A 117-11 Aśokadamanāvadāna
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 117/11
Title: Aśokāvadāna
Dimensions: 32 x 12 cm x 59 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Avadāna; Bauddha
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/654
Remarks:
Reel No. A 117-11
Inventory No. 4263
Title Aśokadamanāvadāna
Remarks supposedly the 3rd chapter of the Aśokāvadānamālā
Author
Subject Avadāna, Bauddha
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 32 x 12 cm
Binding Hole(s) none
Folios 59
Lines per Folio 8
Foliation Numerals on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation a.da and in the lower right-hand margin under the word guru
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3/654
Manuscript Features
atha aśokadamanā. on the title page
Excerpts
Beginning
(fol. 1v1) oṃ namo buddhāye(!) ||
atha te bhikṣavaḥ sarve jayaśriyaṃ j(!)atiguruṃ
kṛtāñjalipuṭo natvā prārthayaṃ ca tathāparaṃ ||
bhadanta śro(2)tum ichāmaḥ punar anyat subhāṣitaṃ ||
nṛpāśokāvadānaṃ yat tan samādeṣṭa(!)m arhati ||
iti taiḥ prārthyamānaḥ sa jayaśrīḥ st(!)avi(2)ro yatiḥ ||
sarvā[ṃ]s tā[ñ] chrāvakān bhikṣu(!)n samālokyaivam ādiśat ||
śṛṇudhvaṃ bhikṣavaḥ sādhū(!) yūyaṃ sarve samāhitāḥ ||
avadā(4)nam aśokasya narendrasya cakṣyate ||(metre!)
yad ayaṃ nṛpatī rājā cakravarttī nṛpādhipaḥ ||
aśoka[ḥ] sarvalokānāṃ śokahantā bhava(5)n babhau ||
yac cāśoko narendro sau yaśasas sadguror pateḥ ||
upadeśāt pure svasminn upaguptaṃ samānayan(!) ||
tasyopadeśa(6)m ākarṇya buddhabhaktiprasāditaḥ ||
saddharmadeśanāṃ śrutvā triratnaśaraṇaṃ gataḥ ||
satkṛtya śraddhayā nityaṃm arhatām abhaja(7)n mudā ||
caityaiś cāpi maho[c]ch[r]āyaiḥ pṛthivīn samaśodhayat ||
caturāśītisahasrāṇāṃ saddharmarājikā bhuvi ||
(8)yathāvidhi pratiṣṭḥāpya prācareyan samaṃtataḥ ||
End
(fol. 59v1) iti me guruṇā khyātaṃ tathā v⟨y⟩aś cakṣyate mayā ||
tad anumoda(ṇa)ṃ kṛtvā pracaradhvaṃ śubhe sadā ||
iti ja(2)yaśriyā khyātaṃ sarve te bhikṣavo mudā ||
śrutvā tatheti saṃbhāṣya prābhyacarañ chubhe sadā ||
aśokanāmnā nṛpater idaṃ ye vadānam a(3)trāvirataṃ śṛṇvanti ||
sadā parāṃ ye ca niśāmu(!)yanti prayānti sarve pi sukhā[[va]]tīṃ te || ❁ ||
Colophon
iti aśokadamu(!)nāvadānaṃ sa(4)māptam ||
ye dharmā hetuprabhavā hetus teṣāṃ tathāgata ||
hyevadan teṣāṃ yo nirodha evaṃvādi mahāśramaṇaḥ || ||
śubhaṃ || bhūyāt
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 117-11
Date of Filming not indicated
Exposures 63
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks Fols. 11v-12r are missing in the scanned copy.
Two exposures of fols. 37v-38r
Catalogued by MD
Date 27.08.2012
Bibliography
- Iwamoto, Yutaka: Bukkyō setsuwa kenkyū josetsu 『佛教説話研究序説』, revised ed., Kyoto 1978, pp. 179-181.
- Okano, Kiyoshi: http://homepage3.nifty.com/indology/asokavadanamala.html
