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  1. ting nge ’dzin rgyal po’i mdo / chos thams cad kyi rang bzhin mnyam pa nyid rnam par spros pa ting nge ’dzin gyi rgyal po’i mdo

    392
    Tantric Techniques

    P795, vols. 31-32; Toh. 127, vol.
    da

    Sanskrit: P. L. Vaidya.
    Sam
    ā
    dhir
    ā
    jas
    ū
    tram
    . Buddhist Sanskrit Texts, 2. Darbhanga, India: Mithila Institute, 1961.

    Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese and English translation (of chap. 9): Cristoph Cüppers.
    The IXth Chapter of the Sam
    ā
    dhir
    ā
    jas
    ū
    tra: A Text-critical Contribution to the Study of Mah
    ā
    y
    ā
    na S
    ū
    tras.
    Alt-und Neu-Indische Studien, 41. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1990.

    Partial English translation (of chaps. 8, 19, and 22): K. Regamey.
    Three Chapters from the Sam
    ā
    dhir
    ā
    jas
    ū
    tra
    . Warsaw: Publications of the Oriental Commission, 1938.

    Partial English translation (of chaps. 1-4): Translation Committee of the University of Michigan’s Collegiate Institute for the Study of Buddhist Literature. “The S
    ū
    tra of the
    King of Sam
    ā
    dhis
    : Chapters I-IV” in
    Studies in the Literature of the Great Vehicle
    . Michigan Studies in Buddhist Literature No. 1, edited by Luis O. Gómez and Jonathan A. Silk, 188. Ann Arbor: Collegiate Institute for the Study of Buddhist Literature and Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 1989.

    K
    ṛṣ
    h

    ayam
    ā
    ri Tantra

    k
    ṛṣṇ
    ayam
    ā
    ritantra

    gshin rje gshed nag po’i rgyud P103, vol. 4

    Lady Sky-Traveler Vajra Tent Tantra

    d
    ā
    kin
    ī
    vajrapañjaramah
    ā
    tantrar
    ā
    jakalpa

    mkha’ ’gro ma rdo rje gur shes bya ba’i rgyud kyi rgyal po chen po’i brtag pa P11, vol. 1

    Little Sa

    vara Tantra

    tantrar
    ā
    ja
    ś
    r
    ī
    laghusa

    vara

    rgyud kyi rgyal po dpal bde mchog snyung ngu’i rgyud P16, vol. 2; Toh. 368

    Lotus Points

    padma rtse mo [?]

    Magical Net

    m
    ā
    y
    ā
    j
    ā
    lamah
    ā
    tantrar
    ā
    ja

    rgyud kyi rgyal po chen po sgyu ’phrul dra ba P102, vol. 4; THDL, Ng3.3.5

    Mañjushr
    ī
    Root Tantra

    mañju
    ś
    r
    ī
    m
    ū
    lakalpa

    ’jam dpal rtsa ba’i rtog pa P162, vol. 6

    Miraculous Secret Essence

    sgyu ’phrul gsang ba snying po THDL Ng3.1.1.8

    Ornament of the Vajra Essence Tantra

    vajrah

    day
    ā
    la

    k
    ā
    ra

    rdo rje snying po rgyan gyi rgyud P86, vol. 3; Toh. 451

    Pile of Jewels S
    ū
    tra

    ratnak
    ūṭ
    a / mah
    ā
    ratnak
    ūṭ
    adharmapary
    ā
    ya
    ś
    atas
    ā
    hasrikagrantha

    dkon brtsegs / dkon mchog brtsegs pa chen po’i chos kyi rnam grangs le’u stong phrag brgya pa

    P760, vols. 22-24

    Questions of Sub
    ā
    hu Tantra
    (one of the four general Action Tantras) sub
    ā
    huparip

    cch
    ā
    n
    ā
    matantra

    dpung bzang gis zhus pa zhes bya ba’i rgyud

    Bibliography
    393

    P428, vol. 9

    Revelation of the Thought

    sa

    dhivy
    ā
    kara

    atantra

    dgongs pa lung ston / dgongs pa lung bstan pa’i rgyud P83, vol. 3; THDL, Ng3.2.2.2.9

    Sa

    pu

    a Tantra

    caturyogin
    ī
    sa

    pu

    atantra

    rnal ’byor ma bzhi’i kha sbyor kyi rgyud P24, vol. 2

    Sa

    pu

    i Tantra

    sa

    pu

    in
    ā
    mamah
    ā
    tantra

    yang dag par sbyor ba shes bya ba’i rgyud chen po P26, vol. 2

    Secret Treasury

    sarvatath
    ā
    gataguhyamah
    ā
    guhyako
    ś
    a-ak

    ayayanidhid
    ī
    pa-mah
    ā
    vratas
    ā
    dhanatantra

    de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad kyi gsang ba gsang ba’i mdzod chen po mi zad pa gter gyi sgron ma brtul zhugs chen po bsgrub pa’i rgyud

    P453, vol. 9

    Susiddhi Tantra
    (one of the four general Action Tantras) susiddhikaramah
    ā
    tantras
    ā
    dhanop
    ā
    yikapa

    ala

    legs par grub par byed pa’i rgyud chen po las sgrub pa’i thabs rim par phye ba P431, vol. 9

    Tantra of Oceanic Spontaneous Pristine Wisdom

    ye shes rgya mtsho lhun gyis grub pa’i rgyud [?]

    Tantra of Pristine Wisdom [Already] Established

    ye shes grub pa’i rgyud [?]

    Tantra of the Inconceivable Ra-li

    ra li bsam gyis mi khyab pa’i rgyud [?]

    Tantra of the Supreme Original Buddha

    ś
    r
    ī
    param
    ā
    dya /
    ś
    r
    ī
    param
    ā
    dyan
    ā
    mamah
    ā
    y
    ā
    nakalpar
    ā
    j
    ā

    dpal dang po’i sangs rgyas / dpal mchog dang po zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i rtog pa’i rgyal po

    P119, vol. 5; Toh. 488, vol.
    ta

    Tantra Thoroughly Establishing the Great Vehicle
    theg pa chen po yongs su grub pa’i rgyud [?]

    Vairochan
    ā
    bhisambodhi
    (a Performance Tantra) mah
    ā
    vairocan
    ā
    bhisa

    bodhivikurvat
    ī
    -adhi
    ṣṭ
    h
    ā
    navaip
    ū
    lyas
    ū
    tra—

    indrar
    ā
    jan
    ā
    madharmapary
    ā
    ya

    rnam par snang mdzad chen po mngon par rdzogs par byang chub pa rnam par sprul ba byin gyis rlob pa shin tu rgyas pa mdo sde’i dbang po rgyal po zhes bya ba’i chos kyi rnam grangs

    P126, vol. 5; Toh. 494, Dharma vol. 31

    Vajra Array

    sarvatath
    ā
    gatacittajñ
    ā
    naguhy
    ā
    rthagarbhavy
    ū
    havajratantra

    rdo rje bkod pa / de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad kyi thugs gsang ba’i ye shes don gyi sny-ing po rdo rje bkod pa’i rgyud

    P452, vol. 9; THDL, Ng2.1.2

    394
    Tantric Techniques

    Vajrap
    āṇ
    i Initiation Tantra
    (a Performance Tantra) vajrap
    āṇ
    yabhi

    ekamah
    ā
    tantra

    lag na rdo rje dbang bskur ba’i rgyud chen mo P130, vol. 6

    Vajrapañjara Tantra
    (a Highest Yoga Tantra)

    ḍā
    ki
    ṇī
    vajrapañjaramah
    ā
    tantrar
    ā
    jakalpa

    mkha’ ’gro ma rdo rje gur zhes bya ba’i rgyud kyi rgyal po chen po’i brtag pa P11, vol. 6

    Vajrashekhara Tantra
    (a Yoga Tantra) vajra
    ś
    ekharamah
    ā
    guhyayogatantra

    gsang ba rnal ’byor chen po’i rgyud rdo rje rtse mo P113, vol. 5; Toh. 480

    Vajro

    h
    ṇīṣ
    ha Tantra
    (an Action Tantra of which the
    Concentration Continuation Tantra
    is said to be a continuation)

    rdo rje gtsug tor gyi rgyud [not extant]

    Wisdom Drop


    ā
    natilakayogin
    ī
    tantrar
    ā
    ja

    ye shes thig le rnal ’byor ma’i rgyud kyi rgyal po chen po P14, vol. 2

    Also: ye shes thig le zang thal gyi rgyud THDL, Ng1.6.105

    Wisdom Vajra Compendium
    (an explanatory Highest Yoga Tantra, in the
    Guhyasam
    ā
    ja
    cycle) jñ
    ā
    navajrasamuccayan
    ā
    mas
    ū
    tra

    ye shes rdo rje kun las btus pa P84, vol. 3

  2. Other Sanskrit and Tibetan Works

    Abhay
    ā
    kara (
    ’jigs med ’byung gnas sbas pa
    )

    Clusters of Quintessential Instructions: Commentary on the Sa

    pu

    a Tantra

    sa

    pu

    atantrar
    ā
    ja
    ṭī
    k
    ā
    -
    ā
    mn
    ā
    y
    ā
    mañjari

    yang dag par sbyor ba’i rgyud kyi rgyal po’i rgya cher ’grel pa man ngag gi snye ma P2328, vo. 55; Toh. 1198

    Ala

    kakalasha

    Commentary on the Vajra Garland Tantra

    vajram
    ā
    l
    ā
    mah
    ā
    yogatantra
    ṭī
    k
    ā
    gambh
    ī
    r
    ā
    rthad
    ī
    pik
    ā

    rnal ’byor chen po’i rgyud dpal rdo rje phreng ba’i rgya cher ’grel pa zab mo’i don gyi ’grel pa

    P2660, vol. 61; Toh. 1795

    Ā
    ryadeva (
    ’phags pa lha,
    second to third century C.E.)

    Lamp Compendium for Practice
    cary
    ā
    mel
    ā
    pakaprad
    ī
    pa spyod bsdus sgron ma P2668, vol. 61

    Sanskrit, Tibetan, and English translation: Christian K. Wedemeyer.
    Ā
    ryadeva’s Lamp that Integrates the Practices.
    New York: The American Institute of Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, 2007.

    Asa

    ga (
    thogs med,
    fourth century)

    Explanation of (Maitreya’s) “Sublime Continuum of the Great Vehicle”

    mah
    ā
    ynottaratantra
    śā
    stravy
    ā
    khya

    Bibliography
    395

    theg pa chen po’i rgyud bla ma’i bstan bcos kyi rnam par bshad pa P5526, vol. 108

    Sanskrit: E. H. Johnston (and T. Chowdhury).
    The Ratnagotravibh
    ā
    ga Mah
    ā
    y
    ā
    nottaratantra-

    śā
    stra
    . Patna, India: Bihar Research Society, 1950.

    English translation: E. Obermiller. “Sublime Science of the Great Vehicle to Salvation.”
    Acta Orientalia
    9 (1931): 81-306. Also: J. Takasaki.
    A Study on the Ratnagotravibh
    ā
    ga
    . Se-rie Orientale Roma 33. Rome: Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1966.

    Five Treatises on the Grounds
    1. Grounds of Yogic Practice / Actuality of the Grounds

      yog
      ā
      c
      ā
      rabh
      ū
      mi / bh
      ū
      mivastu

      rnal ’byor spyod pa’i sa / sa’i dngos gzhi P5536-5538, vols. 109-110

      Grounds of Bodhisattvas
      bodhisattvabh
      ū
      mi byang chub sems pa’i sa P5538, vol. 110

      Sanskrit: Unrai Wogihara.
      Bodhisattvabh
      ū
      mi: A Statement of the Whole Course of the Bodhisattva (Being the Fifteenth Section of Yog
      ā
      c
      ā
      rabh
      ū
      mi).
      Leipzig: 1908; Tokyo: Seigo Keny
      ū
      kai, 1930-1936. Also: Nalinaksha Dutt.
      Bodhisattvabhumi (Being the XVth Section of Asangapada’s Yogacarabhumi).
      Tibetan Sanskrit Works Series 7. Patna, India: K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute, 1966.

      English translation of the Chapter on Suchness, the fourth chapter of Part I, which is the f ifteenth volume of the
      Grounds of Yogic Practice:
      Janice D. Willis.
      On Knowing Reality.
      New York: Columbia University Press, 1979; reprint, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1979.

    2. Compendium of Ascertainments
      nir

      ayasa

      graha / vini
      ś
      cayasa

      graha
      ṇī
      rnam par gtan la dbab pa bsdu ba

      P5539, vols. 110-111

    3. Compendium of Bases
      vastusa

      graha gzhi bsdu ba

      P5540, vol. 111

    4. Compendium of Enumerations

      pary
      ā
      yasa

      graha rnam grang bsdu ba P5543, vol. 111

    5. Compendium of Explanations

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