Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

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Vaiśravaṇa
conflated with Marshal Li Jing, 131
cult of, 116, 117f.11, 118
Vajrabodhi
biographical sources concerning,
345–46
biography of as template for Korean
hagiography, 577
child-mediums and, 253, 349–50
Cundī-dhāraṇī sūtra, T.1075 trans by,
48, 100n.27, 219
Da sheng miao Jixiang pusazuisheng
weide bimi bazi tuoluoni xiuxing
niansong yigui cideng fa attributed
to, 44
departure from Chang’an by, 280
dhāraṇī, mantra, and vidyā referred to
by, 221
Emperor Daizong’s support of, 274,
347
Foshuo Dalun jingang zongchi tuoluoni
fa attributed to, 58
homa described by, 138, 139
Hyech’o and, 587–88
impact on the mid-Tang court, 274–75,
278-80
introduced, 345–51
Jin’gang ding jing yujia xiuxi pilushena
sanmodi fa, T.876 trans. by, 644,
644n.54
Jin’gang fenglouge yiqie yujia yuqi jing
trans. by, 139, 213, 852n.18
Korean Tripitakaṣ inclusion of
translations by, 599
Kūkai’s lineage and, 697
Lianhua bu Duolixin pusa niansong fa
attributed to, 47
Liu Benzun’s lineage and, 424, 433
Maming pusa da shenli wubi yanfa
niansong guiyi falsely ascribed to, 188
Mārīcī cult and, 429
Milbon’s biography and, 577
Nayāprajñāparamitā trans. by, 102
relics enshrined at Longmen, 151n.36
robes of, used during remembrance
ceremony of Emperor Shōmu, 672
STTS, T.866 trans. by, 85n.36,
138n.115, 149n.16, 152, 279-80, 306,
347–49, 353
Ta i s h ō attribution of texts to, 280, 349,
349n.14
translations by, brought to Japan,
662–63, 712, 853, 894n.4, 928n.8
Wu da Xukongzang pusa suji dashen
yan bimi shi jing trans. by, 103–4


Yaoshi rulai guanxing yigui, trans. by,
219, 349
Yu q i e and, 561
Zanning’s regard for, 423
zhenyan used as a term by, 80
See also Three Ācāryas; Vajradhātu
mandala; Zhenyan Buddhism
Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā
colophon of written in ink and blood,
370–71
Daoist manual incorporation of
dhāraṇī from, 531
mentioned, 360
tantric adaptations of, 23
Yō s a i’s Dapiluzhe’na jing gongyang
cidifashu (Commentary on the
MVS) and, 831
See also Prajñāpāramitā; Yuqi jing
Vajradhātu mandala
Famen Temple and, 406–8, 407f.2
fourfold training (shido kegyō) and,
1024
Huiguo’s transmission of, 41, 588
Jingzhu Temple lineage recorded by
Haiyun, 41, 48
Da Piluzhe’na jin’gang xindi famen fajie
fa guice and, 57
STTS, T.866 and, 342, 719
See also Diamond World Mandala;
mandalas; Vajrabodhi
Vajramaṇda dhāraṇī, T. vol 21, no.
1345, early introduction to Japan
of, 661
Va j r a p ā ṇi
manifestation as Trailokyavijāya, 108,
109f.9
overview of, 102–3
vajras
esoteric vs. tantric distinctions and, 16
three-pronged example (sanko-sho)
from Nara Japan, 672
Vajrasattva (Jin’gang satuo)
mentioned, 367
preeminent position of in the esoteric
Buddhist pantheon, 102, 103f.6
Zhenyan and, 587
Vajraśekhara sūtras. See Sarvatathāgata-
tattvasaṃgraha (alt. Vajraśekhara
sūtras) (STTS)
Vajrasiddhi (Jin’gangxidi), propagation of
esoteric texts and practices by, 328
Vayu (Fengtian), mentioned, 17
vidhis (ritual manuals), mentioned, 9
vidyādharas (mythic spell holders),
mentioned, 21, 47
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