ལྷ་མོ་ཆེན་མོ་དཔལ་ལུང་བསྟན་པ།

The Prophecy of Śrī Mahādevī

Śrīmahādevīvyākaraṇa

འཕགས་པ་ལྷ་མོ་ཆེན་མོ་དཔལ་ལུང་བསྟན་པ།

’phags pa lha mo chen mo dpal lung bstan pa

The Noble Prophecy of Śrī Mahādevī

Āryaśrīmahādevīvyākaraṇa

Toh 193

Degé Kangyur, vol. 61 (mdo sde, tsa), folios 246.a–250.b.

Translated by the Sakya Pandita Translation Group (International Buddhist Academy Division)
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Summary

s.1

This sūtra recounts an event that took place in the buddha realm of Sukhāvatī. The discourse commences with Buddha Śākyamuni relating to Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara the benefits of reciting the various names of Śrī Mahādevī. The Buddha describes how Śrī Mahādevī acquired virtue and other spiritual accomplishments through the practice of venerating numerous tathāgatas and gives an account of the prophecy in which her future enlightenment was foretold by all the buddhas she venerated. The Buddha then lists the one hundred and eight blessed names of Śrī Mahādevī to be recited by the faithful. The sūtra ends with Buddha Śākyamuni giving a dhāraṇī and a brief explanation on the benefits of reciting the names of Śrī Mahādevī, namely the eradication of all negative circumstances and the accumulation of merit and happiness.

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Acknowledgments

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This sūtra was translated from Tibetan into English, under the supervision of Khenpo Ngawang Jorden, by the monks Jamyang Choesang and Kunsang Choepel, and the lay people Boyce Teoh and Solvej Nielsen, members of the Sakya Pandita Translation Group (International Buddhist Academy Division), Kathmandu.

This translation has been completed under the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.

Introduction

i.1

This text extols the virtues and benefits of devotional practices, such as the recitation of sacred names and formulae or mantras. It can thus be said to be related to the bhakti or devotional movement in the religious life of the Indian subcontinent, a form of religious expression found in all major religions of the world. Faith (śraddhā; dad pa) is an essential factor of the path to awakening. It is listed among the five spiritual faculties (indriya; dbang po) and the eleven wholesome mental states.1

i.2

In this sūtra, Śrī Mahādevī cultivated her faith by venerating and chanting names of the enlightened ones, thus accomplishing the roots of virtue that become the cause of her future awakening. The narrative takes place in the buddha realm Sukhāvatī, where Buddha Śākyamuni explains to Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara the benefits of reciting Śrī Mahādevī’s names. He further explains how Śrī Mahādevī herself gained the roots of virtue by venerating numerous tathāgatas, which the Buddha lists. He then relates the prophecy of Śrī Mahādevī’s future enlightenment, bestowed upon her by those buddhas, and lists her one hundred and eight names. The sūtra ends with Buddha Śākyamuni giving a dhāraṇī and a brief explanation on how to practice the recitation of Śrī Mahādevī’s names.

i.3

Most Kangyurs include two copies of the text, one (Toh 193) in the general sūtra (mdo sde) section and one (Toh 739) among the collected tantras (rgyud ’bum), classified under kriyātantra.2 As neither copy of the Tibetan version has a colophon, there is no information regarding the translators. However, it must have been translated in the early period, since it is listed in the early 9th century Denkarma (ldan dkar ma) catalogue of texts translated into Tibetan from Sanskrit. Versions of this sūtra in Sanskrit and Chinese are still extant today. The present translation appears to be the first into a Western language.

i.4

The Degé edition of this sūtra was compared with various editions of the Tibetan canon, namely, the Narthang, Kangxi and Lhasa editions, as well as with the Sanskrit of the Gilgit manuscript as edited by Nalinaksha Dutt. The English translation has been made on the basis of the Tibetan, with a few exceptions as indicated in the notes. The great many proper names contained in the sūtra are here given in Sanskrit, but translations have been added in parentheses in the case of the “one hundred and eight names”‍—which are, rather, epithets describing Mahādevī.

The Translation

The Noble

Prophecy of Śrī Mahādevī

The Prophecy of Śrī Mahādevī

[F.246.a]

1.1

Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas.

1.2

Then Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara went to the place where the Bhagavān was, paid homage at the Bhagavān’s feet, and remained at one side. Śrī Mahādevī also went toward the Bhagavān, paid homage at his feet, and circumambulated him three times. Then she also paid homage to all the bodhisattva mahāsattvas who were dwelling in Sukhāvati and remained at one side.4 [F.247.a]

The Bhagavān was adorned with many hundreds of thousands of merits and surrounded by as many as ten million tathāgatas. As Indra, Brahmā and the guardians of the world all offered their praises and acclaim, the Bhagavān, having gazed at Śrī Mahādevī, addressed Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara as follows in his Great Brahmā voice:

1.3

“Avalokiteśvara, if any one of the kings, ministers, bhikṣus, bhikṣuṇīs, upāsakas, upāsikās, brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, or śūdras retains this praise “The One Hundred and Eight Names5 of Śrī Mahādevī Which Are Renowned As Stainless,” then the kṣatriya king’s kingdom, the fears of those beings there, as well as the epidemics and harmful influences will all be pacified,6 and no one at all will fear robbers, rogues, humans or nonhumans. Wealth, grains, treasuries, and stores will all increase, and the Glorious Mahādevī will no doubt abide in the home of this kṣatriya king.”

1.4

Then those bodhisattva mahāsattvas said, “Bhagavāṇ, these words are well said. Excellent! Excellent! Those people who will retain the names of Śrī Mahādevī and who will put them into practice once they have heard them7 will have those aforementioned qualities and benefits.”

1.5

Then Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Ārya Avalokiteśvara asked the Bhagavān, “Bhagavān, where did Śrī Mahādevī generate her roots of virtue?”

1.6

The Bhagavān replied, “Śrī Mahādevī [F.247.b] generated roots of virtue in the presence of tathāgatas as numerous as the grains of sand of the River Ganges. O Avalokiteśvara, previously, in the past in a world system called Ratnasaṃbhavā, the tathāgata called Ratnakusumaguṇasāgaravaiḍūryakanakagirisuvarṇakāṃcanaprabhāsaśrī came forth into the world. Śrī Mahādevī generated roots of virtue in his presence and in the presence of many other tathāgatas, too. Now, the names of the tathāgatas make Śrī Mahādevī’s roots of virtue flourish and come to fulfillment. They stay with her always, these names which here in this world Śrī Mahādevī recites precisely and which dispel all sins, eliminate all offenses, make all effects8 stainless, gather and increase wealth and grains, eradicate poverty, attract and catch the attention of all gods, nāgas, yakṣas, gandharvas, asuras, garuḍas, kinnaras, and mahoragas, pacifying all epidemics, natural misfortunes,9 disputes, conflicts, dissensions, and arguments, and which will bring the six perfections to fulfilment. They are as follows:10

1.7

“Homage to Tathāgata Śrīghana.

Homage to Tathāgata Ratnakusumaguṇasāgaravaiḍūryakanakagirisuvarṇakāṃcanaprabhāsaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Gaṅgāsarvatīrthamukhamaṅgalaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Candanakusumatejonakṣatraprabhāsaśrī.

1.8

Homage to Tathāgata Samantāvabhāsavijitasaṃgrāmaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Guṇasamudrāvabhāsamaṇḍalaśrī. [F.248.a]

Homage to Tathāgata Dhārmavikurvaṇadhvajavegaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Jyotiḥsaumyagandhāvabhāsaśrī.

1.9

Homage to Tathāgata Sattvāśayaśamanaśarīraśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Praṇidhānasāgarāvabhāsaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Suparikīrtitanāmadheyaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Asaṃkhyeyavīryasusaṃprasthitaśrī.

1.10

Homage to Tathāgata Aprameyasuvarṇottaprabhāsaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Sarvasvarāṅgarutanirghoṣaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Prajñāpradīpāsaṃkhyeyaprabhāketuśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Nārāyaṇavratasannāhasumeruśrī.

1.11

Homage to Tathāgata Brahmaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Maheśvaraśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Candrasūryaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Gambhīradharmaprabhārājaśrī.

1.12

Homage to Tathāgata Gaganapradīpābhirāmaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Sūryaprabhāketuśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Gandhapradīpaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Sāgaragarbhasaṃbhavaśrī.

1.13

Homage to Tathāgata Nirmitameghagarjanayaśaḥśrī. [F.248.b]

Homage to Tathāgata Sarvadharmaprabhāsavyūhaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Drumarājavivardhitaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Ratnārciḥparvataśrī.

1.14

Homage to Tathāgata Jñānārciḥsāgaraśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Mahāpraṇidhivegaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Mahāmeghaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Smṛtiketurājaśrī.

1.15

Homage to Tathāgata Indraketudhvajarājaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Sarvadhanadhānyākarṣaṇaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Saumyākarṣaṇaśrī.

Homage to Tathāgata Lakṣmyākarṣaṇaśrī.

1.16

“Having treated these names of tathāgatas with veneration, one should retain and recite them, and in this way the merit of a son or daughter of a noble family will increase immensely.

1.17

“Now, all the tathāgatas made the following prophecies concerning Śrī Mahādevī: ‘Śrī Mahādevī, in the future you will become the tathāgata, the arhat, the truly complete buddha called Śrīmaṇiratnasambhava in the world system called Śrīmahāratnapratimaṇḍitā. And that world system will be adorned with various sorts of divine jewels. This very tathāgata will spread light in that world system, and those bodhisattvas dwelling there in that world will spontaneously become radiant and have immeasurable life spans. The word buddhadharmasaṅgha [F.249.a] will also come down from the sky, and the bodhisattvas who will be born in that buddha field will all be born from the centers of lotuses.’

“What is the twelve-line praise with one hundred and eight names that is renowned as being stainless?11

1.18

“O fearless Avalokiteśvara, please hearken to the names of Śrī Mahādevī. They are as follows:12

1.19

Sarvatathāgatābhiṣiktā (She Who Was Empowered by All Tathāgatas),

Sarvadevatābhiṣiktā (She Who Was Empowered by All Gods),

Sarvatathāgatamātṛ (Mother of All Tathāgatas),

Sarvadevatāmātṛ (Mother of All Gods),

1.20

Sarvatathāgataśrī (Glory of All Tathāgatas),

Sarvabodhisattvaśrī (Glory of All Bodhisattvas),

Sarvāryaśrāvakapratyekabuddhaśrī (Glory of All Āryaśrāvakas and Pratyekabuddhas),

Brahmaviṣṇumaheśvaraśrī (Glory of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara),

1.21

Mahāsthānagataśrī (Glory Present in Great Places),13

Sarvadevatābhimukhaśrī (Glory in the Presence of All Gods),14

Sarvadevanāgayakṣagandharvāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragaśrī (Glory of All the Gods, Nāgas, Yakṣas, Gandharvas, Asuras, Garuḍas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas),

Sarvavidyādharavajrapāṇivajradharaśrī (Glory of All the Vidyādharas, Vajrapāṇi and Vajradharas),

1.22

Catuḥpañcalokapālaśrī (Glory of the Four and the Five Guardians of the World),

Aṣṭagrahāṣṭāviṃśatinakṣatraśrī (Glory of the Eight Planets15 and Twenty-Eight Constellations16),

Oṃ Sāvitrī (Daughter of Savitra17),

Dhātrī (Nurse),

1.23

Mātṛ (Mother),

Caturvedaśrī (Glory of the Four Vedas),

Lakṣmī (Goddess of Prosperity),

Bhūtamātṛ (Mother of Sentient Beings),

1.24

Jayā (She Who Is Victorious),

Vijayā (She Who Conquers),

Gaṅgā (She Who Is the Ganges),

Sarvatīrthā (She of All Holy Places),

1.25

Sarvamaṅgalyā (She Who Confers All Auspiciousness),18

Vimalanirmalakaraśrī (Glory That Makes One Stainless and Pure),

Sarvapāpahantrī (She Who Slays All Sins),

Nirmadakarā (She Who Humbles),

1.26

Candraśrī (Glory of the Moon),

Sūryaśrī (Glory of the Sun),

Sarvagrahaśrī (Glory of All the Planets),

Siṃhavāhinī (She Who Rides upon a Lion),

1.27

Śatasahasrakoṭipadmavivarasaṃcchannā (She Who Is Enveloped by a Display of One Hundred Thousand Crore Lotuses),19

Padmā (She Who Has Lotuses),

Padmasambhavā (She Who Was Born from a Lotus),

Padmālayā (She Whose Abode Is a Lotus),

1.28

Padmadharā (She Who Holds a Lotus),

Padmāvatī (She Who Is Endowed with Lotuses),

Anekaratnāṃśumālā (She Who Has a Garland of Many Light Rays That Are Like Jewels),

Dhanadā (She Who Brings Wealth),

1.29

Śvetā (Fair One),

Mahāśvetā (Great Fair One),

Śvetabhujā (She Who Has Fair Arms),

Sarvamaṅgaladhāriṇī (She Who Possesses All Auspiciousness), [F.249.b]

1.30

Sarvapuṇyopacitāṅgī (She Whose Body Consists of All Collections of Merit),

Dākṣāyaṇī (Daughter of Dakṣa20),

Śatasahasrabhujā (She Who has One Hundred Thousand Arms),

Śatasahasranayanā (She Who Has One Hundred Thousand Eyes),

1.31

Śatasahasraśirā (She Who Has One Hundred Thousand Heads),

Vividhavicitramaṇimaulidharā (She Who Bears a Diadem of Many Sorts of Multicolored Jewels),

Surūpā (She Who Has a Beautiful Form),

Viśvarūpā (She Who Has All Different Forms),

1.32

Yaśā (Renowned One),

Mahāyaśā (Highly Renowned One),

Saumyā (Benign One),

Bahujīmūtā (She of the Many Clouds),

1.33

Pavitrakeśā (She Whose Hair Is Purity),

Candrakāntā (She Who Is Lovely Like the Moon),

Sūryakāntā (She Who Is Lovely Like the Sun),21

Śubhā (Virtuous One),

1.34

Śubhakartrī (She Who Brings About Virtue),

Sarvasattvābhimukhī (She Who Is Disposed towards All Sentient Beings),

Āryā (Noble One),

Kusumaśrī (Glory of the Flowers),

1.35

Kusumeśvarā (She Who Is the Sovereign of the Flowers),22

Sarvasumeruparvatarājaśrī (Glory of the Entire King of Mountains, Mt. Sumeru),

Sarvanadīsaricchrī (Glory of All Rivers and Streams),23

Sarvatoyasamudraśrī (Glory of the Ocean of All Waters),

1.36

Sarvatīrthābhimukhaśrī (Glory of Turning Towards All the Holy Places),

Sarvauṣadhitṛṇavanaspatidhanadhānyaśrī (Glory of All Medicinal Herbs, Grasses, Trees, Wealth, and Grains),

Hiraṇyadā (She Who Gives Gold),

Annapānadā (She Who Gives Food and Drink),24

1.37

Prabhāsvarā (She of the Clear Light),

Ālokakarā (She Who Illuminates),

Pavitrāṅgā (She of the Pure Body),

Sarvatathāgatavaśavartinī (She Who Has Power over All Tathāgatas),

1.38

Sarvadevagaṇamukhaśrī (Glory when in the Presence of the Entire Assembly of the Gods),

Yamavaruṇakuberavāsavaśrī (Glory of Yama, Varuṇa, Kubera, and Vāsava),25

Dātrī (She Who Gives),

Bhoktrī (She Who Takes Pleasure),

1.39

Tejā (She Who Is Brilliance),

Tejovatī (Bright One),

Vibhūtī (Abundance),

Samṛddhi (Great Prosperity),26

1.40

Vivṛddhi (Growth),

Unnati (Advancement),27

Dharmaśrī (Glory of the Dharma),

Mādhavāśrayā (She Who Relies on Viṣṇu),

1.41

Kusumanilayā (She Whose Abode Is the Flowers),28

Anasūyā (She Who Is Not Spiteful),29

Puruṣakārāśrayā (She Who Relies on Virile Action),30

Sarvapavitragātrā (She Whose Body Is Entirely Pure),31

1.42

Maṅgalahastā (She Whose Hands Are Auspicious),32

Sarvālakṣmīnāśayitrī (She Who Destroys All Inauspiciousness),

Sarvapuṇyākarṣaṇaśrī (Glory That Collects All Merits),

Sarvapṛthivīśrī (Glory of the Entire Earth),

1.43

Sarvarājaśrī (Glory of All Kings),33

Sarvavidyādhararājaśrī (Glory of the King of All Vidyādharas),

Sarvabhūtayakṣarākṣasapretapiśācakuṃbhāṇḍamahoragaśrī (Glory of All Bhūtas, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Pretas, Piśācas, Kumbhāṇḍas, and Mahoragas),

Dyuti (Splendour),34 [F.250.a]

1.44

Pramodabhāgyalolā (She Who Longs for Delight and Happiness),

Sarvarṣipavitraśrī (Glory That Is the Purity of All Seers),

Sarvaśrī (Glory of All),

Bhavajyeṣṭhottamaśrī (Glory That Is the First and the Foremost in Existence),35

1.45

Sarvakinnarasarvāsuryottamaśrī (Glory That Is the First of All Kinnaras and of All Asuras),36

Niravadyasthānavāsinī (She Who Stays Irreproachable),

Rūpavatī (Beautiful One),

Sukhakarī (She Who Causes Happiness),

1.46

Kuberakāntā (Beloved of Kubera),

Dharmarājaśrī (Glory of the Dharma King):

1.47

1.48

“Fearless Avalokiteśvara, anyone who is going to retain and recite these names of Śrī Mahādevī‍—which eliminate all offenses, overcome all sins, accumulate all merits, eliminate40 all inauspiciousness, and accumulate all glories, happiness and good fortunes‍—and who is going to retain and recite41 these names of the tathāgatas, should rise in the morning, clean up, and, having offered flowers and incense to all the buddhas, also offer sandalwood incense to Śrī Mahādevī. [F.250.b] Then, when he recites these names, all glory, all happiness and joys will be obtained. The gods will all guard, protect and preserve42 him, and all of his purposes will be fulfilled.”

1.49

When the Bhagavān had thus spoken, the fearless bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, Śrī Mahādevī 43, the entire retinue, and the world, including gods, humans, asuras, and gandharvas, rejoiced and [678] praised the words of the Bhagavān.

1.50

This completes “The Noble Prophecy of Śrī Mahādevī.”44

Notes

n.1

The Abhidharmakośa gives eleven wholesome mental factors and lists faith as the first among them.

n.2

The Tibetan copy in the tantra section of the Kangyur (Toh 739) is followed by two short related texts, both also set in in Sukhāvatī and structured as expositions by Buddha Śākyamuni to Avalokiteśvara: ’phags pa dpal chen mo’i mdo, “The Sūtra of the Gorious Great [Goddess]” (Toh 740)‍—the goddess concerned being identified as Lakṣmī in the Sanskrit title of the Degé version but not in all versions‍—and dpal gyi lha mo’i mtshan bcu gnyis pa “The Twelve Names of the Glorious Goddess” (Toh 741). In both, the knowing, reciting, reading, and writing of the goddess’s twelve names (almost but not exactly the same in both cases) and of short dhāraṇīs (different) are recommended as effective means of dispelling obstacles and achieving goals. The colophons of both short texts state that they were translated by Jinamitra and Yeshé Dé.

n.3

“Of the excellent eon” (bskal pa bzang po’i = bhadrakalpika) missing in Skt.

n.4

Skt. “Śrī Mahādevī also went toward the Bhagavān. Having circumambulated one hundred thousand times at the Bhagavān’s feet she also paid homage to all the bodhisattva mahāsattvas.”

n.5

“Names” omitted in Skt.

n.6

Translated on the basis of the Tibetan. Skt. has tasya rājñaḥ kṣatriyasya viṣaye teṣāṃ sattvānāṃ sarvabhayety upadravā praśamiṣyanti. “In the country of the kṣatriya king, these beings’ misfortunes, i.e. ‘all fears,’ will be pacified.”

n.7

Skt. does not have “and who put them into practice once they have heard them.”

n.8

Skt. sarvakārya “all effects,” Tib. lus thams cad “all bodies.”

n.9

Skt. upasarga “natural misfortune,” Tib. gnod pa “harms.”

n.10

The Skt. list has been followed. The Tibetan (F.248.a–b) has some minor differences from the Sanskrit.

n.11

Skt. dvādaśadaṇdakaṃ . . . stotram, but Tib. has the puzzling stod pa brgyad cu gnyis pa “eighty two praises.”

n.12

The Tibetan and Sanskrit lists of names differ somewhat. We have followed the Sanskrit and indicated differences from the Tibetan in notes.

n.13

Tib. lha la sogs pa thams cad kyi dpal “Glory of All Gods, etc.”

n.14

Tib. gnas thams cad na yod pa’i dpal “Glory Present in All Places.”

n.15

The eight planets: (1) Sun, (2) Earth’s moon, (3) Mars, (4) Mercury, (5) Jupiter, (6) Venus, (7) Saturn, and (8) Eclipse-maker (Rāhula).

n.16

According to the ancient Indian traditions, twenty-eight constellations lie on the path of the moon during its complete circuit through the plane of the ecliptic. For a list of the twenty-eight, see Monier Monier-Williams, Sanskrit-English Dictionary, s.v. nakṣatra.

n.17

Savitra is a Vedic solar deity, an Āditya or descendant of the mother of the gods, Aditi.

n.18

The Tibetan (see glossary under “Sarvatīrthā”) treats these two epithets as one, i.e. “She Who Confers the Happiness of All the Holy Places.”

n.19

The Tibetan (see glossary entry) has “She Who is Enveloped by a Hundred Thousand Supreme Lotuses.”

n.20

A Hindu creator god. His daughter is the consort of Śiva.

n.21

The terms candrakānta and sūryakānta also regularly refer to gems, i.e. moonstone and sunstone respectively.

n.22

Tib. “She Who Abides in Flowers.”

n.23

Tib. “Glory of All Rivers and Lakes.”

n.24

Tib. “She Who Gives Food and Clothing.”

n.25

Skt. reads °varuṇā°. Yama is the lord of death, Varuṇa is the Vedic god presiding over night, Kubera is the god of riches, and Vāsava is Indra.

n.26

Omitted in Tib.

n.27

Tib. mthong ma, “She Who Has Vision.”

n.28

Tib. “She Who Abides in the Kumuda Flower.” Kumuda is a white flower that grows in or near water and blossoms at night. It is usually thought to be the datura plant, a member of the lily family with a very large white trumpet-like flower that opens at night, especially in the moonlight.

n.29

Tib. “She Who Is Patient.”

n.30

Omitted in Tib.

n.31

Tib. mthu rtsal gyi gnas, “She Who Is the Source of Power.”

n.32

Tib. dag byed dang bkra shis thams cad kyi lag pa dang ldan ma, “She Who Has Hands that Purify and [Bring] All Auspiciousness.”

n.33

The Tibetan (see glossary entry for “Sarvapṛthivīśrī”) takes these two as one, “Glory of the Entire Earth and All Kings.”

n.34

Omitted in the Tibetan, which here has lha’i gnas dang lha thams cad kyi dpal / bzlas brjod dang / bzlas brjod du bya ba / sbyin sreg dang / sbyin sreg tu bya ba dang / bkra shis thams cad kyi dpal, “Glory of All Abodes of the Gods and All Gods, Glory of All Incantations and What Is Incanted, All Fire Offerings, and What Is Offered and All Auspiciousness.”

n.35

The Tibetan here is bud med kyi gnas thams cad kyi gtso ma dang dpal gyi mchog, “Supreme Glory and Foremost of All That Is Feminine.”

n.36

The Skt. edition has sarvakinnarasarvasūryottamaśrī, “Glory That Is the First of All Kinnaras and All the Sun,” but in the Tib. (see glossary entry) lha ma yin mo suggests that the spelling °sarvāsurya° here is more likely to be correct in the context.

n.37

In the Tibetan text, this first section of the dhāraṇī is in Tibetan. The Skt. of the second sentence should be corrected from sarvapuṇyasambhārānāmukhīkuru svāhā to sarvapuṇyasambhārānām abhimukhī kuru svāhā.

n.38

Skt. gaṅgādisarvatīrthānyāmuikhīkuru should be corrected to gaṅgādisarvatīrthānām abhimukhī kuru.

n.39

The Sanskrit of the dhāraṇi as transcribed in the Tibetan text appears unreliable; the dhāraṇi as presented here is transliterated from the Sanskrit edition.

n.40

Tib. med par byed pa, “make non-existent,” “eliminate;” Skt. praśamanakarāṇi, “make calm,” “pacify.”

n.41

Skt. omits “and recite.”

n.42

Skt. guptiṃ kariṣyanti, while Tib. has sbed par byed pa, “conceal.”

n.43

Tib. has lha mo chen mo dpal de, “that Śrī Mahādevī,” while Skt. has sā, “she.”

n.44

The usual mention of the translators in the Tibetan colophon is missing in all versions.

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’phags pa lha mo chen mo dpal lung bstan pa (Āryaśrīmahādevīvyākaraṇa). Toh 193, Degé Kangyur, vol. 61 (mdo sde, tsa), folios 246.a–250.b.

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Amoghavajra, trans. 大吉祥天女十二契一百八名無垢大乘經, Taishō 1253.

Glossary

g.1

Ākāśagarbha

nam mkha’ snying po

ནམ་མཁའ་སྙིང་པོ།

Ākāśagarbha

g.2

Ālokakarā

snang ba ma

སྣང་བ་མ།

Ālokakarā

g.3

Anasūyā

bzod ldan ma

བཟོད་ལྡན་མ།

Anasūyā

g.4

Anekaratnāṃśumālā

’od zer ’bar ba du mas ’khor ba

འོད་ཟེར་འབར་བ་དུ་མས་འཁོར་བ།

Anekaratnāṃśumālā

g.5

Annapānadā

zas dang gos sbyin ma

ཟས་དང་གོས་སྦྱིན་མ།

Annapānadā

g.6

Aprameyasuvarṇottaprabhāsaśrī

dpag tu med pa’i gser mdog snang ba’i dpal

དཔག་ཏུ་མེད་པའི་གསེར་མདོག་སྣང་བའི་དཔལ།

Aprameyasuvarṇottaprabhāsaśrī

g.7

Arhat

dgra bcom pa

དགྲ་བཅོམ་པ།

arhant

“Worthy.” A being who has eliminated afflictive emotions and hence is liberated from suffering. The Tibetan, following the traditional Sanskrit semantic gloss of ari han, understands the term as “foe destroyer.”

g.8

Āryā

’phags ma

འཕགས་མ།

Āryā

One of the names of Śrī Mahādevī.

g.9

Asaṃkhyeyavīryasusaṃprasthitaśrī

brtson ’grus grangs med pa la rab tu zhugs pa’i dpal

བརྩོན་འགྲུས་གྲངས་མེད་པ་ལ་རབ་ཏུ་ཞུགས་པའི་དཔལ།

Asaṃkhyeyavīryasusaṃprasthitaśrī

g.10

Aṣṭagrahāṣṭāviṃśatinakṣatraśrī

gza’ brgyad dang rgyu skar nyi shu rtsa brgyad kyi dpal

གཟའ་བརྒྱད་དང་རྒྱུ་སྐར་ཉི་ཤུ་རྩ་བརྒྱད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Aṣṭagrahāṣṭāviṃśatinakṣatraśrī

g.11

Asura

lha ma yin

ལྷ་མ་ཡིན།

asura

Demi-gods, titans.

g.12

Avalokiteśvara

spyan ras gzigs dbang phyug

སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་དབང་ཕྱུག

Avalokiteśvara

Definition from the 84000 Glossary of Terms:

One of the eight “close sons” of the Buddha, the bodhisattva embodying compassion. He first appeared as a bodhisattva beside Amitābha in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra (The Display of the Pure Land of Sukhāvatī, Toh 115). The name has been variously interpreted. In its meaning as “the lord of avalokita,” avalokita has been interpreted as “seeing,” although, as a past passive participle, it is literally “lord of what has been seen.” This has been interpreted in the sense that what Avalokiteśvara has seen is the suffering of sentient beings. One of the principal sūtras in the Mahāsāṃghika tradition was the Avalokita Sūtra, which has not been translated into Tibetan, in which the word is a synonym for awakening, as it is “that which has been seen” by the buddhas.

In the early tantras, he was one of the lords of the three families, as the embodiment of the compassion of the buddhas. The Potalaka Mountain in South India became important in South Indian Buddhism as his residence in this world, but Potalaka does not feature in the Kāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra (The Basket’s Display, Toh 116), which is the most important sūtra dedicated to Avalokiteśvara. Among all bodhisattvas, he attained great significance in Tibet as special protector of the religious life of the country, and in China, in female form, as Kwanyin, protectress of women, children, and animals.

g.13

Bahujīmūtā

sprin ma

སྤྲིན་མ།

Bahujīmūtā

g.14

Bhagavān

bcom ldan ’das

བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས།

bhagavat

A general term of respect given to persons of spiritual attainment. Translations into English have been “Holy One,” “Blessed One,” and “World-Honored One.” It is here given in the Sanskrit nominative case, bhagavān.

g.15

Bhikṣu

dge slong

དགེ་སློང་།

bhikṣu

A fully ordained monk of the Buddhist Saṅgha.

g.16

Bhikṣuṇī

dge slong ma

དགེ་སློང་མ།

bhikṣuṇī

A fully ordained nun of the Buddhist Saṅgha.

g.17

Bhoktrī

longs spyod ma

ལོངས་སྤྱོད་མ།

Bhoktrī

g.18

Bhūta

byung po

བྱུང་པོ།

bhūta

A class of beings who are connected with the elements (water, fire, air, earth), like the river spirits, tree spirits, and so on.

g.19

Bhūtamātṛ

sems can rnams kyi ma

སེམས་ཅན་རྣམས་ཀྱི་མ།

Bhūtamātṛ

g.20

Brahmā

tshangs pa

ཚངས་པ།

Brahmā

Vedic creator god. In Buddhist texts Brahmā refers to various gods in high situations of cyclic existence.

g.21

Brāhmaṇa

bram ze

བྲམ་ཟེ།

brāhmaṇa

A member of priestly caste.

g.22

Brahmaśrī

tshangs pa’i dpal

ཚངས་པའི་དཔལ།

Brahmaśrī

g.23

Brahmaviṣṇumaheśvaraśrī

tshangs pa dang khyab ’jug dang dbang phyug chen po thams cad kyi dpal

ཚངས་པ་དང་ཁྱབ་འཇུག་དང་དབང་ཕྱུག་ཆེན་པོ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Brahmaviṣṇumaheśvaraśrī

g.24

Candanakusumatejonakṣatraprabhāsaśrī

tsan dan gyi me tog gzi brjid skar ’od kyi dpal

ཙན་དན་གྱི་མེ་ཏོག་གཟི་བརྗིད་སྐར་འོད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Candanakusumatejonakṣatraprabhāsaśrī

g.25

Candrakāntā

zla ba ltar mdzes ma

ཟླ་བ་ལྟར་མཛེས་མ།

Candrakāntā

g.26

Candraśrī

zla ba’i dpal

ཟླ་བའི་དཔལ།

Candraśrī

g.27

Candrasūryaśrī

nyi zla’i ’od dpal

ཉི་ཟླའི་འོད་དཔལ།

Candrasūryaśrī

g.28

Candrasūryatrailokyadhārin

nyi zla dang ’jig rten gsum ’dzin pa

ཉི་ཟླ་དང་འཇིག་རྟེན་གསུམ་འཛིན་པ།

Candrasūryatrailokyadhārin

g.29

Catuḥpañcalokapālaśrī

’jig rten skyong ba bzhi dang lnga’i dpal

འཇིག་རྟེན་སྐྱོང་བ་བཞི་དང་ལྔའི་དཔལ།

Catuḥpañcalokapālaśrī

g.30

Caturvedaśrī

rig byed bzhi’i dpal

རིག་བྱེད་བཞིའི་དཔལ།

Caturvedaśrī

g.31

Dākṣāyaṇī

shes nyen can gyi bu mo

ཤེས་ཉེན་ཅན་གྱི་བུ་མོ།

Dākṣāyaṇī

g.32

Dātrī

sbyin pa ma

སྦྱིན་པ་མ།

Dātrī

g.33

Dhanadā

nor sbyin ma

ནོར་སྦྱིན་མ།

Dhanadā

g.34

Dhāraṇī

gzungs

གཟུངས།

dhāraṇī

Dhāraṇīs are long strings of syllables which sum up some meaning of Dharma. Their use allows the meaning to be retained in memory. Hence the name, which means “that which holds / retains.”

g.35

Dharmarājaśrī

chos kyi rgyal po’i dpal

ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་པོའི་དཔལ།

Dharmarājaśrī

g.36

Dharmaśrī

chos kyi dpal

ཆོས་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Dharmaśrī

g.37

Dhārmavikurvaṇadhvajavegaśrī

chos kyi cho ’phrul rgyal mtshan shugs kyi dpal

ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཆོ་འཕྲུལ་རྒྱལ་མཚན་ཤུགས་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Dhārmavikurvaṇadhvajavegaśrī

g.38

Dhātrī

ma ma

མ་མ།

Dhātrī

g.39

Drumarājavivardhitaśrī

shing gi rgyal po ltar skyes pa’i dpal

ཤིང་གི་རྒྱལ་པོ་ལྟར་སྐྱེས་པའི་དཔལ།

Drumarājavivardhitaśrī

g.40

Dyuti

’od la dga’ ba

འོད་ལ་དགའ་བ།

Dyuti

g.41

Excellent Eon

bskal pa bzang po

བསྐལ་པ་བཟང་པོ།

bhadrakalpa

A cosmological era that has buddhas appear in it.

g.42

Four Vedas

rig byed bzhi

རིག་བྱེད་བཞི།

catvāro vedāḥ

The textual base for Brahmanism in India is the Vedas: 1) Ṛgveda, 2) Yajurveda, 3) Sāmaveda, and 4) Atharvaveda.

g.43

Gaganapradīpābhirāmaśrī

nam mkha’i sgron ma’i ’od bzang dpal

ནམ་མཁའི་སྒྲོན་མའི་འོད་བཟང་དཔལ།

Gaganapradīpābhirāmaśrī

g.44

Gambhīradharmaprabhārājaśrī

zab mo’i chos kyi ’od kyi rgyal po’i dpal

ཟབ་མོའི་ཆོས་ཀྱི་འོད་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་པོའི་དཔལ།

Gambhīradharmaprabhārājaśrī

g.45

Gandhapradīpaśrī

spos kyi sgron ma’i dpal

སྤོས་ཀྱི་སྒྲོན་མའི་དཔལ།

Gandhapradīpaśrī

g.46

Gandharva

dri za

དྲི་ཟ།

gandharva

The name of a kind of preta (ghost). These spirits are said to live on odours, hence their name “smell-eater.” Known for their music.

g.47

Gaṅgā

gang ga ma

གང་ག་མ།

Gaṅgā

g.48

Gaṅgāsarvatīrthamukhamaṅgalaśrī

gang gA’i mu stegs kyi sgo thams cad kyi bkra bshis kyi dpal

གང་གཱའི་མུ་སྟེགས་ཀྱི་སྒོ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་བཀྲ་བཤིས་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Gaṅgāsarvatīrthamukhamaṅgalaśrī

g.49

Garuḍa

nam mkha’ lding

ནམ་མཁའ་ལྡིང་།

garuḍa

A mythical creature which is half bird, half man, and is the enemy of serpents.

g.50

Guṇasamudrāvabhāsamaṇḍalaśrī

yon tan rgya mtsho snang ba’i dkyil ’khor gyi dpal

ཡོན་ཏན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་སྣང་བའི་དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་གྱི་དཔལ།

Guṇasamudrāvabhāsamaṇḍalaśrī

g.51

Hiraṇyadā

gser sbyin ma

གསེར་སྦྱིན་མ།

Hiraṇyadā

g.52

Indra

brgya byin

བརྒྱ་བྱིན།

Śakra

One of the chief Vedic deities. God of war and Lord of heaven.

g.53

Indraketudhvajarājaśrī

dbang po’i tog gi rgyal tshan gyi rgyal po’i dpal

དབང་པོའི་ཏོག་གི་རྒྱལ་ཚན་གྱི་རྒྱལ་པོའི་དཔལ།

Indraketudhvajarājaśrī

g.54

Jayā

rgyal ma

རྒྱལ་མ།

Jayā

g.55

Jñānārciḥsāgaraśrī

ye shes ’od ’phro rgya mtsho’i dpal

ཡེ་ཤེས་འོད་འཕྲོ་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་དཔལ།

Jñānārciḥsāgaraśrī

g.56

Jyotiḥsaumyagandhāvabhāsaśrī

skar ’od zhi ba’i spos snang dpal

སྐར་འོད་ཞི་བའི་སྤོས་སྣང་དཔལ།

Jyotiḥsaumyagandhāvabhāsaśrī

g.57

Kinnara

mi’am ci

མིའམ་ཅི།

kinnara

Meaning “Is it a man?” These are a class of beings included in the god realms. They are half-bird/half-human in appearance; hence their name.

g.58

Kṣatriya

rgyal rigs

རྒྱལ་རིགས།

kṣatriya

Warrior caste.

g.59

Kṣitigarbha

sa’i snying po

སའི་སྙིང་པོ།

Kṣitigarbha

g.60

Kubera

ku be ra

ཀུ་བེ་ར།

Kubera

One of the four great kings, also known as Vaiśravaṇa.

g.61

Kuberakāntā

ku be ra’i snying du sdug ma

ཀུ་བེ་རའི་སྙིང་དུ་སྡུག་མ།

Kuberakāntā

g.62

Kumbhāṇḍa

grul bum

གྲུལ་བུམ།

kumbhāṇḍa

A class of yakṣa that lives in water but have the heads of various types of insects or animals.

g.63

Kusumanilayā

ku mud la gnas ma

ཀུ་མུད་ལ་གནས་མ།

Kusumanilayā

g.64

Kusumaśrī

me tog la gnas ma

མེ་ཏོག་ལ་གནས་མ།

Kusumaśrī

g.65

Kusumeśvarā

me tog gi dbang phyug ma

མེ་ཏོག་གི་དབང་ཕྱུག་མ།

Kusumeśvarā

g.66

Lakṣmī

bkra shis ma

བཀྲ་ཤིས་མ།

Lakṣmī

g.67

Lakṣmyākarṣaṇaśrī

phun sum tshogs pa ’gugs pa’i dpal

ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པ་འགུགས་པའི་དཔལ།

Lakṣmyākarṣaṇaśrī

g.68

Mādhavāśrayā

khyab ’jug la brten ma

ཁྱབ་འཇུག་ལ་བརྟེན་མ།

Mādhavāśrayā

g.69

Mahāmeghaśrī

sprin chen po’i dpal

སྤྲིན་ཆེན་པོའི་དཔལ།

Mahāmeghaśrī

g.70

Mahāpraṇidhivegaśrī

smon lam chen po’i shugs kyi dpal

སྨོན་ལམ་ཆེན་པོའི་ཤུགས་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Mahāpraṇidhivegaśrī

g.71

Mahāsattva

sems dpa’ chen po

སེམས་དཔའ་ཆེན་པོ།

mahāsattva

Great being.

g.72

Mahāsthāmaprāpta

mthu chen thob pa

མཐུ་ཆེན་ཐོབ་པ།

Mahāsthāmaprāpta

g.73

Mahāsthānagataśrī

gnas thams cad na yod pa’i dpal

གནས་ཐམས་ཅད་ན་ཡོད་པའི་དཔལ།

Mahāsthānagataśrī

g.74

Mahāśvetā

dkar mo chen mo

དཀར་མོ་ཆེན་མོ།

Mahāśvetā

g.75

Mahāyaśā

shin tu grags ma

ཤིན་ཏུ་གྲགས་མ།

Mahāyaśā

g.76

Maheśvara

dbang phyug chen po

དབང་ཕྱུག་ཆེན་པོ།

Maheśvara

A common way of referring to Śiva, the great and omnipotent god of mainstream Hindu religion.

g.77

Maheśvaraśrī

dbang phyud chen po’i dpal

དབང་ཕྱུད་ཆེན་པོའི་དཔལ།

Maheśvaraśrī

g.78

Mahoraga

lto ’phye chen po

ལྟོ་འཕྱེ་ཆེན་པོ།

mahoraga

The name of a particularly powerful preta. A malign local spirit.

g.79

Mañjuśrī

’jam dpal

འཇམ་དཔལ།

Mañjuśrī

Definition from the 84000 Glossary of Terms:

Mañjuśrī is one of the eight “close sons” of the Buddha and a bodhisattva who embodies insight. He is a major figure in the Mahāyāna sūtras, appearing often as an interlocutor of the Buddha. In his most well-known iconographic form, he is portrayed bearing the sword of insight in his right hand and a volume of the Prajñāpāramitāsūtra in his left. In addition to the epithet Kumārabhūta, which means "having a youthful form," Mañjuśrī can also take on the names Mañjughoṣa, Mañjusvara, and Pañcaśikha.

g.80

Mātṛ

ཡུམ།

Mātṛ

g.81

Nāga

ཀླུ།

nāga

Nāgas are serpent-like animals who live (invisibly) in the human realm and have an ambivalent status, on occasion positive but also frequently harmful.

g.82

Nārāyaṇavratasannāhasumeruśrī

sred med kyi bu’i brtul zhugs kyi go cha ri rab kyi dpal

སྲེད་མེད་ཀྱི་བུའི་བརྟུལ་ཞུགས་ཀྱི་གོ་ཆ་རི་རབ་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Nārāyaṇavratasannāhasumeruśrī

g.83

Niravadyasthānavāsinī

kha na ma tho ba med pa’i gnas na ’dug ma

ཁ་ན་མ་ཐོ་བ་མེད་པའི་གནས་ན་འདུག་མ།

Niravadyasthānavāsinī

g.84

Nirmadakarā

rgyags pa med pa

རྒྱགས་པ་མེད་པ།

Nirmadakarā

g.85

Nirmitameghagarjanayaśaḥśrī

sprul ba’i ’brug sgra snyan pa’i dpal

སྤྲུལ་བའི་འབྲུག་སྒྲ་སྙན་པའི་དཔལ།

Nirmitameghagarjanayaśaḥśrī

g.86

Oṃ Sāvitrī

om nyi ma’i bu mo

ཨོམ་ཉི་མའི་བུ་མོ།

Oṃ Sāvitrī

g.87

Padmā

pad ma

པད་མ།

padmā

g.88

Padmadharā

pad ma ’dzin pa

པད་མ་འཛིན་པ།

Padmadhāra

g.89

Padmālayā

pad ma la gnas pa

པད་མ་ལ་གནས་པ།

Padmālaya

g.90

Padmasambhavā

pad ma las byung ma

པད་མ་ལས་བྱུང་མ།

Padmasambhava

g.91

Padmāvatī

pad ma dang ldan pa

པད་མ་དང་ལྡན་པ།

Padmāvatī

g.92

Pavitrakeśā

skra gtsang ma

སྐྲ་གཙང་མ།

Pavitrakeśā

g.93

Pavitrāṅgā

lus gtsang ma

ལུས་གཙང་མ།

Pavitrāṅgā

g.94

Perfections

pha rol tu phyin pa

ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པ།

pāramitā

Also translated as “transcendences.” The term is used to define the actions of a bodhisattva. The six perfections are: generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, concentration and wisdom.

g.95

Piśāca

sha za

ཤ་ཟ།

piśāca

A type of malevolent ghost, considered to belong to the preta realm. Tibetan translates the term as “flesh-eaters.”

g.96

Prabhāsvarā

’od gsal ma

འོད་གསལ་མ།

Prabhāsvarā

g.97

Prajñāpradīpāsaṃkhyeyaprabhāketuśrī

shes rab sgron ma grangs med pa’i ’od kyi me tog gi dpal

ཤེས་རབ་སྒྲོན་མ་གྲངས་མེད་པའི་འོད་ཀྱི་མེ་ཏོག་གི་དཔལ།

Prajñāpradīpāsaṃkhyeyaprabhāketuśrī

g.98

Pramodabhāgyalolā

skal ba dang ldan par ’dod pa

སྐལ་བ་དང་ལྡན་པར་འདོད་པ།

Pramodabhāgyalolā

g.99

Praṇidhānasāgarāvabhāsaśrī

smon lam rgya mtshos snang ba’i dpal

སྨོན་ལམ་རྒྱ་མཚོས་སྣང་བའི་དཔལ།

Praṇidhānasāgarāvabhāsaśrī

g.100

Pratyekabuddha

rang sangs rgyas

རང་སངས་རྒྱས།

pratyekabuddha

The disciples of the Buddha who followed the Lesser Vehicle (Hīnayāna). The term “pratyekabuddha” means that they “on their own” became “buddhas.”

g.101

Preta

yi dwags

ཡི་དྭགས།

preta

“Ghost,” “Hungry ghost.”

g.102

Prophecy

lung bstan pa

ལུང་བསྟན་པ།

vyākaraṇa

g.103

Puruṣakārāśrayā

mthu rtsal gyi gnas

མཐུ་རྩལ་གྱི་གནས།

Puruṣakārāśrayā

g.104

Rākṣasa

srin po

སྲིན་པོ།

rākṣasa

A general term in Indian culture for a type of spirit that (inter alia) haunts cemeteries and eats human flesh.

g.105

Ratnakusumaguṇasāgaravaiḍūryakanakagirisuvarṇakāṃcanaprabhāsaśrī

rin po che’i me tog yon tan gyi rgya mtsho baidUrya dang gser gyi ri bo mdog mdzes gser ’od dpal

རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་མེ་ཏོག་ཡོན་ཏན་གྱི་རྒྱ་མཚོ་བཻདཱུརྱ་དང་གསེར་གྱི་རི་བོ་མདོག་མཛེས་གསེར་འོད་དཔལ།

Ratnakusumaguṇasāgaravaidūryakanakagirisuvarṇakāṃcanaprabhāsaśrī

g.106

Ratnārciḥparvataśrī

rin chen ’od ’phro ri bo’i dpal

རིན་ཆེན་འོད་འཕྲོ་རི་བོའི་དཔལ།

Ratnārciḥparvataśrī

g.107

Ratnasaṃbhavā

nor bu rin po che las byung ba

ནོར་བུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ལས་བྱུང་བ།

Ratnasaṃbhavā

g.108

Rūpavatī

yid du ’ong ma

ཡིད་དུ་འོང་མ།

Rūpavatī

g.109

Sāgaragarbhasaṃbhavaśrī

rgya mtsho’i snying po las byung ba’i dpal

རྒྱ་མཚོའི་སྙིང་པོ་ལས་བྱུང་བའི་དཔལ།

Sāgaragarbhasaṃbhavaśrī

g.110

Samantabhadra

kun tu bzang po

ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་པོ།

Samantabhadra

g.111

Samantāvabhāsavijitasaṃgrāmaśrī

kun tu snang ba gyul las rnam par gyal ba’i dpal

ཀུན་ཏུ་སྣང་བ་གྱུལ་ལས་རྣམ་པར་གྱལ་བའི་དཔལ།

Samantāvabhāsavijitasaṃgrāmaśrī

g.112

Samṛddhi

’byor pa ma

འབྱོར་པ་མ།

Samṛddhi

g.113

Sarvabhayahara

’jigs pa thams cad sel ba

འཇིགས་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་སེལ་བ།

Sarvabhayahara

g.114

Sarvabhūtayakṣarākṣasapretapiśācakuṃbhāṇḍamahoragaśrī

byung bo thams cad dang gnod sbyin dang srin po dang yi dgas dang sha za dang grul bum dang lto ’phye chen po thams cad kyi dpal

བྱུང་བོ་ཐམས་ཅད་དང་གནོད་སྦྱིན་དང་སྲིན་པོ་དང་ཡི་དགས་དང་ཤ་ཟ་དང་གྲུལ་བུམ་དང་ལྟོ་འཕྱེ་ཆེན་པོ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Sarvabhūtayakṣarākṣasapretapiśācakuṃbhāṇḍamahoragaśrī

g.115

Sarvabodhisattvaśrī

byangs chub sems pa thams cad kyi dpal

བྱངས་ཆུབ་སེམས་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Sarvabodhisattvaśrī

g.116

Sarvadevagaṇamukhaśrī

lha’i tshogs thams cad la mngon du phyogs pa’i dpal

ལྷའི་ཚོགས་ཐམས་ཅད་ལ་མངོན་དུ་ཕྱོགས་པའི་དཔལ།

Sarvadevagaṇamukhaśrī

g.117

Sarvadevanāgayakṣagandharvāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragaśrī

lha dang klu dang gnod sbyin dang dri za dang lha ma yin dang nam mkha’ lding dang mi ’am ci dang lto ’phye chen po thams cad kyi dpal

ལྷ་དང་ཀླུ་དང་གནོད་སྦྱིན་དང་དྲི་ཟ་དང་ལྷ་མ་ཡིན་དང་ནམ་མཁའ་ལྡིང་དང་མི་འམ་ཅི་དང་ལྟོ་འཕྱེ་ཆེན་པོ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Sarvadevanāgayakṣagandharvāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragaśrī

g.118

Sarvadevatābhimukhaśrī

lha sogs pa thams cad kyi dpal

ལྷ་སོགས་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Sarvadevatābhimukhaśrī

g.119

Sarvadevatābhiṣiktā

lha thams cad kyi dbang bskur ba

ལྷ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དབང་བསྐུར་བ།

Sarvadevatābhiṣiktā

g.120

Sarvadevatāmātṛ

lha thams cad kyi ma

ལྷ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་མ།

Sarvadevatāmātṛ

g.121

Sarvadhanadhānyākarṣaṇaśrī

nor dang ’bru thams cad sdud pa’i dpal

ནོར་དང་འབྲུ་ཐམས་ཅད་སྡུད་པའི་དཔལ།

Sarvadhanadhānyākarṣaṇaśrī

g.122

Sarvadharmaprabhāsavyūhaśrī

chos kyi snang ba thams cad bkod pa’i dpal

ཆོས་ཀྱི་སྣང་བ་ཐམས་ཅད་བཀོད་པའི་དཔལ།

Sarvadharmaprabhāsavyūhaśrī

g.123

Sarvagrahaśrī

zla thams cad kyi dpal

ཟླ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Sarvagrahaśrī

g.124

Sarvakinnarasarvāsuryottamaśrī

dpal gyi mchog mi ’am ci mo thams cad dang lha ma yin mo thams cad kyi dpal gyi mchog

དཔལ་གྱི་མཆོག་མི་འམ་ཅི་མོ་ཐམས་ཅད་དང་ལྷ་མ་ཡིན་མོ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ་གྱི་མཆོག

Sarvakinnarasarvāsuryottamaśrī

g.125

Sarvālakṣmīnāśayitrī

bkra mi shis pa thams cad med par byed pa

བཀྲ་མི་ཤིས་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་མེད་པར་བྱེད་པ།

Sarvālakṣmīnāśayitrī

g.126

Sarvamaṅgaladhārin

dga’ byed kyi bkra bshis thams cad ’dzin pa

དགའ་བྱེད་ཀྱི་བཀྲ་བཤིས་ཐམས་ཅད་འཛིན་པ།

Sarvamaṅgaladhārin

g.127

Sarvamaṅgaladhāriṇī

bkra shis thams cad ’dzin ma

བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཐམས་ཅད་འཛིན་མ།

Sarvamaṅgaladhāriṇī

g.128

Sarvanadīsaricchrī

chu klung dang mtsho thams cad kyi dpal

ཆུ་ཀླུང་དང་མཚོ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Sarvanadīsaricchrī

g.129

Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkaṃbhin

sgrib pa thams cad rnam par sel ba

སྒྲིབ་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་རྣམ་པར་སེལ་བ།

Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkaṃbhin

A bodhisattva mahāsattva.

g.130

Sarvapāpahantrī

sdig pa thams cad ’phrog ma

སྡིག་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་འཕྲོག་མ།

Sarvapāpahantrī

g.131

Sarvapṛthivīśrī

sa thams cad dang rgyal po thams cad kyi dpal

ས་ཐམས་ཅད་དང་རྒྱལ་པོ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Sarvapṛthivīśrī
Sarvarājaśrī

g.132

Sarvapuṇyākarṣaṇaśrī

bsod nams thams cad sdud pa’i dpal

བསོད་ནམས་ཐམས་ཅད་སྡུད་པའི་དཔལ།

Sarvapuṇyākarṣaṇaśrī

g.133

Sarvapuṇyalakṣaṇadhārin

bsod nams kyi mtshan tham cad ’dzin pa

བསོད་ནམས་ཀྱི་མཚན་ཐམ་ཅད་འཛིན་པ།

Sarvapuṇyalakṣaṇadhārin

g.134

Sarvapuṇyopacitāṅgī

bsod nams kyi phung po thams cad kyi lus can

བསོད་ནམས་ཀྱི་ཕུང་པོ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་ལུས་ཅན།

Sarvapuṇyopacitāṅgī

g.135

Sarvarṣipavitraśrī

drang srong thams cad dag par byed pa’i dpal

དྲང་སྲོང་ཐམས་ཅད་དག་པར་བྱེད་པའི་དཔལ།

Sarvarṣipavitraśrī

g.136

Sarvāryaśrāvakapratyekabuddhaśrī

’phags pa nyan thos dang rang sangs ryas thams cad kyi dpal

འཕགས་པ་ཉན་ཐོས་དང་རང་སངས་རྱས་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Sarvāryaśrāvakapratyekabuddhaśrī

g.137

Sarvasattvābhimukhī

sems can thams cad la mngon du phyogs ma’i dpal

སེམས་ཅན་ཐམས་ཅད་ལ་མངོན་དུ་ཕྱོགས་མའི་དཔལ།

Sarvasattvābhimukhī

g.138

Sarvaśrī

bkra shis thams cad kyi dpal

བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Sarvaśrī

g.139

Sarvasumeruparvatarājaśrī

ri bo’i rgyal po ri rab thams cad kyi dpal

རི་བོའི་རྒྱལ་པོ་རི་རབ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Sarvasumeruparvatarājaśrī

g.140

Sarvasvarāṅgarutanirghoṣaśrī

gsung gi yan lag thams cad kyi sgra dbyangs dpal

གསུང་གི་ཡན་ལག་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་སྒྲ་དབྱངས་དཔལ།

Sarvasvarāṅgarutanirghoṣaśrī

g.141

Sarvatathāgatābhiṣiktā

de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad kyi dbang bskur ba

དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དབང་བསྐུར་བ།

Sarvatathāgatābhiṣiktā

g.142

Sarvatathāgatamātṛ

de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad kyi yum

དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་ཡུམ།

Sarvatathāgatamātṛ

g.143

Sarvatathāgataśrī

de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad kyi dpal

དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Sarvatathāgataśrī

g.144

Sarvatathāgatavaśavartinī

de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad dbang sgyur ma

དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་དབང་སྒྱུར་མ།

Sarvatathāgatavaśavartinī

g.145

Sarvatīrthā

mu tegs kyi sgo thams cad kyi bkra shis ma

མུ་ཏེགས་ཀྱི་སྒོ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་བཀྲ་ཤིས་མ།

Sarvatīrthā

g.146

Sarvatīrthābhimukhaśrī

mu tegs thams cad du mngon du phyogs pa’i dpal

མུ་ཏེགས་ཐམས་ཅད་དུ་མངོན་དུ་ཕྱོགས་པའི་དཔལ།

Sarvatīrthābhimukhaśrī

g.147

Sarvatīrthamaṅgaladhārin

mu stegs kyi bkra bshis tham cad ’dzin pa

མུ་སྟེགས་ཀྱི་བཀྲ་བཤིས་ཐམ་ཅད་འཛིན་པ།

Sarvatīrthamaṅgaladhārin

g.148

Sarvatoyasamudraśrī

chu thams cad kyi rgya mtsho’i dpal

ཆུ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་དཔལ།

Sarvatoyasamudraśrī

g.149

Sarvauṣadhitṛṇavanaspatidhanadhānyaśrī

sman dang rtsi tog dang shing dang nor dang ’bru thams cad kyi dpal

སྨན་དང་རྩི་ཏོག་དང་ཤིང་དང་ནོར་དང་འབྲུ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Sarvauṣadhitṛṇavanaspatidhanadhānyaśrī

g.150

Sarvavidyādhararājaśrī

rig sngags ’chang gi rgyal po thams cad kyi dpal

རིག་སྔགས་འཆང་གི་རྒྱལ་པོ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Sarvavidyādhararājaśrī

g.151

Sarvavidyādharavajrapāṇivajradharaśrī

rig sngags ’chang dang lag na rdo rje dang rdo rje ’chang ba thams cad kyi dpal

རིག་སྔགས་འཆང་དང་ལག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ་དང་རྡོ་རྗེ་འཆང་བ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དཔལ།

Sarvavidyādharavajrapāṇivajradharaśrī

g.152

Śatasahasrabhujā

lag pa ’bum dang ldan ma

ལག་པ་འབུམ་དང་ལྡན་མ།

Śatasahasrabhujā

g.153

Śatasahasrakoṭipadmavivarasaṃcchannā

pad ma’i mchog ’bum gyis bkab ma

པད་མའི་མཆོག་འབུམ་གྱིས་བཀབ་མ།

Śatasahasrakoṭipadmavivarasaṃcchannā

g.154

Śatasahasranayanā

mig ’bum dang ldan ma

མིག་འབུམ་དང་ལྡན་མ།

Śatasahasranayanā

g.155

Śatasahasraśirā

mgo ’bum dang ldan ma

མགོ་འབུམ་དང་ལྡན་མ།

Śatasahasraśirā

g.156

Sattvāśayaśamanaśarīraśrī

sems can gyi bsam pa zhi bar mdzad pa’i sku’i dpal

སེམས་ཅན་གྱི་བསམ་པ་ཞི་བར་མཛད་པའི་སྐུའི་དཔལ།

Sattvāśayaśamanaśarīraśrī

g.157

Saumyā

zhi ba ma

ཞི་བ་མ།

Saumyā

g.158

Saumyākarṣaṇaśrī

zhi ba ’dren pa’i dpal

ཞི་བ་འདྲེན་པའི་དཔལ།

Saumyākarṣaṇaśrī

g.159

Siṃhavāhinī

seng ge la zhon ma

སེང་གེ་ལ་ཞོན་མ།

Siṃhavāhinī

g.160

Smṛtiketurājaśrī

dran pa’i tog gi rgyal po’i dpal

དྲན་པའི་ཏོག་གི་རྒྱལ་པོའི་དཔལ།

Smṛtiketurājaśrī

g.161

Śrāvaka

nyan thos

ཉན་ཐོས།

śrāvaka
āryaśrāvaka

The disciples of the Buddha who followed the Lesser Vehicle (Hīnayāna). A śrāvaka is explained as someone who hears the teachings and then proclaims them to others.

g.162

Śrī Mahādevī

lha mo chen mo dpal

ལྷ་མོ་ཆེན་མོ་དཔལ།

Śrī Mahādevī

“Glorious Great Goddess.” This is also a widespread name in Hindu contexts; it is, for example, an epithet of Śiva’s consort.

g.163

Śrīghana

dpal stug po

དཔལ་སྟུག་པོ།

Śrīghana

g.164

Śrīmahāratnapratimaṇḍitā

dpal rin po ches brgyan pa

དཔལ་རིན་པོ་ཆེས་བརྒྱན་པ།

Śrīmahāratnapratimaṇḍitā

g.165

Śrīmaṇiratnasambhava

dpal nor bu rin po che las byung ba

དཔལ་ནོར་བུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ལས་བྱུང་བ།

Śrīmaṇiratnasambhava

g.166

Śubhā

dge ma

དགེ་མ།

Śubhā

g.167

Śubhakartrī

dge byed ma

དགེ་བྱེད་མ།

Śubhakartrī

g.168

Śūdra

dmangs rigs

དམངས་རིགས།

śūdra

The name of the lowest of the four castes. “Untouchables.”

g.169

Sukhakarī

sim par byed ma

སིམ་པར་བྱེད་མ།

Sukhakarī

g.170

Sukhāvatī

bde ba can

བདེ་བ་ཅན།

Sukhāvatī

g.171

Suparikīrtitanāmadheyaśrī

shin tu yongs su brjod pa mtshan gsol dpal

ཤིན་ཏུ་ཡོངས་སུ་བརྗོད་པ་མཚན་གསོལ་དཔལ།

Suparikīrtitanāmadheyaśrī

g.172

Surūpā

gzugs bzang ba

གཟུགས་བཟང་བ།

Surūpā

g.173

Sūryakāntā

nyi ma ltar mdzes ma

ཉི་མ་ལྟར་མཛེས་མ།

Sūryakāntā

g.174

Sūryaprabhāketuśrī

nyi ’od tog gi dpal

ཉི་འོད་ཏོག་གི་དཔལ།

Sūryaprabhāketuśrī

g.175

Sūryaśrī

nyi ma’i dpal

ཉི་མའི་དཔལ།

Sūryaśrī

g.176

Śvetā

dkar mo

དཀར་མོ།

Śvetā

g.177

Śvetabhujā

lag dkar ma

ལག་དཀར་མ།

Śvetabhujā

g.178

Tathāgata

de bzhin gshegs pa

དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ།

tathāgata

“Thus gone.” An epithet of buddhas.

g.179

Tejā

gzi brjid ldan ma

གཟི་བརྗིད་ལྡན་མ།

Tejā (tejovatī)

g.180

Tejovatī

gzi brjid ldan ma

གཟི་བརྗིད་ལྡན་མ།

Tejovatī (tejā)

g.181

Unnati

mthong ma

མཐོང་མ།

Unnati

Skt. “Advancement,” Tib. “She who has Vision.”

g.182

Upāsaka

dge bsnyen

དགེ་བསྙེན།

upāsaka

Layman.

g.183

Upāsikā

dge bsnyen ma

དགེ་བསྙེན་མ།

upāsikā

Laywoman.

g.184

Vaiśya

rje’u rigs

རྗེའུ་རིགས།

vaiśya

The merchant caste.

g.185

Vajrapāṇi

lag na rdo rje

ལག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ།

Vajrapāṇi

Definition from the 84000 Glossary of Terms:

As a bodhisattva, he is one of the eight “close sons” of the Buddha, representing the skillful ability or power of the awakened state. However, in early Buddhist literature, he appears as the yakṣa bodyguard of the Buddha, ready at times to shatter a person’s head into a hundred pieces with his vajra if he speaks inappropriately to the Buddha. His identity as a bodhisattva takes place with the rise of the Mantrayāna in such sūtras as The Basket’s Display (Kāraṇḍavyūha, Toh 116). In Tantra, he is also regarded as an important Buddhist deity, instrumental in the transmission of tantric scripture, and as the wrathful aspect of Vajrasattva.

His name, meaning “Wielder of the Thunderbolt,” is also used as a euphemism for Indra or a group of vajra-wielding deities in Indra’s realm.

g.186

Varuṇa

chu lha

ཆུ་ལྷ།

Varuṇa

Vedic deity of the sky, water, and ocean.

g.187

Vibhūtī

phun sum tshogs ma

ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་མ།

Vibhūtī

g.188

Vijayā

rnam rgyal ma

རྣམ་རྒྱལ་མ།

Vijayā

g.189

Vimalanirmalakaraśrī

dri ma med pa
dri ma med par byed pa’i dpal

དྲི་མ་མེད་པ།
དྲི་མ་མེད་པར་བྱེད་པའི་དཔལ།

Vimalanirmalakaraśrī

g.190

Viṣṇu

khyab ’jug

ཁྱབ་འཇུག

Viṣṇu

One of the eight great gods in the Indian pantheon.

g.191

Viśvarūpā

gzugs sna tshogs can

གཟུགས་སྣ་ཚོགས་ཅན།

Viśvarūpā

g.192

Vividhavicitramaṇimaulidharā

nor bu rnam pa sna tshogs kyis mdzes par byas pa’i cod pan thogs pa

ནོར་བུ་རྣམ་པ་སྣ་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་མཛེས་པར་བྱས་པའི་ཅོད་པན་ཐོགས་པ།

Vividhavicitramaṇimaulidharā

g.193

Vivṛddhi

rnam par skye ba ma

རྣམ་པར་སྐྱེ་བ་མ།

Vivṛddhi

The stog pho brang Kangyur has rnam par ’phel ma.

g.194

Yakṣa

gnod sbyin

གནོད་སྦྱིན།

yakṣa

Yakṣas are a class of beings who assail and cause harm to humans. One of the eight classes of spirits.

g.195

Yama

gshin rje

གཤིན་རྗེ།

Yama

Lord of the dead.

g.196

Yamavaruṇakuberavāsavaśrī

gshin rje dang chu lha dang ku be ra dang brgya byin la sogs pa’i dpal

གཤིན་རྗེ་དང་ཆུ་ལྷ་དང་ཀུ་བེ་ར་དང་བརྒྱ་བྱིན་ལ་སོགས་པའི་དཔལ།

Yamavaruṇakuberavāsavaśrī

g.197

Yaśā

rab grags ma

རབ་གྲགས་མ།

Yaśā

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The Prophecy of Śrī Mahādevī

Toh 193

Ākāśagarbha

Ālokakarā

Anasūyā

Aneka­ratnāṃśu­mālā

Annapānadā

Aprameya­suvarṇotta­prabhāsa­śrī

Arhat

Āryā

Asaṃkhyeya­vīrya­susaṃprasthita­śrī

Aṣṭa­grahāṣṭāviṃśati­nakṣatra­śrī

Asura

Avalokiteśvara

Definition from the 84000 Glossary of Terms:

Bahujīmūtā

Bhagavān

Bhikṣu

Bhikṣuṇī

Bhoktrī

Bhūta

Bhūtamātṛ

Brahmā

Brāhmaṇa

Brahmaśrī

Brahma­viṣṇu­maheśvara­śrī

Candana­kusuma­tejo­nakṣatra­prabhāsa­śrī

Candrakāntā

Candraśrī

Candrasūryaśrī

Candra­sūrya­trailokya­dhārin

Catuḥpañca­lokapāla­śrī

Caturvedaśrī

Dākṣāyaṇī

Dātrī

Dhanadā

Dhāraṇī

Dharmarājaśrī

Dharmaśrī

Dhārma­vikurvaṇa­dhvaja­vega­śrī

Dhātrī

Druma­rāja­vivardhita­śrī

Dyuti

Excellent Eon

Four Vedas

Gagana­pradīpābhirāma­śrī

Gambhīra­dharma­prabhā­rāja­śrī

Gandha­pradīpa­śrī

Gandharva

Gaṅgā

Gaṅgāsarva­tīrthamukha­maṅgala­śrī

Garuḍa

Guṇa­samudrāvabhāsa­maṇḍala­śrī

Hiraṇyadā

Indra

Indra­ketu­dhvaja­rāja­śrī

Jayā

Jñānārciḥsāgara­śrī

Jyotiḥsaumya­gandhāvabhāsa­śrī

Kinnara

Kṣatriya

Kṣitigarbha

Anekaratnāṃśumālā

Aprameyasuvarṇottaprabhāsaśrī

Asaṃkhyeyavīryasusaṃprasthitaśrī

Aṣṭagrahāṣṭāviṃśatinakṣatraśrī

Brahmaviṣṇumaheśvaraśrī

Candanakusumatejonakṣatraprabhāsaśrī

Candrasūryatrailokyadhārin

Catuḥpañcalokapālaśrī

Dhārmavikurvaṇadhvajavegaśrī

Drumarājavivardhitaśrī

Gaganapradīpābhirāmaśrī

Gambhīradharmaprabhārājaśrī

Gandhapradīpaśrī

Gaṅgāsarvatīrthamukhamaṅgalaśrī

Guṇasamudrāvabhāsamaṇḍalaśrī

Indraketudhvajarājaśrī

Jñānārciḥsāgaraśrī

Jyotiḥsaumyagandhāvabhāsaśrī