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དཔའ་བོ་གཅིག་པུ་གྲུབ་པའི་རྒྱུད།

The Tantra of Siddhaikavīra

Siddhaikavīratantram

དཔའ་བོ་གཅིག་པུ་གྲུབ་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་རྒྱུད་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་པོ་ཆེན་པོ།

dpa’ bo gcig pu grub pa zhes bya ba’i rgyud kyi rgyal po chen po

The Great Sovereign Tantra of Siddhaikavīra

Siddhaikavīramahātantrarājaḥ

Toh 544

Degé Kangyur, vol. 89 (rgyud ’bum, pa), folios 1.b–13.a.

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Summary

s.1

The Tantra of Siddhaikavīra is a tantra of ritual and magic. It is a relatively short text extant in numerous Sanskrit manuscripts and in Tibetan translation. Although its precise date is difficult to establish, it is arguably the first text to introduce into the Buddhist pantheon the deity Siddhaikavīra‍—a white, two-armed form of Mañjuśrī. The tantra is primarily structured around fifty-five mantras, which are collectively introduced by a statement promising all mundane and supramundane attainments, including the ten bodhisattva levels, to a devotee who employs the Siddhaikavīra and, presumably, other Mañjuśrī mantras. Such a devotee is said to become a wish-fulfilling gem, constantly engaged in benefitting beings. Most of the mantras have their own section that includes a description of the rituals for which the mantra is prescribed and a brief description of their effects. This being a tantra of the Kriyā class, the overwhelming majority of its mantras are meant for use in rites of prosperity and wellbeing.

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Acknowledgements

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This translation was produced by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee under the supervision of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche. Wiesiek Mical translated the text from the Sanskrit, and Andreas Doctor compared the translation against the Tibetan translation contained in the Degé Kangyur and edited the text.

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

Introduction

i.1

Despite what its title might suggest, the Siddhaikavīratantra (hereafter SEV) is not a tantra of Siddhaikavīra in the same way that, for example, the Hevajratantra is a tantra of Hevajra. Siddhaikavīra is not the main subject, and indeed, excluding the chapter colophons, his name is mentioned in the tantra only three times‍—and, interestingly, never in a mantra. Nevertheless, Siddhaikavīra is awarded prominence in the text in a short preamble that introduces the SEV and points out the soteriological nature of the mantra of Siddhaikavīra-Arapacana, the forty-first mantra of the fifty-five in this text and the only one that invokes him, setting this mantra somewhat apart from other mantras, most of which have magical and practical applications. The ritual related to this particular mantra requires the visualization of Siddhaikavīra, but even then he is invoked not by the name Siddhaikavīra but as Arapacana. Only one other mantra, addressed to Arkamālinī (Mahāsarasvatī), involves the visualization of Siddhaikavīra.

Summary of the Chapters

Notes on the Translation

The Translation

The Great Sovereign Tantra of Siddhaikavīra

Chapter 1

[F.1.b] [S1]

1.1

Oṁ, homage to Mañjughoṣa!

The teacher of living beings, Mañjuvajra,

Taught this tantra for the sake of the world‍—

The tantra of Siddhaikavīra, the heroic lord,

The best and foremost among speakers.

1.2

This very deity, in the form of the mantra,

Bounteously grants every accomplishment.

On him indeed should the follower of Mantra meditate.

He in whom Siddhaikavīra is realized will gain accomplishment.

Chapter 2

2.1

One should explain this king of tantras

To a disciple who is an awakened Buddhist,

Who has many good qualities,47

Who is devoted to his teacher, and who is skilled.

2.2

Oṁ, homage to the god Vimalacandra!

Chapter 3

Forty-First Mantra

3.1

oṁ vajratīkṣṇa duḥkhaccheda prajñājñānamūrtaye |

jñānakāya vāgīśvara arapacanāya te namaḥ ||

Oṁ, Vajratīkṣṇa! You who cut through suffering!

The embodiment of wisdom and knowledge!

The body of knowledge, Vāgīśvara‍—

Homage to Arapacana!

Chapter 4

Fifty-Second Mantra

4.1

oṁ lavaṇāmbho ’si tīkṣṇo ’si udagro ’si bhayṃkara | amukasya daha gātrāṇi daha māṃsāni daha tvacam nakhāny api daha asthīni asthibhyo majjakaṃ daha | lavaṇaṃ chindati lavaṇaṃ bhindati lavaṇaṃ pacati | kṣoṇitalavaṇe hriyamāṇe kuto nidrā kuto ratiḥ | yadi vasati yojanaśate nadīnāṃ ca śatāntare | nagare lohaprākāre kṛṣṇasarpakṛtākule | tatraiva vaśam ānīhi lavaṇabandhapuraskṛta | oṁ ciṭi ciṭi vikloli amukaṃ sadhanaparivāram eva samānaya svāhā |

Colophon

c.1

Translated by the great Indian preceptor Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna and the translator monk Géwai Lodrö, and finalized by the monk Tsultrim Gyalwa.

Notes

n.1

For more on these two deities, see Dharmachakra (2016) and (2011), respectively.

n.2

See bibliography, Khyentse (1970).

n.3

Pandey (1998), p 9.

n.4

Tib.: oṁ kālumelu kālume stambhaya śilāvarṣaṃ tuṣāranya ca lucca i lucca i svāhā |

n.5

Tib.: “a hailstorm or a snowfall.”

n.6

In the Tibetan the mantra ends: nirundha nirundha chegemo* ūrṇāmaṇe svāhā.

n.7

Tib. omits the three sentences starting with “One should write…” and ending with “evil designs, etc.”

n.8

In the Tibetan, the sentence “One will also stop torrential rain” appears in the next paragraph.

n.9

Tib.: “with water and milk.”

n.10

Tib.: “on birchbark, cloth, or leaves.”

n.11

Tib.: “an effigy in the form of Bhairava.”

n.12

Skt.: “bury it right there.”

n.13

Tib.: “one should incant seven thorns and stick them in the tongue of the effigy.”

n.14

Except for the beeswax, the Tibetan omits the details of how the mantra should be written and wrapped.

n.15

Tib.: “That will paralyze the mouths of any aggressors.”

n.16

Tib. omits “written with saffron.”

n.17

Tib. omits “cool.”

n.18

Tib.: “animals with horns, such as the gaur.”

n.19

Tib. omits “double.”

n.20

Translation based on the Tibetan. The Sanskrit reads, “The mantra should then be adorned with the double vajra and placed in the abdomen of a Gaṇapati made of beeswax.”

n.21

Tib. adds “or burn it in a homa of chaff.”

n.22

Translation based on the Tibetan. The Sanskrit reads, “one will arrest vision,” possibly meaning, “one will stabilize vision.”

n.23

A kind of weapon (Monier-Williams).

n.24

Skt. omits “on a piece of cloth.”

n.25

Tib. reflects the reading adṛśyo (“invisible”).

n.26

Tib. omits “humans” and “nāgas,” but adds “mahoragas.”

n.27

Tib. omits “eight.”

n.28

Tib. omits “by the mantrin.”

n.29

Tib. omits “by making a tika on one’s forehead.”

n.30

Tib. omits “just once.”

n.31

Tib. has instead, “one will pacify the teeth of bipeds and quadrupeds,” which makes little sense, as the teeth of bipeds seldom constitute a cause of fear.

n.32

The Sanskrit sentence begins with “this king of mantras,” which does not fit the context.

n.33

Tib. omits “making a dressing.”

n.34

Tib. omits “in the case of a man.”

n.35

Skt. omits “and the name”; Tib. omits “birchbark.”

n.36

Tib. omits “spider” but adds “snake.”

n.37

According to the Tibetan, it is the incense that should be incanted 108 times.

n.38

Based on the Tibetan (the Sanskrit is unclear).

n.39

Tib.: “on a leaf or parchment.”

n.40

Tib. omits “meditation.”

n.41

Tib.: “disputes.”

n.42

The Devanāgarī letter ṭha has the shape of a circle, and it can therefore be drawn around objects or shapes.

n.43

Tib.: “possession by.”

n.44

Tib.: “mustard seeds.”

n.45

This clause is unclear both in the Sanskrit and the Tibetan.

n.46

Tib. omits “wanton.”

n.47

Tib.: “who has the potential for good qualities.”

n.48

In the Tibetan, this verse and the next are transcribed in Sanskrit, like a mantra.

n.49

We have a play on words here, as darpaṇa can mean “mirror” as well as be the name of the mountain of Kubera. Both of these meanings are required for the context that follows.

n.50

In the Tibetan, this verse is transcribed, like a mantra.

n.51

Skt. omits “to the god Vimalacandra.”

n.52

According to Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo’s commentary, “well washed” means “washed with water from the jar.”

n.53

Tib.: “to the Blessed One and the god Vimalacandra.”

n.54

Tib. omits “Muṇḍā, whispering in one’s ear.”

n.55

Tib.: “secret mantra.”

n.56

Tib.: “venerable youthful Mañjuśrī.”

n.57

The Tib. adds “human flesh.”

n.58

Tib.: “one week.”

n.59

The translation is based on the Tibetan. The Sanskrit suggests that, rather than the head, one will not see the neck.

n.60

Tib.: “This king of Nandinī mantras accomplishes all…”

n.61

Skt. omits “sweet-smelling.”

n.62

Tib. omits “observing one’s minor vows.”

n.63

According to the Tibetan, the ghee, honey, and sugar are inside the two leaves. The Sanskrit, however, seems to reflect the standard way of placing the yantra between the three sweet things.

n.64

Skt. omits “kings.”

n.65

Tib.: “serve.”

n.66

In the Tibetan the last sentence is transcribed as a Sanskrit mantra. In the Sanskrit, however, it is impossible to take it as such.

n.67

The translation “the speech of Sarasvatī” is based on emended Sanskrit reading (sarasvatīṃ vāṇīm to sarasvatīvāṇīm).

n.68

Tib. omits “dullness.”

n.69

“Cat’s paw” is a particular measure of weight. The Tibetan suggests “four karṣas.”

n.70

Skt. omits “Vāgīśvara.”

n.71

Tib.: “if they are swallowed.”

n.72

Tib. omits “400,000.”

n.73

Skt.: oṁ prakṛtipariśuddhāḥ sarvadharmāḥ prakṛtipariśuddho ’haṃ sabāhyābhyantaram |

n.74

Skt. omits “anointed with cream of white sandalwood, and beautifully adorned with flowers.”

n.75

Tib. omits “white, and so forth.”

n.76

Tib. omits “in an unbroken stream.”

n.77

Instead of “in the center of a sun disk of the color of red lotus,” the Tibetan has “in the navel of the goddess.”

n.78

Instead of “well prepared Sarasvatī’s…” the Tibetan seems to be saying, “in order to accomplish Sarasvatī.” The epithet sārasvata is again used to qualify ghee in the section of the forty-sixth mantra below.

n.79

Tib.: “goat’s milk.”

n.80

The translation “born from a lotus” is based on the Tibetan and on the emended Sanskrit reading (°āmbujāyāḥ to °āmbujajāyāḥ).

n.81

Skt. omits “that embodies all statements.”

n.82

Tib. omits “adorned with every ornament.”

n.83

Tib. omits the sentence “One should add… powders:

n.84

Skt.: oṁ svabhāvaśuddhāḥ sarvadharmāḥ svabhāvaśuddho ’ham |

n.85

The Tibetan reflects the reading “Sūryaprabha,” which is another name for Jālinīprabha.

n.86

Tib. omits “astride.”

n.87

Tib. omits “astride.”

n.88

Tib. omits “or an eight-spoked wheel.”

n.89

Tib. omits “red garlands.”

n.90

Translation based on the Tibetan. The Sanskrit suggests “figurines made of salt.”

n.91

Tib. only mentions the name of the target.

n.92

Skt. omits “only.”

n.93

The Sanskrit word is piṇḍa, which means a lump of any solid material. Tib. says “the sky.”

n.94

Tib.: “in a cemetery.”

n.95

Grahaṇāyāgamanāyākramaṇāya is a conjectured reading. In the manuscripts we have grahaṇīyāgamanāyākramaṇīya.

n.96

Perhaps a metaphor is intended here: it is the function of the god of comets and planets to control the seizing (i.e., eclipsing), coming, and traversing of heavenly bodies, but here he is meant to apply this function to the “movements” of happiness. The grammar, however, is not very clear.

n.97

Instead of “delineate an altar,” Tib. has “shape it into a square.”

n.98

Based on the Tibetan, which is glossed by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo: “An intelligent person who takes pleasure in benefitting others, knowing merely from reading [this text] the mantras that are to be found in it, should practice them with respect.” The Sanskrit could be interpreted as, “When they see things accomplished, skillful ones should feel respect.”

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Otsuka, Nobuo (Mikkyo Seiten Kyekyūkai), ed. “Siddhaikavīratantra.” In Taisho Daigaku Sogo-Bukkyo-Kenkyujo-Kiyo, vol. 15, pp (1)–(18). Tokyo: Taisho University Press, 1995.

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Glossary

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Aditi

Aditi

Goddess invoked to help win a girl.

g.2

Ajitā

Ajitā

One of the “four sisters of victory.”

g.3

Amaraṇī

Amaraṇī

“Immortal One,” epithet of Jīvantī in the mantra of long life.

g.4

Ambāsimbāka

Ambāsimbāka

Deity invoked to remove fear.

g.5

Aparājitā

Aparājitā

One of the “four sisters of victory.”

g.6

Arapacana

Arapacana

Emanation of Mañjuśrī, invoked to obtain the gift of speech, memory, sharp intellect, and learning.

g.7

Arkamālinī

Arkamālinī

“Having the nimbus of the sun,” epithet of Mahāsarasvatī, one of the four retinue goddesses of Siddhaikavīra.

g.8

Āryā

Āryā

One of the eight great yakṣiṇīs who form the retinue of Vasudharā.

g.9

Avalokiteśvara

spyan ras gzigs

སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས།

Avalokiteśvara

g.10

Bali

gtor ma

གཏོར་མ།

bali

Ritual oblation offered into the fire.

g.11

Bhṛkuṭī

khro gnyer can

ཁྲོ་གཉེར་ཅན།

Bhṛkuṭī

Along with Tārā, a female deity visualized in the sādhana of Lavaṇāmbha.

g.12

Bhūmi

ས།

bhūmi

Level of the realization of a bodhisattva. Typically there are ten bhūmis, sometimes thirteen.

g.13

Calā

Calā

Goddess of fortune invoked in divination and soothsaying.

g.14

Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa

Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa

Deity invoked to destroy evil and to grant protection.

g.15

Candrakāntī

Candrakāntī

One of the eight great yakṣiṇīs who form the retinue of Vasudharā.

g.16

Candraprabha

zla ba’i ’od

ཟླ་བའི་འོད།

Candraprabha

One of the four retinue deities of Arapacana.

g.17

Carendra

Carendra

One of the eight great yakṣas who form the retinue of Jambhala.

g.18

Chaff homa

phub ma’i sbyin sreg

ཕུབ་མའི་སྦྱིན་སྲེག

tuṣahoma

Type of homa where chaff fire is used or chaff is offered. Sometimes mixed with clarified butter.

g.19

Culā

Culā

Epithet of Calā.

g.20

Cundā

Cundā

Epithet of Calā.

g.21

Dantilī

Dantilī

Goddess who reveals hidden facts in one’s sleep.

g.22

Dattā

Dattā

One of the eight great yakṣiṇīs who form the retinue of Vasudharā.

g.23

Devī

Devī

One of the eight great yakṣiṇīs who form the retinue of Vasudharā.

g.24

Dhanada

Dhanada

One of the eight great yakṣas who form the retinue of Jambhala.

g.25

Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna

Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna

The famed Indian scholar who spent twelve years in Tibet from 1042–1054. Also known as Atīśa.

g.26

Double vajra

sna tshogs rdo rje

སྣ་ཚོགས་རྡོ་རྗེ།

viśvavajra

Two crossed vajras.

g.27

Effigy

gzugs

གཟུགས།

puttalaka
puttalikā

Effigy of the target used in magical rites.

g.28

Eight great siddhis

dngos grub chen po brgyad

དངོས་གྲུབ་ཆེན་པོ་བརྒྱད།

aṣṭamahāsiddhi

Eight “ordinary” accomplishments attained through practice: (1) eye medicine (añjana, mig sman); (2) swift-footedness (jaṅghākara, rkang mgyogs); (3) magic sword (khaḍga, ral gri); (4) travel beneath the earth (pātāla, sa ’og spyod); (5) medicinal pills (gulikā, ril bu); (6) travel in the sky (khecara, mkha’ spyod); (7) invisibility (antardhāna, mi snang ba); and (8) elixir (rasāyana, bcud len). (From Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo’s commentary).

g.29

Follower of Mantra

sngags pa

སྔགས་པ།

mantrin

A practitioner of mantra; a follower of the Mantra Vehicle.

g.30

Gaṇapati

Gaṇapati

Epithet of Ganeśa; sometimes of other deities.

g.31

Grey Monkey

Harimarkaṭa

Deity invoked to release a prisoner from bondage.

g.32

Guptā

Guptā

One of the eight great yakṣiṇīs who form the retinue of Vasudharā.

g.33

Géwai Lodrö

dge ba’i blo gros

དགེ་བའི་བློ་གྲོས།

One of the three translators responsible for the canonical translation of the SEV.

g.34

Homa

sbyin sreg

སྦྱིན་སྲེག

homa

Ritual oblation offered into the fire. Unlike bali, homa in a tantric ritual is a repetitive act performed a prescribed number of times.

g.35

Human fat

snum chen po

སྣུམ་ཆེན་པོ།

mahātaila

In this context, a ritual object used in rituals of enthrallment.

g.36

Human skull

ka pa chen po

ཀ་པ་ཆེན་པོ།

mahākapala

g.37

Jālinīprabha

Jālinīprabha

One of the four retinue deities of Arapacana, also called Sūryaprabha.

g.38

Jambhā

Jambhā

Deity invoked to make a person lovable; also to fulfill one’s wishes.

g.39

Jambhala

Jambhala

God of riches.

g.40

Jambhanī

Jambhanī

“Snapper.” This seems to be an epithet of Locanā.

g.41

Jayā

Jayā

One of the “four sisters of victory.”

g.42

Jīvaṃvaradā

Jīvaṃvaradā

“Giver of the Boon of Life,” epithet of a goddess (Tārā?) invoked to give an easy delivery of a child.

g.43

Jīvantī

Jīvantī

“Ever Alive,” goddess invoked in the mantra of long life.

g.44

Jvālājihvā

Jvālājihvā

“Tongue of Flames,” goddess invoked to pacify disputes, quash fires, and stop epidemics.

g.45

Kailāsakūṭaputra

Kailāsakūṭaputra

“Son of Mount Meru,” god invoked in divination and soothsaying (Kubera?).

g.46

Kamalā

Kamalā

One of the names of Lakṣmī.

g.47

Kamalavikāsinī

Kamalavikāsinī

“Possessor of lotus blossoms,” epithet of Lakṣmī.

g.48

Karṇapiśācī

sha za rna sgrogs

ཤ་ཟ་རྣ་སྒྲོགས།

Karṇapiśācī

“Demoness of the Ear,” female spirit who reveals hidden facts or the future by whispering them into one’s ear; very likely another name for Śravaṇapiśācī.

g.49

Karṣa

ཞོ།

karṣa

A unit of weight equal to 280 grains troy, or, sometimes, 176 grains troy.

g.50

Kelimālin

Kelimālin

One of the eight great yakṣas who form the retinue of Jambhala.

g.51

Keśinī

skra can ma

སྐྲ་ཅན་མ།

Keśinī

One of the four retinue goddesses of Siddhaikavīra; also of Arapacana.

g.52

Kubera

Kubera

God of wealth.

g.53

Kurukullā

Kurukullā

Goddess invoked in the rites of enthrallment.

g.54

Lakṣmī

Lakṣmī

Goddess of fortune, here invoked to obtain power, splendor, a girl, or even a kingdom.

g.55

Lavaṇāmbha

Lavaṇāmbha

“Salty water,” epithet of Avalokiteśvara; invoked in the rites of enthrallment.

g.56

Locanā

sangs rgyas spyan

སངས་རྒྱས་སྤྱན།

Locanā

Goddess invoked in divination and soothsaying.

g.57

Lokanātha

’jig rten mgon po

འཇིག་རྟེན་མགོན་པོ།

Lokanātha

“Lord of the World,” an epithet of Avalokiteśvara.

g.58

Mahālakṣmī

dpal chen po

དཔལ་ཆེན་པོ།

Mahālakṣmī

One of the names of Lakṣmī.

g.59

Mahāmāyāṅgā

Mahāmāyāṅgā

“One having the body of great illusion,” epithet of Mahāsarasvatī.

g.60

Mahāsarasvatī

ngag gi dbang phyug ma chen mo

ངག་གི་དབང་ཕྱུག་མ་ཆེན་མོ།

Mahāsarasvatī

Goddess of learning; in the SEV she is associated with Tārā; she is also one the four retinue goddesses of Siddhaikavīra.

g.61

Mahāśrī

dpal chen mo

དཔལ་ཆེན་མོ།

Mahāśrī

One of the four retinue goddesses of Siddhaikavīra.

g.62

Mahāśvetā

Mahāśvetā

“Great White Goddess,” epithet of Sarasvatī.

g.63

Mahāvidyā

Mahāvidyā

“Great Knowledge,” epithet of Calā.

g.64

Maṇḍala of Indra

dbang chen gyi dkyil ’khor

དབང་ཆེན་གྱི་དཀྱིལ་འཁོར།

mahendramaṇḍala

A rainbow.

g.65

Maṇibhadra

Maṇibhadra

One of the eight great yakṣas who form the retinue of Jambhala.

g.66

Mañjughoṣa

Mañjughoṣa

Emanation of Mañjuśrī.

g.67

Mañjuśrī

’jam dpal

འཇམ་དཔལ།

Mañjuśrī

g.68

Mañjuvajra

’jam pa’i rdo rje

འཇམ་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ།

Mañjuvajra

Emanation of Mañjuśrī; the deity delivering the SEV.

g.69

Mantra knot

sngags mdud

སྔགས་མདུད།

gaṇḍaka

Knot which has been incanted with the mantra while being tied.

g.70

Mati

blo ma

བློ་མ།

Mati

One of the four retinue goddesses of Mahāsarasvatī.

g.71

Medhā

yid gzhungs ma

ཡིད་གཞུངས་མ།

Medhā

One of the four retinue goddesses of Mahāsarasvatī.

g.72

Megholka

Megholka

God of lightning (Indra?) invoked to obtain riches or women.

g.73

Mocanī

Mocanī

“Releaser,” epithet of a goddess (Tārā?) invoked to give an easy delivery of a child.

g.74

Mohā

Mohā

Deity invoked to make a person lovable; also to fulfill one’s wishes.

g.75

Mohanī

Mohanī

“Deluder.” This seems to be an epithet of Locanā. Goddess who reveals hidden facts in one’s sleep.

g.76

Mokṣaṇī

Mokṣaṇī

“Reliever,” epithet of a goddess (Tārā?) invoked to give an easy delivery of a child.

g.77

Mucilī

Mucilī

Goddess who reveals hidden facts in one’s sleep; possibly another name for the nāga goddess Mucilindā.

g.78

Muṇḍā

Muṇḍā

Female spirit invoked in divination and soothsaying.

g.79

Nāga

ཀླུ།

nāga

Class of semi-divine serpent-like beings.

g.80

Nandinī

dga’ byed ma

དགའ་བྱེད་མ།

Nandinī

Goddess invoked to obtain power, riches, and splendor.

g.81

Niculā

Niculā

Goddess invoked to protect one from danger.

g.82

Pacifying

zhi ba

ཞི་བ།

śāntika
śānti

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

g.83

Pādacalanā

Pādacalanā

This appears to be a goddess invoked to protect one from leprosy.

g.84

Padmā

Padmā

Goddess invoked to cure diseases of the eyes, etc.

g.85

Pala

srang

སྲང་།

pala

A unit of weight equal to four karṣa.

g.86

Parṇaśabarī

Parṇaśabarī

Female piśāca invoked to protect people and animals from all kinds of troubles.

g.87

Pātāla

pātāla

One of the seven subterranean realms, the abode of nāgas.

g.88

Piśāca

sha za

ཤ་ཟ།

piśāca

A class of spirits.

g.89

Prajñā

shes rab ma

ཤེས་རབ་མ།

Prajñā

One of the four retinue goddesses of Mahāsarasvatī.

g.90

Prajvala

Prajvala

“Blazing Light,” epithet of Avalokiteśvara when he is invoked in the rites of divination.

g.91

Prastha

བྲེ།

prastha

A unit of weight equal to thirty-two pala.

g.92

Preliminary practice

sngon du bsnyen pa

སྔོན་དུ་བསྙེན་པ།

pūrvasevā

“Preliminary practice,” pūrvasevā, is a six-month period of formal practice to be performed before one can start employing the mantra for specific purposes.

g.93

Pūrṇabhadra

Pūrṇabhadra

One of the eight great yakṣas who form the retinue of Jambhala.

g.94

Rakṣaṇī

Rakṣaṇī

“Protector.” This seems to be an epithet of Locanā.

g.95

Sarasvatī

dbyangs can

དབྱངས་ཅན།

Sarasvatī

Goddess of learning; one of the eight great yakṣiṇīs who form the retinue of Vasudharā.

g.96

Satyavādinī

Satyavādinī

“Speaker of Truth,” epithet of Calā.

g.97

Siddhaikavīra

dpa’ bo gcig pu grub pa

དཔའ་བོ་གཅིག་པུ་གྲུབ་པ།

Siddhaikavīra

Emanation of Mañjuśrī; the title deity of the SEV. He is visualized in the rituals of the 41st and 46th mantras of the SEV.

g.98

Siddhalocanā

Siddhalocanā

“Endowed with Supernatural Vision,” epithet of Locanā.

g.99

Siddhi

dngos grub

དངོས་གྲུབ།

siddhi

An accomplishment that is the goal of sādhana practice; a supernatural power or ability.

g.100

Smṛti

dran pa ma

དྲན་པ་མ།

Smṛti

One of the four retinue goddesses of Mahāsarasvatī.

g.101

Sole hero

dpa’ bo gcig po

དཔའ་བོ་གཅིག་པོ།

ekavīra
ekalavīra
ekallavīra

Male deity visualized with a consort, but without the maṇḍala deities.

g.102

Speech

Vāk

Speech personified; one of the names of Mahāsarasvatī.

g.103

Śravaṇapiśācī

Śravaṇapiśācinī

“Demoness of the Ear,” epithet of Muṇḍā.

g.104

Śrīvasu

Śrīvasu

One of the four retinue goddesses of Vasudharā.

g.105

Stambhanī

Stambhanī

“Immobilizer.” This seems to be an epithet of Locanā.

g.106

Subhadrā

Subhadrā

One of the eight great yakṣiṇīs who form the retinue of Vasudharā.

g.107

Sukhendra

Sukhendra

One of the eight great yakṣas who form the retinue of Jambhala.

g.108

Svapnavilokinī

Svapnavilokinī

“One Who Can See Dreams,” epithet of Locanā.

g.109

Tārā

sgrol ma

སྒྲོལ་མ།

Tārā

g.110

Tāraṇī

Tāraṇī

“Savioress,” epithet of a goddess (Tārā?) invoked to give an easy delivery of a child.

g.111

Target

bsgrub bya

བསྒྲུབ་བྱ།

sādhya
sādhyā

Person or being who is the target of a particular sādhana, or ritual.

g.112

Three hot substances

tsha ba gsum

ཚ་བ་གསུམ།

trikaṭu
trikaṭuka

Black pepper, long pepper, and dry ginger.

g.113

Tika

tika

ཏིཀ

tika
tilaka

Dot painted between the eyebrows.

g.114

Tsultrim Gyalwa

tshul khrims rgyal ba

ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་རྒྱལ་བ།

One of the three translators responsible for the canonical translation of the SEV.

g.115

Upakeśinī

nye ba’i skra can ma

ཉེ་བའི་སྐྲ་ཅན་མ།

Upakeśinī

One of the four retinue goddesses of Siddhaikavīra; also of Arapacana.

g.116

Ūrṇā

mdzod spu

མཛོད་སྤུ།

ūrṇā
ūrṇākośa

Circular tuft of hair between the eyebrows.

g.117

Ūrṇāmaṇi

Ūrṇāmaṇi

“One With the Jewel of Ūrṇā,” deity invoked to ward off enemies and natural disasters.

g.118

Vāgīśvara

gsung gi dbang phyug

གསུང་གི་དབང་ཕྱུག

Vāgīśvara

“Lord of Speech,” epithet of Mañjuśrī.

g.119

Vāgvādinī

Vāgvādinī

Epithet of Sarasvatī.

g.120

Vaiśravaṇa

Vaiśravaṇa

One of the eight great yakṣas who form the retinue of Jambhala.

g.121

Vajradhara

Vajradhara

One of the sambhogakāya deities; the bodhisattva requesting the teaching in the SEV.

g.122

Vajratīkṣṇa

Vajratīkṣṇa

“Diamond-sharp,” epithet of Mañjuśrī.

g.123

Vākya

Vākya

Epithet of Mañjuśrī used in his heart mantra, which grants intelligence, longevity, and other boons.

g.124

Varadā

Varadā

“Boon-giver,” this seems to be an epithet of Locanā.

g.125

Vasudattā

Vasudattā

One of the eight great yakṣiṇīs who form the retinue of Vasudharā.

g.126

Vasudharā

Vasudharā

Goddess of riches, Earth personified; invoked for the fulfillment of wishes; also to obtain a girl or a village.

g.127

Vasumatiśrī

Vasumatiśrī

One of the four retinue goddesses of Vasudharā.

g.128

Vasumukhī

Vasumukhī

One of the four retinue goddesses of Vasudharā.

g.129

Vasuśrī

Vasuśrī

One of the four retinue goddesses of Vasudharā.

g.130

Vicitrakuṇḍalin

Vicitrakuṇḍalin

One of the eight great yakṣas who form the retinue of Jambhala.

g.131

Vidyādhara

rig ’dzin

རིག་འཛིན།

vidyādhara

“Knowledge holder,” a being possessed of magical powers.

g.132

Vijayā

Vijayā

One of the “four sisters of victory.”

g.133

Villagers’ dharma

grong pa’i chos

གྲོང་པའི་ཆོས།

grāmyadharma

Euphemism for sexual intercourse.

g.134

Vimalacandra

dri ma med pa’i zla ba

དྲི་མ་མེད་པའི་ཟླ་བ།

Vimalacandra

God invoked in divination and soothsaying, possibly associated with Kubera, or an epithet of Kubera.

g.135

Wish-fulfilling gem

yid bzhin nor bu

ཡིད་བཞིན་ནོར་བུ།

cintāmaṇi

g.136

Yakṣa

gnod sbyin

གནོད་སྦྱིན།

yakṣa

Class of non-human beings.

g.137

Yakṣiṇī

gnod sbyin mo

གནོད་སྦྱིན་མོ།

yakṣiṇī

Female yakṣa.

g.138

Yamāntaka

gshin rje mthar byed

གཤིན་རྗེ་མཐར་བྱེད།

Yamāntaka

Deity invoked to summon and subdue Karṇapiśācī.

g.139

Youthful One

Kumāra

In the SEV, deity invoked in a divination and soothsaying rite; often an epithet of Mañjuśrī.

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The Tantra of Siddhaikavīra

Toh 544

Forty-First Mantra

Fifty-Second Mantra

Aditi

Ajitā

Amaraṇī

Ambāsimbāka

Aparājitā

Arapacana

Arkamālinī

Āryā

Avalokiteśvara

Bali

Bhṛkuṭī

Bhūmi

Calā

Caṇḍa­mahā­roṣaṇa

Candrakāntī

Candraprabha

Carendra

Chaff homa

Culā

Cundā

Dantilī

Dattā

Devī

Dhanada

Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna

Double vajra

Effigy

Eight great siddhis

Follower of Mantra

Gaṇapati

Grey Monkey

Guptā

Géwai Lodrö

Homa

Human fat

Human skull

Jālinīprabha

Jambhā

Jambhala

Jambhanī

Jayā

Jīvaṃvaradā

Jīvantī

Jvālājihvā

Kailāsakūṭa­putra

Kamalā

Kamalavikāsinī

Karṇapiśācī

Karṣa

Kelimālin

Keśinī

Kubera

Kurukullā

Lakṣmī

Lavaṇāmbha

Locanā

Lokanātha

Mahālakṣmī

Mahāmāyāṅgā

Mahāsarasvatī

Mahāśrī

Mahāśvetā

Mahāvidyā

Maṇḍala of Indra

Maṇibhadra

Mañjughoṣa

Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa

Kailāsakūṭaputra