INDEX
Boldface page numbers indicate a major treatment, while italicized numbers indicate a
color plate or figure.
Abe family, 689–90
Abe no Seimei, 690
Kūkai born into, 1033
Abé, Ryūichi, 88, 177, 280, 304, 354, 593,
668, 693, 702, 704, 1031
abhiṣeka bodhimaṇḍa ( guanding
daochang, consecration arenas),
according to Haiyun, 287
abhiṣeka (guanding)
administration of via government
infrastructure, 265–66, 330
Amoghavajra’s performance of at the
imperial court, 281, 351, 356–57
analogues to, in the ritual systems in
the Dhāraṇisaṃgraha sūtra, 23–24
appropriation of ritual details into
early practices of, 74–75
bestowal of, on Koryŏ kings, 603
Consecration Scripture (Guanding jing,
T.1331) and, 74, 221, 305
coordination of with triple refuge in
MVS, 85–86
discrete uses of within Indian ritual
programs, 71–72
as feature of esoteric Buddhism, 5,
71
halls established by Kūkai, 951
“iron stūpa” pilgrimage recapitulated
during, 152, 316
limited propagation of “Yoga” tradition
between 906 and 960, 273, 421
meaning of, reflected in various
translations of, 72
mentioned, 5, 373, 784
mikkyō ritual halls used for, 950–55,
981
military power and, 265
non-regnal cleansing or apotropaic
associations of, 73–74
overview of, 71–75
rites associated with the Benevolent
Kings Sūtra and, 961
rites involving sexuality, 75
Taimitsu gōrgyō abhisekạ with two
mandalas, 759–60
Yuqi jing abhiṣeka and Annen’s
commentaries, 774–75
Wuwei sanzan chanyao and, 298
see also cakravartin kings; kanjō;
praxis; The Tōji Lecture Hall
Abhiṣeka sūtra (Bussetsu-kanjō-kyō),
in the Nara period, 666
Acala
Amoghavajra’s ritual command of, 356
Budong shizhe tuoluoni mimi fa, T.1202
(secret dhāraṇī methods of Acala), 349
importance of cult of in the Zhenyan
tradition, 102
summary of iconography of, 106–8,
107f.8
as Vairocana, 106
Va j r a p ā ṇi and, 102, 106
Acalanātha Vidyārāja (Fudō Myōō)
cult of initiated by Enchin, 748
esoteric and tantric practice associated
with, 15, 134, 931, 1049
the five great mantra kings and, 911
gomadō dedicated to at Byōdōin, 917
images of, 943f.7, 973f.18, 974
Kamakura period sculptures, 923
mandara paintings with images of,
918, 921
Tendai priest Sōō and, 916–18
The Tōji Lecture Hall and, 938, 943f.7,
968–74
yamabushi emulation of, 1018
Zen temple chanting of rituals for
Fudō Myōō, 931
ācāryas
acali religion of the Bai and, 381–82,
392
Annen’s Sho ajari shingon mikkyōbu,
168
ar tsho bande and, 452n.4
Buddhism under the Jin and, 486–87
denbō(ajari) kanjō in the fourfold
ritual system, 1027
example of Xinglin, 173
Kriyāsaṃgraha as ritual manual for,
1051–52