2018 年 67 巻 1 号 p. 345-342
The manuscript called the Bhūtaḍāmarabhaṭṭārakasādhana, a maṇḍalavidhi based on the Bhūtaḍāmaratantra, consists of two texts: the first half is a sādhana manual of Bhūtaḍāmalamaṇḍala named Bhūtaḍāmarabhaṭṭārakasādhana, the second half is an abhiṣekavidhi named Bhūtaḍāmaramaṇḍalopayika. The details of the author, Subhūtipālita, are unknown, but in some of Bu ston rin chen grub’s works, Subhūtipālita is mentioned as a teacher or disciple of Ānandagarbha, an expert in the Yogatantras. Interestingly, there are many similarities between the Bhūtaḍāmaramaṇḍalopayika and an abhiṣekavidhi in the Sarvavajrodayā by Ānandagarbha. Therefore, it seems that there was a close relationship between these two scholar-monks. This paper introduces the sources of the Bhūtaḍāmarabhaṭṭārakasādhana and compares the synopses of the Bhūtaḍāmaramaṇḍalopayika and the Sarvavajrodayā to show that in structure they mostly correspond. However, we can find some differences in the details. This paper also points out that these differences are found in other maṇḍalavidhi texts such as Dīpaṅkarabhadra’s Guhyasamājamaṇḍalavidhi.
