XXXIX-LI

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Cakra-samvara Tantra-m [‘wheel-magic loom’]

(S`ri-Heruka Abhidhana), Chapters XXXIX to LI [concerning divine laughter & sorceries]

pp. 325-326 (cap. XXXIX) loud laughter

 

pp. 327-328 (cap. XL) the # of fire-sacrifices necessary, over 7 days, to subdue persons

 

pp. 333-335 (cap. XLI) geographical locations of goddesses

 

pp. 330-331, fn. 13 derivation (according to Alexis Sanderson : "Vajray a na : origin and function", p. 95; and pp. 99-100, n. 20. In :- Buddhism into the Year 2000. Los Angeles : Dhammakaya Foundation, 1994. pp. 87-102) of this list of goddesses and their localities from the K a p a lika text Tantra-sat-bh a va

pp. 339-341 (cap. XLII) the magic laughter of the yogin i -s

 

pp. 343-347 (cap. XLIII) actions of the quintessence in the cure of ailments ny naked worship ["worship with the naked consort" (p. 343, fn. 2) according to V i ravajra]

 

p. 348 (cap. XLIII) magical uses of color

 

pp. 350-352 (cap. XLIV) sorcery at the charnel ground

 

pp. 353-357 (cap. XLV) sorcery to summon a woman ["summoning a woman to serve as a "messenger" (d u t i )" (p. 355, fn. 17)]

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GS = The Generation Stage in Buddhist Tantra.

STB =  http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/lofiversion/index.php/t33449.html

 

ThDNT = Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Eerdmans Publ, 1966.

{The reason for such elaborate sorcery performed to control a woman who is candidate to become messengeress is, evidently, to hinder her from considering to betray secret royal messages to rival foreign regimes.}

p. 358 (cap. XLVI) the 5 syllables for skull-sorcery capable of killing the opposing king, army, and king’s steed

 

p. 359 (cap. XLVI) sorcery which "transfers the embryo" of a praegnant woman ["inducing abortions" (fn. 10)] {perhaps to eliminate upcoming potential bad karmic effects of contemplated abortion, by assigning a prospective paradisial abode for the embryo}

 

pp. 360-363 (cap. XLVII) sarva-buddha-d. a kin i sorceries

 

pp. 365-366 (cap. XLVIII) the 24 heroes [according to Bhavabhat.t.a, these "twenty-four heroes are characterized by laughter" (p. 365, fn. 6)] binding the d. a kin i -s’ network

 

pp. 367-369 (cap. XLIX) transforming, of a person who hath been 7 consecutive times as a human, into some other biotic form

 

pp. 371-373 (cap. L) flesh-meats for achieving results by sorcery

 

pp. 373-374 (cap. L) plants for abundant life

 

pp. 374-375 (cap. L) correlatives of bodhi-sattva bh u mi-s

 

pp. 379-383 (cap. LI) visions to be experienced while dying; and, colophon

 

praevalence of this and related Tantra-s in various nations

 

p. 6 categories of Tantra-s, according to Vajra-pan~jara 54b

 

David B. Gray (tr.) : The Cakrasamvara Tantra (S`riherukabhidhana). American Institute of Buddhist Studies, Columbia U, NY, 2007. pp.