1156 index
syncreticsm with esoteric Buddhism
evidenced in mudrā practice
evolution, 77
talismanic charts and seals shared by,
77, 78n, 191–93, 193n.50, 232–33,
386, 632
visual evidence of blending of both
traditions, 256–57, 430, 533
Zhengtong Daozang (Daoist canon)
mentioned, 225, 425, 530n.5
Daoxuan, esoteric scriptures brought to
Japan by, 662
Darani-shū (Dhāraṇīsaṃgraha sūtra),
popularity of, in Tempyō period Japan,
663
Dari jing. See Mahāvairocanābhisaṃbodhi
sūtra, T.848 (MVS)
Dazhidu lun (Treatise on the Great
Perfection of Wisdom), T. 1509
esoteric pratices performed by
Mahāyāna monk within, 209,
221–22
supernormal powers of meditating
buddhas (and bodhisattvas)
addressed in, 83n.27
Dazhong xiang fu fabao lu
bibliographical taxonomy of, 11, 222,
283, 426, 443
mentioned, 448
death and the afterlife
Blood Pool Hell awaiting women, 896
Buddhist preta lore and, 211
hybrid esoteric Buddhist and Daoist
systems addressing, 518
Meiji restoration affect on funeral
practices, 1021
rescue from hell by female deities,
527–28
sermons at funerals and, 1033–34
shugenja funeral parishes, 1022
sip wang chae (ten kings feast), 627
Song Tiantai Ghost-Feeding rituals,
520–24
Yama (Lord of Death), recasting of as
Chinese judge and magistrate, 125,
126f.16
Deji Ding’an, Yuqie yankou shishi yaoji
(Huashan Yankou) of, 562n.7, 564–65
deity of Miwa and Tendai esoteric
thought, 854–62
demonic beings, 161–63, 201–03,
208–12
converted into Buddhist protectors, 212
female demons assisting in magical
treasure hunting, 203
miscellaneous types of, 211
possession by, 213
Shensha, King of Ghosts, 121, 122f.14,
396
tantric pantheon formation and,
210–11
wrathful ḍakiṇis present in Tibetan but
not Chinese tantras and, 438
See also female deities
demonology
esoteric Buddhist art of the Tang and,
255–57
healing, esoteric Buddhism and, 208–14
homa described by, 140
magic and, 201–2
Māra “the evil one” and, 210
Mārīcī cult and, 429–30
Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa, T.1191 by, 428,
442, 444
zhenyan jiao used as a term by,
284n.85
Desvaśāntika (Tianxizai, Faxian),
translation of the Great Mārīcī
Bodhisattva sūtra (Da molizhi pusa
jing), 429–30
homa described by, 140
Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa, T.1191 by, 428,
442, 444
Mārīcī cult and, 429–30
zhenyan jiao used as a term by, 284n.85
See Faxian (Dharmabhadra)
dhāraṇī piṭaka (tuoluoni zhouzang),
introduced, 304–5
dhāraṇī practice
Amitābha’s name used for, 43
bridging traditions of esoteric
Buddhism in Japan, 928, 930
central role of in Nara Buddhism,
667–70
esoteric forms of Avalokiteśvara and,
215–16
evolution of esoteric Buddhism and,
6–7, 179–80
Jōkei’s promotion of, 789–90
Kriyā Tantra practices and, 30–31
memory enhancement and, 22, 79,
144, 661, 669, 673, 817–18n.5, 908,
928
Menzan Zuihō’s Sanskrit transcriptions
and, 932–33
Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ linking
Chinese and Tibeto-Mongolian Bud-
dhists, 527
pŏmp’ae (ritualized chanting in
Sanskrit) and, 589