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Toh 440. The Tantra of Mahākāla. ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོའི་རྒྱུད། · nag po chen po'i rgyud. mahākālatantra.

Toh 667. The Tantra of Mahākāla. ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པའི་རྒྱུད། · nag po chen pa'i rgyud. mahākālatantra. 6 pages.

Toh 668/1085. The Incantation of Mahākāla. མགོན་པོ་ནག་པོའི་གཟུངས། · mgon po nag po'i gzungs. mahākāladhāraṇī. 2 pages.

Toh 669/1086. The Incantation of Mahākāla, Deliverance from All Epidemic Fevers. ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོའི་གཟུངས་རིམས་ནད. 1 page.