Mani Rimdu

Mani Rimdu

p. 34 purification of the 5 "poisons"

*poison*	*__ wisdom*	*Tatha-gata*
stupidity	chos dbyins (‘truth-realm’)	Imperturbable
anger	me-lon (‘mirror’)	Illuminator
egotism	mn~am n~id (aequanimitous’)	Jewel-born
desire	sor-rtog (‘discriminating’)	Endless Illumination
envy	bya-grub (‘active’)	Success

p. 36 the 4 emblems in the S^in-gon system of Japan

*action*	*tool*
summoning	hook
leading	cord
firmly holding	lock
resultant joy	bell

p. 37 the 4 sorceresses, according to the Lord-of-the-Dance Manual

*man.d.ala*	*face*	*action*	*tool*	*seed-syllable*
pacifying	raven	summon	ankus`a (‘hook’)	JAS
extending	sow	tie	pas`a (‘lasso’)	HUM
magnetizing	bitch	bind	sphot.a (‘chain’)	BAM
destroying	owl	madden	ghan.t.a (‘bell’)	HOS

pp. 103-104 activation of image of gnome, printed encased in rectangle

p. 103	washing the linka with the 5 elements	sky gesture
		throwing earth
		sprinkling water
		waving a torch
		fanning
p. 104	flexing the joints	folding the paper at each of the gnome’s joints

p. 104 the 2 linka-s used in the site-ritual

the 1^st : "wrapped in a black cloth and then tied with a black string."	"The two effigies are placed in a black triangular iron box. This box represents the fathomless slippery-sided pit in which the rituals imprison them."
the 2^nd : "only tied with a black string."

p. 122 arrangement of offerings on the man.d.ala-base for the site-ritual

*direc.*	*offering*
NE	foot-bath
E	flowers
SE	incense
S	lamp
SW	perfume
W	food
NW	flower
N	offering-water

p. 137 sequence of placement of the 10 wooden daggers for the site-ritual

#	*direction*
1^st	E
2^nd	S
3^rd	W
4^th	N
5^th	NE
6^th	NW
7^th	SW
8^th	SE
9^th	above
10^th	below

p. 184 protector gtor-ma

*# (left to right)*	*deity*	*color*	*shape*	#	*ball*	*banner*
1^st	planet	red	snake	4	yes	black
2^nd	4-faced	"	shouldered		no	red
3^rd	neuter	"	"		"	"
4^th	4-handed	"	"		"	"
5^th	virtuous	"	"	5	"	black
6^th	mantra-guardianess	"	triangular	4	"	"
7^th	Maha-deva	"	phallic	"	yes	red
8^th	son-of-renown	"	shouldered	"	"	"
9^th	cemetery-goddess	"	triangular	"	no	black
10^th	long-life woman	white	round	"	yes	white

p. 188 followers gtor-ma

*# (left to right)*	*deity*	#	*color*	*shape*	*ball*
1^st	treasure-master		red	triangular	no
2^nd	stern	9	"	"	"
3^rd	king Pe-har	8	"	6-shouldered	yes
4^th	furious haughty	7	"	triangular	no
5^th	good thunderbolt	6	"	"
6^th	dagger-guardians	3	"	"	no
7^th	governors of the haughty	2	"	"	"
8^th	lion-face	1	"	"	"
9^th	steadfast woman	4	"	cube / triangle / cone	yes
10^th	medicine ladies	5	white	ka zlum ldir can	"
11^th	daimon	10	black	hooked-pointed	"
12^th	stern	"	red	triangular	no
13^th	serpent	"	white	snake-wound	yes
14^th	god of the plain	11	"	round	"
15^th	owners of the land		"	"	"

p. 297 protector dance – masks & props

*deity*	*color*	*held in right hand*	*held in left hand*
planet	brown	sword	bow
4-faced
neuter	blue	spear	heart
4-handed	blue	enemy’s heart; blood-filled skull	flaming sword; khat.vanga
virtuous
mantra-guardianess	brown	heart 1/2-vajra; makara’s head 1/2-vajra	"an iron wolf leaping from the enemy’s heart"
Maha-deva	red	hook	snare
son-of-renown	red	lance; victory-banner	mongoose
cemetery-goddess	brown	mirror	heart
long-life woman	white	vajra	life-flask

p. 358 sequence of removal of the 10 wooden daggers

#	direction
1^st	above
2^nd	SE
3^rd	SW
4^th	NW
5^th	NE
6^th	E
7^th	N
8^th	W
9^th	S
10^th	below

p. 402, fn. 71 correlation with syllables of fingers, gods, and places on the head

*syllable*	*deity*	*place on head*	*finger*
HRIS	>Od dpag med	crown	thumb
HUM	Mi bskyod ba	forehead	middle
TAM	Rin >byun	right ear	ring
OM	rNam snan	back	index
AS	Don grub	left ear	little

{assignment of deities to fingers is typically S^in-gon; cf. the Daktyloi of Samothraikian mysteries}

p. 403 evocations of deities, imploring them to come from their abodes

*deity*	*abode*
Protector Boundless Light	blissful paradise whose nature is Truth’s Body
Blissful Great Compassion	mt. Potala, that spontaneous magic apparition
great glorious king Haya-griva	the half-moon man.d.ala of fierce [and] powerful play
Secret Wisdom Sky Walker	the Orgyan [Od.d.iyana] Incarnation’s fortress in the western quarter
Sky Walkers, Heroes	the 24 cemeteries
Obedient Sorceresses	the fortress of the strict word & vow

p. 543 some families of deities

*meaning*	*in Bodish*	*aequivalent in Samskr.ta*
Legless Beings	lTo >phye	Maha-uraga
Vampires	Grul bum	Kumbha-an.d.a
Finely-feathereds	>Dab bz`an	Su-parn.a
Rotten-bodieds	Lus srul-po

p. 625 mGon (‘protectors’)

*Protector of __*	*name*	*holding in right hand __*	*holding in left hand __*	*riding a __*
sKu (‘Body’)	sTag z`on nag-go (tigre-rider black)	ben (cudgel) of sandalwood	bdud kyi z`ags-pa (daimon’s snare)	tigre
gSun (‘Speech’)	Ben dmar smug (cudgel red brown)	ben (cudgel) of sandalwood	iron jar of [amr.ta] ambrosia	?
Thugs (‘Mind’)	Gri-gug mthin nag (chopper blue black)	chopper	blood-filled skull	?
Yon-tan (‘Quality’)	Legs ldan nag-po (virtue-owner black)	rin-po-che (jewel)	blood-filled skull	lion
Action	Trag-s`ad (azure)	cudgel	enemy’s heart	white-footed black marmot

visualized deities, all wearing cemetery shrouds

p.	*direc.*	*deity*	*color*	*holding __ in right hand*	*holding __ in left hand*	*riding __ as vehicle*
633	hub	Maha-kala	azure	chopper; sword	skull of blood; thunderbolt mace	--
634	"	+Reti	pale-blue	khat.vanga	sack of diseases	--
	E	kLu bdud	azure	snake-lasso	chopper	--
634-5	S	Yama-raja	red	thunderbolt skull-mace	conch of blood	dark-yellow buffalo
635	W	Rahula	dark-red	crocodile-lasso	conch of blood	pale crocodile
	N	Srin-po	dark-red	lasso	conch of blood

p. 633 the 4 faces of Maha-kala

*direction*	*color*
right	white
left	red
middle	azure
upper	green

[is Maha-kala one of the 4-faced Brahma-s?]

p. 640 numbered female entourage of goddess

3 types of emanated Grandmothers :-

5 Wisdom Grandmothers

14 rje mo (‘ladies’)

58 sMan mo (‘medicine women’)

p. 641 female entourage of +bS`an-pa srog sgrub nag-po (Butchress the black Murdress) = +Nam gru nag-po [– who holdeth chu-gri (‘kris’), and rideth srid-pa>i rlun nag (‘black wind of existence’) – p. 640]

*to her __*	*is __ gdon ma (‘__-faced woman’)*
right	ce-spyan (‘jackal’)
left	wa (‘fox’)
front	>ug (‘owl’)

p. 667 environs of the Willow-Leaf Pleasure Grove [lCan-lo = lCan-lo Can, i.e. Ad.aka-vati the abode of Ku-vera]

*environ*	*substance*
4-doored palace in centre	jewels
east wall	quartz
south wall	vaid.urya [beryl]
west wall	ruby
north wall	gold from the river Jambu
3-tiered roof of palace	the 7 pretious substances
15 underground cellars	containing treasure

metaphors of Maha-kala [whose "laughter rocks the three worlds" – p. 696]

p.	*described*	*metaphor*
696	pavilion of skulls	balls of tea
	full-fish	full moon
697	wicked roughnecks	timid foxes
	snow-mountains	fence

Single-Braid Woman [Eka-jat.i]

p.	*adjective*	*its substantive : "her __"*	*metaphor*
699	brown	wrath
		body	sky
		clothes	southern clouds
700		cudgel	mannikin
	single	eye
	"	fang
	"	teat
700-1	blue-black	vulva	triangle
701		heart	emanating 9 laks.a-s of she-wolves
	"spread wide"	2 legs

pp. 707-708 the 9 heads of Rahula

*his head*	*its function*
titan’s [asura’s]	suppresseth sun& moon with eclipses
"smiling, laughing"	"Word’s joyful sentinel"
"wrathful Ghoul’s" [raks.asa’s]	feedeth on evil enemies & obstructors
voracious	hurleth down "sky-iron" [which should be meteorite]
terrifying & wicked	clacking its tongue {Khoi-san phonemes ?}
fierce agitated	hurleth down the shivering hailstones
great savage wisdom	"clairvoyance [and] magic"
mighty magic	guardeth the teaching
peaceful god’s	bestoweth true achievement

p. 794 the 30 Governors of the Haughty Ones

#	*name*	explanation of name (pp. 793-794, fn. 25)
1^st	the Lord	Maha-deva
2^nd	+Uma	wife of Maha-deva
3^rd	the Lord of Death	bsKos-rje
4^th	+Black Murdress
5^th	+Queen of Existence
6^th	+One Braid
7^th	Sovereign
8^th	+Remati
9^th	Pe-har
10^th	Brahma
11^th	Body-god	sKu lha = sKu lha mkha> ri (a mountain-god)
12^th	Rahula
13^th	Chain Lightning	gLog >phren
14^th	Blood-Eye	Khrag mig
15^th	Glorious Fire
16^th	+Black Mon Woman	Mon = Kirata
17^th	Maha-kala
18^th	Great Thunderbolt Daimon-Tamer
19^th	Black Fearless	Nag-po skrag med
20^th	Kala-yaks.a
21^st	S`am-bho	god of Gans S`am-bho mt. in dBus
22^nd	Thundering Blizzard	Thog bu-yug
23^rd	Gurumtse
24^th	Stern One of the Rock
25^th	Sky-Thumb	gNam The (of the spirits The>u Ran)
26^th	Yam-s`ud
27^th	Vinaya[ka]
28^th	Black Woman-quickener	mGyogs byed
29^th	Serpent Daimon	= kLu dDud mGo dGu (serpent daimon heads 9)
30^th	Black Yaks.a

pp. 800-801 Steadfast Women who guard the realm

p.	*__ bz`i (‘4 __’)*	*__ chen-mo (‘Great __’)*	*rDo-rje __ (Thunderbolt __)*
800	bdud mo	bDag-n~id (mistress)	Kun grags-ma (renowned woman)
		dPal ldan ha-ri (glorious parrot)	gYa>-ma skyon (slate guardianess)
		Gans kyi yum (snows’ mother)	Kun-tu bzan (complete goodness)
		>Brog, >Khor >dul (nomad, world-tamer)	bGegs kyi gtso (chiefess of obstructors)
801	gnod byin	S`a med gan dkar (fleshless snows white)	gYu sgron-ma (turquoise lamp)
		Kha-rag khyun btsun (Kha-rag eagle lady)	dPal kyi yum (glory’s mother)
		gSer, mKha> ldin (golden, sky-soareress)	rLun-ma (wind woman)
		rMa ri rab >byams (rMa mt. omnipraesent)	Drag-mo rgyal (fierce queen)
	sman btsun	Kon btsun De-mo (Kon lady of De-mo)	Bad khams skyon (guardianess of the realm)
		bTsan La-la-ro (stern La-la-ro) [La-lo-ro – p. 802, fn. 58]	sMan gcid-ma (Medicine Unique)
		gYu gi dril-bu (turquoise bell)	Zu la-ma [Zu le-ma – p. 802, fn. 58]
		sMan btsun ug-chos (medicine lady ugchos-flower)	gYar-ma bsil (cool-visaged)

goddesses in Rin-po-che>i Sa-gz`i (‘Jewelled Plain’), all having braided sapphire hair

p.	*direc.*	*goddess : "__ Woman"*	*mounted on __*	*holding in right hand __*	*holding in left hand __*
842	hub	Auspicious Long Life	white lioness	gold 9-pointed vajra	flask of life-without-death
	E	Good Face of Azure	white kyan	magic mirror (>phrul gyi melon)	divine pennant (lha>i ba-dan)
842-3	S	Unshakable Elephant Good (Mi g.yo glan bzan-ma)	lactating tigress	(gesture of giving)	dish of divine food
843	W	Ribbon Throat Good (Cod-pan mgrin bzan-ma)	s`a-ba doe (yu-ma)	pretious box (rin-po-che>i sgrom-bu)	jewel
	N	gTad-dkar Going Good (gTad-dkar >gro bzan-ma)	turquoise green dragoness (g.yu >brug snon-mo)	grass durva bouquet (rtsa dur-ba>i >chun-po)	snake-lasso

p. 947 entourage of minor Naga-s

*name*	*meaning*
Zla-ba>i sPyi-tsug
sPyi-tsug Che
	Staff-Bearer
	Great Staff-Bearer
Sog-ma med	Stalkless
Hulun.d.a
	Joyous
N~er dGa>-ba	Nigh-Joyous
	Ocean
	Great Ocean
	Heat
	Great Heat
	Light of Glory
	Great Bright
	Jewel Light
	Beautiful of Form
	Very Beautiful of Form
	Good Snake
lTo->phye Chen-po	Great Snake
Chili
Chili Chen-po
rNam-tag-dgo

Richard Jay Kohn: Mani Rimdu. PhD diss., U. of WI, 1988.

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