1148 index
role of, combined with tantric ritual
pragmatics by Amoghavajra, 353–54
Shingon clerical rank of ajari, 1013–14
use of as an appellation in eighth to
ninth century China, 380–81
see also Three Ācāryas
Acuoyue Guanyin, 388–89, 488–90,
489f.1, 491–92n.12, 496
ajari. See ācārya
ajikan (letter ’A’ visualization)
Diamond World Mandala and, 888,
890pl.9
Jōgon’s theory of the original
non-arising letter A, 989–90
Korean Chosŏn period practices of,
644–47
Kūkai’s introduction of, 15, 888–89
Shingon tradition and, 1025–26
Sŏn wordless kongan practice and,
644–46
uniquely Buddhist character of, 15
Akāṣagārbha
Esoteric Buddhist pantheon
incorporation of, 102–4
the “questioning ritual” (gumonji-hō)
and, 907–8
Akṣobya, 92
mentioned, 218, 279, 406
ritual for memory retention gumonij-hō
and, 907–8
ritual texts for, 31
tantric form of, 24
Vimalakīrtinirdeśa sūtra and, 92
alāyavijñāna, acceptence of by most East
Asian Buddhist schools, 14, 786
altars
as feature of esoteric Buddhist material
culture, 16
Chosǒn, 637–38
Dunhuang ritual diagrams of, 371–74
homa and, 137
household, 884
Indian Mahāyāna, 157–58
mandalas and, 75, 81–82, 371, 372f.1,
961
Nara, 946, 964–67
round (endan), 668
shuilu ritual and, 609n
spirit-mediums and, 251
Ta i s h ō edition texts referencing altar
practices, 167
Tang Dynasty imperially sponsored
construction of, 265,271,274
287–88, 330
Tiantai and, 296
Unsŭ tan as modified suryuk ritual in
the Sŏn tradition, 641–42
Uṣṇīṣāvijayā-dhāraṇī sūtra mandala
construction, 371–73
Vedic, 1049–50
Yoga and, 424
Zokuzōkyō texts referencing practices
related to, 167
see also The Tōji Lecture Hall
Amaterasu
as Dainichi’s essence, 839, 840, 861
incorporated into Shingon pantheon, 17
kami of Miwa and, 855, 861
Amitābha (Amida)
dhyāni buddhas and, 279, 406, 507, 628
Kumano Mandara and, 922
mentioned, 192, 219, 779
as myōkanzatchi, 889
ritual texts dedicated to, 31, 43, 358, 371
sculpture of, at Ganjōjuin, 923
spell/repetition of, 43, 190n.35, 295–96,
482, 863, 873–74, 925–26n.4
as tantric divinity, 24, 467
as Yamāntaka, 110
Amitābha’s Pure Land
and human hair embroideries, 881,
884–86, 889
nenbutsu and, 784–85, 821, 866–68,
884–86, 888, 891, 1047
Nyoirin Kannon and, 893
replicated at Byōdōin, 917
Shingon, jōbutsu doctrine and, 822–23
Taima Mandara and, 876–77, 922
the mantra of light as providing access
to, 784–85, 863–65
See also Pure Land Tradition
Amoghapāśa
Amoghapāśa Avalokiteśvara statue at
Hokkedō, 908
among early Tang cave paintings, 367
Amoghapāśakalparāja
Acala as Va j r a p ā ṇi within, 106
translation by Bodhiruci of (T. 1092),
80, 205
uses of zhenyan and zhou for mantra
within, 80
Amoghapāśa literature
Amoghapāśavikriṇitamantra sūtra and
the mantra of light, 784
Bodhiruci and, 271–72
child mediums referenced within
Bukong juansuo tuoluoni zizaiwang
zhou jing, T. 1097, 213, 252