1160 index
competition for patronage with
Daoism under Emperor Xuanzong,
275
Daoxuan’s travels to Japan during, 662
in Dunhuang and Central Asia,
365–78
early Tang translators introduced,
267–68
function of Vairocana during, 92
key texts introduced during the 8th
century, 4
mudrā evolution during, 78
“opening the light” empowerment rites
during, 628n.24
Prajña (Boruo/Bolaruo) and, 360–62
in Sichuan, 393–400
Śubhākarasiṃha, 339–41
transmissions of teachings to Japanese
monks during, 662–63
Vajrabodhi, 345–50
vidyārājas invoked for military defense
during, 281
Yixing, 342–44
yoga teaching of Vajrabodhi and
Amoghavajra during, 429
esoteric Buddhism—in China during the
Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms
ācārya used as an appellation during,
380–81
Acuoye Guanyin and, 388–89, 488–90,
488n.5, 489f.1, 491–92n.12, 496
Brahma-Mahākāla, 116–18, 487–88,
493
esoteric art during, 487–97
introduced, 379–92
esoteric Buddhism—under the Xixia
caveats concerning sources for, 465
Dacheng yaodao miji (Secret Collection
of Works on the Essential Path of
Mahāyāna) and, 465–66
disappearance of Tang abhiṣeka
lineages during, 421
esoteric art during, 507–11
imperial preceptors during, 474–77
late Indo-Tibetan tantric Buddhism
reflected in art of, 507, 510
overview of, 465–77
prominent monk-translators during,
473–74
Sinitic type art of, reflecting Song, Liao
and Jin forms, 507, 510
Tangut script promulgation and, 471
text translation during, 471–72
see also Tibetan tantric Buddhism
esoteric Buddhism—in China during the
Liao
abhiṣeka rites during, 75
blending of traditions during, 421,
527–28
Daoshen’s Xianmi yuantong chengfo
xinyao ji and, 527–28
dharmakāya in the form of Vairocana
and Esoteric Buddhist concepts in
the art of, 505
esoteric and exoteric blending during
the Liao, 421, 467
evidence from the Chaoyang Pagoda
and, 505–6
Huayan practice among Khitans and
Tanguts, 466
introduction of esoteric deities to
China during, 99, 112
overview, 456–64
Quan Liao wen (QLW) collection of
extracanonical material, 458
esoteric Buddhism—under the Jin
esoteric art during, 506–7
features of esoteric art shared with
esoteric art of the Song and Liao,
498
overview of, 478–86
esoteric Buddhism—during the Song
(960–1279)
ghost-feeding (yuqie yankou) practices
during, 520–24
in Sichuan 431–434
Linji Chan tradition and, 422, 446–47
overview of, 421–30
renewed interest in South Asian
sources during, 422
sectarian Mikkyō scholarship
segregating the MVS and STTS, 315
Ta n g abhiṣeka lineages during, 320, 421
Zanning’s promotion of esoteric
Buddhism during, 264n.8, 422–23,
431
esoteric Buddhism—in China during the
Yuan (1279–1368)
cult of Tārā during, 99
esoteric art at Dunhuang, 366
Linji Chan (Imje Sŏn) transmission to
Korea during, 609
Mahākāla called Grand Protective
Deity of the Country, 539, 542–43
Mongol-Yuan history reflected in
Khara Khoto archive, 539–40
overview of Tibetan Buddhism during,
539–49