Index 331
Tang Dynasty (唐) 10, 19, 59, 64, 156, 191,
213, 253
Tang Wuzong (唐武宗) 36
Tangut
Tangut Buddhists 78, 239
Tangut court 76, 77, 78, 80
T(ä)ŋrikän Takın Kız T(ä)ŋrim 243–244
tantra
Cakrasaṃvaratantra 76
Guhyagarbhatantra 91
Guhyasamājatantra 101
Hevajratantra 85
Kṛṣṇayamāritantra 85–87, 95, 97, 99
Saṃpuṭatantra 76
Sarvadurgatipariśodhanatantra 13,
130–131, 283
Vajrapañjaratantra (Tib. rdo rje gur gyi
rgyud) 97
Tantric
Tantric group 69–71, 81
Tantric literature 75–76
Tantric lineage 77–79
Tantric practice 66, 69, 71, 74, 79
Tantric rituals 66, 79, 227
union and liberation (Tib. sbyor sgrol)
66
Tāranātha 85–87, 95–96, 99, 101, 108, 110–111,
114
Tārīkh-i Rashīdī 227
Tarim basin 2, 3, 9, 193–194, 198–200, 219
tathāgatagarbha 105, 252
Tatar Toŋa 225
Tatpar (Kagan) 193
teacher (Chin. boshi 博士, OU bahšı)
249
teacher (Chin. (a)sheli (阿)舍梨, OU šäli,
Skt. ācārya, Toch. A/B käṣṣi) 248–249
teamleader (Chin. duitou 對頭) 42–43
temple (Tib. lha khang) 85, 113
temple banners 200
temple peasants 21, 27, 29–31, 38–39,
44–46
temple
Avantisvāmin temple 152
Chagpe temple 103
Dacheng temple 31, 40, 48
Gorum temple 103
Jingtu temple 38, 47
Jinguangming temple 40
Keru temple 139, 141
Liantai temple 29, 52
Longxing temple 24, 28, 49, 51
Mārtāṇḍa Sūrya temple 157, 166
Puguang temple 30, 48
Sanjie temple 40, 47
Xiande temple 39
Yongkang temple 38
Yulin temple 28
Ten Wrathful Protectors (Skr. mahākrodha/
vidyārājas) 262
the grain of the three jewels (Tib. dkon mchog
gsum gyi stsang) 28
The River of Kings (Rājataraṅgiṇī) 161
Tianshan area (天山) 196, 198
Tibetan
Tibetan administration 20, 26, 29–30
Tibetan occupation 142, 198
Tibetan Renaissance 6
Tibetan rule 13, 19–20, 22, 24–27,
29–35, 37, 40–41, 43–44, 46, 64,
125, 142, 253, 255, 263–264, 279,
282
Tibetan script 24–25, 72–73, 105, 125
Tibetan Tantrism 12, 65, 67–68, 71,
74–77, 79, 81, 128, 264, 272, 279–281,
283
Tibetan texts 76, 79, 114, 254, 281, 283
Tocharian 194, 199, 204–207, 215, 219, 223,
226, 235–236, 243, 248
Tokuz Oguz 219, 236
Toyok 200–201, 224, 249
tradition
Inner Asian tradition 192
Kadam (Tib. bka’ gdams pa) tradition 82,
87
Shingon School (真言宗) tradition 268,
271
Tocharian tradition 205
transfer 1–2, 6–7, 11, 13–15, 22, 29–30, 35, 107,
121, 138, 140, 143, 147, 186, 188, 204, 231,
236, 239
transformation 1, 6, 12, 38, 47, 83, 222
transformation text (Chin. bianwen 變文)
38, 47–48, 222