Caturkarman
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caturkarman (T. las bzhi). “Four activities”. The four types of activities set forth in the Buddhist tantras. These are a classification of rituals, based on the means or the goal of the ritual.[1]
- activities of pacification (śāntika),
- activities of increase (pauṣṭika),
- activities of control (vaśīkaraṇa), and
- wrathful activities (abhicāra).
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. caturkarman
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ལས་བཞི་ , Christian-Steinert Dictionary