Vyuha (English spelling)

Japanese: vyūha(英語表記)vyuha
Vyuha (English spelling)

...Three collections of texts (samhitas), Satbhata, Pauskara, and Jayakya, are revered as the Three Jewels, but the Ahirbdniya Samhita and Lakshmi Tantra are also famous, which describe detailed methods of esoteric rituals. The doctrines taught in these scriptures are not necessarily consistent, but the Bhagavata school's theory of incarnations corresponds to the theory of four manifestations (vyūha), namely, Basdeva, Sankarshana (or Baladeva), Pradyumna, and Aniruddha. All of these are none other than Vishnu (Basdeva) with six attributes (wisdom and five powers), but two of them are said to manifest as Sankarshana, etc....

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…《サーットバタ》《パウシュカラ》《ジャヤーキヤー》という三つの本集(サンヒター)が三宝として尊重されているが,そのほかに,《アヒルブドニヤ・サンヒター》《ラクシュミー・タントラ》が有名であり,秘儀的な祭式の細かな作法が述べられている。これらの聖典に説かれている教義は必ずしも整合的なものではないが,バーガバタ派の化身説に対応するものとしては,バースデーバ,サンカルシャナ(あるいはバラデーバ),プラディユムナ,アニルッダの4者を数える顕現(ビユーハvyūha)説がある。これらすべては,六つの属性(叡智と5種の力)をそなえたビシュヌ(バースデーバ)にほかならないが,そのうちの二つずつが顕現してサンカルシャナなどになるとされる。…

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