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Root Text: Sanskrit

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Root Text: Tibetan

de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad kyi sku gsung thugs gshin rje gshed nag po zhes bya ba’i rgyud (Sarva­tathāgata­kāyavākcitta­kṛṣna­yamārināma­tantra). Toh 467, Degé Kangyur vol. 83 (rgyud, ja), folios 134.b–151.b.

de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad kyi sku gsung thugs gshin rje gshed nag po zhes bya ba’i rgyud (Sarva­tathāgata­kāyavākcitta­kṛṣna­yamārināma­tantra). S 429, Stok pho brang Kangyur vol. 97 (rgyud, cha), folios 72.a–96.b.

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Other Sources: Sanskrit

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