Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

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Volume 18



  1. Mahāvairocana sūtra and related texts (Dainichikyōrui ):
    nos. 848–864 (pp. 1a–206b; 17 texts).

  2. Vajraśekhara sūtra and related texts (Kongōchōkyōrui ):
    nos. 865–892 (pp. 207a–601c; 28 texts).

  3. Susuddhikara sūtra and related texts (Soshitsujikyōrui ):
    nos. 893–907 (pp. 603a–915c; 15 texts).

  4. Homa manuals (Goma gikirui ): nos. 908–914 (pp.
    916a–940b; 7 texts).

  5. Texts dealing with initiation rites (Jukaihōrui ): nos.
    915–917 (pp. 940b–946a; 3 texts).


Volume 19



  1. Ritual texts for buddhas (Shobutsu gikirui ): nos. 918–
    943 (pp. 1a–99b; 26 texts).

  2. Ritual texts for buddha-crowns (Shobutchō gikirui ):
    nos. 944–981 (pp. 100a–414a; 38 texts).

  3. Ritual texts for sūtras (Shokyō gikirui ): nos. 982–1029
    (pp. 415a–744b; 48 texts).


Volume 20



  1. Ritual texts for Avalokiteśvara (Shokannon gikirui ):
    nos. 1030–1118 (pp. 1a–507b; 89 texts).

  2. Ritual texts for bodhisattvas (Shobosatsu gikirui ):
    nos. 1119–1170 (pp. 509a–704a; 52 texts).

  3. Ritual texts for Mañjuśrī (Monju gikirui ): nos. 1171–
    1198 (pp. 705a–940a; 28 texts).


Volume 21



  1. Ritual texts for vidyārājas (Shomyōō gikirui ): nos.
    1199–1243 (pp. 1a–213c; 45 texts).

  2. Ritual texts for gods, etc. (Shotentō gikirui ): nos.
    1244–1330 (pp. 215a–494b; 87 texts).

  3. Dhāraṇī sūtras (Shodaranikyōrui ): nos. 1331–1420
    (pp. 495a–968c; 90 texts).


The sheer number and diversity of tantric texts make any attempt
at classification difficult, and while the above classification could be
said to have been an improvement on earlier schemes proposed by
Japanese scholar-monks such as Annen (841–?), Jōgon

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