Hevajra Tantra (analytical study)

by Seung Ho Nam | 2004 | 83,536 words

This is an English study of the Hevajra Tantra: an ancient Sanskrit text that teaches the process of attaining Buddha-hood for removing the sufferings of all sentient beings. The Hevajratantra amplifies the views and methods found in the Guhyasamaja Tantra which is one of the earliest extant Buddhist Tantras (composed before the 7th century A.D.) d...

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A Japanese scholar has made a compilation of the commentaries on Hevajra Tantra. There is said to be 14 kinds of commentaries. r 1) Hevajra-Pindartha-tika [Rdo-rje Snin-Po]. Tohoku Catalogue(D) No.1180, Peking(P) No.2310. 2) Hevajra-tantra-panjika-Padmin nama. [Mtsho-skyes(D), Mtsho-skyes rdo-rje, Saroruha-vajra (P)] D. No.1181, P. No.2311. 130 G.W.Farrow & I.Menon (tr. and ed.), Ibid, p.xv. 86-

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. 3) Srihevajra-vyakhya-Vivarana(nama). [Bhavabhadra(D), Bapabhata shabs, Bhavabhattapada (P)], D. No.1182, P. No.2312. 4) Yogaratnamala nama hevajra-panjika. [krsnapandit (D), Nag-po-pa, krsna (P)] D. No.1183, P. No.2313. 5) Srihevajra-tantra-rajatika-Suvisadasamputa nama. [Dhanka-dasa] D. No.1184, P. No.2314. 6) Kaumudi-panjika nama [Sbyans dkah zla-ba]. D. No.1185, P. No.231.5. i 7) Vajrapada-sara¬samgraha-panjika [Snan-grags bzain-po (k)(D), Naro shabs (P)]. D. No.1186, P. No.2316. ' 8) Hevajra nama mahatantra-raja-dvikalpa-Mayapanjika-smrti-nipada nama. [Nag-po-ba]. D. No.1187, P. No.2317. 9) (Hevajra nama tantra-raja-tika) [Padmahi myu-gu rdo=rjel. D. No.1188, P. No.2318. 10) Srihevajra-panjika nama Muktikavali. [Sri Ratnakarasanti]. D. No.1189, P. No.2319. 11) Suvisadasamputa-tika nama [Kayastha hgres-po]. D. No.1190, P. No.2321. 12) Sri-hevajra-mahatantra-rajasya-panjika [Dharmakirti]. D. No.1191, P. No.2320. Netravibhanga nama 13) Srihevajra-Vajrapadoddharana nama panjika [Kamadhenupa]. D. No.1192, P. No.2322. 14) Srihevajra nama Tantrartha-samgraha. D. No.1193, P. No.2323.131

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