A textual research on Chos

Abstract Based on the colophons and relevant records in Tangut scriptures, the present paper investigates the dharma dissemination, teaching lineage and the relevant section of the Xixia bla-ma Chos-kyi seng-ge. It is pointed out that the appellations of Chos-kyi seng-ge, Yar-klongs-ba and Chos ma ge indicate one and the same figure who gave Xixia various scriptures transmitted by his preceptor Kun-dga’ snying-po (1092–1158) and Zhang Rin-po-che (1123–1194). The investigation in this paper provides valuable data for defining the relevance of the ？rīvajrayogīnisiddhi in Xixia with early Tibetan Tantrism and clarifying the appearance of Xixia Buddhism