Tantric Buddhist Practice in India: Vilāsavajra's commentary on the Mañjuśrī-nāmasaṃgīti
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Introductions -- Part II Vilāsavajra's Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī: an annotated translation of chapters 1-5 -- Part III Sanskrit edition -- Appendices -- Abbreviations and symbol...
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon
Taylor and Francis
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge Studies in Tantric Traditions
Routledge Studies in Tantric Traditions Ser. |
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Meditation ; Tantric Buddhism
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Tribe, Anthony: Tantric Buddhist Practice in India : Vilāsavajra's commentary on the Mañjuśrī-nāmasaṃgīti. - Abingdon : Taylor and Francis,c2016. - 9781138650930 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Introductions -- Part II Vilāsavajra's Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī: an annotated translation of chapters 1-5 -- Part III Sanskrit edition -- Appendices -- Abbreviations and symbols -- Bibliography -- Index of personal names -- Index of text titles -- General index -- Overview -- 1 Contexts -- 2 Vilāsavajra: locating the NMAA's author -- 3 The Nāmasaṃgīti -- 4 Vilāsavajra's NMAA: overviews and remarks -- 5 The NMAA in Himalayan and Tibetan art -- Conventions in the translation Chapter 1 On 'The request for instruction' -- Chapter 2 On 'The reply' -- Chapter 3 On 'The survey of the six families' -- Chapter 4 On 'The method of awakening according to the Māyājāla' -- Chapter 5 On 'The Vajradhātu-mahāmaṇḍala of Bodhicittavajra' -- Materials and methods -- Critical edition of Vilāsavajra's Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī, chapters 1-5 -- Textual notes -- Insignificant variants -- Textual collation to establish the stemma codicum -- Appendix 1 Works and authors cited in the NMAA -- Appendix 2 Saṃvara, Cakrasaṃvara and Ṣaṭprajñānayasaṃvara citations -- Appendix 3 NMAA colophons Appendix 4 NMAA manuscripts: folio references -- Appendix 5 NMAA maṇḍala deities and doctrinal categories -- Appendix 6 Sakurai's (1988) edition of NMAA 3-4 -- Appendix 7 Works attributed to Vilāsavajra in Tibetan translation -- Appendix 8 Nāmasaṃgīti commentaries -- Appendix 9 Nāmasaṃgīti (1-41): parallel text and translation -- 1.1 Previous scholarship -- 1.2 The NMAA and early medieval Indian Buddhism -- 1.3 The figure of Mañjuśrī -- 1.4 Textual citations in the NMAA -- 1.5 Tantra classification in the NMAA -- 2.1 Vilāsavajra's name -- 2.2 Vilāsavajra's date -- 2.3 Vilāsavajra's biography 3.1 Structure and divisions -- 3.2 The 'Names' of the Nāmasaṃgīti -- 4.1 General structure -- 4.2 Overview of chapters -- 4.3 Elements of exegesis -- 4.4 Outline of the NMAA's sādhana -- 4.5 Remarks on the NMAA's sādhana -- 5.1 Sumtsek temple (Alchi, Ladakh) -- 5.2 Kumbum stūpa (Gyantse, Tibet) -- 5.3 Mahāvairocana's bodhyagrī mudrā -- 1 Sigla -- 2 Manuscripts -- 3 Method of editing -- 4 Stemma codicum -- 5 The Tibetan translation of Vilāsavajra's NMAA -- Adhikāra 1 -- Adhikāra 2 -- Adhikāra 3 -- Adhikāra 4 -- Adhikāra 5 -- 4.3.1 Mañjuśrī as the gnosis-being (jñānasattva) 4.3.2 Names and Name-mantras -- 4.3.3 The five forms of gnosis (pañca jñāna) -- 4.4.1 Preliminaries -- 4.4.2 Protection of the site and generation of the maṇḍala -- 4.4.3 Generation of the practitioner as the central deity -- 4.4.4 Emanation and reabsorption of light-rays -- 4.4.5 Consequences of practice -- 4.4.6 Ancillary maṇḍalas: the wisdom-wheels of the six Buddha-families -- 4.4.7 Generation of the deities of the Vajradhātu-maṇḍala -- 4.4.8 Establishment of the remaining Name-mantras around the Vajradhātu-maṇḍala -- 4.5.1 Preliminaries -- 4.5.2 Purification of the site 4.5.3 Generation of the practitioner as the central deity and the role of the syllable a |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1138650935 |