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“P,” standing for “Peking edition,” refers to the
Tibetan Tripitaka
(Tokyo-Kyoto: Tibetan Tripitaka Research Foundation, 1955-1962).


stog
Palace” refers to the
Tog Palace Manuscript of the Tibetan Kanjur

(Leh, Ladakh: Smanrtsis Shesrig Dpemdzod, 1979).

“THDL” refers to The Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library of the University of Virginia at www.thdl.org.

“Toh.” refers to
A Complete Catalogue of the Tibetan Buddhist Canons,
edited by Hakuju Ui
et al.
(Sendai, Japan: Tohoku University, 1934), and
A Catalogue of the Tohoku University Collection of Tibetan Works on Buddhism,
edited by Yensho Kanakura
et al.
(Sendai,

388
Tantric Techniques

Japan: Tohoku University, 1953).

“Tokyo
sde dge
” refers to the
sDe dge Tibetan Tripi

aka—bsTan

gyur preserved at the Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo,
edited by Z. Yamaguchi
et al.
(Tokyo: Tokyo University Press, 1977-1984).

Bibliography

  1. S
    ū
    tras and Tantras

    Amoghap
    ā
    sha Tantra

    amoghap
    āś
    ah

    dayan
    ā
    mamah
    ā
    y
    ā
    nas
    ū
    tra

    ’phags pa don yod zhags pa’i snying po zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo P366, vol. 8

    Brief Explication of Initiations

    sekodde
    ś
    a

    dbang mdor bstan P3, vol. 1

    Sanskrit and Tibetan: Giacomella Orofino.
    Sekodde
    ś
    a: A Critical Edition of the Tibetan Translations.
    Rome: Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1994. The Sanskrit is found in the appendix, edited by Raniero Gnoli.

    Buddha Skull

    buddhakap
    ā
    lan
    ā
    mayogin
    ī
    tantrar
    ā
    ja

    sangs rgyas thod pa shes bya ba rnal ’byor ma’i rgyud kyi rgyal po P63, vol. 3

    Buddha Union Tantra

    sarvabuddhasamayoga
    ḍā
    kin
    ī
    j
    ā
    lasa

    bara

    sangs rgyas thams cad dang mnyam par sbyor ba mkha’ ’gro ma sgyu ma bde ba’i mchog P8, vol. 1

    Buddh
    ā
    vata

    saka S
    ū
    tra

    buddh
    ā
    vata

    sakan
    ā
    ma-mah
    ā
    vaipulyas
    ū
    tra

    sangs rgyas phal po che zhes bya ba shin tu rgyas pa chen po’i mdo P761, vols. 25-26

    Cemetery Adornment

    cakrasa

    baratantrar
    ā
    j
    ā
    dbhuta
    ś
    ma
    śā
    n
    ā
    la

    k
    ā
    ra

    ’khor sdom pa’i rgyud kyi rgyal po dur khrod kyi rgyan rmad du byung ba P57, vol. 3

    Compendium of Principles Tantra
    (the root Yoga Tantra) sarvatath
    ā
    gatatattvasa

    graha

    de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad kyi de kho na nyid bsdus pa P112, vol. 4; D479, vol.
    nya

    Sanskrit:
    Sarvatath
    ā
    gatatattva-sa

    graha,
    reproduced by Lokesh Chandra and David L. Snellgrove.
    Ś
    ata-pi

    aka Series, vol. 269. New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture, 1981. Also: Isshi Yamada.
    Sarvatath
    ā
    gatatattva-sa

    graha.
    Ś
    ata-pi

    aka Series, vol. 262. New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture, 1981.

    Compendium of Wisdom Vajras

    vajrajñ
    ā
    nasamuccaya

    ye shes rdo rje kun las btus pa P84, vol. 3; Toh. 447

    Concentration Continuation Tantra
    (one of the four general Action Tantras) dhy
    ā
    nottarapa

    alakramatantra

    bsam gtan gyi phyi ma rim par phye ba P430, vol. 9

    Condensed Perfection of Wisdom S
    ū
    tra

    prajñ
    ā
    p
    ā
    ramit
    ā
    sañcayag
    ā
    th
    ā

    shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa sdud pa tshigs su bcad pa

    390
    Tantric Techniques

    P735, vol. 21; Toh. 13, vol.
    ka
    (
    shes rab sna tshogs
    )

    Sanskrit and Tibetan: Akira Yuyama.
    Prajñ
    ā
    -p
    ā
    ramit
    ā
    -ratnagu

    a-sa

    caya-g
    ā
    th
    ā
    (Sanskrit Recension A): Edited with an Introduction, Bibliographical Notes and a Tibetan Version from Tunhuang
    . London: Cambridge University Press, 1976
    .

    Sanskrit: E. E. Obermiller.
    Prajñ
    ā
    p
    ā
    ramit
    ā
    -ratnagu

    a-sañcayag
    ā
    th
    ā
    . Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag, 1970. Also: P. L. Vaidya.
    Mah
    ā
    y
    ā
    na-s
    ū
    tra-sa

    graha.
    Part I. Buddhist Sanskrit Texts, 17. Darbhanga, India: Mithila Institute, 1961.

    English translation: Edward Conze.
    The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines & Its Verse Summary.
    Bolinas, Calif.: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.

    Detailed Rite of Amoghap
    ā
    sha

    amoghap
    āś
    akalpar
    ā
    ja

    don yod pa’i zhags pa’i cho ga zhib mo’i rgyal po P365, vol. 8; Toh. 13

    Eight Thousand Stanza Perfection of Wisdom S
    ū
    tra

    a
    ṣṭ
    as
    ā
    hasrik
    ā
    prajñ
    ā
    p
    ā
    ramit
    ā

    shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa brgyad stong pa P734, vol. 21

    Sanskrit: P. L. Vaidya.
    A
    ṣṭ
    as
    ā
    hasrika Prajñ
    ā
    p
    ā
    ramit
    ā
    , with Haribhadra’s Commentary called

    Ā
    lok
    ā
    .
    Buddhist Sanskrit Texts 4. Darbhanga, India: Mithila Institute, 1960.

    English translation: Edward Conze.
    The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines & Its Verse Summary.
    Bolinas, Calif.: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.

    Equality with Space Tantra

    khasamatantrar
    ā
    ja

    nam mkha’ dang mnyam pa’i rgyud kyi rgyal po P31, vol. 3

    Expression of the Names / Expression of the Ultimate Names of the Wisdom Being Mañjushr
    ī

    mañju
    ś
    r
    ī

    ā
    nasattvasyaparam
    ā
    rthan
    ā
    masa

    g
    ī
    ti

    ’jam dpal ye shes sems dpa’i don dam pa’i mtshan yang dag par brjod pa P2, vol. 1

    English translation and Sanskrit edition: Ronald M. Davidson. “The Litany of Names of Mañju
    ś
    r
    ī
    .” In
    Tantric and Taoist Studies in Honour of R.A. Stein,
    edited by Michel Strick-mann, vol. 1, 1-69. Mélanges Chinois et Bouddhiques, vol. 20. Brussels: Institut Belge des Hautes Études Chinoises, 1981. Translation reprinted, with minor changes, in: Ronald M. Davidson. “The Litany of Names of Mañju
    ś
    r
    ī
    .” In
    Religions of India in Practice,
    edited by Donald S. Lopez, Jr., 104-125. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1995.

    Extensive Vid
    ā
    ra

    a Tantra

    *vajravi
    ḍā
    ra
    ṇā
    vaip
    ū
    lya

    rdo rje rnam ’joms kyi rgyud rgyas pa

    [not extant and not translated into Tibetan]

    Four Seats

    caturp
    īṭ
    hamah
    ā
    yogin
    ī
    tantrar
    ā
    ja

    gdan bzhi/ rnal ’byor ma’i rgyud kyi rgyal po chen po dpal gdan bzhi pa P67, vol. 3

    Four Vajra Sites

    rdo rje gdan bzhi / [perhaps] sangs rgyas thams cad dang mnyam par sbyor ba zhes bya ba’i rgyud kyi rgyal po

    THDL Ng3.1.3.1.1.1

    General Secret Tantra
    (one of four general Action Tantras) sarvama
    ṇḍ
    alas
    ā
    m
    ā
    nyavidhiguhyatantra

    dkyil ’khor thams cad kyi spyi’i cho ga gsang ba’i rgyud P429, vol. 9

    Bibliography
    391

    Glorious Condensed [Tantra of ] Imaginations

    vajrakrodhar
    ā
    jakalpalaghutantra

    rdo rje khro bo’i rgyal po’i rtog pa bsdus pa’i rgyud P319, vol. 7

    Guhyasam
    ā
    ja Tantra

    sarvatath
    ā
    gatak
    ā
    yav
    ā
    kcittarahasyaguhyasam
    ā
    jan
    ā
    mamah
    ā
    kalpar
    ā
    ja

    de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad kyi sku gsung thugs kyi gsang chen gsang ba ’dus pa zhes bya ba brtag pa’i rgyal po chen po

    P81, vol. 3; Toh. 442, vol.
    ca

    Sanskrit text edited by S. Bagchi.
    The Guhyasam
    ā
    ja Tantra
    . Darbhanga, India: The Mithila Institute, 1965.

    Hevajra Tantra

    hevajratantrar
    ā
    ja

    kye’i rdo rje zhes bya ba rgyud kyi rgyal po P10, vol. 1

    English translation: D. L. Snellgrove.
    Hevajra Tantra,
    Parts 1 and 2. London: Oxford University Press, 1959.

    English translation together with K
    ṛṣṇā
    ch
    ā
    rya’s commentary: G. W. Farrow and I. Menon.
    The Concealed Essence of the Hevajra Tantra with the Commentary of Yogaratnam
    ā
    l
    ā
    . Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1992.

    Imagination of the Courageous Achala Tantra

    acalamah
    ā
    krodhar
    ā
    jasya-sarvatath
    ā
    gatasyabal
    ā
    parimitav
    ī
    ravinayasv
    ā
    khy
    ā
    ton
    ā
    makalpa de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad kyi khro bo’i rgyal po ’phags pa mi g.yo ba de’i stobs dpag

    tu med pa brtul phod pa ’dul bar gsungs pa zhes bya ba’i rtog pa P127, vol. 5

    Introduction to the Forms of Definite and Indefinite Progress S
    ū
    tra

    niyat
    ā
    niyatagatimudr
    ā
    vat
    ā
    ra

    nges pa dang mi nges par ’gro ba’i phyag rgya la ’jug pa P868, vol. 34; Toh. 202

    K
    ā
    lachakra Tantra / Condensed K
    ā
    lachakra Tantra

    k
    ā
    lacakran
    ā
    matantrar
    ā
    ja

    rgyud kyi rgyal po dpal dus kyi ’khor lo P4, vol. 1

    English translation (chapter 1): John Newman.
    The Outer Wheel of Time: Vajray
    ā
    na Buddhist Cosmology in the K
    ā
    lacakra Tantra.
    Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1987.

    English translation and Mongolian text (chapter 2): Vesna Acimovic Wallace.
    The Inner
    K
    ā
    lacakratantra:
    A Buddhist Tantric View of the Individual.
    2 vols. PhD diss., University of California at Berkeley, 1995; and
    K
    ā
    lacakratantra: The Chapter on the Individual together with the Vimalaprabh
    ā
    .
    New York: American Institute of Buddhist Studies, 2004.

    K
    ā
    shyapa Chapter S
    ū
    tra / Questions of K
    ā
    shyapa S
    ū
    tra

    k
    āś
    yapaparivartas
    ū
    tra ’od srung gi le’u’i mdo

    P760.43, vol. 24; Toh. 87, vol.
    cha

    Sanskrit: Alexander von Staël-Holstein.
    K
    ā
    çyapaparivarta: A Mah
    ā
    yanas
    ū
    tra of the Ratnak
    ūṭ
    a Class.
    Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1926; reprint, Tokyo: Meicho-fuky
    ū
    -kai, 1977.

    English translation: Garma C. C. Chang, ed.
    A Treasury of Mah
    ā
    y
    ā
    na S
    ū
    tras
    . University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1983.

    King of Meditative Stabilizations S
    ū
    tra

    sam
    ā
    dhir
    ā
    jas
    ū
    tra / sarvadharmasvabh
    ā
    vasamat
    ā
    vipañcatasam
    ā
    dhir
    ā
    jas
    ū
    tra

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