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84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha

Toh 416. The Tantra of the Protector, the Arising of Secret Accomplishments. Vajramahākālakrodhanātharahasya­siddhibhavatantra. མགོན་པོ་གསང་བ་དངོས་གྲུབ་བྱུང་བའི་རྒྱུད། mgon po gsang ba dngos grub byung ba'i rgyud. 58 Pages. (25 Chapter).

Toh 440. The Tantra of Mahākāla. ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོའི་རྒྱུད། · nag po chen po'i rgyud. mahākālatantra. 82 pages. (50 Chapter).

Toh 667. The Tantra of Mahākāla. ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པའི་རྒྱུད། · nag po chen pa'i rgyud. mahākālatantra. 6 pages. (8 Chapter).

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.