The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1974 page)

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, and
A
asah
srik
prajñ
p
ramit
), both Tibetan and Chinese sources assign forty-nine short titles to this collection.
Ratnasa
bhava
(Skt., ‘jewel-born one’). One of the five transcendent
Buddhas
. He is linked to the earthly Buddha Ka
yapa and to the
bodhisattva
Ratnapani. He is usually represented with the
mudra
(hand gesture) of granting wishes.
Raudra
(Skt., ‘furious’). In Indian literature one of eight prevailing sentiments,
rasas
. Raudra is based in turn on the complementary ‘emotion’ (
bh
va
) of anger,
krodha
. The term raudra may also denote a follower of the god
Rudra
or a class of evil spirits.

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