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大唐貞元續開元釋教錄 3.4.1

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3.4.1

During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, the Tripiṭaka Master Vajrabodhi; and during the reign of Emperor Daizong, posthumously granted the title of Specially Promoted Grand Master of Splendid Happiness, Bearing the Golden Seal with Purple Ribbon, Opening the Government Office and Equal in Dignity to the Three Excellencies, posthumously titled the Upādhyāya Tripiṭaka Master of Great Propagation of the Teaching [Amoghavajra]. The scriptures translated by them that have already been included in the catalogue amount to one work in four fascicles (not included in the present calculation):
* Vajraśekhara Yoga Recitation Ritual Abridged, four fascicles (also called Sūtra), 81 sheets.
The above has already been compiled into the Kaiyuan shijiao lu, and is not included in the present calculation.
Scriptures translated during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong that were omitted and not yet entered into the past and present catalogues amount to five works (six fascicles):
* Vajrabhairava-saṃgīti-vaipulya-kalpa Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Trailokyavijaya Hṛdayarāja Sūtra, one fascicle (housed in the first wrapper of scriptures translated by Tripiṭaka Master Amoghavajra), 22 sheets.
* Great Powerful Ucchuṣmarāja Sūtra, two fascicles (or three fascicles), 35 sheets.
* Ucchuṣma Vajra's Essential Gate of Spiritual Efficacy in the Greatly Fulfilling Dhāraṇī and Magic Arts, one fascicle, 5 sheets.
* Ucchuṣma Vajra's Hundred Transformations Prohibition Ritual, one fascicle, 3 sheets.
The above three works in a total of four fascicles were translated by the Tripiṭaka Master, Śramaṇa Ajitasena (in Chinese: Invincible General) of Northern India.
* Universal Wisdom Treasury Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra, one fascicle, 2 sheets.
The above was translated by the Tripiṭaka Master, Śramaṇa Dharmacandra of Eastern India (in Sanskrit: Dharmacandra).
* Vajraśekhara Sūtra Yoga Method for Practicing Vairocana Samādhi, one fascicle, 15 sheets.
* Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva's Great Body Dhāraṇī Root Text, one fascicle, 2 sheets.
* Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva's Vast, Great, Complete, and Unimpeded Great Compassion Mind Dhāraṇī Root Text, one fascicle, 3 sheets.
* Acala Messenger Secret Dhāraṇī Ritual, one fascicle, 11 sheets.
The above four works in a total of four fascicles were translated by the Tripiṭaka Master, Śramaṇa Vajrabodhi (Vajrabodhi) of Southern India.
The above eight works in a total of nine fascicles form one wrapper (or ten fascicles).
The above eight works in ten fascicles were all omissions in the Kaiyuan lu, and were not compiled into the past and present catalogues; hence they are collected here.
In the seventh year of Dali in the reign of Emperor Daizong, Amoghavajra, the Specially Advanced, Acting Chamberlain for the Court of Dependencies, Tripiṭaka Master of Great and Broad Wisdom of Daxingshan Temple, submitted a memorial:
"Since the three reigns of Xuanzong, Suzong, and the present Emperor, the translated scriptures and treatises amount to a total of seventy-seven works in one hundred forty-one fascicles, along with a general catalogue in one fascicle, which are fully listed as follows:
* Vajraśekhara Yoga Truth of the Great King of Teachings Sūtra, three fascicles (the inner title of the scripture reads: Vajraśekhara All-Tathāgata Truth-Gathering Mahāyāna Manifest Realization Great King of Teachings Sūtra), 43 sheets.
* Vajraśekhara Yoga Prajñā Adhyardhaśatikā Sūtra, one fascicle (the inner title of the scripture reads: Mahāsukha Vajra Infallible Real Samaya Sūtra Prajñāpāramitā Naya Chapter), 8 sheets.
* Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Prophecy Sūtra, one fascicle (the inner title of the scripture reads: The Buddha Speaks the Mahāvaipulya Mañjuśrī Sūtra Chapter 31: Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva's Prophecy), 12 sheets.
* Yoga Rosary Sūtra, one fascicle (the inner title of the scripture reads: Vajraśekhara Yoga Rosary Sūtra, abridged from the hundred thousand extensive verses), 2 sheets.
* Miraculous Uṣṇīṣa Sūtra, three fascicles (the inner title of the scripture reads: Ekākṣara Miraculous Uṣṇīṣa Sūtra Manifest Majestic Virtue Chapter), 68 sheets.
* Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Supreme Vidyārāja Hṛdaya Sūtra, one fascicle (the inner title of the scripture reads: Vajrabhairava-saṃgīti-vaipulya-kalpa Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Trailokyavijaya Hṛdayarāja Sūtra Chapter 1: Introduction), 22 sheets.
The above six works in a total of eleven fascicles of scripture make up the first wrapper.
* Vajraśekhara Yoga Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva Sūtra, one fascicle (the inner title of the scripture reads: Single Dharma Chapter, also named Five-Syllable Mantra Ritual), 12 sheets.
* Ārya-tārā-arolik Sūtra, one fascicle (the inner title of the scripture reads: Ārya-tārā Dhāraṇī Arolik Chapter 14), 21 sheets.
* Samantabhadra's Aspiration Verses of Conduct, one fascicle, 5 sheets.
* Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva's Inquiries on the Dharmakāya Verses of Praise, one fascicle (the inner title of the scripture reads: Hundred-Thousand-Verse Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Inquires on the Dharmakāya Verses of Praise), 5 sheets.
* Boundless Entrance Sūtra, one fascicle (the inner title of the scripture reads: Producing the Boundless Entrances Dhāraṇī Sūtra), 10 sheets.
* Mahāśrī Goddess Sūtra, one fascicle (the inner title of the scripture reads: The Buddha Speaks the Mahāśrī Goddess Twelve Mudrās and One Hundred and Eight Names Immaculate Mahāyāna Sūtra), 7 sheets.
* Trisamaya, one fascicle (the inner title of the scripture reads: Trisamaya Acala Messenger Recitation Chapter), 14 sheets.
* Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Sūtra, three fascicles (the inner title of the scripture reads: Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Mind Secret Mantra Ritual Manual Sūtra), 24 sheets.
The above eight works of scriptures and rituals in a total of ten fascicles make up the second wrapper.
* Śrī Goddess Twelve Epithets Sūtra, one fascicle, 2 sheets.
* Vajraśekhara Yoga Eighteen Assemblies Outline, one fascicle (the inner title briefly omits the characters 'Eighteen Assemblies'), 9 sheets.
* Vajraśekhara Yoga Thirty-Seven Venerable Ones' Differentiation of Holy Ranks Dharma-Gate, one fascicle (with preface; within the text called Preface to the Cultivation and Realization Dharma-Gate), 13 sheets.
* Ekākṣara Uṣṇīṣacakrarāja Sūtra Spoken at the Bodhimaṇḍa, five fascicles, 78 sheets.
* Precious Casket Sūtra, one fascicle (the inner title of the scripture reads: Sarvatathāgatādhiṣṭhāna-hṛdaya-guhya-dhātu-karaṇḍa-mudrā-dhāraṇī-sūtra), 6 sheets.
* Vajra-Āyus Dhāraṇī Sūtra, one fascicle (the inner title of the scripture reads: All-Tathāgata Vajra-Āyus Dhāraṇī Sūtra), 2 sheets.
The above six works of scriptures in a total of ten fascicles make up the third wrapper.
* Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra, three fascicles (the inner title of the scripture reads: Buddha Mother Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra; at the beginning there is an invocation ritual preceding the first fascicle of the scripture), 50 sheets.
* Great Cloud Wheel Rain-Requesting Sūtra, two fascicles (the inner title of the scripture reads: Great Cloud Rain-Requesting Sūtra), 24 sheets.
* Treasure Rain Dhāraṇī Sūtra, one fascicle (the inner title adds the two words 'Spoken by the Buddha'), 5 sheets.
* Jāṅgulī Maiden Sūtra, one fascicle (the inner title adds 'Spoken by the Buddha'), 4 sheets.
* Rice Seedling Metaphor Sūtra, one fascicle (the inner title of the scripture reads: Mahāyāna Dependent Arising Rice Seedling Metaphor Sūtra Spoken by Maitreya Bodhisattva), 8 sheets.
* Vast Great Gem Pavilion Sūtra, three fascicles (the inner title of the scripture reads: Vast Great Gem Pavilion Well-Abiding Secret Dhāraṇī), 45 sheets.
The above six works of scriptures in a total of eleven fascicles make up the fourth wrapper.
* Bodhimaṇḍa Adornment Sūtra, one fascicle (the inner title of the scripture reads: Bodhimaṇḍa Adornment Dhāraṇī Sūtra), 32 sheets.
* Dispelling All Illnesses Dhāraṇī Sūtra, one fascicle, 1 sheet.

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