Bodish Tantrik Manuscripts from Dun-huan
[IOL = India Office Library; Or. = Oriental collection a the British Meseum]
pp. 67-68 IOL Tib J 338 Caitya-Nidana-Anus`amsa
# |
p. 67 type of stupa |
p. 68 description |
i |
unsurpassable |
at top of universe |
ii |
mental |
wish-fulfilling |
iii |
self-nature |
8 types, 8 events in life of S`akya-muni |
iv |
emanation |
offered to S`akya-muni by guardians of North (Vais`ravan.a) and of West (Virupa-aks.a) |
v |
reflection |
built by king As`oka to protect kingdom |
p. 118 IOL Tib J 384.2
4 deities of cardinal directions |
1 |
Vajra-pan.i |
2 |
Vajra-ratna |
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3 |
Vajra-padma |
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4 |
Vajra-yaks.a |
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8 wrathful deities |
1 |
Apara-ajita |
2 |
Yama-antaka |
|
3 |
Haya-griva |
|
4 |
Amr.ta-ku.d.ali |
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5 |
Acala |
|
6 |
? |
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7 |
Mahabala |
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8 |
Nila-kan.t.ha |
pp. 137-138 IOL Tib J 401.4
p. |
ailment |
its cure |
137 |
"men with obstructed water and women with inverted wombs", |
a knotted "thread is wound around a shinbone" |
138 |
"men under the influence of nagas, who suffer from aches and swellings", |
"moulding a frog from barley flour" |
p. 138 IOL Tib J 401.5 – rites invoking deity Bhru-kut.i
MS |
accomplishment to be attained |
5v.1 |
provide a prophecy |
6r.3 |
bring gnod-sbyin under one’s power |
6v.2 |
pacify malignant people |
6b.5 |
overcome wild animals |
7r.1 |
cause a water-spring to come forth |
7r.4 |
sharpen your prajn~a |
7r.5 |
accomplish various valuable objectives |
7r.7 |
find a treasure |
7v.5 |
cure an illness |
8r.2 |
cure a severe illness |
8r.5 |
catch an illness ghost (nad-pa >dre) in a trap |
8v.1 |
cut off curses and bad deaths |
8v.5 |
reverse water, making it flow upwards |
9r.1 |
make it flow downhill again |
9r.3 |
cure madness |
9v.3 |
not be bitten by hound |
9v.5 |
bring s`a-dru under one’s power |
10r.3 |
divide 2 lovers |
10r.6 |
reconcile 2 friends |
10r.7 |
be able to talk to others |
10v.6 |
be friendly with another |
11r.6 |
bind someone |
pp. 140-141 IOL Tib J 401.7 -- rites invoking deity Avalokita-is`vara
p. |
MS |
circumstance needing to be resolved |
140 |
16r.10 |
under influence of tigress-headed daimoness (sTag sRin) |
16v.4 |
under influence of a curse |
|
16v.8 |
possible inimity of future enemies |
|
16v.10 |
afraid of the dark at night |
|
17r.2 |
daimon (gnod) ariseth in one’s household |
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17r.5 |
crops or fruit are eaten by spirits (srin-bu) |
|
17r.8 |
woman hath severe post-partum illness |
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17r.10 |
twitching eye, s`a-sman in eye |
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17v.3 |
eyeball is damaged or cut |
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18r.1 |
trapped by snake or by scorpion |
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18v.1 |
struck by misfortune and calamity |
|
18v.3 |
struck by silkworm-sickness |
|
18v.8 |
struck by various minor illnesses |
|
19r.5 |
have been burned by fire, heat is unbearable |
|
19r.9 |
have a headache |
|
19v.2 |
have an earache |
|
19v.3 |
have a fever |
|
19v.5 |
have >dreg-na |
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20r.11 |
lack prajn~a of a limitless vidya-dhara |
|
20v.8 |
are imprisoned |
|
141 |
21r.1 |
influential planets (gza> s`ug) are not reconciled |
21r.3 |
trapped by a snake |
pp. 156-163 IOL Tib J 419 (a collection of texts of Maha-yoga)
p. 158 IOL Tib J 419.5
"A version of the myth of the buddha S`ri Heruka’s subjugation of the demon Rudra ... . The narrative is similar to the versions ... found in the Guhyagarbha Tantra." |
p. 161 IOL Tib J 419.12
"Kalaratri (Srin mo dus >tshams ma) with black matted hair and riding a white mule is called forth" |
p. 162 IOL Tib J 419.14 – list of deities
the 8 Maha-yogi[n]-is`vara-s |
the 8 Maha-humkara-s |
the 10 Maha-krodha-s |
the 4 Maha-natha-s |
the 12 Vajra-duti-s |
p. 162 IOL Tib J 419.16 – man.d.ala-s of wrathful goddesses
Cun.d.a Bhagavani |
Eka-jat.i |
Kas`mali |
p. 232 IOL Tib J 507 = folios 3-11 of a text whose folios 1-2 = Pelliot tibe’tain 353
1st man.d.ala : the vajra-s of the 5 directions |
direction |
__ vajra |
centre |
"mile-long" 100-spoked |
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east |
9-spoked |
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south |
5-spoked |
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west |
1-spoked |
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north |
3-spoked |
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2nd man.d.ala of Eka-jat.i |
"concentric series of lotuses and a wheel of 32 spokes ... populated by over a hundred female deities" |
p. 235 IOL Tib J 509 = middle portion of a text whose 1st portion = Pelliot tibe’tain 320A, and whose final portion = Pelliot tibe’tain 320B – yoga sadhana to Avalokita-is`vara
"Avalokites`vara, with a white body ... wears a "lion robe" (seng gos) with gold tracery ... . This is the end of Pelliot tibe’tain 320A:recto." |
pp. 276-278 IOL Tib J 576 (a collection of texts of Yoga)
p. 276 IOL Tib J 576.1 (apparently based on the Sarva-tathagata-tattva-samgraha)
"a corresponding buddha at each of the body’s extremities – eyes, nose, each finger and so forth. ... the buddhas and their bodily locations are provided". |
p. 277 IOL Tib J 576.4 – 10 empowerments
# |
empowerment |
i |
wealth |
ii |
secret mantra |
iii |
learning |
iv |
mudra |
v |
rosary |
vi |
crown |
vii |
cakra-vartin ("The cakravartin empowerment is further subdivided into twenty-eight empowerments".) |
viii |
wisdom-being |
ix |
name |
x |
karman |
p. 312 IOL Tib J 716.1 – Maha-yoga sadhana of the 3 sama-adhi-s
# |
__ sama-adhi |
description |
1st |
suchness (de-bz`in-n~id) |
"syllables in the practitioner’s body" for "one taste" (ro gcig) |
2nd |
all-illuminating (kun-tu snan-ba) |
waxing moon in sky |
3rd |
causal (rgyu) |
deities |
p. 313 IOL Tib J 716.2 – Maha-yoga man.d.ala of Maha-S`ri-Heruka – consisting of a central divine couple surrounded by successive concentric circles of goddesses
divine couple |
Maha-S`ri-Heruka, "blue in colour, with one head, three eyes and four arms. ... The consort of Heruka is Krodhis`vari ... . Both deities have snakes coiled about their limbs." |
surrounded by circle of |
8 goddesses :- Gauri, Caurika, Pramoha, Vetali, Ghasmari, Kanka-mukha, Hulu-mukha |
" " " " |
owl-headed goddesses |
" " " " |
crow-headed goddesses |
" " " " |
crane-headed goddesses |
" " " " |
vulture-headed goddesses |
pp. 317-318 IOL Tib J 721 – invocation-prayer to chiefs of the spirits of the 4 cardinal directions, the nadir & the zenith
p. |
direction |
deity |
317 |
[north] |
[missing] |
west |
Myig myi bzan (Virupa-aks.a) |
|
east |
Nal bso-po |
|
317-8 |
below |
Klu-lha Chen-po Pad-ma-can (Naga-deva Maha-padma) |
318 |
above |
N~i-ma zLa-ba dgon kyi gtso (sun’s [&] moon’s daimons’ chief) |
p. 323 IOL Tib J 754.6 = India Office # 79-80 – man.d.ala of Avalokita-is`vara
divine couple at centre |
The red god Avalokita-is`vara "with his consort, the "white-robed goddess"" Pan.d.ara-vasini |
guardians of the 4 doors |
Yama-antaka, Maha-bala, Haya-griva, Amr.ta-kun.d.ali |
BRILL’S TIBETAN STUDIES LIBRARY, Vol. 12 = Jacob Dalton & Sam van Shaik : Tibetan Tantric Manuscripts from Dunhuang : a Descriptive Catalogue of the Stein Collection at the British Museum. Leiden, 2006.