Index of Deities and Buddhas
Acala (Tib. Mi g.yo ba, the Unwavering), also referred to as Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa
vi, xviii, xix, 12, 237–241, 366–399
A. trampling the Wicked-Māra-obstacle- horde (Skt. *duṣṭamāra-vighnagaṇa)
381
Blue A. (Tib. Mi g.yo ba sngon po)
373
Two-Armed A. (Tib. Mi g.yo ba pPyag gnyis pa)
373
*Yoganiruttara-A. (Tib. Mi g.yo ba rnal ’byor bla na med pa)
373
Acalanātha (Jap. Fudō Myō’ō, 不動明王 )
52, 59, 368, 379
Kadam A. (Tib. Mi g.yo ba sngon po bka’ gdam lugs)
386
Agni (Chin. Huoshen 火神 )
412
Akṣobhya
376, 390
Amitābha
xvii–xviii, 10, 13, 207–221, 224–229, 232–234, 241–242, 252–254, 257–262, 266, 291, 295–296, 303, 442–443, 453
Amitāyus
229–230
Amoghasiddhi
450
Avalokiteśvara (Chin. Guanyin 觀音 , Tib. sPyan ras gzigs)
vi, xviii, xx, 10–11, 13, 67, 211, 225, 230, 235, 241, 244–247, 250–269, 296, 303, 386, 420, 439, 443–447, 453–454, 463
Āryāvalokiteśvara
420
Cintāmaṇicakra A.
447
Sahasrabhujasahasranetra, i.e. the Thousand-armed and Thousand-eyed Avalokiteśvara
250, 254–256, 260–268, 444, 446
Water–Moon A. (Chin. Shuiyue Guanyin 水月觀音 )
xviii, 236–237, 255, 262–263
Bhaiṣajya-samudgata
252
Bhaiṣajyarāja
252
Bhallika
436
Brahmā
371
Cakrasaṃvara
xviii, 12, 321, 324–325, 339, 394–398, 418–419, 425–427, 450–451
Cakrasaṃvara–Vajravārāhī
394–396
Cakravarticintāmaṇi
259
Cuṇḍī (Chin. Zhunti 準提 , Jap. Juntei 準 [ 准 ] 提 )
43, 447
Daēna/Dēn
158–159, 163–165, 168, 182–183, 189, 198, 201
Dhanyadeva, the god of wealth
437
Durgā
374
Dvibhuja-saṃvara
395
Five Great Vidyārājas (Chin. Wu da mingwang 五大明王 )
393
Four Kadam Deities (Tib. bKa’ gdams lha bzhi)
386
Gadgadasvara
252
gods of heaven and earth (Jap. tenjin chigi sūhai 天神地祇崇拝 )
19
Great Mother-goddess of Yin Caṇḍikā (Chin. Dayin Tianmu Zandige 大陰天母讚帝葛 )
410
Hārītī (Jap. Kishimojin 鬼子母神 )
47, 48, 54
Heruka
279, 280, 420, 450
Hevajra
xviii, 331, 333
Ichikishimahime no mikoto (市杵島姫命 , alt. Okitsushima)
45
Isis-Sothis
xvii, 193, 196–198, 201
Kāmeśvarī (Chin. Yujie Zizaimu 欲界自在母 ), the goddess of erotic pleasure
413
Kami (神 )
xx, 19, 29, 41, 46–52, 58, 61–62, 66–67
Kami of foxes (Jap. Inari 稲荷 ; a.k.a. Dakiniten 荼枳尼天 )
20
kami worship (Jap. jingi shinkō 神祇信仰 )
19, 66
thirty kami (Jap. sanjūbanjin 三十番神 )
61
Ketu
xvii, 179, 188
Konāgamuni (Kanakamuni)
77
Krakucchaṃda
77, 131
Kṣitigarbha
253, 261
Kuan-shi-yin
253.
Avalokiteśvara
Kubera, the god of wealth (Skt. dhanyadeva)
437
Mahākāla
vi, 12–13, 320, 379, 391, 400–422, 424–429
Black Flesh-eater with the Head of a Lion (Chin. Danrou ju dashizimian 噉肉具大獅子面 , Tib. Sha za nag po bDud mgon Seng gdong)
410
Raven-headed M. (Chin. Juwu Daheizun 具烏大黑尊 )
406–408, 411, 413–415, 418–421, 425–426, 428
Rite-Protector Raven-headed M. (Chin. Xingzun Dahei ju wumian 行尊大黑具烏面 , Tib. Las mgon Bya rog gDong can)
410
Mahākālī (Chin. Daheimu 大黑母 )
412
Mahāsthāmaprāpta
211, 225–226, 230, 253–254, 261, 296, 303
Mahāvairocana
18, 38–39, 274, 370
Maheśvara
381–383
Maitreya
77–79, 252–261, 266, 432–434, 438–439
Mañjuśrī
38–39, 43, 134–135, 138, 253, 261, 451, 464
Mārīcī
420, 453
Mio myōjin (三尾明 , bright or powerful kami of Mio shrine)
48–49
Nana
157, 161, 164–165, 175, 183, 191–192, 199
Ōare myōjin (大荒明神 ), a powerful wild bright kami
48
Ōyamakui no kami (大山咋神 , alt. Ōyamagui)
45
Padmapāṇi
262, 443
Pītācala
387
pledge deity (Skt. samayadevatā)
336, 340–343
Prajñāntaka
383
protector deity (Jap. gohōjin 護法神 )
45
Puṣya
91
Rāhu
xvii, 188
Śakra (Chin. Dishitian 帝釋天 )
371, 412
Śākyamuni
55, 72–74, 77–79, 81, 91–92, 95, 121, 128–131, 134–136, 139, 150, 229, 260, 274, 386
Samantabhadra (Chin. Puxian 普賢 )
38–39, 135, 138, 261, 464
Sarasvatī (Jap. Benzaiten 弁才天 )
20, 54, 64–66
Śaśī
454
seven buddhas (of the past)
78–79, 81, 85, 94
seven sisters
462
Sighi (Śikhin)
77
Sitātapatrā
449
Susano’o (素戔嗚 ), indigenous kami of storms and seas
46
Śvetācala
387
Tārā
386, 397, 447, 449
Tejaprabhā
xvi, 173–176, 455
Tejomahākāla
450
Tenman Tenjin (天満天神 )
40
Tilottamā
454
Tištrya/Nabu
161–162, 186, 191–192, 198
Trailokyavijaya
382–383
Trapuṣa
436
Urvaśī
454
Uṣṇīṣavijayā
274, 449
Vairocana
xix, 290–297, 300, 303–307, 453
Mahāvairocana
18, 38–39, 274, 370
Vaiśravaṇa
125, 136–140
Vajracaṇḍa
377
Vajradhara
408, 417
Vajrahetubala
377
Vajrajvāla
377
Vajrakāma
377
Vajrakrodha
377
Vajrakuṇḍalin
377
Vajramahābala
377
Vajrapāṇi
38–39, 70, 87, 94, 379, 403, 464
Vajraprakāra
377
Vajrasattva
273, 282, 450
Vajratīkṣṇa
xix, 377, 388
hook-wielding *V. (Tib. rDo rje snon po)
387
Vajravārāhī
xviii, xix, 12, 314, 320–323, 332–354, 357–361, 394–398
Vajravega
377
Vajrayoginī
349, 357, 396–397
Vajropāya
377
Vighnāntaka
372, 390, 392, 394
Vipaśyin (Vivasi)
77–78, 128, 131
Viśvabhū (Vesabhū)
77–78
wisdom deity (Skt. jñānadevatā)
336, 340, 342
Yama, Lord of Death (Chin. Yudi Jiemei Mowangmu 獄帝姐妹魔王母 )
412–413
Yamāntaka
383
Yamī
413