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ཁྲོ་བོ་ཆེན་པོའི་རྒྱུད།

The Tantra of Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa

Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa­tantram
དཔལ་གཏུམ་པོ་ཁྲོ་བོ་ཆེན་པོའི་རྒྱུད་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་པོ་དཔའ་བོ་གཅིག་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ།
dpal gtum po khro bo chen po’i rgyud kyi rgyal po dpa’ bo gcig pa zhes bya ba
The Glorious Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa Tantra “The Sole Hero”
Ekalla­vīrākhya­śrī­caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa­tantram
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Toh 431

Degé Kangyur, vol. 80 (rgyud ’bum, nga), folios 304.b–343.a

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Table of Contents

ti. Title
im. Imprint
co. Contents
s. Summary
ac. Acknowledgments
i. Introduction
tr. The Translation
+ 25 chapters- 25 chapters
1. Introduction
2. The Maṇḍala
3. Empowerment
4. Deity
5. Mantra
6. Completion Stage
7. Revitalizing the Body
8. Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa’s Nature
9. Meditation
10. In Praise of Women
11. The Universality of Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa
12. Mantra Rituals
13. Conduct
14. The Name Acala
15. Purities
16. Dependent Origination
17. Increasing the Semen
18. Preventing Disease
19. Retention of Semen and Similar Practices
20. Mantras and Yantras
21. Magical Practices
22. Controlling Prāṇa
23. Signs of Death
24. Nature of the Body
25. Deity Practice
c. Colophon
ap. Sanskrit Text
+ 25 chapters- 25 chapters
app. Prologue to the Sanskrit Text
ap1. Chapter A1
ap2. Chapter A2
ap3. Chapter A3
ap4. Chapter A4
ap5. Chapter A5
ap6. Chapter A6
ap7. Chapter A7
ap8. Chapter A8
ap9. Chapter A9
ap10. Chapter A10
ap11. Chapter A11
ap12. Chapter A12
ap13. Chapter A13
ap14. Chapter A14
ap15. Chapter A15
ap16. Chapter A16
ap17. Chapter A17
ap18. Chapter A18
ap19. Chapter A19
ap20. Chapter A20
ap21. Chapter A21
ap22. Chapter A22
ap23. Chapter A23
ap24. Chapter A24
ap25. Chapter A25
n. Notes
b. Bibliography
+ 4 sections- 4 sections
· Tibetan Manuscript of the Root Text
· Sanskrit Manuscripts of the Root Text
· Manuscripts of the Commentary
· Secondary Sources
g. Glossary

s.

Summary

s.­1

Written around the tenth or the eleventh century ᴄᴇ, in the late Mantra­yāna period, The Tantra of Caṇḍa­mahāroṣaṇa represents the flowering of the Yoginī­tantra genre. The tantra offers instructions on how to attain the wisdom state of Buddha Caṇḍa­mahāroṣaṇa through the practice of the four joys. The tantra covers a range of practices and philosophical perspectives of late tantric Buddhism, including the development stage, the completion stage, the use of mantras, and a number of magical rites and rituals. The text is quite unique with its tribute to and apotheosis of women and, in this regard, probably has few parallels anywhere else in world literature. It is written in the spirit of great sincerity and devotion, and it is this very spirit that mitigates, and at the same time empowers, the text’s stark imagery and sometimes shocking practices. This text certainly calls for an open mind.


ac.

Acknowledgments

ac.­1

This translation was produced by Dharmachakra Translation Committee under the supervision of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche. Wiesiek Mical translated the text from the Sanskrit manuscripts, prepared the Sanskrit edition, and wrote the introduction. The translation was then compared against the Tibetan translation found in the Degé Kangyur by James Gentry, and edited by Andreas Doctor.

The Dharmachakra Translation Committee is also indebted to Professor Harunaga Isaacson and Dr. Péter Szántó for their help in obtaining facsimiles of some of the manuscripts, and to Professor Isaacson for making available some of his personal materials.

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


i.

Introduction

i.­1

Like most Buddhist tantras, the Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa­tantra (CMT) is regarded within the Vajrayāna tradition as a divinely revealed text, with its teachings delivered directly from the level of the saṃbhogakāya, that is, the bliss body of Lord Buddha. In such tantras, the saṃbhogakāya deity who delivers the original discourse varies‍—it could be Avalokiteśvara, Vajrapāṇi, or others. In this case, it is Lord Vajrasattva. The teaching itself takes the form of a dialogue between Vajrasattva and his consort. Lord Vajrasattva here assumes the identity of the deity Acala (Immovable One), which is another name for the deity of the title, Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa (Fierce Great Angry One). His consort is Vajra­dhātvīśvarī (Goddess of the Vajra Realm).


The Translation
The Tantra of Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa

1.
Chapter 1

Introduction

[F.304.b]


1.­1

Oṁ, homage to Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa!


Thus have I heard at one time. Lord Vajrasattva dwelt within the bhaga of the goddess of the Vajra Realm, which is the essence of body, speech, and mind of all tathāgatas. He dwelt there together with many hosts of vajra yogins and yoginīs, namely: White Acala vajra yogin, Yellow Acala vajra yogin, Red Acala vajra yogin, Green Acala vajra yogin, Delusion Vajrī vajra yoginī, Calumny Vajrī vajra yoginī, Passion Vajrī vajra yoginī, and Envy Vajrī vajra yoginī. He dwelt there with trillions of yogins and yoginīs, headed by those just mentioned.


2.
Chapter 2

The Maṇḍala

2.­1

Then the blessed Hatred Vajrī tightly embraced Lord Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa and said:

“What is the size of the maṇḍala,
And with what materials should it be drawn?
And also, what is to be written in its center?
Tell me, O lord!”
2.­2

The lord then said:

“The size of the maṇḍala
Should be one cubit, two cubits,
Three cubits, four or five‍—
But not more than five cubits in measure.
2.­3
“It should be made with powders of whatever substances
And of different colors,
With four corners, four doors,
And adorned with four archways.

3.
Chapter 3

Empowerment

3.­1

Then the goddess said:

“How should the student be prepared,
And how should he be engaged in this tantra?
How are his doubts resolved?
Please explain this, O great lord!”
3.­2

The lord then said:

“First one should give him the triple refuge,
The five disciplines, and the fast.
Then the five empowerments,
The secret empowerment, and lastly the wisdom-consort empowerment.
3.­3
“Then the disciple will be fit.
One should explain this tantra to him alone;
One should keep others far away,
Otherwise one will go to Raurava Hell.

4.
Chapter 4

Deity

4.­1

Then the goddess said:

“How should he meditate,
The meditator on Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa?
What mantra should he recite?
Please tell me, O great lord!”
4.­2

The lord then said:

“In a place pleasing to the mind
And free from all distractions,
One whose mind is in equipoise
Should prepare a pleasant seat.
4.­3
“First one should cultivate loving kindness;
Second, compassion;
Third, sympathetic ‌joy;
And, to complete the lot, ‌equanimity.
4.­4
“Then one should visualize the seed syllable in one’s heart,
Standing on the sun, which is on the moon, which is on the lotus.
One should visualize Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa in front,
Arisen from light rays of the seed syllable.

5.
Chapter 5

Mantra

5.­1

“Now I will teach the complete collection of mantras.” So saying, the lord entered the absorption called Victory over All Māras, and presented the collection of mantras.

“The root mantra: Oṁ, Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa, hūṁ phaṭ!36
The second root mantra: Oṁ, Acala, hūṁ phaṭ!37
The third root mantra: Oṁ hūṁ phaṭ!
The heart mantra: Hūṁ
The second heart mantra: Āṁ
The third heart mantra: Haṁ.

6.
Chapter 6

Completion Stage

6.­1

Then the goddess Prajñāpāramitā embraced the lord tightly, rubbing her lotus against his vajra, and said:

“How should one meditate
According to the practice of the completion stage?
Please elaborate on this question
For the good of the yoginīs.”
6.­2

The lord then said:

“Immersed in the practice of the completion stage
And wholly devoted to his practice, a yogin
Should visualize my form,
With one-pointed mind, day and night.
6.­3
“He should visualize his woman [F.311.b]
In your form, incisively.
Through intensive practice like this,
He will achieve mastery.

7.
Chapter 7

Revitalizing the Body

7.­1

Then the goddess said:

“The fatigue of any person practicing
Sexual intercourse would be great.
Please deign to explain, O lord,
For everybody’s sake, how to remove this fatigue.”
7.­2

The lord said:

“When one has noticed, with one’s own senses,
That the pleasure given by the woman has died out,
One should eat fish and meat,
And drink wine, being focused.
7.­3
“Other food too, as available,
Boiled grain66 and so on, milk and water.
First he should give to the woman,
And eat only what has been left by her.

8.
Chapter 8

Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa’s Nature

8.­1

Then the lord made full prostrations to the goddess and said: [F.316.a]

“How should a yogin
Perceive your form, dear?
And by what means should the goddess
Be honored by the yogins?”
8.­2

The goddess then said:

“Whenever a female form is seen
In the world of the three abodes,
It should be regarded as my form,
Be it of low or respectable family.
8.­3
“A goddess or demigoddess,
Or a yakṣiṇī, a rākṣasī,
A nāginī, a bhūtinī,
A kinnarī, or a human girl,
8.­4
“A gandharvī, even a female hell-being,
A she-animal, a female hungry ghost,
A woman from the priestly, warrior, or merchant caste,
Or a peasant woman, or one of endless other groups,

9.
Chapter 9

Meditation

9.­1

Then the goddess said, “How, O lord, should the wisdom and the means, the woman and the man, cultivate their identification with the deities?”

The lord said:

“A yogin should place the woman in front
And look deeply in her eyes.
He should make his body straight
And meditate with one-pointed mind.
9.­2
“Because of the nature of the four bodies,
There is no separation, not even in the slightest.
However, without understanding,
A distinction is perceived between wisdom and means.

10.
Chapter 10

In Praise of Women

10.­1

Then the goddess said, “Is it possible, O lord, to attain the level of Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa even without a woman? [F.318.b] Or is it not possible?”

The lord replied, “It is not possible, O goddess.”

The goddess said, “Is it impossible, O lord, because bliss does not arise?”

The lord said:

“The highest awakening is not attained
Merely by the arising of bliss.
Only by the arising of a particular kind of bliss
Can it be reached, not otherwise.

11.
Chapter 11

The Universality of Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa

11.­1

Then the blessed lady said, “Are you, O lord, with or without passion?”

The blessed lord said:

“I am everyone, and I pervade everything,
Creating everything and destroying everything.
I possess all forms, I am the awakened one;
I am the creator, the destroyer, a powerful lord full of bliss.
11.­2
“Through whatever form
Beings may be guided,
In that very form, I abide
For the benefit of the world.

12.
Chapter 12

Mantra Rituals

12.­1

Then the blessed lady said:

“Please explain about applying mantras‍—
The pacifying and the enriching;
The practices of enthralling and summoning;
The killing, the driving away, and so forth.
12.­2
“The removing of poison, the removing of disease,
The stopping of a fire or a sword.
Also the victory in battle
And the most eminent scholarship.
12.­3
“The sādhana of yakṣiṇīs that inducts them into service,
The sādhanas of dūtas and bhūtas‍—
These skills and arts of many types‍—
Please explain them to me, O lord, with a firm motive.”

13.
Chapter 13

Conduct

13.­1

The goddess then said:

“What conduct should be followed by a yogin?
Tell me, O lord!
And what practice ought to be done?
By what means is accomplishment speedily attained?”
13.­2

The lord said:

“Killed should be the evil ones‍—
Those who disparage the Buddha’s teaching.
Having seized their wealth,
One should perform the benefit of beings. [F.325.a]
13.­3
“All widows should indeed be attended upon;
Female ascetics, one’s mother or daughter.
One should consume fish and meat,
And drink wine, in a state of mental equilibrium.

14.
Chapter 14

The Name Acala

14.­1

Then in that gathering, a vajra yogin called Samantabhadra said this to the Blessed One, “May I ask, O lord, why do we use the names Acala (Immovable), as well as Ekallavīra (Sole Hero) and Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa (Great Fierce Angry One)?”

The Blessed One replied:

“Because of the union of wisdom and skillful means,
It is immovable and by nature blissful.
It is the wisdom and skillful means itself,
And therefore cannot be swayed by dispassion.

15.
Chapter 15

Purities

15.­1

Then the blessed lady, Delusion Vajrī, said, “How can Sole Hero be actualized? Tell me, O supreme lord!” [F.327.a]

The lord then said:

“Starting from the syllable ā,
One should instantly visualize Black Acala.
Then, merely by the power of stability,
The yogin will certainly become a buddha.
15.­2
“One should meditate on White Acala,
Or the yellow one, or the red one.
Or one should meditate on the green one,
Embraced by Hatred Vajrī, and so forth.
15.­3
“One should visualize him alone,
Assuming him to be the central figure among the five Acalas.
The wisdom should belong to his spiritual family,
Or alternatively one should visualize her as being from another spiritual family.

16.
Chapter 16

Dependent Origination

16.­1

Then the Blessed Lady said:

“How does the world come into being?
How does it meet its end?
How does accomplishment come about?
Tell me, O supreme lord!”
16.­2

The Blessed One then said:

“Formations have ignorance for their cause.
Consciousness has formations for its cause.
Name and form have consciousness for their cause.
The six cognitive fields have name and form for their cause.
Contact has the six cognitive fields for its cause.
Sensation has contact for its cause.
Craving has sensation for its cause.
Grasping has craving for its cause.
Becoming has grasping for its cause.
Birth has becoming for its cause.
Old age, death, grief, lamentation, pain, despair, and turmoil have birth for their cause‍—in this way arises this whole great heap of suffering. [F.328.b]

17.
Chapter 17

Increasing the Semen

17.­1

Then the Blessed Lady said:

“Lord, this sexual union
Can increase and vitalize
The semen, menstrual blood, penis, vagina, and breasts,
Since it prevents the development of diseases.
17.­2
“As there are methods for bringing the woman’s mind to the state of enthrallment,
And also for treating barrenness,132
For arresting the semen, and causing the menstrual blood to flow‍—
Please explain these methods.”
17.­3

The Blessed One then said:

“Well done! Well done, O goddess,
That you have made this request to me!

18.
Chapter 18

Preventing Disease

18.­1

Then the lord said:

“One should blend the root of castor-oil plant with sour gruel, and rub it on the head. This will cure headache.

18.­2

“One should fill the ear with lukewarm urine of a goat, cow, or human, with added salt. This will cure ear diseases. Alternatively one should place a dried spider into sesame oil.146

18.­3

“One should make a pill from clearing nut, long pepper, emblic myrobalan, turmeric, and sweet flag, mixed with dew water. If one anoints the eyes with it, all eye diseases will be cured. Alternatively one should anoint them with honey and long pepper.


19.
Chapter 19

Retention of Semen and Similar Practices

19.­1

Then the lord said:

“One should make a pill from the root of white butterfly pea with semen, and make a tilak mark on a woman’s forehead. Then she will become enthralled.

19.­2

“One should smear one’s penis with tubeflower, sweet flag, and honey, and make love to a woman. One will enthrall her.

19.­3

“One should administer to a woman costus and the root of vernonia, together with betel. Similarly one can administer tubeflower, false black pepper, sweet flag, costus, and cobra’s saffron, together with betel. She will become enthralled.158


20.
Chapter 20

Mantras and Yantras

20.­1

Then the goddess requested the lord:

“I would like to learn about other things,
Which are equally interesting, O lord!
Namely about the proficiency in mantra and yantra,
Which have been described as being of many types.
20.­2
“Also everything about the practice of winds
And the signs of death.
Also about the nature of the body as an instrument‍—
Please do me this favor, right now!”
20.­3

The lord then said:

“Well done, O goddess, well done! It is good that
You have asked me about this.
Accordingly I will now deliver
A complete summary of the disciplines.

21.
Chapter 21

Magical Practices

21.­1

Then the lord said:

“One should perform all the following rituals with this mantra while visualizing Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa: ‘Oṁ, Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa, you who are a teacher of all magic! Teach all the magical methods to remove obstacles! Hūṁ phaṭ!’225

21.­2

“One should saturate a thickly woven cloth with the sap of cluster fig. Then one should blend sesame oil with oleogum resin, and throw it onto this cloth. One should make a wick from it. The lamp, with its glow, will burn steadily under water.226


22.
Chapter 22

Controlling Prāṇa

22.­1

The lord then said:

“Prāṇa is in the heart, apāna in the anus,
Samāna in the navel area,
Udāna in the area of the throat,
And vyāna in the entire body.
22.­2
“The most important among them is
The prāṇa, located in the heart.
Through the cycle of breathing in and out,
It sustains the life of all beings.
22.­3
“With the system of sixteen saṃkrānti,
Each breath is one daṇḍa in duration.
With the passing of the four maṇḍalas,
There are 21,600 breaths.
22.­4
“Breathing through the right nostril‍—
This is called the maṇḍala of fire.
Breathing through the left nostril‍—
This is called the maṇḍala of wind.

23.
Chapter 23

Signs of Death

23.­1

Then the lord said:

“If one feels a prickling sensation in one’s navel when pricking the soles of the feet, death will come within three days. If one feels a prickling sensation in one’s eyes when pricking the soles of the feet, it will come within three months. If one feels a prickling sensation in one’s nose when pricking the soles of one’s feet, it will come within three months.


24.
Chapter 24

Nature of the Body

24.­1

Then the lord said:

“After the mother and the father unite,
The moon has the nature of the five elements and
The sun has the nature of the five elements.
Through the meeting of these two,
24.­2
“A being is born again‍—
One of the nature of wisdom and means.
Bones and sinews will be formed from the moon;
And flesh, and other matter, from the sun.
24.­3
“It becomes a body, which is devoid of self,
And is produced by the beings’ karma.
By nature it is like a magical display,
Similar to a city of gandharvas.

25.
Chapter 25

Deity Practice

25.­1

Then the goddess said:

“I want to hear more
About the arising of the perfection of wisdom‌.
Please grant me this favor, my lord;
Speak briefly, without elaborating too much.”
25.­2

The lord then said:

“I will now teach
The arising of Perfection of Wisdom‌‍—
The goddess who sits in sattvaparyaṅka posture,
With the body of a sixteen-year-old.
25.­3
“She is blue, greatly exalted in merit,
Crowned with Akṣobhya.
In her raised right hand, she holds a red lotus;
In her left hand, which is in the playful attitude,

c.

Colophon

Dharmas arise based on causes, and those causes and their cessation the Thus-Gone One has explained. This is the teaching of the Great Ascetic.264


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Appendix

Sanskrit Text

Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇatantram
app.

Prologue to the Sanskrit Text

app.­1

Sigla:

Manuscripts

A – Ekallavīranāmacaṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantram. Royal Asiatic Society, London. Ref.: Cowell 46/31.

B – Ekallavīranāmacaṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantram. National Archives of Nepal, Kathmandu. Ref.: NGMPP 3/687, Reel no. A 994/4.

Gt – Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇatantram. University of Göttingen Library, Göttingen. Ref.: Bandurski Xc 14/43–45.

P – Padmāvatīnāmā Pañjikā by Mahāsukhavajra. National Archives of Nepal, Kathmandu. Ref.: NGMPP 3/502, Reel no. B 31/7.

Published Editions

G – George 1974

Po – Poussin 1897

T – Dpal gtum po khro bo chen po’i rgyud kyi rgyal po dpa’ bo gcig pa zhes bya ba. Toh 431, Degé Kangyur, vol 80 (rgyud ’bum, nga), folios 304b–343a.

ap1.

Chapter A1

ap1.­1
oṁ namaś caṇḍamahāroṣaṇāya ||

evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasmin samaye bhagavān vajrasattvaḥ sarvatathāgatakāyavākcittahṛdayavajradhātvīśvarībhage vijahāra | anekaiś ca vajrayogiyoginīgaṇaiḥ | tadyathā | śvetācalena vajrayoginā | pītācalena ca vajrayoginā | raktācalena ca vajrayoginā | śyāmācalena ca vajrayoginā | mohavajryā ca vajrayoginyā | piśunavajryā ca vajrayoginyā | rāgavajryā ca vajrayoginyā | īrṣyāvajryā ca vajrayoginyā | evaṃpramukhair yogiyoginīkoṭiniyutaśatasahasraiḥ ||

ap2.

Chapter A2

ap2.­1
atha bhagavatī dveṣavajrī bhagavantaṃ caṇḍamahāroṣaṇaṃ gāḍham āliṅgyāha |
maṇḍalasya kiyan mānaṃ vartanīyañ ca kena hi |
likhitavyañ ca tathā tatra madhye kiṃ brūhi me prabho ||
ap2.­2
atha bhagavān āha |
maṇḍalasya bhaven mānaṃ caikahastaṃ dvihastakam |
trihastaṃ vā catuḥpañca pañcamānaṃ na cādhikam ||
ap2.­3
yasya tasyaiva cūrṇena nānāvarṇakṛtena ca |
caturaśrañ caturdvāraṃ catustoraṇābhūṣitam ||
ap2.­4
bhāgena cāṣṭamenaiva dvāraṃ tasya prakalpayet |
dvāramānena niryūhaṃ tadardhena kapolakam ||
ap3.

Chapter A3

ap3.­1
atha bhagavaty āha |
kathaṃ śiṣyo bhavet bhavyo yojitavyo 'tra tantrake |
nirviśaṅkaś ca kartavyaḥ kathaya tvaṃ mahāprabho ||
ap3.­2
atha bhagavān āha |
ādau triśaraṇaṃ dadyāt pañcaśikṣāś ca poṣadham |
tataḥ pañcābhiṣekaṃ tu guhyaṃ prajñāṃ ca śeṣataḥ ||
ap3.­3
tato bhavyo bhavec chiṣyas tantraṃ tasyaiva deśayet |
dūrato varjayed anyam anyathā rauravaṃ vrajet ||
ap3.­4
tatreyaṃ triśaraṇagāthā |
buddhaṃ gacchāmi śaraṇaṃ yāvad ābodhimaṇḍataḥ |
dharmaṃ gacchāmi śaraṇaṃ saṅghaṃ cāvetyaśraddhayā ||
ap3.­5
tatreyaṃ pañcaśikṣāgāthā |
ap4.

Chapter A4

ap4.­1
atha bhagavaty āha |
bhāvitavyaṃ kathaṃ caṇḍaroṣaṇabhāvakena hi |
japtavyaṃ kīdṛśaṃ mantraṃ vada tvaṃ parameśvara ||
ap4.­2
atha bhagavān āha |
mano 'nukūlake deśe sarvopadravavarjite |
āsanaṃ kalpayet tatra yathālabdhaṃ samāhitaḥ ||
ap4.­3
prathamaṃ bhāvayen maitrīṃ dvitīye karuṇāṃ vibhāvayet |
tṛtīye bhāvayen muditām upekṣāṃ sarvaśeṣataḥ ||
ap4.­4
tato hṛdi bhāvayed bījaṃ padmacandraraviṣṭhitam |
raśmibhiḥ purato dhyāyān niṣpannaṃ caṇḍaroṣaṇam ||
ap4.­5
pūjayen manasā taṃ ca puṣpadhūpādibhir budhaḥ |
tadagre deśayet pāpaṃ sarvapuṇyaṃ pramodayet ||
ap5.

Chapter A5

ap5.­1

athātaḥ sampravakṣyāmi sarvamantrasamuccayam | atha bhagavān sarvamāraparājayaṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpadyedaṃ mantrasamuccayam āha |

oṁ caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa hūṁ phaṭ | mūlamantraḥ ||
oṁ acala hūṁ phaṭ | dvitīyamūlamantraḥ ||
oṁ hūṁ phaṭ | tṛtīyamūlamantraḥ ||
hūṁ | hṛdayamantraḥ ||
āṁ | hṛdayamantro dvitīyaḥ ||
haṁ | tṛtīyahṛdayamantraḥ ||
ap5.­2

oṁ hrāṁ hrīṁ hrauṁ caṇḍarūpe caṭa caṭa pracaṭa pracaṭa kaṭṭa kaṭṭa prasphura prasphura prasphāraya prasphāraya hana hana grasa grasa bandha bandha jambhaya jambhaya stambhaya stambhaya mohaya mohaya sarvaśatrūṇāṃ mukhabandhanaṃ kuru kuru sarvaḍākinīnāṃ graha­bhūta­piśāca­vyādhi­yakṣānāṃ trāsaya trāsaya mara mara māraya māraya rurucaṇḍaruk rakṣa rakṣa devadattaṃ caṇḍamahāsenaḥ sarvam ājñāpayati | oṁ caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa hūṁ phaṭ | mālāmantraḥ ||

ap6.

Chapter A6

ap6.­1

atha bhagavatī prajñāpāramitā bhagavantaṃ gāḍham āliṅgya padmena vajragharṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā prāha |

niṣpannakramayogena bhāvanā kīdṛśī bhavet |
yoginīnāṃ hitārthāya pṛcchitaṃ saphalīkuru ||
ap6.­2
atha bhagavān āha |
niṣpannakramayogastho yogī yogaikatatparaḥ |
bhāvayed ekacittena mama rūpam aharniśam ||
ap6.­3
kalpayet svastriyam tāvat tava rūpeṇa nirbharam280 |
gāḍhenaivātiyogena yathaiva sphuṭatāṃ vrajet ||
ap6.­4
mātaraṃ duhitaraṃ cāpi bhaginīṃ bhāgineyikām |
anyāṃ ca jñātinīṃ sarvāṃ ḍombinīṃ brāhmanīṃ tathā ||
ap7.

Chapter A7

ap7.­1
atha bhagavaty āha |
maithunaṃ kurvato jantor mahān syāt pariśramaḥ |
tasya viśramaṇaṃ nātha jantvarthe vaktum arhasi ||
ap7.­2
bhagavān āha |
straiṇyaṃ saukhyaṃ samālambya svapratyakṣe nirodhitam |
bhuñjīta matsyamāṃsaṃ tu piben madyaṃ samāhitaḥ ||
ap7.­3
anyabhakṣyaṃ yathālabdhaṃ bhaktādiṃ309 kṣīranīrakam |
strīṇāṃ prathamato dadyāt tadutsṛṣṭaṃ310 tu bhakṣayet ||
ap7.­4
tasyā utsṛṣṭapattre311 tu bhoktavyaṃ ca nirantaram |
tasyāś cācamanaṃ nīraṃ padmaprakṣālanaṃ pibet ||
ap7.­5
guda312 prakṣālanaṃ gṛhya mukhādiṃ kṣālayed vratī |
vāntaṃ tu bhakṣayet tasyā bhakṣayec ca catuḥsamam ||
ap8.

Chapter A8

ap8.­1
atha bhagavān bhagavatīṃ pañcamaṇḍalair namaskṛtyāha |
tvadīyaṃ yoginā rūpaṃ jñātavyaṃ tu kathaṃ priye |
bhagavatī cārādhitā kena yogināṃ318 vā bhaviṣyati ||
ap8.­2
atha bhagavaty āha |
yāvad dhi dṛśyate loke strīrūpaṃ bhuvanatraye |
tan madīyaṃ mataṃ rūpaṃ nīcānīcakulaṃ gatam ||
ap8.­3
devī cāsurī caiva yakṣiṇī rākṣasī tathā |
nāginī bhūtinīkanyā kinnarī mānuṣī tathā ||
ap8.­4
gandharvī nārakī caiva tiryakkanyātha pretikā |
brāhmaṇī kṣatriṇī vaiśyā śudrī319 cātyantavistarā ||
ap8.­5
kāyasthī320 rājaputrī ca śiṣṭinī kara-uttinī |
vaṇijinī vāriṇī veśyā ca tariṇī321 carmakāriṇī ||
ap9.

Chapter A9

ap9.­1
atha bhagavaty āha | kathaṃ bhagavan prajñopāyayor ahaṃkāro bhāvanīyaḥ |
bhagavān āha |
yogī strīm agrataḥ kṛtvānyonyadṛṣṭitatparaḥ |
ṛjukāyaṃ samādāya dhyāyed ekāgramānasaḥ ||
ap9.­2
catuṣkāyasvabhāvatvād bhedo nāsti manāg api |
vinā bodhaṃ punar bhedaḥ prajñopāyayor mataḥ ||
ap9.­3
mṛtyur evocyate dharmaḥ sambhogas tv antarābhavaḥ |
nirmāṇaḥ ṣaḍgate rūpaṃ kāmabhogo mahāsukhaḥ ||
ap9.­4
catuṣkāyasvabhāvo 'yaṃ puṃrūpas tu tridhātuke |
catuṣkāyasvabhāvā ca strīrūpā tu tridhātuke ||
ap9.­5
pumān eva bhaved buddhaś catuṣkāyasvabhāvataḥ |
prajñāpāramitā strī ca sarvadikṣu vyavasthitā ||
ap10.

Chapter A10

ap10.­1

atha bhagavaty āha | kiṃ bhagavan strīvyatirekeṇāpi śakyate sādhayituṃ caṇḍamahāroṣaṇapadam utāho na śakyate |

bhagavān āha | na śakyate devi |
bhagavaty āha | kiṃ bhagavan sukhānudayān na śakyate |
bhagavān āha |
na sukhodayamātreṇa labhyate bodhir uttamā |
sukhaviśeṣodayād eva prāpyate sā ca nānyathā ||
ap10.­2
tac ca kāryaṃ vinā naiva kāraṇenaiva jāyate |
kāraṇaṃ ca striyā yogo na cānyo hi kadācana ||
ap10.­3
sarvāsām eva māyānāṃ strīmāyaiva praśasyate |
tām evātikramed yo 'sau na siddhiṃ so 'dhigacchati ||
ap11.

Chapter A11

ap11.­1
atha bhagavaty āha | kiṃ tvaṃ bhagavan sarāgo 'si vītarāgo vā |
bhagavān āha |
sarvo 'haṃ sarvavyāpī ca sarvakṛt sarvanāśakaḥ |
sarvarūpadharo buddhaḥ kartā hartā prabhuḥ sukhī ||
ap11.­2
yene yenaiva rūpeṇa sattvā yānti vineyatām |
tena tenaiva rūpeṇa sthito 'haṃ lokahetave ||
ap11.­3
kvacid buddhaḥ kvacit siddhaḥ kvacid dharmo 'tha saṃghakaḥ |
kvacit pretaḥ kvacit tiryak kvacin nārakarūpakaḥ ||
ap11.­4
kvacid devo 'suraś caiva kvacin mānuṣarūpakaḥ |
kvacit sthāvararūpo 'haṃ viśvarūpī na saṃśayaḥ ||
ap11.­5
ahaṃ strī puruṣaś cāpi napuṃsakarūpaḥ kvacit |
kvacid rāgī kvacid dveṣī kvacin mohī śuciḥ kvacit ||
ap12.

Chapter A12

ap12.­1
atha bhagavaty āha |
mantrāṇāṃ sādhanaṃ brūhi śāntikaṃ pauṣṭikaṃ tathā |
vaśyākṛṣṭiprayogaṃ ca māraṇoccāṭanādikam ||
ap12.­2
viṣanāśaṃ vyādhināśaṃ vahnikhaḍgādistambhanam |
saṃgrāme vijayaṃ cāpi pāṇḍityam athottamam ||
ap12.­3
yakṣiṇīsādhanaṃ ceṭaṃ dūtabhūtādi­sādhanam |
sāmarthyam anekavijñānaṃ niścitaṃ me vada prabho ||
ap12.­4
atha bhagavān āha |
caṇḍaroṣaṇasamādhistho mantrasādhanam ārabhet |
prathamaṃ sādhayet sārdhadaśa­varṇātmakaṃ hṛdam ||
ap12.­5
mūlamantram iti khyātaṃ sarva­mantra­prasādhakam |
likhitaṃ tiṣṭhate yatra tatra svasti bhavet punaḥ ||
ap13.

Chapter A13

ap13.­1
atha bhagavaty āha |
sthātavyaṃ yoginā kena saṃvareṇa vada prabho |
caryā ca kīdṛśī kāryā siddhiḥ kenāśu labhyate ||
ap13.­2
bhagavān āha |
māraṇīyā hi vai duṣṭā buddhaśā[sa]nadūṣakāḥ |
teṣām eva dhanaṃ gṛhya sattvebhyo hitam ācaret ||
ap13.­3
caṇḍāḥ sarvā hi vai sevyā yatinyo mātaraṃ sutīm|
bhakṣayet matsyamāṃsaṃ tu piben madyaṃ samāhitaḥ ||
ap13.­4
mithyayā svaparayor doṣaṃ cchādayed dhyānatatparaḥ |
sidhyate nirvikalpātmā guptaśikṣāprayogataḥ ||
ap13.­5
yena yenaiva pāpena sattvā gacchanty adhogatim |
tena tenaiva pāpena yogī śīghraṃ prasidhyati ||
ap14.

Chapter A14

ap14.­1

atha tasmin parṣadi samantabhadro nāma vajrayogī bhagavantam etad avocat | paripṛcchāmy ahaṃ nātha kim artham acalasaṃjñakam ekallavīrasaṃjñā ca caṇḍamaharoṣaṇeti ca |


atha bhagavān āha |
prajñopāyasamāyogān niścalaṃ sukharūpiṇam |
prajñopāyātmakaṃ tac ca virāgeṇa na cālitam ||
ap14.­2
tenaivācalam ākhyātaṃ vajrasattvasvarūpiṇam |
dvibhujaikamukhaṃ śāntaṃ svaccham apratighamanaḥ ||
ap14.­3
khaḍgapāśakarābhyāṃ tu prajñāliṅganatatparam |
sattvaparyaṅkam āsīnaṃ padmacandraravisthitam ||
ap15.

Chapter A15

ap15.­1
atha bhagavatī dveṣavajry uvāca | ekavīraḥ kathaṃ sidhyed brūhi tvaṃ parameśvara |
atha bhagavān āha |
jhaṭity ākārayogena kṛṣṇācalaṃ vibhāvayet |
tataḥ sthairyabalād eva yogī buddho na saṃśayaḥ ||
ap15.­2
śvetaṃ cācalaṃ dhyāyāt pītaṃ vā raktam eva vā |
śyāmaṃ vācalaṃ dhyāyād dveṣavajryādisampuṭam ||
ap15.­3
madhye pañcācalānāṃ vai gṛhītvaikaṃ vibhāvayet |
prajñāṃ tu tatkulīnāṃ tu anyāṃ vātha bhāvayet ||
ap15.­4
sidhyate tena yogena yogī śīghraṃ na saṃśayaḥ |
prajñayā rahitaṃ vātha bhāvayet susamāhitaḥ ||
ap16.

Chapter A16

ap16.­1
atha bhagavaty āha |
katham utpadyate lokaḥ kathaṃ yāti kṣayaṃ punaḥ |
kathaṃ vā bhavet siddhir brūhi tvaṃ parameśvara ||
ap16.­2
atha bhagavān āha |
avidyāpratyayāḥ saṃskārāḥ |
saṃskārapratyayaṃ vijñānam |
vijñānapratyayaṃ nāmarūpam |
nāmarūpapratyayaṃ ṣaḍāyatanam |
ṣaḍāyatanapratyayaḥ sparśaḥ |
sparśapratyayā vedanā |
vedanāpratyayā tṛṣṇā |
tṛṣṇāpratyayam upādānam |
upādānapratyayo bhavaḥ |
bhavapratyayā jātiḥ |
jātipratyayā jarāmaraṇaśoka­pari­deva­duḥkha­daurmanasyopāyāsāḥ | evam asya kevalasya mahato duḥkha­skandhasya samudayo bhavati ||
ap17.

Chapter A17

ap17.­1
atha bhagavaty āha |
nāthedaṃ sampuṭaṃ śukraraktaliṅgabhagastane |
pravṛddhe śakyate kartuṃ vyādhivṛddhatvanāśanāt ||
ap17.­2
strīmanovaśyatābhāvāt tadvad vyākaraṇād api |
śukrasya stambhanād raktadrāvaṇād brūhi yogakam ||
ap17.­3
atha bhagavān āha |
sādhu sādhu kṛtaṃ devi yad aham adhyeṣitas tvayā |
vakṣye nānāvidhaṃ tac ca śṛṇu lokārthasiddhaye |
śarīraṃ śodhayed ādau paścāt karma samārabhet ||
ap17.­4
śukle vastre kṛtaṃ varṇaṃ śreṣṭham ujjvalitaṃ bhavet |
triphalākvātham āgṛhya yavakṣāraṃ palāśakaṃ ||
ap17.­5
bhakṣayitvā guḍaṃ pānāt kṛmyajīrṇapraṇāśanam |
ketakyāś ca rasaṃ tailaṃ hilamocīrasasaindhavam ||
ap18.

Chapter A18

ap18.­1

atha bhagavān āha | eraṇḍamūlaṃ kāñjikena388 piṣṭvā śiro mardayet | śiraḥśūlaṃ vināśayati ||

ap18.­2

chāgasya gor narasya vā koṣṇamūtraṃ sasaindhavaṃ karṇaṃ pūrayet | karṇaroganāśaḥ | śuṣkamarkaṭatailaṃ vā dadyāt ||

ap18.­3

katakaḥ pippalī āmalakī haridrā vacā śiśireṇa vaṭikāṃ kuryāt | tenāñjanāt sarvacakṣūroganāśaḥ | madhupippalyā vāñjayet ||

ap18.­4

karṇagūthaṃ madhunāñjayet | rātryandhanāśaḥ ||

ap18.­5

kaṭakamadhunāñjayet sarvākṣiroganāśaḥ | kāñjikena tailaṃ saindhavaṃ dūrvāmūlaṃ ca kāṃse nighṛṣya mantraṃ389 japec | cakṣuśūranāśaḥ ||

ap19.

Chapter A19

ap19.­1
atha bhagavān āha |

śvetāparajitāmūlaṃ śukreṇa vaṭikāṃ kṛtvā tilakena vaśībhavati strī ||

ap19.­2

brahmadaṇḍīvacāmadhunā liṅgam uddhṛtya striyaṃ kāmayed | vaśam ānayati ||

ap19.­3

daṇḍotpalāmūlaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ tāmbūlena dadyāt, tathā brahmadaṇḍī viḍaṅgaṃ vacā kuṣṭhaṃ nāgakeśaraṃ tāmbūlena dadyāt | vaśībhavati ||

ap19.­4

gardabhaśukraṃ kamalakeśaraṃ piṣṭvā dhvajaṃ liptvā kāmayet | vaśībhavati ||

ap19.­5

adaṃśanaśiśulolāṃ gṛhya gorocanāṃ svayambhūkusumena bhāvya tilakena, vaśīkaraṇam | bhṛṇgarājamūlam ātmaśukreṇāñjanāt tathā ||

ap20.

Chapter A20

ap20.­1
atha bhagavatī bhagavantam etad avocat |
nānāvibhedanigaditaṃ mantrayantrādikauśalam |
aparaṃ śrotum icchāmi tathā kutūhalaṃ vibho ||
ap20.­2
vāyuyogamaśeṣaṃ ca tathā kālasya lakṣaṇam |
svarūpaṃ dehayantrasya prasādaṃ kuru sampratam ||
ap20.­3
atha bhagavān āha |
sādhu sādhu kṛtaṃ devi yat tvayādhyeṣito 'tra hi |
athātaḥ sampravakṣyāmi sarvavijñānasañcayam ||
ap20.­4

oṁ jvālākarālavadane hasa hasa halāhalavajre suvajre sphara sphara sphāraya sphāraya sarvameghavātavṛṣṭiṃ stambhaya stambhaya sphoṭaya sphoṭaya yaḥ yaḥ yaḥ sarvapānīyam śoṣaya śoṣaya hūṁ phaṭ | etan mantraṃ japann ākaśaṃ krośadṛṣṭyālokayet | vātameghādīn nāśayati ||

ap21.

Chapter A21

ap21.­1

atha bhagavān āha | oṁ caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa sarvamāyādarśaka sarvamāyāṃ nidarśaya nirvighne hūṁ phaṭ | anena caṇḍamahāroṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā sarvaṃ kuryāt409 ||

ap21.­2

uḍumbarakṣīreṇa karpaṭaṃ mrakṣayitvā nīrandhraṃ, satailasarjarasaṃ piṣṭvā, tasmin prakṣipya, vartiṃ kārayet | udakena dīpajvālanāj jvalati sthiram ||

ap21.­3

rātrau varaṭaprastharakhaṇḍadvayaṃ nighṛṣya hūṁkāreṇa vidyucchaṭāṃ darśayati ||

ap22.

Chapter A22

ap22.­1
atha bhagavān āha |
hṛdi prāṇo gude 'pānaḥ samāno nābhideśake |
udānaḥ kaṇṭhadeśe tu vyānaḥ sarvaśarīragaḥ ||
ap22.­2
eṣāṃ madhye pradhāno 'yaṃ prāṇavāyur hṛdi sthitaḥ |
śvāsapraśvāsabhedena jīvanaṃ sarvajantunām ||
ap22.­3
ṣoḍaśasaṃkrāntiyogena pratyekena daṇḍam ekam |
caturmaṇḍalavāhena dvyāyutaṃ śataṣoḍaśam ||
ap22.­4
dakṣiṇasparśavāhena vahnimaṇḍalam ucyate |
vāmasparśavāhe vāyumaṇḍalam ucyate ||
ap22.­5
vāmadakṣiṇasamasparśād bhaven māhendramaṇḍalam |
idam eva †succa†mandaṃ ca vāruṇaṃ maṇḍalaṃ bhavet ||
ap22.­6
lalanā vāmanāḍī syād rasanā savye vyavasthitā |
avadhūtī madhyadeśe hi sahajānandakṣaṇe vahet ||
ap23.

Chapter A23

ap23.­1

atha bhagavān āha |

pādatālukāṃ vidhvā nābhivedhāt trirātreṇa mṛtyuḥ syāt | pādatālukāṃ vidhvā cakṣurvedhān māsatrayeṇa | pādatālukāṃ vidhvā nāsikāvedhena māsatrayeṇa ||

ap23.­2

kuṭiprāvakāle samaṃ hañchikayā420 varṣeṇa | nāpitagartivedhāt pañcavarṣeṇa | jihvāgrādarśane trivāsaraiḥ | karṇāgravedhāc caturmāsaiḥ | ūrṇāvedhād dinaikena | suratasya madhye 'nte vā hañchikayā māsena | samaṃ sarvakaniṣṭḥāvedhān māsena ||

ap24.

Chapter A24

ap24.­1
atha bhagavān āha |
mātṛpitṛsamāyogāt pañcabhūtātmakaḥ śaśī |
pañcabhūtātmakaḥ sūryo dvayor mīlanayogataḥ ||
ap24.­2
jāyate tatra vai sattvaḥ prajñopāyātmakaḥ punaḥ |
asthibandhā bhavec candrāt sūryān māṃsādisaṃbhavaḥ ||
ap24.­3
ātmaśūnyo bhaved dehaḥ sattvānāṃ karmanirmitaḥ |
māyopamasvarūpo 'yaṃ gandharvanagaropamaḥ ||
ap24.­4
śakracāpasamaś cāyaṃ jalacandropamo mataḥ ||
ity ekallavīrākhye śrīcaṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantre dehasvarūpapaṭalaś caturviṃśatitamaḥ ||
ap25.

Chapter A25

ap25.­1
atha bhagavatī āha |
aparaṃ śrotum icchāmi prajñāpāramitodayam |
prasādaṃ kuru me nātha, saṃkṣiptaṃ nātivistaram ||
ap25.­2
atha bhagavān āha |
athātaḥ sampravakṣyāmi prajñāpāramitodayam |
sattvaparyaṅkinīṃ devīṃ ṣoḍaśābdavapuṣmatīm ||
ap25.­3
nīlavarṇāṃ mahābhāgāṃ akṣobhyeṇa ca mudritām |
raktapadmodyatāṃ savye līlayā vāmahastake ||
ap25.­4
sthitaṃ vai kāmaśāstraṃ tu padmacandroparisthitām |
pīnonnatakucāṃ dṛptāṃ viśālākṣīṃ priyaṃvadām ||
ap25.­5
sahajāca[la]samādhistho devīm etām tu bhāvayet |
hūṁkārajñānasambhūtāṃ viśvavajrīṃ tu yoginīm ||

n.

Notes

n.­1
Cf. Dharmachakra (2016).
n.­2
Cf. Isaacson (2006).
n.­3
The seventeenth mantra; see Dharmachakra (2016).
n.­4
Cf. Isaacson (2010).
n.­5
The Tibetan Kangyur contains eight Caryātantras, Toh 494–501.
n.­6
Cf. Isaacson (2010).
n.­7
Chap. 16 in de la Vallée Poussin (1897), and chaps. 1–8 in George (1974).
n.­8
The palm leaf manuscript is held at the Royal Asiatic Society in London (ref. Cowell no. 46/31, dated Nepal Saṃvat 500, 1380 c.e.).
n.­36
Skt. oṁ caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa hūṁ phaṭ.
n.­37
Skt. oṁ acala hūṁ phaṭ.
n.­66
Here the Tibetan reflects the reading rakta (rak+ta) rather than bhakta.
n.­132
Translation based on the Tibetan.
n.­146
Translation based on the Tibetan.
n.­158
The Tibetan adds a line: “If one rubs the penis with it and makes love, she will be enthralled.”
n.­225
Skt. oṁ caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa sarva­māyā­darśaka sarva­māyāṃ nidarśaya nirvighne hūṁ phaṭ.
n.­226
Translation based on the Tibetan.
n.­264
This sentence is missing from the Tibetan. Instead the Tibetan colophon reads: “Due to the Mahākālacakra master Sherab Senge’s request and sponsorship, which in turn was based on the kindness of the great master Rinchen Gyaltsen‍—the spiritual guide of the pure Mahāyāna with immeasurable knowledge, love, and activity‍—this was translated to completion on the tenth day of the waxing moon in the tenth month of the year of the Snake at the great temple of glorious Sakya, by the translator Trakpa Gyaltsen as based on the oral teachings of the paṇḍita Ratnaśrī.”
n.­280
nirbharam] A; nirbharām G.
n.­309
bhaktādiṃ] A; bhaktādi° G.
n.­310
tadutsṛṣṭaṃ] A; taducchiṣṭaṃ G.
n.­311
utsṛṣṭapattre] A; ucchiṣṭayantre G.
n.­312
guda°] G; gudapada° A.
n.­318
yogināṃ] A, B; yoginā G.
n.­319
śūdrī] A; śūdrā G.
n.­320
kāyasthī] A; kāyastrī G.
n.­321
ca tariṇī] G; cauriṇī (?) A.
n.­388
kāñjikena] om. A.
n.­389
kāṃse nighṛṣya mantraṃ] conj. (cf. CMT, chap. 18, v. 31); [[OK?]]kāṃsya nighṛghyāṃ Mss.
n.­409
kuryāt] A; jayati Mss.
n.­420
This word is not the dictionary, but hañchi must be an onomatopeic for sneezing (cf. hañji).

b.

Bibliography

Tibetan Manuscript of the Root Text

dpal gtum po khro bo chen po’i rgyud kyi rgyal po dpa’ bo gcig pa zhes bya ba. Toh 431, Degé Kangyur, vol. 80 (rgyud ’bum, nga), folios 304b–343a.

Sanskrit Manuscripts of the Root Text

Ekallavīra­nāma­caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa­tantram. London: Royal Asiatic Society. Ref.: Cowell 46/31.

Ekallavīra­nāma­caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa­tantram. Kathmandu: National Archives of Nepal. Ref.: NGMPP 3/687, Reel no. A 994/4.

Ekallavīra­tantram. Kathmandu: National Archives of Nepal. Ref.: NGMPP 5/170, Reel no. B 31/11.

Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa­tantram. Göttingen: University of Göttingen Library. Ref.: Bandurski Xc 14/43–45.

Manuscripts of the Commentary

Mahāsukhavajra, Padmāvatī­nāmā Pañjikā. Kathmandu: National Archives of Nepal. Ref.: NGMPP 3/502, Reel no. B 31/7.

Secondary Sources

de la Vallée Poussin, Louis. “The Buddhist ‘Wheel of Life’ from a New Source.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (New Series) 29, no. 3 (July 1897), pp 463–70.

Dharmachakra Translation Committee. The Tantra of Siddhaikavīra (Toh 544). 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2016.

Gäng, Peter, trans. Das Tantra des Grausig-Groß-Schreklichen. Berlin: Stechapfel, 1981.

George, Christopher S., trans. and ed. The Caṇḍa­mahāroṣaṇa Tantra, Chapters I–VIII: A Critical Edition and English Translation. New Haven, CT: American Oriental Society, 1974.

Isaacson, Harunaga (2010). The Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa­tantra. Handout. Kathmandu: Rangjung Yeshe Institute, February 17, 2010.

‍—‍—‍— (2006). Reflections on the Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa­tantra. Handout. Kathmandu: Nepal Research Centre, August 25, 2006.

Snellgrove, David. Hevajra Tantra: A Critical Study. London: Oxford University Press, 1959.


g.

Glossary

g.­1

Absorption

  • ting nge ’dzin
  • ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན།
  • samādhi

State of mental absorption or one-pointed concentration.

9 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­2
  • 1.­4
  • 1.­9
  • 5.­1
  • 12.­4
  • 14.­13
  • 22.­9
  • 22.­12
  • 25.­12

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g.­2

Acala

  • mi g.yo ba
  • མི་གཡོ་བ།
  • Acala

Another name for Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa.

36 passages contain this term:

  • i.­1
  • i.­5
  • 3.­16
  • 5.­1
  • 5.­3
  • 5.­5
  • 6.­11
  • 8.­37
  • 12.­14
  • 14.­1
  • 14.­2
  • 14.­4
  • 14.­5
  • 14.­15
  • 15.­3
  • 15.­12
  • 15.­13
  • 15.­14
  • 16.­20
  • 16.­21
  • 16.­22
  • 22.­29
  • 22.­31
  • 22.­32
  • 25.­5
  • 25.­16
  • n.­37
  • n.­39
  • g.­45
  • g.­115
  • g.­161
  • g.­165
  • g.­171
  • g.­329
  • g.­451
  • g.­466

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g.­3

Accomplishment

  • dngos grub
  • དངོས་གྲུབ།
  • siddhi

An accomplishment that is the goal of sādhana.

31 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­7
  • 3.­24
  • 3.­28
  • 4.­48
  • 4.­50
  • 6.­70
  • 6.­79
  • 6.­92
  • 8.­13
  • 8.­22
  • 8.­34
  • 8.­35
  • 8.­40
  • 8.­41
  • 9.­8
  • 9.­9
  • 9.­16
  • 10.­3
  • 10.­6
  • 10.­19
  • 10.­26
  • 11.­7
  • 12.­5
  • 12.­14
  • 12.­15
  • 13.­1
  • 14.­14
  • 16.­1
  • 16.­21
  • 17.­3
  • n.­251

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g.­6

Akṣobhya

  • mi bskyod pa
  • མི་བསྐྱོད་པ།
  • Akṣobhya

One of the five buddhas; in the system followed in the CMT, he is at the center of the maṇḍala.

12 passages contain this term:

  • 4.­14
  • 4.­15
  • 4.­17
  • 4.­21
  • 6.­23
  • 15.­10
  • 25.­3
  • g.­45
  • g.­127
  • g.­252
  • g.­390
  • g.­459

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g.­15

Apāna

  • thur sel
  • ཐུར་སེལ།
  • apāna

One of the five vital airs, centered in the anus.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 22.­1

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g.­28

Avalokiteśvara

  • spyan ras gzigs
  • སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས།
  • Avalokiteśvara

The deified bodhisattva of compassion; one of the original sixteen bodhisattvas.

2 passages contain this term:

  • i.­1
  • 12.­19

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g.­39

Betel

  • go la
  • གོ་ལ།
  • tāmbūla

Piper betle.

7 passages contain this term:

  • 8.­8
  • 12.­36
  • 19.­3
  • 19.­8
  • 19.­34
  • 21.­23
  • n.­159
g.­40

Bhaga

  • bha ga
  • བྷ་ག
  • bhaga

In this text, it mostly refers to the female sexual and reproductive organs, however, this terms encompasses several meanings, including “good fortune,” “happiness,” and “majesty”; and forms the root of the word bhagavān (Blessed One).

7 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­1
  • 3.­26
  • 4.­15
  • 4.­16
  • 4.­49
  • 9.­19
  • 12.­53

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g.­42

Bhūta

  • ’byung po
  • འབྱུང་པོ།
  • bhūta

A class of spirits.

5 passages contain this term:

  • 5.­2
  • 12.­3
  • 12.­8
  • 12.­19
  • g.­43

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g.­43

Bhūtinī

  • ’byung mo
  • འབྱུང་མོ།
  • bhūtinī

A female bhūta.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 8.­3

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g.­45

Black Acala

  • mi g.yo ba nag po
  • མི་གཡོ་བ་ནག་པོ།
  • Kṛṣṇācala

Acala corresponding to Buddha Akṣobhya in the center of the maṇḍala.

10 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­2
  • 1.­6
  • 2.­15
  • 2.­20
  • 3.­16
  • 4.­36
  • 5.­5
  • 12.­13
  • 15.­1
  • 15.­8
g.­57

Butterfly pea

  • a pa ra dzi
  • a pa ra dzi ta dkar po
  • ཨ་པ་ར་ཛི།
  • ཨ་པ་ར་ཛི་ཏ་དཀར་པོ།
  • aparājitā
  • śvetāparajitā

Clitoria ternatea.

5 passages contain this term:

  • 17.­18
  • 19.­1
  • 19.­11
  • n.­162
  • n.­176

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g.­58

Calumny Vajrī

  • phra ma rdo rje ma
  • ཕྲ་མ་རྡོ་རྗེ་མ།
  • Piśunavajrī

Consort of Yellow Acala.

10 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­1
  • 2.­17
  • 2.­21
  • 4.­24
  • 4.­28
  • 4.­33
  • 4.­40
  • 5.­7
  • 8.­16
  • 12.­13
g.­61

Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa

  • gtum po khro bo chen po
  • gtum po khro bo
  • gtum po
  • གཏུམ་པོ་ཁྲོ་བོ་ཆེན་པོ།
  • གཏུམ་པོ་ཁྲོ་བོ།
  • གཏུམ་པོ།
  • Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa
  • Caṇḍaroṣa
  • Caṇḍa

The chief deity of the CMT.

133 passages contain this term:

  • i.­1
  • i.­3
  • i.­4
  • i.­5
  • i.­11
  • i.­12
  • i.­14
  • i.­17
  • 1.­1
  • 1.­10
  • 1.­11
  • 1.­19
  • 1.­20
  • 2.­1
  • 2.­7
  • 2.­19
  • 2.­26
  • 3.­13
  • 3.­16
  • 3.­19
  • 3.­20
  • 3.­29
  • 3.­30
  • 4.­1
  • 4.­4
  • 4.­7
  • 4.­16
  • 4.­23
  • 4.­31
  • 4.­51
  • 5.­1
  • 5.­2
  • 5.­4
  • 5.­8
  • 5.­9
  • 6.­7
  • 6.­9
  • 6.­60
  • 6.­70
  • 6.­78
  • 6.­88
  • 6.­93
  • 6.­96
  • 7.­11
  • 7.­12
  • 7.­16
  • 7.­20
  • 8.­34
  • 8.­35
  • 8.­37
  • 8.­40
  • 8.­41
  • 8.­42
  • 9.­6
  • 9.­22
  • 9.­23
  • 10.­1
  • 10.­17
  • 10.­40
  • 11.­11
  • 12.­10
  • 12.­11
  • 12.­15
  • 12.­21
  • 12.­43
  • 12.­52
  • 12.­56
  • 13.­10
  • 13.­34
  • 14.­1
  • 14.­15
  • 15.­16
  • 16.­23
  • 17.­12
  • 17.­49
  • 18.­54
  • 19.­41
  • 20.­9
  • 20.­11
  • 20.­16
  • 20.­17
  • 20.­18
  • 20.­19
  • 20.­20
  • 20.­21
  • 20.­22
  • 20.­24
  • 20.­25
  • 20.­38
  • 21.­1
  • 21.­50
  • 22.­9
  • 22.­11
  • 22.­12
  • 22.­33
  • 23.­8
  • 24.­5
  • 25.­12
  • 25.­28
  • 25.­32
  • 25.­37
  • 25.­39
  • n.­19
  • n.­38
  • n.­85
  • n.­107
  • n.­110
  • n.­113
  • n.­116
  • n.­188
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  • n.­197
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  • n.­225
  • n.­261
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  • g.­2
  • g.­32
  • g.­62
  • g.­122
  • g.­155
  • g.­171
  • g.­210
  • g.­223
  • g.­230
  • g.­285
  • g.­369
  • g.­418

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g.­65

Castor-oil plant

  • e raN+Da
  • ཨེ་རཎྜ།
  • eraṇḍa

Ricinus communis.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 18.­1
g.­75

Clearing nut

  • ka Ta kaM
  • ཀ་ཊ་ཀཾ།
  • kataka

Strychnos potatorum.

2 passages contain this term:

  • 18.­3
  • 18.­5

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g.­77

Cluster fig

  • u dum bA ra
  • ཨུ་དུམ་བཱ་ར།
  • uḍumbara
  • udumbara

Ficus glomerata.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 21.­2

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g.­81

Costus

  • ru rta
  • རུ་རྟ།
  • kuṣṭha

Saussurea costus.

8 passages contain this term:

  • 17.­28
  • 18.­10
  • 18.­46
  • 18.­50
  • 19.­3
  • 19.­13
  • 19.­27
  • n.­159

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g.­91

Daṇḍa

  • dbyug gu
  • དབྱུག་གུ
  • daṇḍa

A staff; punishment; the duration of a single breath (from the moment of inhalation until the moment of the next inhalation).

1 passage contains this term:

  • 22.­3

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g.­94

Delusion Vajrī

  • gti mug rdo rje ma
  • གཏི་མུག་རྡོ་རྗེ་མ།
  • Mohavajrī

Consort of White Acala.

15 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­1
  • 2.­17
  • 2.­21
  • 2.­23
  • 4.­24
  • 4.­27
  • 4.­32
  • 4.­39
  • 5.­7
  • 8.­16
  • 12.­13
  • 15.­1
  • 15.­8
  • 15.­10
  • 25.­24
g.­101

Driving away

  • skrod pa
  • སྐྲོད་པ།
  • uccāṭana

A type of magical activity aiming to render a person homeless, or drive away non-human beings.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 12.­1
g.­105

Dūta

  • pho nya
  • ཕོ་ཉ།
  • dūta

A class of nonhuman beings; the name literally means “messenger,” which could imply that these beings can be employed as messengers through magical rites.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 12.­3

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g.­111

Emblic myrobalan

  • skyu ru ra
  • སྐྱུ་རུ་ར།
  • āmalakī

Phyllanthus emblica.

7 passages contain this term:

  • 17.­36
  • 17.­39
  • 17.­44
  • 18.­3
  • 18.­14
  • 18.­50
  • 21.­45

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g.­112

Enriching

  • rgyas pa
  • རྒྱས་པ།
  • puṣṭi
  • poṣaṇa
  • pauṣṭika

One of the four main types of enlightened activity.

3 passages contain this term:

  • 4.­43
  • 12.­1
  • 22.­21

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g.­113

Enthralling

  • dbang ba
  • དབང་བ།
  • vaśya
  • vaśa
  • vaśīkaraṇa

One of the four main types of enlightened activity.

5 passages contain this term:

  • 4.­43
  • 12.­1
  • 22.­21
  • 22.­22
  • g.­139

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g.­114

Enthrallment

  • dbang ba
  • དབང་བ།
  • vaśya
  • vaśa
  • vaśīkaraṇa

One of the four main types of enlightened activity.

9 passages contain this term:

  • i.­19
  • 12.­33
  • 12.­38
  • 17.­2
  • 19.­12
  • 19.­14
  • 19.­15
  • g.­12
  • g.­217

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g.­115

Envy Vajrī

  • phrag dog rdo rje ma
  • ཕྲག་དོག་རྡོ་རྗེ་མ།
  • Īrṣyāvajrī

Consort of Green ‌Acala.

10 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­1
  • 2.­18
  • 2.­21
  • 4.­25
  • 4.­30
  • 4.­34
  • 4.­41
  • 5.­7
  • 8.­17
  • 12.­13
g.­117

False black pepper

  • byi tang ka
  • bi DaM ga
  • བྱི་ཏང་ཀ
  • བི་ཌཾ་ག
  • viḍaṅga

Embelia ribes, or Embelia tsjeriam-cottam.

3 passages contain this term:

  • 18.­21
  • 19.­3
  • 19.­13
g.­119

Fast

  • gso sbyong
  • གསོ་སྦྱོང་།
  • poṣadha

A ritual observance involving fasting.

3 passages contain this term:

  • 3.­2
  • 3.­6
  • 3.­8

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g.­120

Female hell-being

  • dmyal ba mo
  • དམྱལ་བ་མོ།
  • nārakī

1 passage contains this term:

  • 8.­4
g.­121

Female hungry ghost

  • yi dwags mo
  • ཡི་དྭགས་མོ།
  • pretikā

1 passage contains this term:

  • 8.­4
g.­128

Five disciplines

  • bslab pa lnga
  • བསླབ་པ་ལྔ།
  • pañcaśikṣā

Definition from the 84000 Glossary of Terms:

Refers to the five fundamental precepts of abstaining from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and consuming intoxicants.

2 passages contain this term:

  • 3.­2
  • 3.­5

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g.­129

Five empowerments

  • dbang lnga
  • དབང་ལྔ།
  • pañcābhiṣeka

1 passage contains this term:

  • 3.­2
g.­141

Four joys

  • dga’ bzhi
  • dga’ ba bzhi
  • དགའ་བཞི།
  • དགའ་བ་བཞི།
  • caturānandāḥ

The four types of bliss arising during sexual intercourse, the full understanding of which leads to liberation.

10 passages contain this term:

  • s.­1
  • i.­14
  • i.­23
  • 1.­2
  • 3.­25
  • 3.­30
  • 10.­5
  • 14.­8
  • 16.­20
  • g.­194
g.­149

Gandharva

  • dri za
  • དྲི་ཟ།
  • gandharva

A class of semidivine beings sometimes referred to as heavenly musicians.

3 passages contain this term:

  • 12.­18
  • 24.­3
  • g.­150

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g.­150

Gandharvī

  • dri za mo
  • དྲི་ཟ་མོ།
  • gandharvī

Female gandharva.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 8.­4

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g.­155

Goddess of the Vajra Realm

  • rdo rje dbyings kyi dbang phyug ma
  • རྡོ་རྗེ་དབྱིངས་ཀྱི་དབང་ཕྱུག་མ།
  • Vajra­dhātvīśvarī

Consort of Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa. See also “Vajra realm.”

4 passages contain this term:

  • i.­1
  • 1.­1
  • 1.­4
  • 16.­15

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g.­161

Green Acala

  • mi g.yo ba ljang gu
  • མི་གཡོ་བ་ལྗང་གུ
  • Śyāmācala

Acala corresponding to Buddha Amoghasiddhi in the north of the maṇḍala.

9 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­1
  • 2.­17
  • 2.­20
  • 4.­25
  • 4.­34
  • 4.­38
  • 5.­5
  • 8.­39
  • 12.­13
g.­165

Hatred Vajrī

  • zhe sdang rdo rje ma
  • ཞེ་སྡང་རྡོ་རྗེ་མ།
  • Dveṣavajrī

Consort of Black ‌Acala.

15 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­4
  • 1.­6
  • 2.­1
  • 2.­16
  • 2.­21
  • 3.­17
  • 3.­30
  • 4.­18
  • 4.­39
  • 5.­7
  • 8.­15
  • 12.­13
  • 13.­6
  • 15.­2
  • 25.­22
g.­167

Heart mantra

  • snying po’i sngags
  • སྙིང་པོའི་སྔགས།
  • hṛdayamantra

2 passages contain this term:

  • 5.­1
  • 12.­41
g.­171

Immovable

  • mi g.yo ba
  • མི་གཡོ་བ།
  • acalā

The eighth bodhisattva level; see also Acala (the masculine form), another name of the deity Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa.

5 passages contain this term:

  • i.­1
  • 13.­32
  • 14.­1
  • n.­245
  • n.­249

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g.­194

Joy

  • dga’ ba
  • དགའ་བ།
  • ānanda

Joy in general; the first of the four joys of sexual experience.

8 passages contain this term:

  • 4.­3
  • 4.­29
  • 14.­7
  • n.­131
  • g.­140
  • g.­188
  • g.­195
  • g.­382

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g.­207

Killing

  • gsad pa
  • གསད་པ།
  • māraṇa

One of the four main types of enlightened activity.

7 passages contain this term:

  • 3.­5
  • 4.­43
  • 7.­19
  • 12.­1
  • 22.­21
  • 22.­23
  • g.­139
g.­209

Kinnarī

  • mi ’am ci mo
  • མི་འམ་ཅི་མོ།
  • kinnarī

A female kinnara.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 8.­3

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g.­225

Long pepper

  • pi pi ling
  • པི་པི་ལིང་།
  • pippalī

Piper longum.

8 passages contain this term:

  • 17.­44
  • 18.­3
  • 18.­14
  • 18.­34
  • 18.­35
  • 18.­38
  • 19.­27
  • g.­396
g.­227

Lotus

  • pad+ma
  • པདྨ།
  • padma

The lotus flower or plant; euphemistic name for the female genital organ.

51 passages contain this term:

  • i.­18
  • 2.­8
  • 2.­11
  • 2.­13
  • 3.­28
  • 3.­29
  • 4.­4
  • 4.­13
  • 4.­24
  • 4.­49
  • 6.­1
  • 6.­21
  • 6.­25
  • 6.­28
  • 6.­29
  • 6.­30
  • 6.­45
  • 6.­54
  • 6.­67
  • 6.­70
  • 6.­74
  • 6.­75
  • 6.­81
  • 6.­85
  • 6.­87
  • 6.­95
  • 7.­4
  • 8.­12
  • 8.­24
  • 10.­9
  • 10.­28
  • 12.­24
  • 12.­54
  • 14.­3
  • 15.­8
  • 15.­9
  • 15.­12
  • 16.­15
  • 17.­22
  • 19.­4
  • 19.­25
  • 19.­26
  • 22.­27
  • 25.­3
  • 25.­4
  • 25.­15
  • 25.­28
  • 25.­32
  • n.­60
  • n.­67
  • n.­262

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g.­240

Māra

  • bdud
  • བདུད།
  • Māra

An obstacle maker; a personification of evil.

10 passages contain this term:

  • 3.­9
  • 3.­17
  • 4.­20
  • 5.­1
  • 5.­8
  • 10.­27
  • 12.­6
  • 14.­11
  • 15.­11
  • 20.­15

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g.­249

Means

  • thabs
  • ཐབས།
  • upāya

See “skillful means.”

12 passages contain this term:

  • i.­23
  • 9.­1
  • 9.­2
  • 9.­17
  • 9.­19
  • 10.­34
  • 13.­23
  • 14.­9
  • 16.­20
  • 22.­27
  • 24.­2
  • n.­128

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g.­254

Moon

  • ri bong can
  • zla ba
  • རི་བོང་ཅན།
  • ཟླ་བ།
  • śaśin
  • candra

29 passages contain this term:

  • 2.­14
  • 4.­4
  • 4.­13
  • 6.­84
  • 6.­86
  • 12.­9
  • 12.­10
  • 12.­16
  • 12.­19
  • 12.­45
  • 14.­3
  • 15.­8
  • 15.­9
  • 15.­12
  • 19.­8
  • 19.­11
  • 21.­26
  • 21.­30
  • 21.­35
  • 22.­13
  • 24.­1
  • 24.­2
  • 24.­4
  • 25.­4
  • 25.­18
  • 25.­21
  • n.­131
  • n.­246
  • n.­264

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g.­265

Nāginī

  • klu mo
  • ཀླུ་མོ།
  • nāginī
  • nāgī

Female nāga.

2 passages contain this term:

  • 8.­3
  • 12.­18

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g.­277

Oleogum resin

  • spos dkar
  • སྤོས་དཀར།
  • sarjarasa

Vateria indica.

2 passages contain this term:

  • 17.­33
  • 21.­2
g.­278

One-pointed mind

  • yid rtse gcig
  • ཡིད་རྩེ་གཅིག
  • ekāgracitta

The mind focused one-pointedly.

5 passages contain this term:

  • 2.­24
  • 6.­2
  • 6.­31
  • 9.­1
  • 25.­12

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g.­281

Pacifying

  • zhi ba
  • ཞི་བ།
  • śānti
  • śāntika

Peace; one of the four main types of enlightened activity.

2 passages contain this term:

  • 12.­1
  • 22.­21

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g.­286

Passion Vajrī

  • ’dod chags rdo rje ma
  • འདོད་ཆགས་རྡོ་རྗེ་མ།
  • Rāgavajrī

Consort of Red Acala.

11 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­1
  • 2.­18
  • 2.­21
  • 4.­25
  • 4.­29
  • 4.­33
  • 4.­40
  • 5.­7
  • 8.­17
  • 12.­13
  • 25.­21
g.­289

Penis

  • ling ga
  • rdo rje
  • ལིང་ག
  • རྡོ་རྗེ།
  • liṅga
  • vajra

Liṅga and vajra have many other meanings (too many to list here).

30 passages contain this term:

  • i.­14
  • 9.­19
  • 12.­47
  • 17.­1
  • 17.­14
  • 17.­17
  • 17.­18
  • 17.­19
  • 17.­20
  • 17.­24
  • 17.­25
  • 17.­28
  • 18.­52
  • 18.­53
  • 19.­2
  • 19.­4
  • 19.­7
  • 19.­16
  • 19.­18
  • 19.­27
  • 19.­28
  • 19.­29
  • 19.­31
  • 19.­32
  • 19.­33
  • 19.­37
  • 20.­26
  • n.­142
  • n.­158
  • g.­398

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g.­290

Perfection of Wisdom

  • shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin ma
  • ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་མ།
  • Prajñāpāramitā

The perfection of wisdom personified.

9 passages contain this term:

  • i.­17
  • 7.­15
  • 8.­14
  • 8.­35
  • 9.­5
  • 10.­11
  • 13.­28
  • 25.­1
  • 25.­2

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g.­301

Prāṇa

  • srog rlung
  • སྲོག་རླུང་།
  • prāṇa

Vital air in general, and also the vital air (one of the five) centered around the heart.

12 passages contain this term:

  • 9.­9
  • 19.­19
  • 22.­1
  • 22.­2
  • 22.­6
  • 22.­20
  • 22.­26
  • 22.­33
  • g.­27
  • g.­68
  • g.­220
  • g.­322
g.­318

Rākṣasī

  • srin mo
  • སྲིན་མོ།
  • rākṣasī

A female rākṣasa.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 8.­3

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g.­326

Raurava Hell

  • ngu ’bod
  • ངུ་འབོད།
  • Raurava

1 passage contains this term:

  • 3.­3

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g.­329

Red Acala

  • mi g.yo ba dmar po
  • མི་གཡོ་བ་དམར་པོ།
  • Raktācala

Acala corresponding to Buddha Amitābha in the west of the maṇḍala.

12 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­1
  • 2.­16
  • 2.­20
  • 4.­25
  • 4.­33
  • 4.­34
  • 4.­38
  • 5.­5
  • 8.­39
  • 12.­13
  • n.­35
  • g.­286
g.­334

Root mantra

  • rtsa ba’i sngags
  • རྩ་བའི་སྔགས།
  • mūlamantra

9 passages contain this term:

  • 5.­1
  • 5.­6
  • 12.­5
  • 12.­41
  • 12.­44
  • 12.­46
  • 12.­47
  • 12.­53
  • n.­115
g.­339

Sādhana

  • sgrub thabs
  • སྒྲུབ་ཐབས།
  • sādhana

Practice involving mantra and visualization.

11 passages contain this term:

  • i.­4
  • i.­12
  • i.­15
  • 6.­9
  • 12.­3
  • 12.­9
  • 12.­10
  • g.­3
  • g.­93
  • g.­338
  • g.­389

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g.­342

Samāna

  • mnyam gnas
  • མཉམ་གནས།
  • samāna

One of the five vital airs, centered in the navel area.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 22.­1
g.­343

Samantabhadra

  • kun tu bzang po
  • ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་པོ།
  • Samantabhadra

A Buddhist deity; the name of a bodhisattva; also the name of the deity asking Vajrasattva questions at the time of the delivery of the CMT.

2 passages contain this term:

  • 14.­1
  • 14.­6

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g.­345

Saṃbhogakāya

  • longs sbyod rdzogs pa’i sku
  • ལོངས་སྦྱོད་རྫོགས་པའི་སྐུ།
  • saṃbhogakāya

The “body of bliss,” one of the three (sometimes four) bodies of the Buddha.

2 passages contain this term:

  • i.­1
  • 9.­3

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g.­347

Saṃkrānti

  • ’pho ba
  • འཕོ་བ།
  • saṃkrānti

Unit of time related to the counting of breath.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 22.­3

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g.­351

Sattvaparyaṅka posture

  • sems dpa’i dkyil krung
  • སེམས་དཔའི་དཀྱིལ་ཀྲུང་།
  • sattvaparyaṅka

Sitting posture when the right shank is placed on top of the left shank; there is also a standing version of this posture.

5 passages contain this term:

  • 6.­80
  • 12.­15
  • 14.­3
  • 25.­2
  • 25.­9

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g.­354

Seed

  • sa bon
  • ས་བོན།
  • bīja

Seed of a plant; the syllable from which a deity manifests.

22 passages contain this term:

  • 4.­4
  • 4.­13
  • 12.­23
  • 12.­25
  • 12.­43
  • 12.­49
  • 17.­22
  • 17.­42
  • 18.­10
  • 18.­16
  • 18.­19
  • 18.­41
  • 18.­42
  • 18.­49
  • 19.­22
  • 19.­32
  • 19.­39
  • 21.­24
  • 21.­27
  • 21.­43
  • 21.­47
  • 25.­34

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g.­355

Semen

  • shu kra
  • khu ba
  • ཤུ་ཀྲ།
  • ཁུ་བ།
  • śukra

The word śukra may also refer to the female sexual fluid.

39 passages contain this term:

  • i.­14
  • 3.­19
  • 4.­16
  • 6.­70
  • 6.­74
  • 9.­18
  • 9.­20
  • 13.­24
  • 15.­8
  • 15.­9
  • 16.­15
  • 16.­17
  • 17.­1
  • 17.­2
  • 17.­12
  • 17.­35
  • 17.­49
  • 19.­1
  • 19.­4
  • 19.­5
  • 19.­18
  • 19.­19
  • 19.­20
  • 19.­21
  • 19.­22
  • 19.­23
  • 19.­24
  • 19.­25
  • 19.­26
  • 19.­27
  • 19.­30
  • 19.­41
  • 20.­27
  • n.­60
  • n.­61
  • n.­131
  • n.­164
  • n.­170
  • n.­175

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g.­364

Six cognitive fields

  • skye mched drug
  • སྐྱེ་མཆེད་དྲུག
  • ṣaḍāyatana

Each field comprises one of the six senses with its respective sense-consciousness and the range of objects accessible to it.

4 passages contain this term:

  • 16.­2
  • 16.­3
  • 16.­10
  • 16.­13

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g.­368

Skillful means

  • thabs
  • ཐབས།
  • upāya

Also refers to the male partner in sexual yoga.

5 passages contain this term:

  • 3.­17
  • 7.­13
  • 14.­1
  • 15.­11
  • g.­249

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g.­369

Sole Hero

  • dpa’ bo gcig pa
  • དཔའ་བོ་གཅིག་པ།
  • Ekallavīra

Another name for Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa; he is called “sole” because, apart from his consort, he is not accompanied by the deities of the maṇḍala.

7 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­7
  • 10.­40
  • 12.­13
  • 14.­1
  • 14.­10
  • 15.­1
  • 25.­14
g.­370

Sour gruel

  • rang skyur
  • རང་སྐྱུར།
  • kāñjika

7 passages contain this term:

  • 17.­40
  • 18.­1
  • 18.­5
  • 18.­24
  • 18.­30
  • 18.­42
  • 21.­8

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g.­380

Sun

  • nyi ma
  • ཉི་མ།
  • sūrya

18 passages contain this term:

  • 2.­14
  • 4.­4
  • 4.­14
  • 12.­19
  • 12.­50
  • 14.­3
  • 15.­8
  • 15.­9
  • 15.­12
  • 20.­34
  • 21.­35
  • 22.­13
  • 24.­1
  • 24.­2
  • 25.­17
  • 25.­25
  • n.­246
  • n.­259

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g.­385

Sweet flag

  • shu dag
  • ཤུ་དག
  • vacā

Acorus calamus.

7 passages contain this term:

  • 17.­17
  • 17.­28
  • 18.­3
  • 18.­34
  • 18.­35
  • 19.­2
  • 19.­3

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g.­393

Three abodes

  • ’jig rten gsum po
  • འཇིག་རྟེན་གསུམ་པོ།
  • bhuvanatraya

The three realms of existence, namely the desire, the form, and the formless.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 8.­2

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g.­399

Tilak

  • thig le
  • ཐིག་ལེ།
  • tilaka

A mark between the eyebrows, usually made with vermillion.

4 passages contain this term:

  • 19.­1
  • 19.­5
  • 19.­15
  • n.­161

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g.­404

Triple refuge

  • skyabs su ’gro ba gsum
  • སྐྱབས་སུ་འགྲོ་བ་གསུམ།
  • triśaraṇa

Refuge taken in the Buddha, his teaching, and the assembly of followers.

3 passages contain this term:

  • 3.­2
  • 3.­4
  • 4.­6

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g.­405

Tubeflower

  • brah+ma daN+Da
  • བྲཧྨ་དཎྜ།
  • brahmayaṣṭī
  • brahmadaṇḍa
  • bhārṅgī

Clerodendrum indicum (Clerodendron siphonanthus).

2 passages contain this term:

  • 19.­2
  • 19.­3
g.­407

Turmeric

  • yung ba
  • ཡུང་བ།
  • haridrā

3 passages contain this term:

  • 18.­3
  • 18.­23
  • 21.­21
g.­411

Udāna

  • gyen rgyu
  • གྱེན་རྒྱུ།
  • udāna

One of the five vital airs, centered in the throat.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 22.­1
g.­416

Vajra

  • rdo rje
  • རྡོ་རྗེ།
  • vajra

A ritual sceptre; thunderbot; a diamond; a general term denoting an indestructible non-dual state.

33 passages contain this term:

  • i.­18
  • 1.­1
  • 2.­6
  • 2.­7
  • 2.­9
  • 4.­8
  • 4.­41
  • 4.­48
  • 6.­1
  • 6.­25
  • 6.­28
  • 6.­29
  • 6.­30
  • 6.­45
  • 6.­54
  • 6.­82
  • 6.­85
  • 7.­16
  • 8.­12
  • 8.­24
  • 9.­16
  • 10.­9
  • 10.­28
  • 12.­17
  • 14.­1
  • 16.­15
  • 20.­4
  • 20.­21
  • 20.­25
  • 22.­27
  • 25.­23
  • g.­99
  • g.­289

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  • 24 related glossary entries
g.­418

Vajra­dhātvīśvarī

  • rdo rje dbyings kyi dbang phyug ma
  • རྡོ་རྗེ་དབྱིངས་ཀྱི་དབང་ཕྱུག་མ།
  • Vajra­dhātvīśvarī

Consort of Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa.

5 passages contain this term:

  • i.­1
  • i.­17
  • 25.­7
  • 25.­13
  • n.­254

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  • 1 related glossary entry
g.­422

Vajrapāṇi

  • phyag na rdo rje
  • ཕྱག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ།
  • Vajrapāṇi

Wrathful aspect of Vajrasattva; the Buddhist counterpart of Indra.

3 passages contain this term:

  • i.­1
  • 6.­93
  • 12.­19

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  • 37 related glossary entries
g.­425

Vajrasattva

  • rdo rje sems dpa’
  • རྡོ་རྗེ་སེམས་དཔའ།
  • Vajrasattva

The deity delivering the CMT.

8 passages contain this term:

  • i.­1
  • 1.­1
  • 1.­2
  • 14.­2
  • 22.­28
  • 25.­38
  • g.­343
  • g.­422

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  • 6 related glossary entries
g.­436

Vernonia

  • daN+Da ut+pal
  • དཎྜ་ཨུཏྤལ།
  • daṇḍotpala

Vernonia cinerea.

6 passages contain this term:

  • 17.­29
  • 19.­3
  • 19.­12
  • 19.­15
  • n.­159
  • g.­33
g.­446

Vyāna

  • khyab byed
  • ཁྱབ་བྱེད།
  • vyāna

One of the five vital airs, diffused throughout the entire body.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 22.­1
g.­451

White Acala

  • mi g.yo ba gkar po
  • མི་གཡོ་བ་གཀར་པོ།
  • Śvetācala

Acala corresponding to Buddha Vairocana in the east of the maṇḍala.

15 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­1
  • 2.­16
  • 2.­20
  • 2.­23
  • 4.­23
  • 4.­32
  • 4.­37
  • 5.­5
  • 8.­38
  • 12.­13
  • 15.­2
  • 15.­8
  • 15.­10
  • 25.­33
  • g.­94
g.­455

Wisdom

  • shes rab
  • ཤེས་རབ།
  • prajñā

In specific contexts, it refers also to the female partner in sexual yoga.

50 passages contain this term:

  • s.­1
  • i.­23
  • 3.­2
  • 3.­19
  • 3.­23
  • 3.­25
  • 3.­30
  • 4.­8
  • 4.­26
  • 5.­6
  • 6.­75
  • 8.­18
  • 9.­1
  • 9.­2
  • 9.­17
  • 9.­19
  • 10.­34
  • 12.­15
  • 13.­20
  • 13.­23
  • 13.­29
  • 13.­30
  • 14.­1
  • 14.­3
  • 14.­9
  • 14.­14
  • 15.­3
  • 15.­4
  • 15.­9
  • 15.­11
  • 16.­20
  • 16.­22
  • 22.­10
  • 22.­27
  • 24.­2
  • 25.­32
  • n.­262
  • g.­4
  • g.­228
  • g.­238
  • g.­252
  • g.­290
  • g.­349
  • g.­366
  • g.­408
  • g.­409
  • g.­427
  • g.­457
  • g.­458
  • g.­459

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  • 58 related glossary entries
g.­461

Yakṣiṇī

  • gnod spyin mo
  • གནོད་སྤྱིན་མོ།
  • yakṣiṇī

A female yakṣa.

5 passages contain this term:

  • 8.­3
  • 12.­3
  • 12.­12
  • 12.­18
  • g.­163

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  • 6 related glossary entries
g.­465

Yantra

  • ’khrul ’khor
  • འཁྲུལ་འཁོར།
  • yantra

A magical diagram; any mechanical tool or device.

4 passages contain this term:

  • 20.­1
  • 20.­6
  • 20.­18
  • 20.­38

Links to further resources:

  • 6 related glossary entries
g.­466

Yellow Acala

  • mi g.yo ba ser po
  • མི་གཡོ་བ་སེར་པོ།
  • Pītācala

Acala corresponding to Buddha Ratnasambhava in the south of the maṇḍala.

12 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­1
  • 2.­16
  • 2.­20
  • 2.­23
  • 4.­24
  • 4.­32
  • 4.­33
  • 4.­37
  • 5.­5
  • 8.­38
  • 12.­13
  • g.­58
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