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The Hayagriva Stotra is regarded to be the first devotional composition of Vedanta Desika. According to the Sri Vaishnava narrative, the philosopher once propitiated Garuda, the mount of Vishnu, upon the hillock of Oshada located in Tiruvanthipuram, Cuddalore.
Hayagriva (Sanskrit: हयग्रीव IAST hayagrīva, lit. ' horse-necked one ' ) is a Hindu deity, the horse-headed avatar of Vishnu . The purpose of this incarnation was to slay a danava also named Hayagriva (A descendant of Kashyapa and Danu), who had the head of a horse and the body of a human.
Hayagriva ("having the neck of a horse", IAST: Hayagrīva) is an important deity in Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese Buddhism. He originated as a yaksha attendant of Avalokiteśvara ( Guanyin ) in India , [ 1 ] and was assimilated into the ritual practices of early Buddhism .
Brahma then starts narrating the various mantras that are used in Hayagriva's worship. [15] [16] The first mantra salutes Hayagriva as Vishnu, the ruler of knowledge. He is praised beyond the material universe and as a saviour. The second mantra identifies Hayagriva as the manifestation of the three Vedas — Rigveda, Yajurveda and Samaveda ...
The Three Roots in this cycle are: Padmasambhava (the lama), Hayagriva (the yidam), and Vajravarahi (the dakini). This empowerment is required for the practitioner to study the Yangzab Treasure teaching cycle. The three roots are symbolized in the Gankyil.
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As such, Vajravarahi manifests in the colors of white, yellow, red, green, blue, and black. She is a popular deity in Tibetan Buddhism, and in the Nyingma school she is the consort of Hayagriva, the wrathful form of Avalokiteshvara. [4] She is also associated with the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra, where she is paired in yab-yum with the Heruka ...