A Buddhist manuscript of ‘The hundred-syllable mantra of Vajrasattva’ in Oirat language from the National Museum of Tuva
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https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2019.3.15Keywords:
Buddhism; manuscript; Oirat language; hundred-syllable mantra; Vajrasattva; National Museum of the Republic of Tuva; TuvaAbstract
The article introduces (both in transliteration and translation into Russian) the handwritten Buddhist text ‘The hundred-syllable mantra of Vajrasattva’, preserved in the collection of the National Museum of the Republic of Tuva. The text is a part of an Oirat manuscript known as “Ekeyin zürken tarni orošiboi” (‘Hridaya-dharani of Mothers’). It is remarkable in its representation of the famous Buddhist hundred-syllable mantra of Vajrasattva, which has been practiced by Buddhists from ancient times to the present day.
Vajrasattva is a Buddha of Vajrayana, a symbol of purity of Enlightenment (Bodhi) and the Law (Dharma). Reading the sacred hundred-syllable mantra for Buddhists has magical significance: if read one hundred and eight times, it cleans the heavy karma of a person; if pronounced a million times, it gives enlightenment. The hundred-syllable mantra is believed to be above all other mantras, therefore Buddhist lamas say that there is no deeper practice than the ‘The hundred-syllable mantra of Vajrasattva’.
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Mandzhieva B. B. and Sumba R. P. A Buddhist manuscript of ‘The hundred-syllable mantra of Vajrasattva’ in Oirat language from the National Museum of Tuva. The New Research of Tuva. 2019, № 3 [online] Available at: https://nit.tuva.asia/nit/article/view/874 (access date ...). DOI: 10.25178/nit.2019.3.15
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Bayrta B. Mandzhieva, Kalmyk Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
Candidate of Philology, Leading Research Fellow, Department of Mongolian Philology, Kalmyk Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Postal address: 8 Ilishkin St., 358000, Elista, Russian Federation.
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Rita P. Sumba, Aldan-Maadyr National Museum of the Republic of Tuva
Research Fellow, Department of Culture, Science and Religion, Aldan-Maadyr National Museum of the Republic of Tuva.
Postal address: 30 Titov St., 667000 Kyzyl, Russian Federation.
Tel.: +7 (923) 384-32-91.
E-mail: risu1232001@yahoo.de
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