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Renwang jing (T. 246) were fundamental not only in terms of doc-
trine; apart from a few commentaries, Amoghavajra’s work mainly
consists of ritual manuals and rearrangements of chapters related to
ritual knowledge, indicating his readiness to dissolve the traditional
competence of transmission and translation into editorial work and
textual pragmatics. A certain portion of the rather technical texts was
possibly fabricated by Amoghavajra’s disciples. The scriptures ascribed
to Amoghavajra, as they are included in the Taishō edition, can be
roughly classified as follows:
- Translations and redactions of sūtras and related chapters:
Adhyardhaśatikā (T. 243); Renwang jing (T. 246, redaction);
Bhadracarīpraṇidāna (T. 297); Gaganagañja-paripṛcchā (T. 404);
Gandayvūha (T. 682); Mahāmāyūrī (T. 982); Mahāmegha (T. 989);
the first chapter of the STTS (T. 865); Guhya tantra (T. 897); sūtras
and chapters devoted to Mañjuśrī (T. 319, 469) and Kṣitigarbha
(T. 413); teachings on the tathāgatagarbha (T. 667), the wish-
fulfilling gem (T. 961) and the Buddha’s relics (T. 962, 1022);
- Ritual manuals and arrangements for ritual needs: Ritual manu-
als referring to the MVS (T. 856, 857, 861) and the STTS (T. 870,
873, 878–880); manuals for homa (T. 908, 909); rituals dedicated
to various buddhas such as Akṣobhya (T. 921), Bhaiṣajyaguru
(T. 924), Amitāyus (T. 930), Lokeśvarāja (T. 931), Amitābha
(T. 933), and to several forms of the buddhoṣṇīṣa (T. 944, 948, 950,
953–955, 957, 963, 972); rituals of the Mahāmāyūrī (T. 983) and
the Mahāmegha (T. 990); rituals for Avalokiteśvara in his various
forms and the Lotus family (T. 1031, 1040, 1056, 1064, 1066, 1067,
1069, 1085, 1086), deities such as Hayagrīva (T. 1072), Cundā
(T. 1076), Tārā (T. 1102), Vajrasattva (T. 1119, 1120, 1124, 1125),
Samantabhadra (T. 1122, 1123), Vajrarāja (T. 1132), Vajrāyus
(T. 1133–1136), Prajñāpāramitā (T. 1151), Mahāpratisarā
(T. 1153, 1155), Vasudhārā (T. 1163), the eight great bodhisat-
tvas (T. 1167), Mañjuśrī in his various forms (T. 1171, 1172,
1174–1177, 1195); rituals for vidyārājas and related deities such as
Acala (T. 1199–1201), Trailokyavijaya (T. 1209, 1210), Yamāntaka
(T. 1214), Vajrakumāra (T. 1222); rituals for miscellaneous deities
such as Vaiśravaṇa (T. 1244, 1247–1250), Mārīcī (T. 1255–1258),
Hārītī (T. 1260, 1261), Gaṇeśa (T. 1266, 1271), Garuḍa (T. 1276),
Maheśvara (T. 1277), the twelve tutelary deities (T. 1297), celestial
deities (T. 1297, 1299); manuals describing rites for the dead and
