INDEX

Accents,437-41

Amṛtakuṇḍall (one of the retinue of ten wrathful deities attached to five central deities), 197

Anenaiki (Znamenny Chant), 8

Annotations (appearing in the yang-yig and yang-deb), 6-7 etpassim

ārgham. See mchod yon

Authors (Lamas) of songs notated in the yang-yig:

Chos grags rgya mtsho (Seventh Karma-pa Lama, 1454-1507), 160, 164, 166, 175, 242, 245, 248(?), 316, 325(?), 248

Chos kyi mthong ba Don ldan (Sixth Karma-pa Lama, 1416-53), 134, 140, 143, 147, 150, 156, 183, 190, 193, 197, 200, 202, 211, 213, 216, 218, 221, 226, 236, 290, 299, 303, 321, 329, 333, 337, 349, 352, 355, 358, 361, 365

Don Ldan. See Chos kyi mthong ba Don ldan

Dpah bo rnam rol (sorcerer-dancer, alleged author of song 42), 248

Dus gsum mkhyen pa (The Glorious Great Karma-pa, 1109-92 [1110-94]), 32-33, 59, 69, 72, 113, 154

Grub chen rin po che (Bakshi; Second Karma-pa Lama, 1206-84), 45, 203, 206, 226

Karma-pa mkhaḥ khyab rdo rje (Fifteenth Karma-pa Lama, 1871-1924), 370, 374, 380

Mi spyod rdo rje (Eighth Karma-pa Lama, 1519-64), 289

Padma Sambhava (Indian tantricist, founder of Lamaism, eighthcentury, alleged author of song 67), 343

Rang byung rdo rje (Third Karma-pa Lama, 1284-1340), 120, 127, 178, 181, 229, 252, 295

Ras chen bsod nams grags (Disciple of Dus gsum mkhyen pa, twelfth century), 282

Rje mkhaḥ spyod pa dbang po zha dmar (Second Red-hat Karmapa Lama, 1350-1406), 88, 96. See also Zha dmar dpal mkhaḥ spyod dbang po
pa Lama, 1350-1406), 88, 96

Rol paḥi rdo rje (Fourth Karma-pa Lama, 1340-84), 103

So pa sngags nag khro chu khos pa (Sog-pa lha dpal, disciple of Padma Sambhava [?]), alleged author of song 68, 345

Zha dmar chos kyi grags pa (Fourth Red-hat Karma-pa Lama, 1453-1524), 239

Zha dmar dpal mkhaḥ spyod dbang po (Second Red-hat Karma-pa Lama, 1350-1406, disciple of the Third Karma-pa Lama), (88), 273. See also Rje mkhaḥ spyod pa dbang po Zha dmar

Zha dmar pa chos kyi dbang phyug (Sixth Red-hat Karma-pa Lama, 1584-1630, disciple of the Ninth Karma-pa Lama), 170, 276

Avalokiteśvara (spyan ras gzigs, the Boddhisattva of Mercy). See

Lokeśvara

Bakshi (Central Asian term for ‘teacher’); See (e. g. , ) Grub chen rin po che among Authors.

bcad (gcad, “cut”). See Notational symbol #17, 484

bchom dam thub pa (one of the Tibetan names of the Buddha), 11 bdag nyid chen mo (female guardians of religion), 325

bde mchog (“The most excellent happy one”; a term for the fierce manifestations of tantric deities), 206. One form was believed to represent the uninterrupted line of incarnations of the Chief Lama resident in Peking. (See also Heruka; Samvara)

bdug spos (offering incense), 111

Bhyo, 2

bkaḥ brgyud pa (Kagyu-pa), 1 etpassim

bkaḥ gdams pa (Kadam-pa), 5, 6

bog. See bug

Bon: cult, 4, 18; deities, 10

bshur ma (chanting in parlando style), 15

bug (bog), 17

Byang chub sems pa (Bodhisattvas, saints having reached the highest level next to the Buddha), 538

Cabbalah, 8

çad (sbrud çad), 11 etpassim

Ça wa ri, 253

che mchog yon tan lha tshogs. Seebde mchog

chig (gcig), 11 etpassim

Chos grags rgya mtsho. See Authors

Chos kyi mthong ba Don ldan. See Authors

chos rnga (sacred drum), 17

chos sde byang, 19

ḍākinī (sky walker, divine mother), 211

damaru, 17, 25

Dam can brothers, 183 etpassim. Seealso Deities

daṇḍa-pāṭha, 8

days, appropriate for performing rites, 2

dbang dung, 18

dbu mdzad pa. See Um-dze-pa (Master of the Chant)

dbyangs, 14

dbyangs deb. Seeyang-deb

dbyangs yig. Seeyang-yig

“Deep Sight,” 6

Deities and Demons invoked by the songs of the yang-yig:

All Buddhas, 218, 252

All Deities, 329

bam ro, 342

bdag nyid chen mo, 325

Dam can, 178, 181, 183, 190, 197, 242

demons, 203, 289, 321, 325

dge bsnyen (Vajra Sadhu ?), 193

dregs pa skye gsum, 319

Four Queens of War, 319

Hayagrīva. See rta mgrin

Hermits, 333

Lha mo, 88, 120, 134, 140, 147, 164, 166, 229, 309, 313, 333

Lord of All Living Creatures, 282

Mahākāla, 32, 103, 111, 113, 127, 147, 154, 156, 160, 164, 166, 170, 200, 226, 290, 315, 383

Mahākāla’s Retinue, 236

Ma Mo, 45, 59, 69, 72, 143, 160, 276, 295, 325

Ma Mo’s Retinue, 95-96

Mgon po. See Mahākāla

Nine Deities, 305

Padma Heruka. See rta mgrin

rnam sras, 175, 239, 374, 379

rta mgrin, 221

Samvara (bde mchog), 206

shing skyong dbang po, 211, 213, 216, 248, 338

skyes bu chen po, 345

srin mo, 303, 319

srin po (mgon po), 200, 208, 245

Vajra Sadhu (?), 193

yab-yum, 193, 355 (yum)

Dam can skyes bu, 10. Seealso Deities

dbang dung (copper or brass trumpet), 18

Demons. See Deities

Derge (Khams), 2

dge lugs pa (Gelug-pa), 5, 6 etpassim

dhavaja-pāṭha, 8

di kung pa, 5

Don ldan (Chos kyi mthong ba don ldan). See Authors

Double curves. See Notational curves #16, 482

dpaḥ bo, 248

dpaḥ bo rnam rol. See Authors

dpal Karma-pa chen po dus gsum (Dus gsum mkhyen pa). See Authors

dpal sa saskya pa chen poḥi dbyangs deb (yang-deb), 1, 537 etpassim

dregs pa, 31, 299

dri chab, 111

dril bu, 17, 25

drones, 2, 16

drum beats, 12-14

dsa (dza), 2

Dsambhala (Jambhala; Shambhala), 253

drum (introductory beats), 12-14

duk pa, 5

dung chen (rag dung), 15

dung dkar, 18

Dus gsum mkhyen pa. See Authors

“Edge”: transcription of, 33, 51 etpassim. Seealso Notational symbol #14, 479

Enechamata, 8

“Fruitful Path, ” 6

gadā (mace), 31

Ganga Devi, 111

gcad. See bead

gcig. See chig

gdangs, 15

Gelug-pa. See dge lugs pa

Gesang-pa (skad bsang pa), 12 etpassim

ghana-pātḥa, 8

glu, 14

Graf, W. , 442

Grub chen rdo rje (Grub chen rin po che). See Authors gsung (voice, reciting), 33

gtor ma (food offering), 154, 166

Gtsug na rin chen (ruler of the Nagas), 111

Gurgyi mgon po, 31

Gyantse, 11

Haug, Martin, 9

Hayagrīva. See rta magrin

ḥdur ma, 15

Hemis, 13

“Hemis style,”14, 184

Heruka (fierce, wrathful manifestations of tantric deities such as Samvara, the black tutelary devil). See bde mchog and rta mgrin

Hinayāna Buddhism, 4

Historical survey of early Tibetan Buddhism, 4-6

History of Music in Sound, 23

Hri (Hui), 2

Hsi, 2

ḥten pa, 15

Hum, 2 etpassim

India: musical influence in Tibet, 3-4

Indra, 111

Instruments: use of, 11, 15-25

Interpunctuation signs, 11

Intervals, 432-33

Intonation and style, 404

Jambhala (rmug ḥdsin). See Shambhala

jaṭhā-pāṭha, 8

Kadam-pa. See bkaḥ gdams pa

Kagyu-pa. See bkaḥ brgyud pa

Kālī, 32

kapāla (skullcap), 31

Karma-pa. See skarma pa

Karma-pa dus gsum mkhyen pa, 5. Seealso Authors (Dus gsum. . . )

Karma-pa mkhah khyab rdo rje. See Authors

karttṛkā (chopper), 31

khab (“needle”), 14 etpassim. Seealso Notational symbol #12, 476

khaḍga (sword), 31

Kham Dekhu (Kham sde dge?), 1

Kham Pabung (Phabong), 1

Khon dkong mchog rgyal po (founder of the Sakya-pa sect), 6

khyung po, 10

krama-pāṭha, 8

kriyā tantra, 30

Langka puri (Laṅ-ka, Ceylon; Laṅ-ka puri, the abode of the Rakśasa; many Tibetans believed it to be located in the North of India), 245

Lha lung (mtshur phug), 5

Lha Mo (Ma Mo). See Ma gcig dpal ldan Lha mo

Li Chi (of the Yüeh Chi), 14

Liber Usualis, 12

lob pön (slob dpon; “learned teacher, ” frequently used when referring to Padma Sambhava), 45

Lokeśvara, 218

“Loop. ” See Notational symbol #15, 481

Ma dros (Manasarowar), 178, 380

Ma gcig dpal ldan lha mo (Protectoress of Lhasa and the Dalai Lama), 2 etpassim

Mahākāla (the tantric representation of the destructive forces of the universe), 2 etpassim

Mahāyāna Buddhism, 4

Mahā-yāṭha, 8

Ma Mo, 32 etpassim

mantra, 10, 111

Marpa, 5

mātrā, 59

mchod yon (offering of clear water), 17, 111

melody, singing: terms for, 14-15

me tog (offering of flowers), 111

Mgar wa (one of the Dam can), 183

Mgon po, 200 etpassim

mgrin dbyangs, 15

mgur, 14

Mila ras pa (Milarepa), 5

Mi spyod rdo rje. See Authors

Mkhaḥ khyab rdo rje. See Authors

modes of setting to music opening syllables, 435-36

Mount Meru, 178, 374

Mtshur phug (Lha lung), 5

musical instruments, 5

Nadapa (Naro pa), 5

Nagarjuna, 6

Nag po chen po (The Black Great One, Mahākāla), 2 etpassim

Nebesky-Wojkowitz, R. , 442

“Needle” See khab

“New-old occult mystery, ” 6

ngar ser (rough shouts), 33

noeane, 8

Norbu, Lama Senge, 2, 4

Notational Curves: writing of, 6

Notational Symbols: explanations, 442-43:

K interpretation: #1, 443-45; #1 A, 445-46; #2, 446-47; #2 A, 447-48; #2 B, 448; #3, 449-50; #4, 450-52; #5, 452-58; #6, 458-61; #7, 461-63; #8, 463-64; #9, 464-67; #10, 467-72; # 11, 472-75; #12, 476-77; #13, 477-79; #14, 479-80; 15, 481-82; #16, 482-83; # 17, 484-85; # 18, 485; # 19, 485.

(Notational symbols ctd. )

S interpretation: #1, 486-90; #1 A, 490-92; #2 A, 493-94; #2 B, 494-97; #3, 497-501; #4, 502-05; #5, 506-08; #6, 508-09; < #7, 510-12; #8, 512-14; #9, 515-17; #10, 517-21; #11, 521-24; #12, 525-27; # 13, 527-29; #14, 529-31; #15, 531; #16, 531-32; # 17, 532-33; # 18, 533; # 19, 533-34.

Nying ma pa (Ñin ma pa), 5, 6

Оm, 2 etpassim

ornamented çad (rin chen spungs çad), 11

ornaments, 433-34

Padma Heruka. See Heruka

Padma Sambhava, 343, 398

parallel notational curves, 35

Protector of the Tent (gurgyi mgon po), 31

punctus interrogatus, 405

rag dung, 15, 16, 20

rakta (blood offering), 164

Rang byung rdo rje. See Authors

ratha-pāṭha, 8

Ras chen bsod nams grags. See Authors

Rdo rje legs pa (one of the Dam can), 183

recto tono, 405

rekha-pāṭha, 8

rgya gling, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22

rgyud stod pa, 2

ri rab lhun po (the World Mountain). See Mount Meru

Rje chos grags. . . (Chos grags. . . ). See Authors

Rje de nyid (Don ldan), 197

Rje mkhaḥ spyod be dang po zha dmar. See Authors (Zha dmar)

rkang dung, 18

rkang gling, 18

rnam sras (deity of wealth), 175, 374-75

rnga, 11

rnga dbyug (curved, flexible drumstick), 17

rnga chun (rnga chung; small drum), 17

rngub [pa], 140

rol gsum, 15

rol mo, 15, 17, 111

Rol paḥi rdo rje. See Authors

rta mgrin (Sanskr. : Hayagrīva; tantric deity; chief of the Dharmapalas; the “great horse-necked,” or the “red tiger devil”), 183, 188, 221

rtags, 41 etpassim

rtsing, 2 etpassim

Sacred syllables (Bhyo; Hsi; Hri; Hrui; Dsa; Оm; Hum), 2

Sakya-pa 1 etpassim

saṃhita-pāṭha, 8

Saṃvara (Sambara), 206. See also bde mchog

sanayi (shahnai, sharna, surna), 18

sa skya pa (Sakya-pa), 1 etpassim

sbra, 547, 550

sbrud çad. See çad

sbug shal (sbom shal), 17

scepter song, 31

ṣelṣlim, 17

seng geḥi khri, 239

shabs gsil, 17

shabta (rol mo; music offering), 111

shal zas, 111

Shambhala (Dsam bha la; Jambhala, a mysterious city, probably in Central Asia, where one form of tantricism, Kalachakra, originated), 379; Also: an aspect of Kubera, 253

Shing skyong dbang po. See Deities

śikhā-pāṭha, 8

sil snyan (sil sil), 17

Śiva, 32

skad bsang pa. See Gesang pa

skang gso, 1, 537

skarma pa (Karma-pa), 1 etpassim

Skyes bu chen po. See Dam can.

skyor gdangs (recited chanting), 15

snang gsal (offering of light, butter lamp), 111

so na, 18

Songs (of yang-yig), comprehensive list, 395-99

Song authors. See Authors

Songs appealing to deities. See Deities

Songs (transcriptions, translations, descriptions): song (1), 32-44; song (2), 44-58; song (3), 59-69; song (4), 69-72 ; song (5), song (6), 88-95; song (7), 95-102; song (8), 103-11; song (9), 111-12; song (10), 113-19; song (11), 120-26; song (12), 127-33); song (13), 134-40; song (14), 140-43; song (15), 143-47; song (16), 147-50; song (17), 150-53; song (18), 154-55; song (19), 156-59; song (20), 160-63; song (21), 164-65; song (22), 166-70; song (23), 170-75; song (24), 175-77; song (25), 178-80; song (26), 181-83; song (27), 183-89; song (28), 190-92; song (29), 193-97; song (30), 197-99; song (31), 200-02; song (32), 200; song (33), 203-06; song (34), 206-08; song (35), 208-10; song (36), 211-13; song (37), 213-16; song (38), 216-18; song (39), 218-20; song (40), 221-26; song (41), 226-29; song (42), 229-36; song (43), 236-39; song (44), 239-42; song (45), 242-44; song (46), 245-47; song (47), 248-51; song (48), 252-76; song (49), 276-82; song (50), 282-89; song (51), 289-95; song (52), 295-99; song (53), 299-302; song (54), 303-05; song (55), 305-09; song (56), 309-12; song (57), 313-15; song (58), 315-19; song (59), 319-21; song (60), 321-25; song (61), 325-29; song (62), 329-33; song (63), 333-36; song (64), 337-38; song (65), 338-41; song (66), 342; song (67), 343-45; song (68), 345-48; song (69), 348-49; song (70), 349-51; song (71), 352-54; song (72), 355-58; song (73), 358-61; song (74), 361-65; (song 75), 365-69; song (76), 370-74; song (77), 374-80; song (78), 380-83; song (79), 383-91.

So pa sngags nag khro chu khos pa. See Authors

Spyan ras gzigs. See Avalokiteśvara

Spyan sngar rin po che (a previous incarnation of a Lama; alleged author of song 65), 338

Śri Devi, 31

Srin mgon, 200, 245

Srin mo. See Deities

Śrīparvata, 248

S songs (rhythmical structures), 395-99

stag gling, 18

stag nahi ngar skad, 15

symbol indicating end of song, 11

symbols and syllables written in black and red, 9

symbols (used in Part II), 29

styles (“Central Asian, ” “Indian”), 406

styles (neumatic, melismatic), 404-05

stylistic features, 404-32

tanbura, 2

teḥu, 17

terrible rites, 2

terror deities, 2, 4

text and melody, 434-36

ting shags, 17

tod rnga, 17

tone material (survey), 407-32

tonus fatigatus, 405

tri-kāya, 252

triśūla, 31

Tshang pa (Śiva), 216

tshig (meaningful textual syllable): 4 etpassim; comparison of, 54

Τsong kha pa, 6

Um-dze-pa (dbu mdzad pa), 7 etpassim

Vaiśravana, 375, 379

Vajradhara, 170

Vajra Sadhu (dge bsnyen vajra sadhu; Vajrasattva [?]), 193

Vasuputra, 6

Vetāla (Bai; Vai; Ve), 239

voice production, 14

“wheel.” See Notational symbol #18, 485

word painting, 436-37

yab yum, 2, 32 etpassim. Seealso Deities (Mahākāla; Lha то)

yang-deb (dbyangs deb): 1 etpassim.

Excerpts from, following 536 (1B, 2B, ЗА, 4A, 5B, 6В, 7A)

tone material of, 555-56

translations and transcriptions of, 537-56

yang-yig (dbyangs yig): 1 etpassim:

age of, 2

entire manuscript: following 28 (IA-XLA)

descriptions, notations, 29-391

Yüan rulers,5

Yung Lo, 5

zabs gsil (offering of cool water for washing feet), 111

Zha dmar chos kyi grags. See Authors

Zha dmar dpal mkhaḥ spyod dbang po. See Authors

Zha dmar pa chos kyi dbang phyug. See Authors

Znamenny chant, 8