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(Skt.). ‘Circle-worship’,
Tantric
worship by an equal number of male and female disciples of the same line of
gurus
(guru
parampar
), who form a closed circle.
Tantric
worship by an equal number of male and female disciples of the same line of
gurus
(guru
parampar
), who form a closed circle.
Cakravartin
(Skt., ‘wheel-turner’). A ‘universal ruler’. In Hinduism, it refers to a ruler, in the ordinary sense, in this world, but an ideal ruler, one who creates a union between heaven and earth. In Buddhism (and in Jainism), it is extended to ethical sovereignty (e.g. in the
Edicts of A
oka
); and it became an epithet for a
buddha
whose teaching is universally true throughout the cosmos.
Edicts of A
oka); and it became an epithet for a
buddha
whose teaching is universally true throughout the cosmos.
Calcutta
.
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ghCalderón, P.
(Christian dramatist)
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(Christian dramatist)
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