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'''The Tantra of Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa''' (Skt. ''Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantram'', Tib. ཁྲོ་བོ་ཆེན་པོའི་རྒྱུད་, ''trowo chenpö gyü'', [[Wyl.]] ''khro bo chen po'i rgyud'') is found in the [[Anuttarayoga Tantra]] section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] ([[Toh]] 431).

Written around the tenth or the eleventh century C.E., this [[tantra]] represents the flowering of the [[Yoginītantra]] genre. It offers instructions on how to attain the wisdom state of Buddha [[Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa]] through the practice of the [[four joys]]. The [[tantra]] covers a range of practices and philosophical perspectives of late tantric Buddhism, including the [[development stage]], the [[completion stage]], the use of [[mantra]]s, and a number of magical rites and rituals. The text is quite unique with its tribute to and elevation of women.

==English Translation==
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