The "Rwa pod" and other 'lost' works of Rwa Lo Tsa Ba's Vajrabhairava tradition
Subtitle: a catalogue of recently acquired Tibetan manuscripts from Mongolia and Khams and their significance
By: Bryan J. Cuevas
Series: Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde -- Heft 101; Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde -- Heft 101.
Publisher: Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien Universität Wien
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Wien
Language: eng
Number of pages: 551
ISBN-13: 9783902501387
Subjects: Catalogs; Manuscripts; Tibetan Manuscripts; Buddhism; Sacred books; Bouddhisme; Livres sacrés
Description: This publication introduces a rare cache of over three hundred Tibetan-language manuscripts recently recovered from Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar) and Khams (Jyekundo, Yushu county) comprising essential works on Vajrabhairava and Yamāri/Yamāntaka by the eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist translator and tantric master Rwa lo tsā ba Rdo rje grags, and by numerous other authors and commentators affiliated with his tradition. The centerpiece of these manuscript collections is the once mysterious compendium of Rwa lo tsā ba's personal writings known as the Rwa pod ('Rwa book'). The volume provides an itemized inventory of these manuscripts with brief descriptions and cross-references for each work. It also includes an extensive introductory study discussing the early history and transmission of the Vajrabhairava and Yamāri/Yamāntaka traditions in Tibet, with special focus on the legacy of Rwa lo tsā ba, particularly in the Sa skya lineages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-176) and indexes.