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57. Padmanarteśvara’s hair is down, unlike the image in English; Ibid., p. 86 fig. 22.
59. English shows Padmanarteśvara’s hands up, not at her hips as in our recension; Ibid., p. 86 fig. 22.
106. On Garuda Mudrā: Fredrick Bunce, Mudrās in Buddhist and Hindu Practices, p. 72.
120. On worshipping the deity as the same gender of the practitioner: English, Vajrayoginī, pp. 88-89.
130. Vajravilāsinī’s five seed-syllable mantra in the version of the sādhana presented by English is: eṃ
ñlīṃ ṛīṃ rūṃ blīṃ: English, Vajrayoginī, pp. 90, 362. The five-syllable seed mantra, according to our
version of the sādhana, is: eṃ āṃ rīṃ raṃ briṃ. Our version of the sādhana gives two different
versions of the second seed syllable in verses 130 and 135: āṃ and vīṃ. In meditation, the translators
selected the best of the two seed syllables.
135. In this verse, the second seed syllable in the original Sanskrit version is vīṃ. The translators changed
the transliterated version presented in the book to match the second seed syllable āṃ in verse 130.
Colophon: Mahā Yoginī Jāla (The Great Yoginī Assembly Tantra): London, School of Oriental and
African Studies, ms. 211643.
Reconstructed Sanskrit Terms: Anubheda Mantra - Dissolution Mantra; Devatā Anubheda - Absorbing
the Deity; Tri Loka Anubheda - Dissolving the Three Worlds; Deva Anubheda - Dissolution of the
Deities of the Consecration; Viśuddha Pūjā - Purifying through Worship; Guhyatva - Importance of
Secrecy (term created by the author); Buddha Kṣetra Mantra - Mantra for Attaining a Pure Realm after
Death (term created by the author).
Conclusion. The Paradise of the Yoginīs: The Tantric Lifestyle
“Enjoyment and magical powers...” Cakrasamvara Tantra; Shaw, Passionate Enlightenment, p. 38.
“At the center of...” Hevajra Tantra; Farrow, Hevajra Tantra, p. 242.
“The greatness for both...” Jamgön Kongtrul, Esoteric Instructions, p. 134.
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