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to Amoghavajra. This scripture teaches the worship of Śrī Mahādevī,
the wife of Śiva.
Da Jixiang tiannu shier qi yibaiba ming wugou dasheng jing
(Mahāyāna Scripture on the Twelve
Bonds and the One hundred and Eight Names of the Pristine Śrī
Mahādevī),^87 translation attributed to Amoghavajra. Like the above-
mentioned work, this scripture belongs to the cult of Śrī Mahādevī.
Sheng zuishang Dengming rulai tuoluoni jing
(The Holy and Supreme Candrasūryapradīpa Tathāgata Dhāran ̣ī
Sūtra),^88 translated by Dānapāla. This is a classic Esoteric Buddhist
sūtra without explicit Tantric Buddhist material, in which a series
of dhāraṇīs are given for the quelling of various kinds of demonic
disturbances.
Miji lishi daquan shenwang jing jisong
(Hymns on the Scripture on the Great Majestic Spirit King Secret
Traces, the Powerful One),^89 composed by Great Master Guangfu
(fl. early fourteenth century) of the Yuan.^90 This work devoted
to the cult of the vajrapāla Guhyapāda was composed under the influ-
ence of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism.
Esoteric Buddhist Texts in the Zhonghua Dazang Jing
Vol. 19
Nīlakaṇṭhaka sūtra, Qianyan qianbei guanshiyin pusa tuoluoni shen-
zhou jing.^91 A variant text of T.
1057AB.
Nīlakaṇṭhaka sūtra, Qianyan qianbei guanshiyin pusa tuoluoni shen-
zhou jing.^92 A variant text of T.
1057AB.
(^87) QDJ 954.61. This is a longer variant of QDJ 953.61.
(^88) QDJ 794.59.
(^89) QDJ 1377.109.
(^90) For further information on this monk, see FDC, vol. 6, p. 5879ab.
(^91) ZDJ 308.19.
(^92) ZDJ 309.19.