index 1191
tantra and tantrism
abhiṣeka as feature of, 5, 71
Buddhaguya’s three-fold classification
of the Mahāvairocana, 8
Ekākṣara-usṇ̣īṣa-cakravartin T.951, 23,
269, 272
Kūkai’s categorization of, 665, 665n.1
nondualist vision of and Indian deities,
837
Perfection of Insight sources featured in
early literature of, 22–23
phalayāna, 1045
rise of the siddha movement and, 5
role of Indian sāmanta feudalism and
associated practices on, 5, 9, 23
Shintō integration of tantric Buddhist
rituals, 1028
sūtra/tantra distinction issues, 9–10, 436
Taimitsu ritual dimensions, 761–62
tantrism as an imagined category, 8–9
the three esoterica (sanmi, triguhya)
and, 311
valorization of local religious practices
and, 19–20, 835–38
visualization as an essential feature
of, 9
Zen rituals and, 934–35
Tārā
Bhṛkutī as wrathful form of, 98̣
emergence of, 98–99
introduced, 33, 131, 527–28
tathāgatagarbha ideology
Hossō rejection of, 786–87
kechien kanjō initiations and, 1025
mantra of light’s expression of, 869–70,
874
mentioned, 14
See also ideology
Tejaprabha (Lord of the Constellations)
conflation with Baiṣajyaguru, 94
cult of, 239–41, 510
evidence of cult of in banner paintings
from Dunhuang, 94, 127, 241n.51
Great Dipper cult and, 237
seven planetary gods associated with,
127
See also astrology
temple complexes
imperial patronage of, 916–18
Meiji Restoration and, 1015–17
Nara period centers of esoteric
knowledge, 666–67, 906
networks of temples associated with
Tōdaiji, 663, 905–6
Tang period esoteric Buddhism and,
286–93
Shingon school temple networks,
1009–12, 1015–17, 1020
See also Anguosi; see also architecture;
institutions
Te n d a i
bodhisattva precepts of, reconciled
with Nara precepts, 790–91
deity of Miwa, 854–62
Ennin’s role in establishing the Miwa
deity kami worship at Mt. Hieizan,
858–59
esoteric traditions dedicated to kami
worship, 856, 859
ichiji kinrin ritual and, 860–61
impact of Susiddhikara rituals on, 278
lineages traced to Huiguo, 321
Lotus repentance liturgy (Hokke senbō)
and, 1003
priest Sōō and Acalanātha, 916–18
repentance rituals, 1003
ritual reading of the Great Wisdom
Sūtra for military strength, 1003
Sannō, manifestations and original
ground of, 858
Shingon considered equal by, 701
Shingon contrasts, 1033–34
shinnyo engi concept of universal
dharmakāya and, 787
Shugendō and, 997–98
Sonjōō ritual compared to Tamitsu
Shijōkōhō, 767
Tachikawa-ryū and, 811
Taimitsu and, 744–67
Zen prayer rituals that appear to
borrow from, 931–32
See also Taimitsu; Tiantai
Three Ācāryas
activities in Chang’an of, 92, 273–75,
404
early Buddhist astrology in China and,
232
inclusion of translations ascribed to
in the two Korean Tripitakaṣ , 588,
599, 615
mentioned, 50, 106, 628n.24
Shingon and Tendai influence on
understanding of role of, 318
the term mijiao and, 282–85
Yamāntaka associated with writings
and translations of, 109–10
yuqie, and other terms used to refer to
teachings of, 282–85