epithet applied to some wrathful deities, especially Hevajra and Saṃvara.[4][5]
In the Nyingma school, the term is often used to refer specifically to Mahottara heruka (Chemchok) or Viśuddha heruka (Yangdak).[5]
The name is translated into Chinese and Tibetan as “blood drinker,” an interpretation not reflected in the Sanskrit.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Heruka.
- ↑
ཁྲག་འཐུང་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑
Heruka Meaning & Forms, Himalayan Art Resources
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 ཁྲག་འཐུང་, 84000 glossary entry, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ 5.0 5.1
Heruka, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
Further reading
Heruka, Wikipedia
