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

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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

3

Vajra-padma

4

Vajra-yaks.a

8 wrathful deities

1

Apara-ajita

2

Yama-antaka

3

Haya-griva

4

Amr.ta-ku.d.ali

5

Acala

6

?

7

Mahabala

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

 

17r.5

crops or fruit are eaten by spirits (srin-bu)

 

17r.8

woman hath severe post-partum illness

 

17r.10

twitching eye, s`a-sman in eye

 

17v.3

eyeball is damaged or cut

 

18r.1

trapped by snake or by scorpion

 

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

 

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

east

9-spoked

south

5-spoked

west

1-spoked

north

3-spoked

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

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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

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__ 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.