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'''Ānandagarbha''' was a 9th-century Indian [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[Vajrayana|tantric]] master notable for authoring numerous works including the ''Sarvavajrodayā'' and the ''Vajrajvālodayā''. As per [[Tibet]]an sources, 25 works are attributed to him a few of which have survived in [[Sanskrit]].<ref name=ijuin2018>{{cite journal |last1=Ijuin |first1=Shiori |title=A Summary of the First Half of Ānandagarbha's Vajrajvālodayā |journal=Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies |date=2018 |volume=66 |pages=153–157 |url=https://www.academia.edu/37037847}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Acri |first1=Andrea |title=Esoteric Buddhism in Mediaeval Maritime Asia: Networks of Masters, Texts, Icons |date=2016 |publisher=ISEAS Publishing |isbn=978-9814695084 |page=99 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2HV8DQAAQBAJ&q=Ānandagarbha}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Scheurleer |first1=Pauline |last2=Klokke |first2=Marijke |title=Ancient Indonesian Bronzes A Catalogue of the Exhibition in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam with a General Introduction |date=1988 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004088207 |page=35}}</ref><br />
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The Tibetan historian and monk, [[Taranatha]] noted that he was born into a [[Vaishya]] family in [[Magadha (Mahajanapada)|Magadha]] and associated with the [[Vikramashila]] monastery which was patronized by the [[Pala Empire]]. He was ordained in the [[Mahāsāṃghika]] school of thought within [[Mahayana Buddhism]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chattopadhyaya |first1=Alaka |last2=Chimpa |first2=Lama |last3=Chattopadhyaya |first3=Debiprasad |title=Taranatha's History of Buddhism in India |date=2018 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=9788120834705 |page=285}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Skorupski |first1=Tadeusz |title=The Sarvadurgatipariśodhana Tantra Elimination of All Evil Destinies : Sanskrit and Tibetan Texts |date=1983 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=9780895815729 |page=64}}</ref> 21 works in the [[Tengyur]] have been attributed to Anandagarbha. <br />
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==The Vajrajvālodayā==<br />
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The ''Vajrajvālodayā'' is a [[sādhanā]] manual aimed towards the tantric deity [[Heruka]] and his [[mandala]] and consists of 17 palm leaves. The work has so far remained unpublished; however, parts of it have been transcribed and translated into English. Structurally, the work is similar to other ritual manuals like the [[Tattvasaṃgraha Tantra|Tattvasamgraha]] with the use of the same [[Mudra (music)|mudras]] and [[mantras]].<ref name=ijuin2018 /> The ''Vajrajvālodayā'' was not translated into Tibetan,<ref>Szántó, Peter-Daniel & Arlo Griffiths, "Sarvabuddhasamāyogaḍākinījālaśaṃvara", In ''Brill Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Vol. I Literature and Languages'', (Leiden: Brill 2015): 368.</ref> even though its Sanskrit manuscript was not found in India but in [[Samye]], Tibet.<ref>Roerich, George N. ''The Blue Annals''. Calcutta: Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1949: 352.</ref> <br />
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