Essay name: Advayavajra-samgraha (Sanskrit text and English introduction)
Author: Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri
The Advayavajra-samgraha (sangraha) is a collection of approximately 21 works primarily authored by Advayavajra, an influential figure in Buddhist philosophy from the 11th century. These texts explore critical themes in Buddhism, particularly during a period that saw the transition from Mahayana to Vajrayana practices.
Sanskrit texts of the Advayavajra-samgraha
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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PREFACE.
hospitality of his now famous Series of Sanskrit publica-
tions and I presented the copy made by me to his
Library of MSS.
But during the course of passing the MSS. through
the press I found that a collation with original MS. in the
Darbar Library was absolutely necessary and I applied
to His Highness the Maharaja Sir Chandra Samsher Jang
Bahadur Rana to lend me the MS. for a short period and
my request was most graciously granted. I have given
a list of readings in which the copy differed from the MS.
But still there are readings which are doubtful but I did
not venture to make conjectural emendations as there
were no Lamas with me to whom I might refer for collat-
ing with the Tibetan translation.
I did not venture to give an English translation of
the work for several reasons: (1) because the readings
are in many places so hopelessly corrupt that nothing
can be made out of them; (2) the subjects are so un-
familiar that I can expect no help from any one in
India; (3) the technical terms of Mantray膩na and Vajra-
y膩na are still a mystery to Buddhist scholars; (4) the
sentences are so elliptical that it is difficult to make a
grammatical construction. Advayavajra himself says
that he hated diffuseness and was a lover of brevity, and
in making his works brief he has made them enigmatical,
and brevity has often degenerated into obscurity. For
all these reasons I have abstained from giving a transla-
tion. I give the work as it is and I hope my readers
will look at me with indulgence, but I venture to think
that the works will throw much light on obscure points
of Buddhist History and Buddhism and that is an excuse
for their publication.
There are twenty-one short works in this collection
of the works of Advayavajrap膩da who bears the titles of
Pandita and Avadh奴ta, with a short supplement of six
