Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
This fragmentary text provides the introductory elements of a sādhanā dedicated to the deity Piśācī Hanā, identified in the Tibetan translation as the Flesh-Eating Goddess Hanamā. The work functions as a ritual manual, establishing the identity of the practice through its bilingual titles in Sanskrit and Tibetan. It commits the practitioner to a specific sonic discipline by providing a seed mantra (Oṃ hanane cinni hili hili svāhā) and referencing a broader instructional framework termed the Continuum of the Teaching. The text is structured to transition from the formal naming of the ritual to the precise recitation of the mantra, suggesting a methodology where linguistic precision and repetitive vocalization are the primary mechanisms for engaging with the deity.
Provenance
About this text
A ritual manual for the practice of the deity Piśācī Hanā, the Piśācīhanāsādhana belongs to the genre of sādhanā. The work is attributed to the Indian author Prajñārakṣita. It entered the Tibetan tradition through the translation efforts of 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. This classical Tibetan text enacts a specific sonic and ritual discipline centered on the Flesh-Eating Goddess Hanamā. It prescribes the recitation of a seed mantra—Oṃ hanane cinni hili hili svāhā—one hundred and eight times during three sessions beneath a bael tree, framing this practice within a broader instructional system called the Continuum of the Teaching. A scholar or serious reader consults this single-page fragment today to examine the precise methodology of repetitive vocalization and linguistic precision used to engage the deity, as well as to study the bilingual transition between the original Sanskrit and the Tibetan translation.
Sanskrit title
Piśācīhanāsādhana
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 Piśācī Hanā” (Toh 2074), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh2074
Summary & commentary
Significance
The text is significant for its representation of the intersection between Indian tantric traditions and Tibetan translation practices. It illustrates the specific iconographic classification of the deity as a flesh-eating entity, which is characteristic of certain wrathful or semi-wrathful ritual systems designed for specific spiritual or mundane objectives.
Structure
Passages
Section
Description
1
Introduction and Mantra
Provides the Sanskrit and Tibetan titles of the sādhanā, the primary mantra, and a reference to the Continuum of the Teaching.
Themes
Ritual Nomenclature (1)
Mantra Recitation (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
In the language of India: Piśācī-hanama-sādhanam. In the language of Tibet: Sha za ma ha na ma’i sgrub thabs (The Sādhana of the Flesh-Eating Goddess Hanamā). Oṃ hanane cinni hili hili svāhā. Thus it is said. Regarding the practice known as the "Continuum of the Teaching": if one recites [the mantra] one hundred and eight times during each of the three sessions beneath a bael tree (vibhītaka), a female spirit in the form of the goddess will appear. She will explain whatever exists within the three worlds and grant a thousand dinars. This concludes the sādhana of Hanamā.
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.