Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
This short ritual text provides the procedural framework for making offerings to the Red and Black forms of Yamāri, a manifestation of the deity Yamāntaka. The work functions as a liturgical guide, beginning with the formal identification of the ritual in both Sanskrit and Tibetan. It commits the practitioner to a specific meditative and ritual sequence, starting with an act of homage and the recitation of a specific seed-syllable mantra (OṂ HRĪḤ ṢṬRĪḤ VIKṚTĀNANA HŪṂ HŪṂ PHA). The text is structured as a concise instructional manual, prioritizing the precise phonetic and linguistic transmission of the mantra over theoretical exposition. By establishing the necessary mental state through recollection and homage, the text prepares the practitioner for the subsequent offering rites associated with these wrathful deities.
Provenance
About this text
A ritual guide for the offering of Black and Red Yamāri, the Kṛṣṇayamāriraktayamāripūjāvidhi belongs to the classical Tibetan tradition. The work is attributed to the Indian author Śrīdhara. Its transmission into the Tibetan language was carried out by Ravīndraruci and chag chos rje dpal, and it is preserved in the Tengyur, volume ཙི, where it is situated within the Other Skillful Means Tantras. The text enacts a liturgical sequence centered on the deity Yamāntaka, beginning with a formal act of homage and the recollection of specific heart and near-heart mantras. By prioritizing the precise phonetic transmission of these mantras over theoretical exposition, the work serves as a concise instructional manual for the practitioner. A scholar or serious reader consults this single-page ritual today to examine the procedural framework of offerings to these wrathful manifestations and to study the linguistic transition between the original Sanskrit and the Tibetan translation, dpal gshin rje gshed nag po dang dmar po mchod pa'i cho ga.
Cite thisAnuvāda, “An Offering Ritual for Red and Black Yamāri” (Toh 2028), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh2028
Summary & commentary
Significance
The text is significant for its preservation of the bilingual tradition of translation between Sanskrit and Tibetan, as evidenced by the inclusion of both titles. It illustrates the specific ritual technology used in the Yamāntaka cycle to engage with wrathful deities through mantra and offering.
Structure
Passages
Section
Description
1
Introduction and Mantra
Provides the bilingual title, a statement of homage, and the primary mantra for the ritual.
2
Colophon
Identifies the translators and editors responsible for the Tibetan version.
Themes
Ritual Offering (1)
Mantra Recitation (1)
Translation and Transmission (1-2)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
AnuvādaAn Offering Ritual for Red and Black Yamāri·
In the language of India: Kṛṣṇayamāri-raktayamāri-pūjā-vidhiḥ. In the language of Tibet: Gshin rje gshed nag po dang dmar po mchod pa'i cho ga (The Ritual Offering of Black and Red Yamāri). Homage to the glorious Yamāntaka!
Then, one should recollect the mantra: OṂ HRĪḤ ṢṬRĪḤ VIKṚTĀNANA HŪṂ HŪṂ PHAṬ PHAṬ SVĀHĀ. This is the heart mantra. OṂ HRĪḤ KĀLARŪPA HŪṂ KHAṂ. This is the near-heart mantra. OṂ HRĪḤ BHRŪṂ BHRŪṂ ŚRŪṂ HŪṂ KAḤ. This is the subsequent heart mantra. OṂ HRĪḤ HAḤ BHO MAHĀKRODHA ĀGACCHA ĀGACCHA ASMĀT PŪJĀ PRATIGṚHṆA PRASĀDHAṂ ME DHIMANKURU SVĀHĀ. This is the mantra for invitation. OṂ HRĪḤ ṢṬRĪḤ ĀḤ. This is for the drinking water. OṂ HŪṂ HŪṂ PHAṬ PHAṬ. This is for the water for the feet. OṂ VIKṚTĀNANA DUṢṬASATTVA DAMAKA GAḤ GAḤ. This is the mantra for incense. OṂ KUMĀRARŪPIṆI JAḤ JAḤ HŪṂ PHAṬ. This is the mantra for offering flowers. OṂ HRĪḤ HAḤ HE PHAṬ. This is for the incense. OṂ KĀLARŪPA SARVA DUṢṬĀṂ SATTVA DAMAKA MAHĀBHŪTAPATI IMAṂ BALIṂ GṚHṆĀPAYA SVĀHĀ. This is the mantra for the torma offering. OṂ DĪPTALOCANI VIKṚTĀNANA MAHĀṬṬĀṬṬA HĀSANĀDINI DĪPTA DĪPTĀYA SVĀHĀ. This is the mantra for the lamp. OṂ JAYA JAYA SUJAYA VIŚVARŪPADHARI GACCHA GACCHA SVABHĀVĀNĀṂ KṚTENA TATHĀGATAṂ CA SARVABUDDHAṂ CA VISARJAYA MAMA KĀRYAṂ KURU SVĀHĀ. This is the mantra for requesting departure.
The Ritual Offering of Black Yamāri and Red Yamāri, composed by the great master Paṇḍita Śrīdhara, is hereby complete.
Translation status: Not among 84000's published translations, and not in progress there. Translations published elsewhere have not been searched for, so one may exist. (source: 84000 catalogue + registry; checked 2026-11-10).
Set in Newsreader and EB Garamond; Tibetan in Noto Serif Tibetan; Chinese in Noto Serif SC.