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Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra
matsunami_119 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
A Buddhist Mahāyāna sūtra dated to c. 200 to 300 CE. It chronicles the journey of Sudhana, who encounters various teachings and Bodhisattvas called Kalyāṇamitras. These Kalyāṇamitras belong to different age groups, places, economic backgrounds, social strata, and occupations. Sudhana's journey continues until he completes the cycle and awakens to the teachings of the Buddha. It was brought to China in the 7th century and translated into Chinese by Amoghavajra during the reign of the Tang dynasty. Its Chinese name is Ta-shing-mi-yen-king. (Mitra, 1882, p. 90). This sūtra forms last section of Buddhāvataṁsakasūtra, according to S. Levi, JA. 203, pp. 6 and at the end of the Gaṇḍavyūha is found the lyric Bhadracarīpraṇidhānagāthā, or Samantabhadracaryāpraṇidhānagāthā. (NCC, Vol. 5, p. 289).
Guhyasamājaparārdha
matsunami_120 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Nepālākṣara
A Buddhist Yoga-tantra text written in saṅgīti (collection of verses, which in this context means chanting together). The Buddha is described as sporting in the sacred knowledge arising out of his body, speech and mind of Tathagathas in the company of other Tathagathas and Bodhisattvas. The ordinary belief is that this text has two parts: Pūrvārdha and Uttarārdha (or Parārdha), as this manuscript has mentioned. However, experts believe that the second part is a later addition and that this manuscript contains the second part. This text emphasizes Śakti worship, and it is believed to be the first text to introduce Śakti worship in Buddhist Yoga (Bhattacharya, Geakwad's Oriental Series 53, 1967, pp. IX-XXXVIII). "There are two leaves with fol. no. 30." (Matsunami, 1965, p. 50).