Dhāraṇīsaṁgraha
Dhāraṇīsaṁgraha [alt. Dhāraṇī Saṃgraha]. Translated as "compendium of dharanis," "dharani collection," etc. This title refers to specific collections of dhāraṇīs, and it is also used to refer dharani collections more generally.
According to Catherine Dalton (2023), early collections of dhāraṇīs and associated ritual texts circulated throughout South Asia and Tibet—including at Dunhuang—as extracanonical dhāraṇī collections.[1] One or more of these collections found their way into the Tibetan canons, and (at least) one collection was translated into Chinese.
Sanskrit versions
The Cambridge University Library includes a manuscript named Dhāraṇīsaṁgraha that was produced in Nepal in 1719. This text contains hundreds of dharanis. See:
- Dhāraṇīsaṅgraha, Cambridge Digital Library
The Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon (DSBC) also includes a collection of over 500 dharanis in Sanskrit. See:
- Dhāraṇī Saṃgraha, Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon
Note: It is not clear if DSBC collection is based on the Cambridge University collection.
Chinese version
A Chinese compendium is extant with the title:
- Tuoluoni ji jing 陀羅尼集經 (Dhāraṇī-samuccaya-sūtra); T 901[2]
This collection was translated by Atikūṭa (Adiquduo 阿地瞿多, d.u.) circa 653–654 CE.[2][3]
This collection includes three versions of the Ārolik mantra.[3]
Tibetan versions
The Dergé Kangyur and the Urga Kangyur each include a section explicitly named "Compendium of Dharanis" (Dhāraṇīsaṃgraha; T. གཟུངས་འདུས།).[4] The Dergé compendium contains over 250 texts.[5]
- In contrast, the Berlin, Choné, Lithang, and Peking Qianlong Kangyurs include the same collection of dhāraṇīs in a separate part of their Tantra sections that has no distinct label. With or without the label, these collections of dhāraṇīs contain many duplicates of texts also found in the general sūtra or tantra sections, and in the latter group of Kangyurs many dhāraṇī texts therefore appear twice in different parts of the Tantra section.[4]
Modern scholars believe that they have identified the source of all such dhāraṇī collections within the Tibetan canons as an extracanonical collection edited by Tāranātha (1575–1634).[6]
See also
Notes
- ↑
Catherine Dalton (2023), Untitled Dhāraṇī of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, 84000 Collection
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
陀羅尼集經, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nicolas Revire, Rajat Sanyal, Rolf Giebel. Avalokiteśvara of the “Three and a Half Syllables”: A Note on the Heart-Mantra Ārolik in India. Arts Asiatiques, 2021, Arts Asiatiques, 76, pp.5–30. ⟨10.3406/arasi.2021.2095⟩. ⟨halshs-04142356⟩. PDF version
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Untitled Dhāraṇī of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, note 2, 84000 Collection
- ↑ Compendium of Dhāraṇīs, 84000 Collection
- ↑ Untitled Dhāraṇī of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, note 4, 84000 Collection
