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This [[empowerment (Vajrayana)|empowerment]] ritual is present in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] as well as in [[Chinese Esoteric Buddhism]] and in [[Shingon Buddhism]]. | This [[empowerment (Vajrayana)|empowerment]] ritual is present in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] as well as in [[Chinese Esoteric Buddhism]] and in [[Shingon Buddhism]]. | ||
The abhiṣeka was originally used as a consecration rite. Water from the [[ | The abhiṣeka was originally used as a consecration rite. Water from the [[Four Seas|four oceans]] was poured out of golden jars onto the head of royalty. It was used during a monarch's [[accession day|accession ceremony]] and also his [[investiture]] ceremony.<ref name=EB>{{cite encyclopedia |editor-first=Dale H. |editor-last=Hoiberg |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |title=abhiseka |edition=15th |year=2010 |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. |volume=I: A-ak Bayes |location=Chicago, Illinois |isbn=978-1-59339-837-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newencyclopaedia2009ency/page/32 32] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/newencyclopaedia2009ency/page/32 }}</ref> | ||
===Tantric Buddhism=== | ===Tantric Buddhism=== | ||