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विद्याराज (vidyArAja)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
विद्या—राज
m.
a king of kn°, lord of spells,
Buddh.
N.
of Viṣṇu,
Pañcar.
of a saint,
Buddh.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
vidyārāja(n), °jña, f. °jñī, lord or master (f. mistress) of magic (spells), a sort of superhuman being: °rājñaiḥ Mmk 〔10.6〕
abjakule (°kūle? see 〔40.18〕 below) vidyārājñaḥ (app. nom. sg. or pl.), tad yathā (there follows a list of names, mostly unknown otherwise, and some uncertain in form and word-division
not included here) 〔10.7〕
°rājñībhir lokeśvaramūrtisamādhivisṛtaiḥ (! gender), tad yathā (there follows another list, as above, fem., beginning with Tārā) 〔10.14—15〕
pradhāna-vidyārājaḥ (the chief V.) vidyārājñī abjakūle rūpakamudrā 〔40.18〕 (figures to be depicted)
without apparent personification, referring to a particular magic rite, king of spells, ayaṃ °rājā, Mañjuśriyo 'pi kumārabhūto 'nena vidyārājñā ākṛṣṭo vaśam ānīto 〔81.7〕.