index 1181
rain making and the kujaku-myōō-hō,
669
Song-era images of, 432
Peacock King Sūtra (Butsumo daiujaku
myōō kyō), Kūkai’s rituals based on,
915
See also Mahāmāyūrī (Book of the
Peacock Spell)
“penumbra” effect
continuities between Vedic and East
Asian astrological systems, 1049
continuities of ritual culture related to
the “three mysteries” and, 1046–47
esoteric Buddhist practices and, 15
evidenced in forms of supernatural
beings, 210–12
evidenced in ritual manuals, 332–35,
529–35
Hindu Gods incorporated into the
Buddhist pantheon and, 104–14,
119, 121–25, 257–59, 260f.2, 334,
654, 837, 911, 946
hungry ghost feeding practice
continuities and, 566, 1045, 1048
introduced, 12–13
material evidence at Dunhuang and,
368–69
reflected between Daoism, popular
religion, and tantra in medieval
China, 313–14
reflected in late Tang texts, 330–35
reflected in Mārīcī iconography at
Beishan, 429–30
valorization of local religious practices
and, 19–20, 835–38, 843–44
Vedic altars and mandala geometrics,
1051–53
Vedic ritual practices and homa rituals
reflecting, 1044, 1049–51, 1053–54
phalayāna, Zen and, 1045
pilgrimage, 14–16, 516, 548, 588, 695,
900, 997, 1002, 1007, 1016, 1019, 1030,
1032, 1038
pilgrimage practices
Jakkōji ritual performance and, 1005
Shugendō school formation and, 997
UNESCO recognition of Kii mountain
range, 1030
Wutaishan and, 568
Yoshino and, 746, 997
political (rājadaṇḍa)/religious
(dharmavinaya) divide
break down of distinctions between
reflected in the Consecration
Scripture (Guandingjing, T. 1331), 74
effect of feudalization of Buddhist
institutions on, 21
pŏmp’ae (ritualized chanting in Sanskrit),
dhāraṇī practice and, 589
portraits
of the five patriarchs of the Zhenyan
tradition, 714–15
significance of, 715
practice
dhāraṇī chanting at Korean
monasteries, 926–27n.4
mudrā, mantra and mandala, as core
esoteric Buddhist practices, 76–89
as a referent for esoteric Buddhism, 15
See also dhāraṇī practice; memory
enhancement practices; ritual
performance; ritual practice;
sexual practices;
visualization practices
practices; self-mortification practices of
Liu Benzun, 204, 433
Prajña (alt. Boruo/Bolaruo/Bolare,
744–ca. 810), 360–61
arrival in China of, 327–28
biography, 360–61
notable translations by, 328, 360, 362
Shijiamouni rulai bachu kunao xian da
shenbian feikong da bo fa attributed
to, 47
Prajñāpāramitā as the deity “Mother of
all Buddhas”, 88, 723
yoni symbolism of Butsumo’s flaming
triangle, 726
Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya
inclusion of in tantric practice, 22–23
inscription on dhāraṇī-pillars of, 388,
506, 506f.2
Jakkōji (Shugendō) liturgy and, 1002
Japanese Zen ghost-feeding rituals
and, 932
non-esoteric/tantric nature of version
translated by Xuanzang (602–664),
525
recitation of, 656
Zhihuilun’s Boreboluomiduo xin jing,
T.1954, 329
Prajñāpāramitā literature
Adhyarthaśatikāprajñāpāramitā, (Jpn.
Hannya[rishukyō]), 666, 712, 818n.6,
863, 867, 1026
Da Piluzhe’na foshuo yaolue niansong
jing, T. 849, 349
Dazhidu lun (Treatise on the Great
Perfection of Wisdom) and, 209,
221–22