1196 index
Vidyā queen, 88
vidyārājas
Kuṇḍalī, 108–9
earliest depictions in China of, 259,
493, 495f.3
expanded group of ten, 98, 115pl.4
Hayagrīva, described, 98
invoked for military defense during the
Tang, 281
overview of, 104–10
ritual manuals containing programs
for, 332
rituals dedicated to during the Koryŏ, 607
ritual texts for, 34
Ta i s h ō collections of rituals for in vols.
18–21, 28, 34
Trailokyavijāya, 108
Ucchusma, 110̣
Yamāntaka, 109–10
See also Acala; five great mantra kings
Vimalakīrtinirdeśa sūtra
and Aksobya, 92̣
Ennin’s Tiantai classification of, 755
evolution of concepts of “wisdom” and
“principle” and, 310
Mañjuśrī’s role within, 217
Zhisheng’s categories of Mahāyāna
sūtras and, 305
Vimalakīr ti reincarnation claims of
Chinese master Yee Wan Ko
(Yi Yun gao), 571
vinaya
Nara period monastic knowledge of,
790–91, 845–46
precepts standards during the Nara
period and, 790–91, 845–49
revival of as reaction to policies of
Shinran, 847–48n.8
and self-ordination, 849
Shingon Risshū (“Mantra Vinaya
school”), 845–53
ten precepts and the Tōzanha shugenja,
1019–20
Vināyaka
early depictions of, 121
Sino-Tibetan print from the Qing,
123f.15
Vinaya School, See Shingon Risshū (alt.
Ritsu)
violence, of new forms of tantra, 264–65,
265n.9
visualization practices
Annen’s Commentary on the Yuqi jing
and, 774–75
associated with yankou, 567
contemplation and, 141–45
coordination of with sanmi, 85–86
eight sylable visualization unifying the
two mandalic realities, 774–75
interiorization of ritual and, 1046
in the MVS, 85–86, 277, 301
Korean Sŏn period and, 642–46
Kūkai on the potency of viewing
mandalas and, 87
letter ’A’ contemplation, 15, 644–47,
888–89, 989–90, 1025–26
rituals associated with the Pure Land
of AmitaŬus, 218
secret initiations associated with
Menzan’s ambrosia gate ritual and,
933
sokushin jōbutsu and contemplation of
the letter A, 889
Taima Mandara and, 889, 922
wheel-shaped Sanskrit alphabet
practices in the Da fangguang fo
huayan jing ru fajie pin sishier zi
guanmen, 190–91
Yōsai’s sun and moon practices of,
identified with bodhicitta practice,
831–32
See also practice
voodoo practices compared with effigy
use in esoteric Buddhist magic,
204
“wisdom-fist” (zhiquan yin) of Vairocana,
91f.1, 218
wisdom kings (godaimyōō), in the Womb
Mandala, 723
Wo m b M a n d a l a
Avalokiteśvara forms considered
esoteric based on, 526
Chinese courtyard dwelling layout
(sihe yuan) and, 724–26, 725f.3
explication of layers of, 723–25
fourfold training (shido kegyō) and,
1024
hungry ghosts detailed within, 883pl.8
incorporation of non-Buddhist
divinities into, 838
Kannon (senjusengen Kanjizai) within,
731
transmission by Huiguo, 588, 698
transmission to Silla monks in T.2081,
585–86, 588
wisdom kings (godaimyōō) in, 723
See also mandalas