Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
This fragment is a ritual manual, or sādhana, dedicated to the deity Bhūti Sundarī. The text begins by providing the title in both Sanskrit and Tibetan, establishing its bilingual authority and its place within the Indo-Tibetan tradition of deity yoga. It introduces the specific seed syllable mantra associated with the deity, OṂ ŚRĪ MAHĀBHŪTAKULA SUNDARĪ HŪṂ, which serves as the sonic anchor for the practice. The text then transitions into the prescriptive phase of the ritual, committing the practitioner to a specific physical and environmental setting. By requiring the ritual to take place at the confluence of two waters and mandating the preparation of a sandalwood maṇḍala, the use of floral offerings, and the burning of guggulu incense, the text instructs the reader in the creation of a consecrated space intended to facilitate the manifestation of the deity.
Provenance
About this text
A sādhana dedicated to the deity Bhūti Sundarī, the Bhūtīsundarīsādhana belongs to the Indo-Tibetan tradition. The work is attributed to the Indian author Prajñārakṣita. It was translated into the Tibetan language by Dānaśīla (III) and is preserved in the Tengyur, volume ཙི, where it occupies one page. Within the Tibetan canon, it is situated in the collection known as The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel, a Sādhana Activity Garland of Red Yamāri. The work enacts a ritual process designed to facilitate the manifestation of the deity through specific environmental and physical prescriptions. It mandates that the practitioner prepare a sandalwood maṇḍala at the confluence of two waters, scatter flowers, and use guggulu incense while reciting the mantra OṂ ŚRĪ MAHĀBHŪTAKULA SUNDARĪ HŪṂ eight thousand times, with further nocturnal recitations of one thousand. A scholar or serious reader consults this text today to examine the precise ritual requirements and the sonic anchors, such as the seed syllable mantra, that define the practice of deity yoga in the classical Tibetan period.
Sanskrit title
Bhūtīsundarīsādhana
Indian author
Prajñārakṣita
Tibetan translators
Dānaśīla (III)
Canonical collection
The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel, a Sādhana Activity Garland of Red Yamāri
Cite thisAnuvāda, “A Sādhana of the Bhūtī Sundarī” (Toh 2067), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh2067
Summary & commentary
Significance
The text is significant as an example of the synthesis between Indian tantric ritualism and Tibetan translation practices. Its emphasis on specific environmental conditions and sensory offerings reflects the broader Buddhist tantric objective of transforming ordinary perception through ritual precision.
Structure
Passages
Section
Description
1
Introduction and Ritual Setup
Provides the bilingual title, the primary mantra, and the initial requirements for the ritual environment and offerings.
Themes
Ritual Space and Purification (1)
Mantra and Deity Invocation (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
In the language of India: Bhūti-sundarī-sādhana. In the language of Tibet: ’Byung mo mdzes ma’i sgrub thabs (The Sādhana of the Beautiful Bhūti).
OṂ ŚRĪ MAHĀBHŪTAKULA SUNDARĪ HŪṂ.
At the confluence of two waters, prepare a sandalwood maṇḍala, scatter flowers, fumigate with guggulu incense, and recite the mantra eight thousand times. Furthermore, by reciting it one thousand times at night, she will certainly come. By offering the objects of desire at night, she will become a wife; at dawn, she will depart after bestowing one hundred srang of gold. By performing it in this manner every day, after one month has passed, she will remain permanently through the power of the recitation as prescribed by the ritual.
The Sādhana of the Great Bhūti known as Śrī Sundarī is 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.