1174 index
hybrid character of, 187–88, 264n.5
Kujaku myōō kyō and esotericism in
Nara era Buddhism, 778
mentioned, 44, 50, 163–64, 265n.10
proto-estoteric Buddhism in the Tang
and, 267
registers of demonic names within,
201, 256n.3
ritual texts for, 32
spells and mantras within, 199n.5, 205
T.982–988 recensions reflecting
esoteric/Mahāyāna Buddhist
blending, 214
Mahāmegha sūtra T.990, 269–70n.25, 358
Mahāmudrā texts, Khara Khoto archive
and, 469
Mahāparinibbāna sutta, stūpa veneration
described in, 147
Mahāparinirvāṇa sūtra, Zhisheng’s
categories and, 305
Mahāratnakūta literature
Mahāratnakūta sūtra T.310 trans. by
Yijing and Manicintana, 268n.17
Zhisheng’s categories and, 305
Mahāsahasrapramardana sūtra T.999,
as source of monumental sculpture at
Baodingshan, 450n.54
Mahāvairocanābhisaṃbodhi sūtra, T. 848
(MVS)
abhiṣeka (guanding) coordination with
triple refuge in, 85–86, 276
basic structure of, 87, 277
blending of with Huayan traditions
during the Liao, 421
Buddhaguhya’s three-fold
classification of tantra in
commentary on, 8
cosmic order described by, 86, 217,
276–78
distinguished from T.876, 644n.54
Ennin and, 756, 858
as esoteric Buddhist core text, 17, 305,
516, 779
esoteric forms of Avalokiteśvara in, 526
full title of presented, 137
homa practices detailed in, 137–38
integration of abhiṣeka with triple
refuge within, 85–86
integration of sanmi and sanye within,
84, 311
Kūkai’s travels to China and, 698, 719,
909
labeling of as sūtra or tantra, 263n.3
Mahāyāna foundation of, 4
mentioned, 526, 611, 698
Pulga Saui’s ritual instructions and
commentary on, 39, 586–87
ritual processes centered on “Womb
world” within, 87–88, 276–77
Śubhākarasiṃha and, 84, 92, 138, 276,
298, 340–42, 345
the Susiddhikara tradition, 326–27
Ta i s h ō collections of, in vols. 18–21,
18, 30
Vajrabodhi’s T. 876 and, 644
Yōsai’s commentary on, 831
as yuqie “yoga” text, 266
Mahāvairocana (Dari rulai, Dainichi
Nyorai)
Amoghavajra’s promotion of ritual
dimensions of, 349, 516
cosmic order described by the MVS
and, 86, 217, 276–78
Da Piluzhe’na foshuo yaolue niansong
jing, T.849 and invocation of, 349
dharmakāya/trikāya doctrine and,
14, 84, 91, 152, 309–11, 705, 821,
825n.13
distinguished from Vairocana, 91–92,
217–18, 837
evolution of from local Indian deity
tradition, 837–38
identified with enlightenment inherent
within practitioners by Kūkai, 705
omnipresence of asserted by Annen,
771
preaching of junmitsu by, 664
presentation of using human hair
embroidery, 886
ritual transformation of initiates into,
274, 277–78
“secret tongue” of, 88
Tōji Lecture Hall statue mandala
presentations of, 965
Vairocana as primary buddha in
Esoteric Buddhism and, 17, 91–92,
484
within Chinese architectural
presentations of the Womb World,
721–24
within the STTS and MVS lineages, 86,
217, 279–80, 317–18, 348
“yoga” tradition of Amoghavajra and
Vajrabodhi and, 316–18
Mahāyāna Buddhist incorporation of
esoteric Buddhism
abhiṣeka, MVS and triple refuge
integration, 85–86