index 1151
continuities between Vedic and East
Asian systems, 1049
cult of Sudṛsṭi, 238, 243̣
cult of the Great Dipper, 127, 128,
128f.17, 237, 238
cults of Mañjuśrī, 239
early Buddhism in China and, 230–44
four secret Taimitsu star rituals, 765
hybrid Chinese and Indian
components within esoteric
scriptures, 188, 228
Indian astrological influences, 228, 236
Koryŏ court and, 605–6
Mahāyāna practice and, 221–22
Mañjuśrī cults, 239
Onmyōdō and Indian/Chinese
astrological syncretism, 683–84
Sudṛsti (Miaojian) cults, 128, ̣ 128f.17,
237, 238
Sukuyōdō, 684
Tang Esoteric Buddhism and planet
worship, 225–30
See also Tejaprabha (Lord of the
Constellations)
Atikūta (alt. Atigupta)̣
arrival in China of, 267–268
emergence of tantra from the
metaphor of the rājādhirāja
(institution of overlord), 21–23
translation of Dhāraṇīsaṃgraha sūtra,
T.901, 23–24, 80, 368, 663
Avalokiteśvara
Acuoye Guanyin, 388–89, 488, 489f.1,
491–92n.12, 496
Amoghapāśa Avalokiteśvara statue at
Hokkedō, 908
as central esoteric figure, 215–16, 367,
526, 628
Cintāmaṇicakra form of, 41, 55, 57–59,
95, 97f.4, 150, 165
cult of during the Nanzhao and Dali
Kingdoms, 388–89, 491
cult of during the Nara period, 670,
908
esoteric forms based on the Womb
Mandala, 526
esoteric forms of associated with
repentance rites, 518
gender transformation of, 526–28, 894,
894n.3
as Jāṅgulī, the Jungle Woman, 124
Kāraṇḍavyūha sūtra and, 24, 519
keka repentance rites evoking the
Eleven-headed form of, 668, 670
Nīlakaṇṭha[ka] T. 1060 and, 333, 526
overview of, 525–28
popular forms of, in Korea, 646–50
ritual texts for, 32–33
Ta i s h ō collections of rituals for in vols.
18–21, 28, 32–33
Avalokiteśvara with a thousand-arms and
a thousand-eyes
depicted in the Long Scroll, 389
dhāraṇī, chanted in Korean
Monasteries, 925–26n.4
early Tang depictions of, 367, 404
Qianshou qianyan guanzizai pusa
guangdayuanman wuai dabei xin
tuoluoni zhou ben, T.1061, 349
See also Kannon (Senjusengen Kanjizai)
Avalokiteśvara with a thousand Arms,
121, 415f.5
Avalokiteśvara with a thousand Arms,
depicted with Cāmuṇḍā, 121
Av at a ṃsaka sūtra
Gaṇḍhayūha chapter of, 190–91
as referent for esoteric Buddhism, 17
ritual texts for, 32
role in evolution of Vairocana, 90, 92,
593
T. 279 version of translated by Yijing
and Śiksānanda, 268n.17, 272̣
Zhisheng’s categories and, 305
āveśa practices
Daoist traditions of, 253–54, 349
Indian origins of, 253
list of texts discussing, 349 n.16
scriptures including details of, 213
Bai
acali religion, 381–82, 392
cremation practices, 384n.22, 390, 391f.3
Baodingshan
depiction of Vairocana, 504pl.5
Zhao Zhifeng and, 502
esoteric Buddhism in evidence at,
99pl.2, 330, 422, 431–34, 438,
502–3
expanded group of ten vidyārājas at, 98
local tradition of esoteric Buddhist
inconography found at, 502
Mahāsahasrapramardana sūtra T. 999
as source of monumental sculpture
at, 450n.54
Nīlakaṇṭha[ka] T. 1060, as source of
monumental sculpture at, 526
Xibi Baoyuan, translations by, 473–74
Beishan (Dazu)