Conception of “One Flavor” in the Late Indian Tantric Buddhism – on the Basis of the “Muktāvalī-hevajra-pañjikā” by Ratnākaraśānti

Abstract

This article is a textological research of the Tantric Buddhist conception of “one flavor” (ekarasa)
based on the material from the “Muktāvalī-hevajra-pañjikā” commentary on the tenth chapter of the
“Hevajra-tantra”. The commentary was composed by Ratnākaraśānti, one of the greatest Buddhist
intellectuals of the 19th century. The sources used for this research of the relevant passages from the
“Muktāvalī-hevajra-pañjikā” are the most important original manuscripts. Their usage allows to
critically approach the only edition of this Sanskrit text.