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*Dhāraṇīsaṃgraha [901], the last of which is a voluminous collection
of rituals for the worship of various deities (see Davidson, “Sources
and Inspirations”).
Bibliography: [893] Giebel 2001; [895] Strickmann 1996: 221–229 and 316–320, Strick-
mann 2002: 211–218; [898] Strickmann 1996: 311–316; [901] van Gulik 1935: 56–75,
Smet 1989, Strickmann 1996: 133–136 and 146–163; [902] McBride 2005: 107–113;
[905] Rambelli 2000; [905–907] Chen 1998: 47–73.
§4. Homa manualsThe works in this section describe either the homa rite per se [908, 909,
912–914] or deal specifically with the preparation of the site [910, 911].
Bibliography: [912] Strickmann 1996: 349–354.
§5. Texts dealing with initiation ritesThe three works in this section [915–917] deal in particular with the
precepts to be observed by an initiand.
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§6. Ritual texts for buddhasThis section begins with two versions of the ‡Buddhahṛdaya-dhāraṇī
[918, 919], followed by another work also concerned with the “Bud-
dha’s heart” (buddhahṛdaya) [920]. The remaining texts in this section
describe rites, etc., for various buddhas: Aksobhya [921], Bhaiṣ ̣ajyaguru
[922–929], Amitāyus [930], Lokeśvararāja [931, 932], Amitābha [933,
934 (‡Aparimitaguṇānuśaṃsā-dhāraṇī)], Amitāyus [935], Apari-
mitāyus [936–937 (Aparimitāyur-mahāyānasūtra)], Śākyamuni [938,
939 (‡Sarvadurgatipariśodhanamaṇḍalavidhi)], Maitreya [940], Śākya-
muni [941 (Māravijaya-stotra), 942], and *Aparājitadhvaja [943 (Dhva-
jāgrakeyūrā-dhāraṇī)].
Bibliography: [922] Birnbaum 1979: 88; [924A] Birnbaum 1979: 88–89; [937] Walleser
1916; [941] Chou 1945.
§7. Ritual texts for buddha-crownsThis section consists chiefly of texts pertaining to buddha-crowns
(usṇ̣īṣa), or personifications of the protuberance on the top of a
buddha’s head, of which there are several: Sitātapatra [944 (Sitātapatrā-
dhāraṇī), 945 (*Śūraṅgama sūtra), 947, 975, 976–977 (Sitātapatra-
dhāraṇī)], Padmosṇ̣īsa [946], Cakravartin [948, 949, 959, 960, 965], ̣