A 119-8 Kapiśāvadāna
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 119/8
Title: Kapiśāvadāna
Dimensions: 27 x 7.5 cm x 29 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Avadāna; Bauddha
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/2524
Remarks:
Reel No. A 119-8
Inventory No. 30119
Title Kapisāvadāna
Remarks Kapiśā-avadāna on the title page
Author
Subject Avadāna, Bauddha
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State complete
Size 27.0 x 7.5 cm
Binding Hole(s) none
Folios 29
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation Numerals in the right margin of the verso
Scribe Vajrācārya Tapādeva
Date of Copying -
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/2524
Manuscript Features
The manuscript was consulted by Leo Both for editing the work (siglum K3): Das Kapīśāvadāna und seine Parallelversion im Piṇḍapātrāvadāna, Berlin 1995 (Monographien zur indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie 10)
Rare manuscript with ten chapters.
Fols. 1 and 29 are partially damaged. Short title kapi is written in the left margin of the verso.
Excerpts
For a reconstructed text see the excerpts of B 96-6 Kapisāvadāna which has better readings.
Beginning
(fol. 1v1) + + + ḥ śrīsarvvajñāya ||
kaṃdarppadarppaśamanaṃ praṇipratya mūddhnā,
sauddhodaniṃ suranarārccitapādapīṭham ||
śrutvā guroḥ sugatasūtraṃ satatvavijñaṃ
(2) ++ tadarthasamanusmaraṇaṃ kariṣye ||
yathaiva gaṅgājamunāprasaṃge,
goḍāvalītīrthasarasvatī ca |
sarvvāṇi tīrthāni vasanti tatra,
yatrārkkabandhuś ca (3) + thāḥ prasaṅge ||
tathaiva puṇyaṃ bhavatīti bhāvāt
snānagātraiva prayayuḥ pavitraṃ |
anādikālārccitakalmaṣāni,
nihanti tasmād iha mānavānāṃ ||
(4)yad durllabhaṃ kalpaśatair anekair,
mmānuṣyajanme pi ca cānyake pi |
tat sāmprataṃ prāpyam ato bhavadbhiḥ
kāryyo hi dharmmaṃ śravaṇāya dhīrāḥ || || ❖ ||
(5)evan mayā śrutam ekasmin samaye bhagavāñ chrāvatyāṃ mahānagaryyāṃ viharati sma | tatra bhagavāñ chākyamunis tathāgato 'rhat samyaksaṃbuddhānanekai bbhikṣuśata(6)sahasraiḥ sārddhaṃ, jetavane mahāvihāre, sabhāṃ kālitavān ||
Sub-colophon
iti kapisāvadāne pūrvvajanmavarṇṇano nāmaḥ prathamo dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 5v3)
iti śrīkapisāvadāne mānuṣavatāravarṇṇano nāma dvit⟪i⟫[[ī]]yo dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 7v5)
iti śrīkapisāvadāne śaiśavajanmavarṇṇano nāmas tṛtīyo dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 10v2)
iti śrīkapisāvadāne sarvvānandajanmavarṇṇano namaś caturtho dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 13v2)
iti śrīkapisāvadāne piṇḍapātrapradāno nāma [[pa]]ñcamo dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 15r2)
iti śrīkapisāvadāne nītinirddeśavarṇṇano nāmaḥ ṣaṣṭamo dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 18r5)
iti śrīkapisāvadāne pūjāphalavarṇṇano nāmaḥ samāptamo dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 23r2)
iti śrīkapisāadāne yugādivarṇṇano nāmāṣṭamo dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 26v1)
iti śrīkapiśāvadāne caryyāvratanirddeśo nāma, navamo 'dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 28v6)
End
rājā bhavatu dhārmmiṣṭhā, mantriṇo nīticāriṇaḥ |
sarvvalokāḥ suvṛttisthā (fol. 29v3) + + + + + + + + ḥ ||
etāṃ guṇasamāyuktaṃ, loke lakṣmīvivarddhanaṃ |
pūrayam ātmacittena, vajrasatvaguṇānvitaḥ ||
navaratnasamāpannā, kārttādīṃ paripūrṇṇataḥ
(4) + + + + + + + ne, trairokye nāma satdhanī |
antakālasamaye ca, nīyate svarggamaṇḍala bhuvana ||
sukhāvatīṃ sadā prāpya, amṛtābhaḥ samūhakeḥ |
sādaraṃ mā(5) + + + + + + + + pratisthitā ||
iti satyaṃ parijñāya, yadi saṃdānam icchathaḥ |
asmiṃ loke ṣujanme ca, bhajadhvaṃ sarvvadā mudā || ||
iti śrutvā śāri(6) + + + + + + + + saha |
śākyasiṃhaṃ namaskṛtya, prakāntotsuka svārayaṃ || ||
Colophon
(fol. 29v6) iti śrīkapiśāvadāne, puṇyaphalavarṇṇano nāma daśamo 'dhyāyaṃ samāptaḥ
(7) + + + + + + + vā, hetu teṣāṃ tathāgata | hy avadas teṣāṃ ca yo nirodha evaṃvādi mahāśramaṇaṃḥ |
likhitayaṃ, vajrācāryya, śrītapādevena, jathā dṛṣṭā, tathā liṣiṣṭā śubha ||
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 119-8
Date of Filming not indicated
Exposures 35
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks Two exposures of 1v-2r, 20v-21r, 22v-23r
Exposure of 26r-27v is out of focus
Catalogued by MD
Date 30.08.2012
Bibliography
- Both, Leo (1995): Das Kapīśāvadāna und seine Parallelversion im Piṇḍapātrāvadāna, Berlin 1995, (Monographien zur indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie 10).
- Okano, Kiyoshi : 『インド仏教文学研究史』「９：中世のAvadāna文献の研究史と写本」, http://homepage3.nifty.com/indology/kapisavadana.html
