Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
This fragmentary text provides a ritual procedure (sādhana) centered on the figure of Adhijayājitā, translated into Tibetan as the Victorious Invincible One. The text functions as a concise instructional guide for a specific spiritual practice, prescribing a precise combination of physical location, vocalization, and temporal duration. Specifically, it commits the practitioner to reciting a three-syllable mantra (Oṃ hūṃ jiḥ) eight thousand times daily for a period of seven days. This recitation must be performed in the presence of a stūpa dedicated to the spirit known as Mi pham pa. By linking the mantra to a specific sacred monument and a rigorous quantitative requirement, the text establishes a disciplined framework for achieving the intended ritual outcome, though the fragment ends before the specific goals or subsequent steps of the practice are detailed.
Provenance
About this text
A sādhana focused on the Victorious Invincible One, the Adhijayājitāsādhana belongs to the classical Tibetan tradition. The work is attributed to the Indian author Prajñārakṣita. It was translated into Tibetan by Dānaśīla (III) and is preserved in the Tengyur, volume ཙི, as part of the canonical collection known as The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel, a Sādhana Activity Garland of Red Yamāri. The text enacts a ritual procedure requiring the practitioner to recite the mantra Oṃ hūṃ jiḥ eight thousand times for seven days while positioned before the stūpa of the spirit Mi pham pa. Following this period of recitation, the practice prescribes a great offering on the eighth day, including the presentation of a great torma and the offering of guggulu incense. A scholar or serious reader consults this one-page fragment to examine the precise combination of physical location, vocalization, and temporal duration required for this specific spiritual practice, observing how the ritual links a quantitative mantra requirement to a sacred monument.
Sanskrit title
Adhijayājitāsādhana
Indian author
Prajñārakṣita
Tibetan translators
Dānaśīla (III)
Canonical collection
The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel, a Sādhana Activity Garland of Red Yamāri
The text is significant for its illustration of the intersection between mantra recitation and stūpa worship in the Indo-Tibetan tradition. It demonstrates the importance of quantitative precision and spatial orientation in ritual efficacy. For the modern reader, it provides a primary example of a short-form sādhana focused on a specific deity or spirit.
Structure
Passages
Section
Description
1
Ritual Instructions
Provides the Sanskrit and Tibetan titles, the mantra, and the requirements for recitation location and frequency.
Themes
Mantra Recitation (1)
Stūpa Worship (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
In the language of India: Adhijayasādhana. In the language of Tibet: Lhag par rgyal ba mi pham pa’i sgrub thabs (The Sādhana of the Victorious Invincible One). Oṃ hūṃ jiḥ. In front of the stūpa of the spirit known as Mi pham pa, one should recite the mantra eight thousand times for seven days. On the eighth day, one should perform a great offering, present a great torma, and offer guggulu incense, then recite the mantra at night. Then, he will certainly arrive and say, "What shall I do?" At that time, the practitioner should say, "Be my servant!" He will then carry [the practitioner] on his back, show him the four continents, grant him a kingdom, and cause him to live for a thousand years. This concludes the Sādhana of Mi pham pa.
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.