Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

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Ekākṣaracakravartin/Ekāksaroṣ ṇ̣īsacakravartin [950, 951, 953–958], ̣
Five Buddha-Crowns [952], Jvālosṇ̣īsa [963, 964, 966], Vijaya [967–971 ̣
(Uṣṇīsavijayā-dhāraṇ ̣ī), 972, 973, 974 (Usṇ̣īṣavijayā-dhāraṇī), 978–979
(Uṣṇīsavijayā-dhāraṇ ̣ī)], and *Mahājaya [980]. In addition, there are
also texts dealing with the cintāmaṇi, or wish-fulfilling gem [961], the
śarīra, or Buddha’s relics [962], and Buddhalocanā [981].
Bibliography: [945] Beal 1871: 284–369, Luk 1966, Buddhist Text Translation Society
1977–1981; [961] Ruppert 2000: 283–286; [980] vanden Broucke 2006.

§8. Ritual texts for sūtras

This section consists of a variety of works that do not deal with
specific deities, as well as ritual commentaries on particular scrip-
tures: Mahāmāyūrī [982–988], including a related ritual text [983A];
Mahāmegha sūtra [989–993]; ritual commentaries on the Renwang
jing [994–996]; Shouhu guojiezhu tuoluoni jing
[997], dealing, like the Renwang jing, with protection of
the state; ‡Pariṇāmacakra sūtra [998]; Mahāsāhasrapramardinī [999];
ritual commentaries on the Lotus Sūtra [1000, 1001], Amoghapāśa-
kalparāja [1002], Liqu jing [1003, 1004], and Avatam ̣saka
sūtra [1019, 1020, 1021 (Gaṇḍavyūha-hṛdaya)]; Mahāmaṇivipulavi
mānaviśvasupratisṭ̣hitaguhyaparamarahasyakalparāja-dhāraṇī [1005–
1007]; Bodhimaṇḍavyūha-dhāraṇī [1008]; Anantamukhanirhāra-
dhāraṇī [1009–1118], including a related ritual text [1010]; works
on stūpa worship and longevity rites [1022–1023 (‡Sarvatathāgatād
hiṣthānahṛ ̣dayaguhyadhātukaraṇḍamudrā-dhāraṇī), 1024 (‡Raśmivi–
malaviśuddhaprabhā-dhāraṇī), 1025 (‡Samantamukhapraveśaraśm
ivimaloṣṇīṣaprabhāsasarvatathāgatahṛdayasamayavilokitā-dhāraṇī),^
1026]; and works describing protective rites [1027–1029].
Bibliography: [991] Beal 1871: 416–423; [994] de Visser 1935: 160–175, Orzech 1998:
176–191; [1002] Unno 2004: 21–22; [1003] Astley 1994a; [1009] Inagaki 1987; [1020]
Heng et al. 1983: 86–87.

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§9. Ritual texts for Avalokiteśvara

The first group of texts in this section consists of texts that do not deal
with a specific manifestation of Avalokiteśvara: rites for Avalokiteśvara
and the Lotus Family [1030–1033]; a collection of five spells [1034],
not all of which are related to Avalokiteśvara; Sahasrāvartā-dhāraṇī
[1035; though the title of no. 1036 would suggest that it too is a ver-