Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

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nāma has generally been omitted). The references are by no means
exhaustive, and for reasons of space not all partial correspondences
with Sanskrit or Tibetan texts have been noted.


Volume 18
§1. Mahāvairocana sūtra and related texts

This section consists of the Mahāvairocana sūtra (or Vairocanābhisaṃ-
bodhi sūtra) [848], a separate version of fasc. 7 (which, strictly speak-
ing, is not part of the Mahāvairocana sūtra proper) [849], four lengthy
ritual manuals [850–853], a text giving all the mantras appearing in
the Mahāvairocana sūtra in Siddham script [854], and several further
ritual texts [855–864].
Bibliography: [848] Tajima 1936, Kiyota 1982, Yamamoto 1990, Wayman and Tajima
1992, Giebel 2005.


§2. Vajraśekhara sūtra and related texts

The Vajraśekhara sūtra here refers to the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha
(STTS), and this section begins with a translation of the first chapter of
part 1 of the STTS [865]. This is followed by the Lüechu niansong jing
[866], corresponding in content largely to the first part of
the STTS; the Yuqi jing [867], generally thought to have been
composed in China; the Zhufo jingjie she zhenshi jing
[868], also related to part 1 of the STTS; and several texts deal-
ing with ritual and doctrinal aspects of the STTS cycle [869–881]. A
complete translation of the STTS [882] is followed by several works all
translated during the Song dynasty, including the Guhyasamāja tantra
[885], ‡Śrīvajramaṇḍalālaṃkāra tantra [886], Advayasamatāvijaya
tantra [887], ‡Sarvarahasya tantra [888], ‡Māyājāla tantra [890], and
Hevajra tantra [892].
Bibliography: [865] Giebel 2001; [867] vanden Broucke 1990, Goepper 1993, vanden
Broucke 1994 and 2006; [869] Giebel 1995; [883] Giebel 1995: 186–191; [890, 891]
Sinclair 2000; [892] Abbott 1978, Willemen 1983.


§3. Susuddhikara sūtra and related texts

The majority of works in this section describe basic practices of the
so-called Kriyā Tantras, starting with the ‡Susuddhikara sūtra [893]
and an associated ritual manual [894]. They also include the ‡Subāhu–
paripṛcchā [895–896], ‡Guhya tantra [897], *Vinaya sūtra [898], and

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