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Tantric Buddhist Practice in India

Vilāsavajra’s commentary on the Mañjuśrī-nāmasaṃgīti

Anthony Tribe

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Routledge
12 December 2019
Buddhist sacred texts
Series: Routledge Studies in Tantric Traditions
Using a commentary on the influential text, the Mañjuśrī-nāmasaṃgīti, ‘The Chanting of the Names of Mañjuśrī’, this book deals with Buddhist tantric meditation practice and its doctrinal context in early-medieval India. The commentary was written by the 8th-9th century Indian tantric scholar Vilāsavajra, and the book contains a translation of the first five chapters. The translation is extensively annotated, and accompanied by introductions as well as a critical edition of the Sanskrit text based on eight Sanskrit manuscripts and two blockprint editions of the commentary’s Tibetan translation.

The commentary interprets its root text within an elaborate framework of tantric visualisation and meditation that is based on an expanded form of the Buddhist Yoga Tantra mandala, the Vajradhātu-maṇḍala. At its heart is the figure of Mañjuśrī, no longer the familiar bodhisattva of wisdom, but now the embodiment of the awakened non-dual gnosis that underlies all Buddhas as well their activity in the cosmos.

The book contributes to our understanding of the history of Indian tantric Buddhism in a period of significant change and innovation. With its extensively annotated translation and lengthy introductions the book is designed to appeal not only to professional scholars and research students but also to contemporary Buddhists.
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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
Weight:   453g
ISBN:   9780367877071
ISBN 10:   0367877074
Series:   Routledge Studies in Tantric Traditions
Pages:   432
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Part 1: Introductions Overview 1. Contexts 2. Vilâsavajra: locating the NMAA’s author 3. The Nâmasaṃgîti 4. Vilâsavajra’s NMAA: overviews and remarks 5. The NMAA’s maṇḍala in Himalayan Art Part 2: Vilâsavajra’s Nâmamantrârthâvalokinî: an annotated translation of chapters 1–5 Conventions in the translation Chapter 1: On ‘The Request for Instruction’ Chapter 2: On ‘The Reply’ Chapter 3: On ‘The Survey of the Six Families’ Chapter 4: On ‘The Method of Awakening According to the Mâyâjâla’ Chapter 5: On ‘The Vajradhâtu-Mahâmaṇḍala of Bodhicittavajra’ Part III: Sanskrit Edition Materials and Methods 1. Sigla 2. Manuscripts 3. Method of Editing 4. Stemma Codicum 5. The Tibetan Translation of the NMAA Critical Edition of Vilâsavajra’s Nâmamantrârthâvalokinî: Chapters 1–5 Adhikâra 1 Adhikâra 2 Adhikâra 3 Adhikâra 4 Adhikâra 5 Textual notes Insignificant variants Textual collation to establish the stemma codicum Appendices Appendix 1. Works and authors cited in the NMAA Appendix 2. Saṃvara, Cakrasaṃvara and Ṣaṭprajñânaya- saṃvara citations Appendix 3. NMAA colophons Appendix 4. NMAA manuscripts:

Anthony Tribe is an independent scholar with a research specialization in the history and development of tantric Buddhism in India. He is the co-author of Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition (2012), also published by Routledge.

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