Pútíchǎng suǒshuō yīzì dǐnglúnwáng jīng 菩提場所說一字頂輪王經
Sūtra of the One-Syllable Crown-Wheel-King Spoken at the Bodhi-Maṇḍa by 不空 Bùkōng (Amoghavajra, 譯)
About the work
A five-fascicle Esoteric scripture by Amoghavajra (不空) on the One-Syllable Crown-Wheel-King (yīzì dǐnglúnwáng 一字頂輪王 — Ekākṣara-uṣṇīṣa-cakra-rāja) — the cosmic-Esoteric deity whose practice centers on a single seed-syllable (ekākṣara) of supreme cosmic-protective power. The setting is the Bodhi-maṇḍa (the seat of awakening at Bodhgayā), where the Buddha is said to have preached this text.
Abstract
The text presents one of the principal Táng Esoteric uṣṇīṣa-cakra-rāja (Buddha-Crown Wheel-King) scriptures. The yīzì (one-syllable) form refers to the practice’s centering on a single cosmic bīja-syllable — variously identified as bhrūṃ, hrīṃ, or oṃ depending on the recension. The five fascicles cover the doctrinal framework, the sādhana practices, the offerings, and the protective-cosmic applications of the one-syllable practice.
The composition dates from Amoghavajra’s mature Cháng’ān period (746–774).
Translations and research
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No substantial secondary literature located. (The text is briefly discussed in Goble 2019 and in the Japanese Shingon uṣṇīṣa literature.)
Links
- CBETA T19n0950
- Kanseki DB
- 不空 Bùkōng DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (CBETA / Taishō; date: 750)