1150 index
homogenization of diverse genres of as
“tantric literature”, 20, 23
Ninkan and the Tachikawa-ryū, 206,
803, 805–6
Śaiva/Pañcaratra literature, the
evolution of esoteric Buddhism and,
20, 23
Song period translations and, 444–46
Sōtō Zen initiation documents and,
934–35
Śubhāhu-paripṛcchā T.895 details of, 278
tenth century Tibetan imperial
concerns regarding, 452–53
transgression and cultural relativity,
445–46
treatment of within Song dynasty
translations, 75, 444–45
apocrypha, 181–96, 43n, 233n, 468, 620,
627n, 633
Chengjiu mengxiang fa, 47
Da shen miao Jixiang pusa, 44
Dunhuang manuscripts, 55, 368–69
Empress Wu’s suppression of, 183
esoteric Buddhism in China and,
181–96
King Gao’s Sūtra of Avalokiteśvara, 215
Shijiamouni rulai bachu kunao xian, 47
Shoulengyan jing, 50
architecture
as a referent for esoteric Buddhism,
16, 438
bicameral order of political structures
in East Asia and, 737–41, 739f.12,
740f.13, 742
botanical elements and mandala
composition, 731
Butsumo triangle prefigured in features
of, 726–31, 727f.4, 728f.5, 729f.6,
730f.7, 732f.8
Chinese courtyard dwelling layout
(sihe yuan), 724–26, 725f.3
concentric layout of Womb World,
723, 723f.2, 724
gamble board, shanze ban and Womb
World mandala imagery, 726
gong plan and Womb world
I-shaped layout, 721–22,
722f.1, 731
homa altars building rites, 1048–51
imperial city planning and the
Diamond World Mandala, 731–36,
734f.9, 735f.10, 737f.11, 742
imperial palace chapel described by
Kūkai, 288–89
mandala as metropolis, 719–43
temple building and the
Kriyāsaṃgraha, 1051–53
See also art; temple complexes
art, 16–20, 81n, 90, 114, 119, 255–59, 312,
417–18, 432–33, 437, 597n
as a referent for esoteric Buddhism, 16
Chosŏn, 650–57
Dali and Nanzhou esoteric art, 389,
393, 487–97
Dunhuang esoteric art, 131, 216, 219,
259, 333, 367–68, 409
embroidery with human hair in Japan,
876–92
Japanese major works of esoteric,
904–23
Japanese popular culture and, 1030–31,
Koryŏ, 612–14, 615
post-Tang esoteric art in China,
498–511
Sichuan, 393–94, 397, 412–16
Silla, 592–94
Xixia and Tibetan influences, 129, 133
visual character of Buddhism, 142
See also altars; architecture; mandalas;
material culture
art historical approaches to esoteric
Buddhism, 133, 307, 432, 438, 711n,
742–43, 1042 43
astrological literature
Beidou qixing humo fa, T. 1310 of
Yixing, 243, 299, 344
Beidou qixing niansong yigui, T. 1305
(for worshipping deities of the
Northern Dipper), 349
Beidou qixing yanming jing T. 1307
(Scripture on the Seven Stars in the
Northern Dipper and the Extension
of Life), 128, 228, 237, 606, 632,
642n.49
blending of Indian and East Asian
concepts, evidence in ritual manuals,
334
Fantian huoluo jiuyao (Indian
Astrology of the Nine Luminaries),
235n.16, 236, 243, 299
ritual texts associated with in Ta i s h ō
volumes, 18–21, 35
astrology
astral divinities in esoteric Buddhism,
127–29, 230–44
astral mandalas, 241–43, 766
astral maps recovered from Dunhuang,
233