The Abhayagirivihāra’s Pāṃśukūlika Monks in Second Lambakaṇṇa Śrī Laṅkā and Śailendra Java : The Flowering and Fall of a Cardinal Center of Influence in Early Esoteric Buddhism
Introduction 49 I. ANTECEDENTS TO THE ABHAYAGIRI PRESENCE ON THE RATU BAKA 54 Ia. Appreciations of Historical Buddhist Traditions by Early Esoteric Buddhist Monks 55 Ib. Suppression of Buddhist Esotericism in Sinhalese Literary and Historical Memory 74 Ibi. The Abhayagiri in the Years of Esteem:Laṅkā and the Sourcing of Vajravāda Texts and Teachings 76 Ibii. The Mahāvihāra in the Years of Glory:Sena II’s Reversion to the Theravāda 80 Ibiii. Resistance to Sena II’s Theravādin Reforms and the Persistence of the Vajravāda 82 Ibiv. Theravādin Acknowledgment of Other, Non-Vajravāda Mahāyāna Heresies 87 Ic. Pāṃśukūlikas and Paṃsukūlikas of the Second Lambakaṇṇa Dynasty 87 II. THE INSTANTIATION OF THE PADHĀNAGHARA ON THE RATU BAKA PLATEAU IN CENTRAL JAVA, 792 CE 93 IIa. The Abhayagiri Pāṃśukūlikas in an Unfiltered Voice:The Śailendra Foundation Inscription 94 IIb. Avalokiteśvara: The Interplay of Royal and Ascetic Motifs in Eighth Century Laṅkā and Java 97 IIc. Caves, Precipices, and the Orientation to the West: Positioning the Sinhalese Pāṃśukūlikas in a Hospitable Terrain 99 IId. Consecration Deposits, Consecrated Platforms, and the Troubled Construction of the Padhānaghara 101 IIe. A Hypothesized Laṅkādvīparājaguru Who Directed the Śailendra Court 104 III. DOCTRINE AND DISPOSITION:THE CHARACTER OF ESOTERIC SINHALESE ASCETIC MONKS 107 IV. TURMOIL IN THE ESOTERIC BUDDHIST WORLD CA. 840 CE 112 Notes 114
