index 1157
prevalence of during the Nara era,
778–79
pseudo-Sanskrit incantations in Daoist
literature and, 530–31
Pure Land rebirth as goal of, 371
recitation of full sūtras associated with,
177–78
rituals used to cure specific maladies,
667
Uṣṇīṣāvijayā-dhāraṇī sūtra, 165,
177–78, 180
Zen and, 925–30, 928, 929t.1, 930, 932
See also practice
dhāraṇī ritual texts
introduced, 176–81
spread of esoteric Buddhism to China
via, 263–65, 273
Dhāraṇisaṃgraha sūtra T. 901, 654 C.E.
See Tuoluoni ji jing
dhāraṇī scriptures
burial practices and, 390
calling for violence, 369
collections of “chain scriptures”
(lianxie jing), 368–69, 371
contrasted with mantras, 22
defining features of, 176–77
esoteric vs. non-esoteric nature of, 11–12
Fangshan shijing Dhāraṇī Collection,
172–74
healing practices introduced to China
from India within, 208–9
impact of, 180
inscriptions of on pillars, 388, 396–97,
483, 498, 506–7, 506f.2
integration into Mahāyānist literature
of, 22–23
in the Ta i s h ō, 176
mantras, spells and, 78–79, 220, 273
overview of, 176–80
range of textual genres referred to as, 176
Ta i s h ō collections of in vols. 18–21, 28,
35–36
texts sought after in Japan during the
Nara period, 666
transformation of structure of, 177–78,
180
dharmakāya
Jōgon’s language studies and, 988–89
Kūkai on the teaching capacity of, 704–5
language as manifestation of, 988
Mahāvairocana/Vairocana in form of,
as marker of esoteric Buddhism in
Japan, 14
Mahāvairocana/Vairocana in form of,
explicated, 91, 505
shinnyo engi concept of Shingon and
Tendai, 787
Dharmapāla (Fahu)
distinguished from Fahu Chu, 440n.5
Hevajra[dạkinījālasambara-]tantra,
T.892 trans. by, 437, 442, 445n.28,
448, 450
introduced, 450
Korean Tripitakaṣ inclusion of transla-
tions by, 599
Mahābalasūtra, T.983 trans. by, 428
dhyāni buddhas
introduced, 92, 93f.2
as a term, 92n.3
first appearance of in MVS, 92
mentioned, 129, 384, 406, 408, 487,
490, 493, 507, 511
Diamond Peak Sūtra. See Sarvatathāgata-
tattvasaṃgraha family of sūtras (STTS)
(alt. Va j r a ś e k h a r a)
Diamond Sūtra. See Vajracchedikā-
prajñāpāramitā
Diamond World Mandala
A-syllable visualization and, 888,
890pl.9
Chinese imperial city planning and,
721, 731–36, 734f.9, 735f.10, 737f.11
Dainichi and, 735–36
See also mandalas; Vajradhātu mandala
Divākara, early Tang translations by, 267
Dkon-mchog (alt. Ti shri Ras pa),
association of with Xia translators, 474
doctrine, as a referent for esoteric
Buddhism, 14
innovations introduced by esoteric
Buddhist scriptures in China, 308–9
Dōji
gumonji-hō practices introduced by,
661, 668–69, 668
importance of Daianji and, 667
introduction of esoteric scriptures to
Japan by, 661–62
Śubhākarasiṃha and, 661
Dōshō
Gangōji Canon and, 661
Sanron school and, 785
Yogācāra teachings and, 673
dualism and Indian and Buddhist
philosophy, 310–11
Dunhuang
astral maps recovered from, 233
Central Asia and, 365–74
Cintāmaṇicakra form of, 95
collections of “chain scriptures”
(lianxie jing), 368–69, 371