1170 index
gōgyō kanjō (combinatory abhiṣeka),
759–60
Huiguo’s transmissions to Kūkai and,
698–99
kechien kanjō for lay adherents,
1024–25
Saichō’s resistance to denbō kanjō, 701
Shintō and, 840–41
See also abhiṣeka (guanding); initiation
Kanjō, Jōjuin
Kakuban and, 817–19
Saisen and, 818n.6, 822
six Hirosawa sub-lineages and, 817
Kannon (Senjusengen Kanjizai)
Womb World mandala placement of,
721, 731
see also Avalokiteśvara with a
thousand-arms and a thousand-eyes
Kāraṇḍavyūha sūtra, T.1050, 1050
cult of Avalokiteśvara in China and,
24, 519
cult of Mañjuśrī in China and, 519
Gilgit manuscript testifying to
seventh-century existence of, 24
Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ origins and, 449
scholarly study of, 527–28
Ta i s h ō ritual texts for Avalokiteśvara
and, 33
karma, Chinese concepts of the
netherworld and, 245–50
karma mandala (katsuma) altar of
The Tōji Lecture Hall, 936, 937f.1,
938f.2, 939f.3, 949, 954–55, 957, 960,
964–65, 979–81
Kārttikeya
Skanda/Weituo, 124–25
at Yungang, 124, 257–59, 260f.2
Kasuga
kami, 839, 857
Kasuga Mandara, 922–23
katsuma mandara altar of The Tōji
Lecture Hall, 936, 937f.1, 938f.2, 939f.3,
949, 954–55, 957, 960, 964–65, 979–81
Kegon. See Huayan
Keizan Jōkin, blending of esoteric
elements in Zen and, 925
kenmitsu taisei (exo-esoteric system)
dharma princes hosshinnō and, 795
notions of power and authority and,
782–83, 792
Khara Khoto archive
Dacheng yado miji Tangut translations
from found in, 469
images and artifacts among, 467–68
imperial patronage of Buddhism
reflected in content of, 471–72
imperial preceptors mentioned in,
475–77
lam ’bras “path and result” texts
within, 469
Mahāmudrā texts within, 469
Mongol-Yuan history reflected in,
539–40
overview of content of texts of, 468
prominent monk-translators
associated with, 473
texts concerning Tibetan tantric
Buddhism within, 539–40, 546
Xixia esoteric Buddhist history and,
465
kirikami/kirigami (secret initiation
documents)
esoteric/tantra distinction and, 17
introduced, 934–35, 934n.19
Kōbō Daishi. See Kūkai.
Kokan, Shiren, Taimitsu and Tōmitsu
and, 744
Kokūzō. See Akāśagārbha
Kokūzō-bosatsu-nōma-shogan-saishōshin-
darani-gumonjihō, introduced by Dōji,
661, 668–69, 817–18n5
Kōmyō, Empress
Amoghapāśa Avalokiteśvara statue at
Hokkedō, 908
eleven-headed Avalokiteśvara image at
Nara and, 908
kōmyō shingon. See mantra of light
Kongōchōkyō. See Sarvatathāgata-
tattvasaṃgraha family of sūtras (STTS)
(alt. Va j r a ś e k h a r a)
Kongōku, 920pl.10
Kongōsatta Bosatsu. See Vajrasattva
(Jin’gang satuo)
Kongque mingwang (alt. Mahāmāyūrī,
Peacock Queen), 110–12, 113pl.3, 214,
367, 428
Kongque zun jing keyi (Regulations for
the Mahāmāyūrīvidyārājñī-dhāraṇī
sūtra), mentioned, 50
Korean esoteric Buddhism
decline of in contemporary times,
657
dhāraṇī dominating chants used in
Korean monasteries, 926–27n.4
fictionalized accounts in the Samguk
yusa, 576–79
Haedong kosŭn chŏn (Histories of
Famous Monks in Korea), 576–77