index 1175
blending of in Korea during Three
Kingdoms period (300–668),
579–83
classifications of dhāraṇī and, 11–12,
23, 78–79, 928
classifications of texts by medieval
Sinitic Buddhist cataloguers, 305–6
coordinated ritual use of the “three
secrets” as disinguishing factor,
83–84, 264n.7, 268–69, 276–77, 311
the Dazhong xiang fu fabao lu
and, 283
the development of the esoteric
Buddhist Canon and, 304–6
evidence of blending of in Silla
material culture, 592–94
functions of deities as indicative of,
91–94, 102–4, 219
gender transformation of
Avalokiteśvara and, 525–28
the impact of translated esoteric
Buddhist scriptures on Chinese
Buddhism and, 307–14
Koryŏ material culture and, 612–14
Kūkai’s understanding of existant
esotericism and, 289, 703–4
Mahāmāyūrī (Book of the Peacock
Spell) recensions reflecting blending
of, 214
Myōe’s promotion of the mantra of
light and, 783–85
shared divinities in pantheons of, 90,
92, 594, 657
spiritual “upgrading” tendencies and,
201
stūpa veneration and, 147
unified three secrets and, 83–87,
168–69, 311
Xia Buddhist perception of unity of, 467
Yixing’s conceit of bimi dasheng and, 343
Mahāyāna movement and the rise of
esoteric Buddhism
esoteric Buddhism as distinct form,
6–7
evolving use of dhāraṇī literature and,
22
introduced, 5, 6
skill in means distinguished from the
“Yoga” of the STTS by Amoghavajra,
282
Maitreya
and Budai, 94
incorporation into Chinese Buddhist
pantheon of, 256n.1, 308, 341, 467
integration of worship of with Shingon
jōbutsu practices, 822
prophesies of female incarnation of in
Mahāmegha sūtra, 269–70n.25
ritual texts for, 31
triangular roof finials in celestial
palace of, 726
within the Maitreya Mandara, 921
Mandala of Eight Great Bodhisattvas
(Bada pusa mantuluo), 373
mandalas
altar concepts and, 81–82, 371, 372f.1,
961
altar construction in the
Uṣṇīṣāvijayā-dhāraṇī sūtra and,
371–73
associated with Trailokyavijāya, 108
astral mandalas, 241–43
Benevolent Kings Sūtra mandala, 976
bīja mandalas, 965, 1049
Chinese imperial city planning, 721,
731–36, 734f.9, 735f.10, 737f.11
coordination of production of with
process of abhisekạ , 85–88
Dharmadhātu mandala, 92, 93f.2,
105f.7, 405, 410f.3
Dharmadhātu mandala, Haiyun, and
the Jingzhu Temple lineage of, 41, 48
“dual mandala” system of, 319, 719
as esoteric Buddhist feature, 5, 16
’esoteric’ vs. tantra distinctions
concerning, 436
four types of, 965
Garbhadhātu mandala transmission by
Huiguo, 319–20, 588, 698
Garbhakosadhātu mandala, 88, ̣ 89pl.1
geometrics of, and Vedic altars,
1051–53
imperial metaphors of rājādirāja/
cakravartin and, 81
in the Chosang kyŏng, 629–30
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
Kūkai on the potency of viewing of, 87
landscape architectural notions and,
731
Lotus Sūtra mandala, 759, 876, 891
mandala palaces and Chinese imperial
notions of geography, 724
mantras and, 134
as metropolis, 719–43
monjo accounts and, 710