Guhyamaṇitilaka第三章におけるマンダラについて

抄録

The Guhyamaṇitilaka consists of five chapters, containing descriptions of the maṇḍalas present in chapters one through three, which follow the contents of the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha. However, previous studies have not examined the maṇḍala in the third chapter. Therefore, this paper examines the “Trilokavijaya-maṇḍala” （’Jig rten gsum las rnam par rgyal ba zhes bya ba’i dkyil ’khor） and the “Maṇḍala of Vowels of the Mātṛkās” （Yum rnams kyi dbyangs kyi dkyil ’khor） in the third chapter of the Guhyamaṇitilaka.

It was found that the name and composition of the Buddhas of the former maṇḍala follow that of the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha. It should be noted here that in this maṇḍala the central tathāgata is described as Akṣobhya, not Mahāvairocana.

Further, there is no specific description of the various deities to be placed in the latter maṇḍala, although its structure is described in the third chapter. The names of the mātṛkās located in the central tathāgata’s four directions are mentioned in the fourth chapter. However, those names do not appear in scriptures such as the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha or other texts.