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佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經 Skt. Uṣṇīṣavijayādhāraṇī; Tib. de bzhin ghegs pa thams cad kyi gtsug tor rnam par rgyal ba shes bya ba'i gzungs rtog pa dang bcas pa [To.594, P.199; To. 595, P.197; To.596, P.201]; (Dhāraṇī of the Jubilant Corona). An evocation of the Jubilant Buddha-Corona, Uṣṇīṣavijayā 尊勝佛頂, whose powers can prolong life and destroy the hardships of saṃsāra; fourth text of the Saptavāra corpus. Translations exist in Khotanese, Uighur, Tangut and Mongolian ('Phags pa script) in addition to the many Tibetan and Chinese versions. The translations used in Shingon are those of Buddhapāli (T 967), Fatian (T 978) and Wuche 武徹 (T 974c). Among the Chinese translations, Fatian's version corresponds to four Tibetan versions [To.598, P.200], whīe the earlier versions (1-5) match another Tibetan translation [To.597/984, P.198/609]. The extant Chinese translations are:
(1) 1 fasc. (T 967.19.349-353), Dhāraṇī of the Jubilant Buddha-Corona 佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經 tr. Buddhapāli 佛陀波利. Chinese commentary: Fachong's 法崇 Meanings of the Doctrinal Traces 教跡義記 (T 1803).
(2) 1 fasc. (T 968.19.353-355), Dhāraṇī of the Jubilant Buddha-Corona 佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經 tr. Du Xingkai 杜行顗. Chinese commentary: Xufa's 讀法 Commentary 佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經釋 [Z.92.146-163].
(3) 1 fasc. (T 969.19.355-357), Triumphant Dhāraṇī 最勝陀羅尼經 tr. Divākara 地婆訶羅. The dhāraṇī of this recension appears in various Tang-era ritual manuals: Amoghavajra's 不空 Ritual Procedure for Recitation 佛頂尊勝陀羅尼念誦儀軌法 (T 972) and Ritual Procedures from the Yoga Collection for Feeding the Searing Mouths 瑜伽集要焔口施食儀軌, and Śubhākarasiṃha's 善無畏 Ritual Procedure of Yoga 尊勝佛頂修瑜伽法儀軌 (T 973) (T 1320).
(4) 1 fasc. (T 970.19.357-361), Sutra of the Dhāraṇī Spell of the Jubilant Buddha-Corona which Cleanses and Abolishes Karmic Burdens 最勝佛頂陀羅尼淨除業障呪經 tr. Divākara 地婆訶羅.
(5) 1 fasc. (T 971.19.361-364), Dhāraṇī of the Jubilant Buddha-Corona 佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經 tr. Yijing 義淨.
(6) 1 fasc. (T 974a.19.383-384), Dhāraṇī of Buddha-Corona the Triumphant 最勝佛頂陀羅尼經 tr. Fatian 法天.
(7) 1 fasc. (T 978.19.407-410), Sarvatathāgatoṣṇīṣavijayā-dhāraṇī (de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad kyi gtsug tor rnam par rgyal ma'i gzungs shes bya) 一切如來烏瑟膩沙最勝總持經 tr. Fatian 法天. A phonetic transcription which corresponds to Dhyānabhadra's version.
(8) 1 fasc. (T 979.19.410) Uṣṇīṣavijayā-dhāraṇī 于瑟沙毘左野陀囉尼 tr. Dhyānabhadra 指空. BGBT4/102-5. Sanskrit Edition: F. Max Müller and Bunyu Nanjio. Anecdota Oxonensiāryan Series vol.1 part III, Oxford, 1884.