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Item 0- Mukhākhyāna

matsunami_305 · General Library, The University of Tokyo

Sanskrit Nepālākṣara Script Buddhist tantra/Ritual
Repository General Library, The University of Tokyo
Reference No. matsunami_305
Language Sanskrit
Date Date not listed

About this Manuscript

Said to be a collection of works which originated from Nepal and are also attributed to Buddhist tantric author Buddhaśrījñānapāda. Same work is known under the name of Mukhāgama, Mukhāmnāya. (See Peter D Szanto) Alex von Rospatt mentions that the Mukhākhyāna genre of literature is a series of instructional texts (deguli in Newari) which outline how a tantric practictioneris to perform deity yoga (devatāyoga) in order to generate himself as his chosen awakened deity, through complex processes of visualization that include the elaborate use of mantras and hand gestures (mudrā)." (Local Literatures: Nepal, p. 824). In this mss. fols 53, 67, 68, 69 and 70 are missing.

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Title Item 0- Mukhākhyāna
Repository General Library, The University of Tokyo
Reference Number matsunami_305
Collection Kawaguchi Ekai Collection
Language Sanskrit
Script Nepālākṣara
Subject Classification Buddhist tantra/Ritual
Date Date not listed
Place of Origin Japan
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Subjects & Keywords

Buddhist tantra/Ritual