| Dear Westin,
I am not sure this will help much, but Sachen in his Cakrasamvara commentary identifies the DJS as the Śrī-Khasama-Ādi-tantra; see Gray ( The Cakrasamvara-Tantra, 2007), p. 155 with note 1. Kind regards,
Bee
Prof. Dr. Bee Scherer (they/their) Chair, Buddhist Studies Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Greetings Indologists,
I am currently working on some Sanskrit and Tibetan material associated with the Six [Vajra]vārāhī Scriptures (phag mo gzhung drug) and the Threefold Vārāhī Cycle of the Chel Tradition (dPyal lugs phag mo skor gsum). Many of the texts associate themselves with one *Ḍākiṇī-jāla-saṃvar-ārṇava-tantra (mkha' 'gro drwa ba sdom pa rgya mtsho'i rgyud).
Can anyone tell me more about this (attested or imagined) source text? Perhaps it is one and the same as the (equally enigmatic) Saṃvarārṇava?
In her opus on Vajrayoginī, English (pp. 17, 52) mentions two brief references to the Saṃvarārṇavatantra among her Vajrayoginī/Vajravārāhī sources, but without any further elaboration. Moreover, in his CE of Chp. 15 of the Ḍākārṇavatantra, Sugiki (p. 3n1) notes the mention of six Arṇava texts (including Saṃvarārṇava) in a colophon to the Ḍākārṇava. However, he says, "Most likely, the Six Oceans are imaginary root scriptures."
Besides these two references (English and Sugiki), can anyone point me towards more leads regarding the *Ḍākiṇījālasaṃvarārṇava / Saṃvarārṇava?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Westin Harris
Ph.D. Candidate
Study of Religion
University of California, Davis The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies
Sarva Mangalam.
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