Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
This ritual text, titled The Ritual of the Knowledge of the Glorious Ten Wrathful Deities, provides a prescriptive procedure for the creation of a protective talisman and the recitation of associated mantras. The text instructs the practitioner to draw an eight-spoked wheel on a physical medium, such as birch bark or a leaf, and to populate the center of this wheel with specific seed syllables and mantras. By combining the visual geometry of the wheel with Sanskrit and Tibetan linguistic formulas, the ritual aims to invoke the power of the Ten Wrathful Ones and the Vidyārāja to secure protection, peace, and prosperity. The reader is committed to a precise technical execution of both the artistic and oral components of the ritual to achieve the intended efficacy of the spells.
Provenance
About this text
A ritual procedure for the knowledge of the glorious ten wrathful deities, the Śrīdaśakrodhavidyāvidhi belongs to the Non-dual Tantra collection. The work is attributed to the Indian author Jetāri. It entered the Tibetan tradition through the efforts of the translators Jetakarṇa and shakya’i dge slong nyi ma rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po, appearing in the classical Tibetan period. The version presented here is preserved in volume ཏ of the Tengyur, where the work extends over two pages. The text enacts a prescriptive process for creating a protective talisman, instructing the practitioner to draw an eight-spoked wheel on birch bark or a leaf. By populating the center and the east of this wheel with specific Sanskrit mantras and seed syllables, the ritual invokes the power of the Ten Wrathful Ones and the Vidyārāja to secure peace, protection, and prosperity. A scholar or serious reader consults this work today to examine the technical execution of these oral and artistic components, observing how the combination of visual geometry and linguistic formulas is intended to produce a specific ritual efficacy.
Sanskrit title
Śrīdaśakrodhavidyāvidhi
Indian author
Jetāri
Tibetan translators
Jetakarṇa, shakya’i dge slong nyi ma rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po
Cite thisAnuvāda, “A Ritual of Spells for the Ten Wrathful Ones” (Toh 1273), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh1273
Summary & commentary
Significance
The work is significant as an example of the integration of Indian tantric elements, such as the use of birch bark and Sanskrit mantras, into the Tibetan ritual tradition. It demonstrates the application of wrathful deity practices for pragmatic outcomes like protection and stability.
Structure
Passages
Section
Description
1
Introduction and Preparation
Provides the title in Sanskrit and Tibetan and instructs the practitioner on the physical preparation of the ritual wheel.
2
Mantra Recitation
Lists the specific mantras to be recited and the placement of text within the center of the wheel.
Themes
Ritual Geometry (1-2)
Wrathful Deities (1-2)
Protective Spells (2)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
AnuvādaA Ritual of Spells for the Ten Wrathful Ones·
In the language of India: Śrī-daśa-krodha-vidyā-vidhi-nāma. In the language of Tibet: dpal khro bo bcu’i rig pa’i cho ga zhes bya ba (The Ritual of the Knowledge of the Glorious Ten Wrathful Deities). Homage to the glorious ten wrathful deities!
On birch bark or a leaf, draw an eight-spoked wheel. In the east: Namaḥ samanta-buddhebhyaḥ | namo muṅgara-hastāya caṇḍa-maṇḍalākṣepa-kārāya dhārakasya rakṣaṃ śāntiṃ puṣṭiṃ kuru hūṃ phaṭ. In the south: Namaḥ samanta-buddhebhyaḥ | mahā-daṇḍa-dhara-vividha-sura-sura-mardana-bhūtān nirghāta dhārakasya rakṣaṃ śāntiṃ puṣṭiṃ kuru hūṃ phaṭ. In the west: Namaḥ samanta-buddhebhyaḥ | hulu hulu mahā-padma-amṛtī-kuru viṣāṇi dhārakasya rakṣaṃ śāntiṃ puṣṭiṃ kuru hūṃ phaṭ. In the north: Namaḥ samanta-buddhebhyaḥ | namo vajra-krodhāya mahā-daṃṣṭrotkaṭa-bhairavāya vajra-sandoha-darvāya amṛta-kuṇḍali dhārakasya rakṣaṃ śāntiṃ puṣṭiṃ kuru hūṃ phaṭ. In the northeast: Namaḥ samanta-buddhebhyaḥ | oṃ yama-daṇḍāya tura tura muru muru sarva-duṣṭān māraya māraya dhārakasya rakṣaṃ śāntiṃ puṣṭiṃ kuru hūṃ phaṭ. In the southeast: Namaḥ samanta-buddhebhyaḥ | namo mahā-balāya ucchuṣma-krodha-rājāya sarva-nāgānāṃ hṛdayaṃ tāḍaya dhārakasya rakṣaṃ śāntiṃ puṣṭiṃ kuru hūṃ phaṭ. In the southwest: Namaḥ samanta-buddhebhyaḥ | namo acala-kāṇāya ceṭṭa ceṭṭa moṭṭa moṭṭa tuṭṭa tuṭṭa gha gha ghātaya ghātaya dhārakasya rakṣaṃ śāntiṃ puṣṭiṃ kuru hūṃ phaṭ. In the northwest: