BUDDHA AMITABHA

Buddha Amitabha, one of the Pancha Buddhas or Five Buddhas, is positioned at the west and is of red colour. He is the embodiment of incessant light. His symbol is the lotus and his vehicle is the peacock. His spiritual son is Avalokiteswar. Amitabha is the most ancient Buddhas among the Dhyani Buddhas. He is believed to reside in the Sukhabati Bhuvan or the heaven of happiness. He is of red colour originating from the red syllable HRIH. He represents cosmic element of Sangya meaning name or nomenclature. His vehicle is peacock. He exhibits Samadhi Mudra with his two palms folded face up and one on top of the other lying on his lap. His sign is the lotus. When represented on the stupa, he always faces West. Soemtimes holding a Patra on the same posture, his escort is Pandara, Amitabha denotes boundless light or the incomprehensible.

BUDDHA AKSYOBHTA

Buddha Aksyobhya is the embodiment of supreme power and strength and thus, his symbol is the thunderbolt. One of the Pancha Buddhas (Five Buddhas), his position is in the east. His vehicle is the elephant and Vajrapani is his spiritual son. Buddha Aksyobhya is blue in colour and is known for his steadfastness. His consort is Lochana. He is regarded as the second Dhyani Buddha by the Nepalese Buddhists. Akshobhaya originates from the  blue. He exhibits the Bhusparsa or touching-the-earth pose or mudra which means calling the earth for witness, and sits in the Vajraparyanka pose. He represents the primordial cosmic element of Vigyan meaning science or consciousness. When represented in the Stupa, he always faces the east. His left hand rests on the lap, while the right rest on the right knee with the tip of the middle fingers touching the ground with palm drawn inwardly.

BUDDHA

The popularly known Buddha is Siddharth Gautam Buddha who is known to have  propounded modern Buddhism. See Buddha Gautam.  But, in Buddhist pantheon, there are mention of many Buddhas under various schools of Buddhism. The  following series of Buddhas are worth mentioning for general  understanding of the theory of Buddhahood: Adibuddha or the original Buddha; Dhyani Buddhas or the meditating Buddhas; and, Manushi Buddhas or The Mortal Buddhas
Adibuddha or Swayambhu or Vajradhara or Samantha Bhadra is the abstract concept of the Ultimate Reality, which, the Vajrayana school of Buddhism equates with Void or Nothingness or Shunyata. This is to imply that this is a state of being of perfect spirituality, totally free from any existential or phenomenal bonds. The Dhyani Buddhas emanated from Adi Buddha. The five Dhyani Buddhas or the Pancha Buddha with five different colours, aspects, roles and characteristics are the important names of the dhyani Buddhas. There are some other Dhyani Buddhas as well in the Buddhist pantheon such as Buddha Bipaswi, Buddha Kanakmuni, Buddha Krakuchhanda etc. Dhyani Buddhas are always shown seated in the posture of meditation known as Dhyanasana or Bajrasana or the lotus posture known as Padmasana.
Siddharth Gautam Buddha is the Manushi Buddha or the mortal Buddha. There are all possibilities for all beings to be a Buddha by practicing the thoughts and practices of the eight-fold path shown by the Buddha.

BRIHASPATI

Priest and protector of the divine community, Brihaspati is the deity of learning and wisdom. He is gold-coloured and shining. Drawn by eight pale horses, his car is called Niti-Ghosha. As he is known as the regent of the planet Jupiter, the planet itself is named as Brihaspati. He has a very important role to play in guiding and protecting the Gods during their battle with the demons and many other occasions.

BRAMHIN

Bramhins are of the priestly caste and, according to the doctrines of Hindu caste system, they originated from the head of Bramha, the creator. See Caste

BRAMHANA

All vedas have mainly two sections, mantra and Bramhana. Bramhana portion is philosophical and guiding. Composed by Bramhins, the highest of the four castes, Bramhana is the collective term used for different volumes of Bramhanas in vedas and upanishads which are of the same nature, and, unlike Mantras, they are mostly written in prose. In them are found “the oldest rituals we have, the oldest linguistic explanations, the oldest traditional narratives, and the oldest philosophical speculations”. The word Bramhana is use for denoting Bramhins as well. See Bramhin.

BRAMHAH

As described in upanishads, Bramhah is the ultimate reality of existence and the source of all creations. Even the Trinity- Bramha, Vishnu and Maheswar originated from Bramhah. The ultimate aim of all creations is to ultimately get reunited with Bramhah.

BRAMHA

The first among the Hindu Trinity of Puranic age, Bramha, the creator of the universe, sprang from he mundane egg out of Bramhah and he is the first of all creations. One series of his creations lasts for a day of Bramha which is equivalent to 2,160,000,000 years of ours when everything will be consumed by fire except gods, sages and elements. Next of his day, he again creates the universe which goes for another whole day of his. This process goes on for hundred years of Bramha after which everything including gods and sages and himself will be resolved into constituent elements. Four-headed and red-coloured, Bramha has four arms holding a spoon, a sceptre, a jug and the veda. His consort is Sarawati who is also known as Bramhi. The swan is her vehicle. See Puranas. The four main castes of Hinduism are related to the parts of Brahma’s body from which they originated. The Brahmins came from his head, the Khestriyas from his arms, the Vaisyas, the traders and farmers from his thighs and the Sudras class from his feet.

BRAMHA

Bramha is the terminology used for one who always recites Atharvaveda. Out of the four Vedas, some people specialize in one or the other Vedas and that they are known by different terms. Those who specialize in Atharvabeda are thus known as Bramha. However, the word Bramha is more popularly known as the name of the creator of the universe, the one and the first among the Trinity of Gods in the Hindu pantheon. See Bramha and Vedas.

BOTEY

Boteys  are distinctly a different group of people in spite of their proximity in culture and social behavior with such groups of people like Danuwars, Darais or Majhis. Some Boteys live on fishing and others are dependent on agriculture. They are termed differently as Pani (water) Boteys and Pakhe (land) Boteys by their professions. They inhabit the banks of the Madi, Seti and Kali Gandaki rivers of Tanahu and Kaski districts. They have their own language and different religious practices.