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
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)