Notes

n.1Note that there is a discrepancy among various databases for cataloging the Toh 925 version of this text within vol. 100 or 101 of the Degé Kangyur. See Toh 925, n.­1, for details.

n.2Lohatuṇḍa­dhāraṇī , (Toh 761).

n.3Lohatuṇḍa­dhāraṇī , (Toh 762).

n.4Reading lha ma yin (“asuras”) from C, K, KY, and L instead of lha (“devas”). This accords with Toh 761 and 762.

n.5Reading ’jig (“overcome”) from K, KY instead of ’jigs (“danger”). This accords with Toh 925.

n.6The phrase sarva abhaya prade has been emended here to sarvābhayaprade.

n.7Tib. tshig bzhi bcu rtsa gcig po. Not counting the initial tadyathā, the request for protection and the final mantra, the above vidyāmantra, as it stands, comprises fifty-one words rather than forty one.

n.8Translation tentative.