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(2.5) Dedications, Aspirational Prayers, and Expressions of Auspiciousness

In Situ’s catalog, the Tantra section of the Kangyur ends here, with a collection of dedications (བསྔོ་བ་, bsngo ba), aspirational prayers (སྨོན་ལམ་, smon lam), and prayers for auspiciousness (བཀྲ་ཤིས་བརྗོད་པ་, bkra shis brjod pa). The section begins with two longer works (D.815-D.816) that represent the major dedications that conclude the Tantra section.

These are followed by a collection of short verse-works that Situ does not even list out in his catalog, simply noting that there is a selection of further works included as an ornament for the conclusion of the section. These amount to five aspiration prayers (D.817-D.821), three good-life prayers (བདེ་ལེགས་, bde legs, D.822-D.824), and nine prayers for auspiciousness (D.825-D.833).

Note that while Situ’s catalog concludes the Tantra section here, the Degé Kangyur contains a further group of tantric texts, the Ancient Tantras (རྙིང་རྒྱུད་, rnying rgyud, D.834-D.852).