Jīngāngdǐng jīng yīzì dǐnglúnwáng yíguǐ yīnyì 金剛頂經一字頂輪王儀軌音義
Phonological-Semantic Glossary on the One-Syllable Crown-Wheel-King Ritual Manual of the Vajraśekhara by 不空 Bùkōng (Amoghavajra, 譯)
About the work
A one-fascicle yīnyì 音義 (phonological-semantic glossary) on the One-Syllable Crown-Wheel-King ritual manuals by Amoghavajra (不空). The yīnyì genre — pronunciation and semantic glossing of obscure terms — is a Táng Chinese Buddhist scholarly tradition particularly important for Esoteric texts, where Sanskrit transliterations and bīja-syllables require special phonetic attention.
Abstract
The text glosses the technical terms, Sanskrit transliterations, and bīja-syllables in the One-Syllable Crown-Wheel-King ritual manuals (KR6j0124, KR6j0130, KR6j0132, KR6j0134). It is a working philological reference for practitioners of these ritual texts. The composition dates from Amoghavajra’s mature Cháng’ān period (746–774).
Translations and research
No substantial secondary literature located.
Links
- CBETA T19n0958
- Kanseki DB
- 不空 Bùkōng DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (CBETA / Taishō; date: 750)