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Research Article

A (Presumably Chinese) tantric scripture and its Japanese exegesis: the Yuqi Jing 瑜祇經 and the practices of the Yogin

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  • KDZ Kōbō daishi zenshū 弘法大師全集 [The Complete Writings of Kōbō daishi]. 15 vols. Edited by Sofū senyōkai 祖風宣揚会. Tokyo: Yoshikawa kōbunkan,1909–1910.
  • MDJ Mikkyō daijiten 密教大辞典 [Dictionary of Esoteric Buddhism]. Edited by Mikkyō jiten hensankai 密教辞典編纂会. Kyoto: Hōzōkan 法藏館, 1969–70.
  • NDZ Nihon daizōkyō 日本大蔵經 [The Japanese Buddhist Canon]. 51 vols. Edited by Nakano Tetsue 中野達慧 et al. Tokyo: Nihon daizōkyō hensankai 日本大藏經編纂會, 1914-21.
  • SZ Shingonshū zensho 眞言宗全書 [The Complete Writings of the Shingon School]. 44 vols. Edited by Shingonshū zensho kankōkai 眞言宗全書刊行會. Kōyasan: Shingonshū zensho kankōkai 眞言宗全書刊行會, 1933–39.
  • T Taishō shinshū daizōkyō 大正新脩大藏經 [The Taishō-era Revised Canon], 100 vols. Edited by Takakusu Junjirō 高楠順次郎 et al. Tokyo: Taishō Issaikyō kankōkai 大正一切經刊行會, 1924–35.
  • ZSZ Zoku Shingonshū zensho 續眞言宗全書 [The Complete Writings of Shingon School, Continued], 42 vols. Edited by Zoku Shingonshū zensho kankōkai 續眞言宗全書刊行會. Kōyasan: Zoku Shingonshū zensho kankōkai 續眞言宗全書刊行會, 1988.
  • ZTZ Zoku Tendaishū zenshō 續天台宗全書 [The Complete Writings of the Tendai School, Continued], 15 vols. Edited by Tendai shūtenhensanjo 天台宗典編纂所. Tokyo: Shunjūsha 春秋社, 1987–2000.

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