A 125-17 (Jātakamālāvadānasūtra)
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 125/17
Title: Suprabhāsajātaka
Dimensions: 37 x 8.5 cm x 19 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Jātaka
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/7780
Remarks:
Reel No. A 125-17
Inventory No. 72628
Title [Jātakamālāvadānasūtra]
Remarks Maṅgala-stanzas from Āryaśūra's Jātakamālā and three introductory legends only
Author
Subject Bauddha, Avadāna
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 37 x 8.5 cm
Binding Hole(s) none
Folios 19
Lines per Folio 7
Foliation figures in both margins; marginal title śrījā.
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/7780
Manuscript Features
Title index on the front page:
- śaliputramau[d]galyāyanaṃ
- daśāvasthālakṣaṇasūtraṃ
- suprabhāsajātaka
- vyāghrījātaka 1
- śibijātaka 2
- kulmāṣapiṇḍī 3
- …
- (legends from Āryaśūra's Jātakamālā)
- …
- bisajātaka 19
- śreṣṭhijātaka 20
This MS has the first three legends only.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namaḥ śrīsarvvabuddhabodhisatvebhyaḥ ||
śrīmanti sadguṇaparigrahamaṃgalāni
kīrttyāspadāny anavagītamanoharāṇi |
pūrvvaprajanmasu mu(2)neś caritādbhutāni
bhaktyā svakāvyakusumāñjalinārccayiṣye ||
ślāghyair amībhir abhilakṣitacihnabhūtair
ādeśito bhavati yat sugatatvamārgaḥ (3)||
syād eva rukṣamanasām api prasādo
dharmyāḥ kathāś ca ramaṇī[[ya]]taratvam īyuḥ ||
lokārtham ity abhisamīkṣya kariṣyate yaṃ
śrutyārṣayuktyaviguṇena(4) yathā<ref>Read pathā</ref> prayatnaḥ ||
lokottamasya caritātiśayapradeśaiḥ
svaṃ prātibhaṃ gamayituṃ śrutivallabhatvaṃ ||
svārthodyatair api parārthacarasya yasya
naivānvaga(5)myata guṇapratipattiśobhā |
sarvvajña ity avitathākṣaradīptikīrttiṃ
mū[r]ddhnā name tam asamaṃ sahadharmmasaṃghaṃ ||
ye helocchalitaprabhāvalaharījātādbhuta(6)śreṇayaḥ
satvotsāhabhuvaḥ svabhāvavimalajñānaprakāśāśayāḥ |
ājñālekhyalipiṃ vidhātṛnṛpateḥ saṃśaktakarmāvaliṃ
citraṃ te pi na laṃghayanti (2r1)kuṭilāṃ velām ivāmbhodhayaḥ ||
yaḥ śrīmān sa surāsurair avirataṃ pādāravindārccitaḥ
sākṣātpuṇyanidhānamaṃgalaguruś cintāmaṇiḥ sarvvavit ||
(2)ni[ḥ]śeṣoddhṛtadoṣajālajaṭilaḥ śauddhodaniḥ pāragaḥ
pāyād vo bhagavān munīśvarajino dedīpyamānadyutiḥ || ||
athānantaram asyā jātakamā(3)lāyāḥ nidānam āha || tadyathānuśrūyate kilāyaṃ bhagavān aparamitabhikṣubhikṣuṇyupāsakopāsikāśrāvakapratyekamahāyānikādy-anekadevāsura(4)yakṣagandharvvakinnaramanuṣyāmanuṣyarājāmātyapaurajais sārddhaṃ parivṛtaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati sma || (fol. 1v1–2r4)
End
pūrvapuṇyaprabhāvena saṃprāptakuśalodayaḥ |
sa⟨ṃ⟩myaksaṃbodhilābhāya praṇidhānaṃ cakāra seḥ(!) ||
so bhūd gṛhadyutir nnāma kulāla(5)ḥ pūrvajanmani ||
bhaktyā guḍodanais tena bhojyaiḥ saṃpūjito jinaḥ ||
tatpuṇyapraṇidhānena tasyāptasya prabhāsatāṃ |
bodhir aṃkuritā citte phaliteyaṃ mamādhunā ||
kathitam iti tathāgatena tatra
prathame(6)noditabodhicittaṃ |<ref>Read prathamataroditabodhicittavṛttaṃ?</ref>
amṛtam iva nipīya kāśyapaḥ pra-
hasitamukhaḥ sa mumoda bodhikāma iti || ○ || (fol. 19v4–6)
Colophon
iti suprabhāsajātakaṃ prathamaṃ samāptam iti || ○ || (fol. 19v6, the rest of the folio is blank.)
Sub-colophons
iti śāliputramaudgalyāyanayoḥ ṛddhivivādasūtraṃ samāptaṃ || || (fol. 7r6–v1)
iti bhagavataḥ śākyasiṃhasya daśānāṃ pāpānāṃ daśāvasthālakṣaṇasūtraṃ samāptaṃ || || (fol. 14r2)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 125/17
Date of Filming not recorded
Exposures 22
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by MD
Date 19-09-2013
Bibliography
- Michael Hahn: "How It All Began (III) — Gopadatta’s Version of the Prabhāsa Legend", Journal of Buddhist Studies (Sri Lanka), 7 (2009), pp. 21–71.
- Michael Hahn: "Ein neuer Handschriftenfund aus Nepal und seine Konsequenzen für die Gopadatta-Hypothese", Studien zur Indologie und Iranistik, 27 (2010), pp. 71–140.
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