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Sarvatathāgatoṣṇīṣasitātapatrānāmaparājitāpratyaṅgirā (mahā-)vidyārājñī

matsunami_442 · General Library, The University of Tokyo

Sanskrit Nepālākṣara Script Tantra
Repository General Library, The University of Tokyo
Reference No. matsunami_442
Language Sanskrit
Date Date not listed

About this Manuscript

This text presents a vidyā (spell) centered on the female deity Sitātapatrā (White Umbrella Goddess), who emerges from the uṣṇīṣa of the Buddha Śākyamuni as he rests in samādhi among the gods of the Heaven of the Thirty-Three. It enumerates various dangers, illnesses, and threats, offering spell formulas for their averting. Sitātapatrā, as both deity and spell, has long served as a source of protection against misfortune and continues to be widely invoked in contemporary Buddhist practice. The manuscript is written on black paper with alternating lines of gold and silver ink. The silver lettering on folios 1b and 2a is faded and difficult to decipher. Folio 1b features an illustration, likely of Avalokiteśvara, depicted with an eye on each hand and leg. Although a date appears after the word "saṃvat" on the final folio, it is illegible due to damage.

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Catalogue Metadata

Title Sarvatathāgatoṣṇīṣasitātapatrānāmaparājitāpratyaṅgirā (mahā-)vidyārājñī
Alternative Titles Pratyaṅgirākalpa
Repository General Library, The University of Tokyo
Reference Number matsunami_442
Collection Kawaguchi Ekai Collection
Language Sanskrit
Script Nepālākṣara
Subject Classification Tantra
Date Date not listed
Place of Origin Japan
IIIF Manifest Public IIIF manifest available

Subjects & Keywords

Tantra