Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

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. central divinities 103


xin tuoluoni qiuwen chifa


. A group of Five Akāśgarbhas representing the Five Wisdoms^ of
the Vajradhātu Mandala has its own maṇḍala and rituals, described in
the Wu da Xukongzang pusa suji dashen yan bimi shi jing
(Scripture on the Five Great Akāśagarbha
Bodhisattvas Timely, Great Divine, and Secret Rite of Response)^38


(^38) T. 1149.
Figure 6. Vajrasattva image from Dunhuang, ninth century. Courtesy of the
National Museum, New Delhi.

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