What is at Stake in this Research 296 Yamāntaka, Old and New 303 1. Should the bKa’ brgyad Overarching Structure Be Presumed as a Background Frame of Interpretation of all Yamāntaka Practices in the rNying ma Tradition? 305 2. Yamāntaka in the rNying ma rgyud ’bum 307 The Mysterious Black Companion and its Three Translations 310 3. Yamāntaka in the rNying ma bka’ ma 312 4. Yamāntaka in the Rin chen gter mdzod 314 A. rGya Zhang khrom (11th century)’s ’Jam dpal tshe bdag (vol. 26, pp. 1-418 and vol. 28, pp. 299-461) 316 B. lHa rje gNubs chung’s Yang bzlog me’i spu gri (vol. 26, pp. 417-621) 317 C. Nyang ral Nyi ma ’od zer (1124–1192—vol. 29, pp. 1-3) 319 D. Gu ru Chos dbang’s (1212–1270) gShin rje char kha nag po (vol. 27, pp. 319-434) 319 E. Rin chen gling pa’s (1289–1368) ’Jam dpal klu bdud Nāgarakṣa (vol. 29, pp. 5-123) 319 F. Sangs rgyas gling pa (1340–1396)’s ’Jam dpal nag po thugs kyi yang zhun (vol. 27, pp. 435-554, and vol. 28, pp. 1-89) 320 G. Ratna gling pa’s (1403–1478) dPal rdo rje ’jigs rje me’i spu gri (vol. 28, pp. 91-138) 320 H. Zur mkhar mNyam nyid rdo rje (1439–1475) and Karma chags med (1613–1678)’s Synthesis: ’Jam dpal gshin rje ki kang nag po (vol. 28, pp. 149-297) 321 I. gNam chos Mi ’gyur rdo rje (1645–1667)’s rDo rje ’jigs byed Sādhana (vol. 28, pp. 139-147) 323 J. gNam chos Mi ’gyur rdo rje (1645–1667)’s Nāgarakṣa Sādhana (vol. 29, pp. 125-133) 324 K. gTer bdag gling pa (1646–1714)’s gShin rje dregs ’joms (vol. 27, pp. 1-85) 324 L. Thugs mchog rdo rje (18th cent.)’s Dregs ’dul drag po gnam lcags ’khor lo (vol. 29, pp. 135-193) 324 L. mKhyen brtse’i dbang po (1820–1892)’s ’Jam dpal gshin rje’i thugs tig (vol. 27, pp. 87-163) 325 M. mChog ’gyur gling pa (1829–1970)’s gShin rje gshed tshe bdag nag po (vol. 27, pp. 165-318) 325 5. Mañjuśrī Master of Life 325 A. The Textual Content: the Structure of the Collection and the Authors 326 B. Fabricating a Stūpa for Destructive Magic and Drawing Talismans 330 C. Remarks About the Chart of the Lineages of Mañjuśrī Master of Life 331 D. Lineages of Mañjuśrī Master of Life in the 5th Dalai Lama’s Record of Teachings Received 332 E. A Description of the Maṇḍala 335 The Outer Structure and the Throne 337 Yamāntaka, His Consort, the Three Deities in his Heart and the Garuḍa Above 338 Eight Animals Surging from Yamāntaka’s Flanks And the Eleven Armor Deities 339 The Three Emanations of Body, Speech, and Mind 340 The Next Circle of the Maṇḍala: the Four Great Executioners 342 The Four ‘Savages’ and the Four Demons 343 The Twelve Iron Fortresses, the External Wall, and the Outer Landscape 343 Bibliography 344 Collections 344 Individual Tibetan works 345 Works in Western Languages 346 Appendix 1: 108 Tantras of Yamāntaka 352 A. The Seventy-Nine ’Jam dpal sku Tantras (vol. 25-29 of the mTshams brag rNying rgyud) 352 Kṛṣṇayamāri 352 Raktayamāri 361 The 28 Yamāntaka Tantras of the dMod pa drag sngags or Ma mo rbod gtong categories (vol. 44-45 of the mTshams brag rnying rgyud) 363 A Yamāntaka Tantra in the bKa’ brgyad Category (vol. 24 of the mTshams brag rnying rgyud) 367 Appendix 2: Comparative Chart of the Three Versions of the Zla gsang nag po 367 Appendix 3 bKa’ ma Yamāntaka Lineages 372 Appendix 4 Lineages of ’Jam dpal tshe bdag 376
