Bōbānnǎng jiéshǐbō jīngāng niànsòng yí 播般曩結使波金剛念誦儀

Recitation-Manual of the Pañcakeśa-Vajra by anonymous compiler

About the work

A one-fascicle anonymous Esoteric recitation-manual whose title transliterates a Sanskrit deity-name — best parsed as Pañcakeśa-vajra (or a similar five-tuft-haired Vajra-Kumāra) — though the precise form is ambiguous and the catalog meta gives no translator. Within the Taishō Vol. 21 sequence, the text falls in the Mahā-cakra-Vajra cycle (KR6j0458KR6j0460), and is paired editorially with those manuals as the third item.

Abstract

The text gives the niànsòng yí 念誦儀 (recitation-manual) for the deity: visualisation, bīja and full mantra, mudrā sequence, and the abbreviated daily-practice format. As with most short un-attributed Tang Esoteric recitation-manuals, the text functions as a portable practitioner’s handbook complementing a longer scripture. The dating bracket is conservative.

Translations and research

No substantial secondary literature located.