Journal of Dali University ›› 2022, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (11): 1-.

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An Exploration on the Buddhist Manuscript Tongyongqiqingyigui of Dali Kingdom

Huang Huang

  

  1. (School of Arts, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226019, China)
  • Online:2022-11-15 Published:2022-12-10

Abstract:

 The manuscript Tongyongqiqingyigui 通用启请仪轨 was an Esoteric Buddhist ritual text compiled in the period of Dali Kingdom of which the contexts transcribed in Chinese were derived from large numbers of Esoteric Buddhist texts from Tang while referring to several sutras translated in Song dynasty. The mantras recorded with Chinese characters in the manuscript compared with relative texts from Tang were merely different ways of transliteration  on same Sanskrit mantras. The compilation of the manuscript not only reflected the attribute of versatility itself but also mirrored that Esoteric Buddhism in Dali Kingdom was stemmed mainly from Esoteric Buddhism in Han region since Tang.

Key words:

 Dali Kingdom , Tongyongqiqingyigui , compilation , Esoteric Buddhism of Tang , transliteration