A 37-8 Aṣṭasāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 37/8
Title: Aṣṭasāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā
Dimensions: 53.5 x 5.5 cm x 201 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Bauddha
Date: NS 286
Acc No.: NAK 1/1697
Remarks: A 1337/5
Reel No. A 37/8
Inventory No. 4633
Title Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā
Remarks
Author
Subject Bauddha, Bauddhasūtra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material Palm-leaf
State complete
Size 53.5 x 5.5 cm
Binding Hole(s) 2
Folios 200
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation figures on the verso, in the right-hand margin and in some of the folios, above the second binding hole too
Scribe
Date of Copying
Place of Copying
King
Donor
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/1697
Manuscript Features
On the front cover-leaf is written:
kānchāpaṇḍitko aṣṭasāhaśrikā prajñāpāramitā 200
Excerpts
«Beginning»
namo bhagavatyai āryaprajñāpāramitāyai ||
nirvikalpe namas tubhyaṃ prajñāpāramite 'mite |
yā tvaṃ sarvān avadyāṅgi niravadyai(!) nirīkṣyase ||
ākāśām(!) ava nilepān(!) niṣprapañcān nirakṣarām |
yas tvām paśyati bhāvena sa paśyati tathāgatam ||
tava cārye guṇāḍhyāyā buddhasya ca jagadguroḥ |
na paśyanty antaraṃ santaś candracandrikayor iva ||
kṛpātmakāḥ prapadya tvā(!) buddhadharmapuraḥsarīm |
sukhenāyānti māhātmyam atulam bhaktivatsale ||
sakṛd apy āśaye śuddhe yas tvām vidhivad īkṣate |
tenāpi niyataṃ siddhiḥ prāpyate 'moghadarśane ||
sarveṣām api vīrāṇāṃ parārthe niyatātmanāṃ |
poṣikā janayitrī ca mātā tvam asi vatsalā || (fol. 1v1–3)
«End»
idam avocad bhagavān āttamanās te ca maitreyapramukhā bodhisatvā mahāsatvā āyuṣmāṃś ca subhūtir āyuṣmāṃś ca śāriputra āyuṣmāṃś cānandaḥ śakra /// vamānuṣāsuragandharvaś ca loko bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandann iti || || || (fol. 200r3–4)
«Colophon»
āryāṣṭasahasrikāyām prajñāpāramitāyām parīndanāparivatto(!) nāma dvātriṃśattamaḥ || 37 || || samāptā ceyaṃ bhagavaty āryāṣṭasahasrikā prajñāpāramitā sarvatathāga /// tyekajinaśrāvakāṇāñ ca mātā | dharmamudrā dharmolkā dharmanābhiḥ | dharmabherī dharmanetrī dharmaranidhānam akṣayo dharmakośo dharmācintyādbhutadarśananakṣatramālā dharmatā paramasukhahetur iti || sadevamānuṣāsuragandharvalokavanditāṃ prajñāpāramitāṃ samyag udgṛhya parya /// viharantu sadhārthina iti ||
ye dharmā hetuprabhavā hetun teṣān tathāgato hy avadat teṣāñ ca yo nirodha evamvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ || ||
lokaṃ prāpayituṃ suke ta(!) padavīṃ saṃpaddvayāvāhinīṅ
kāruṇyā(!) hitacetasā bhagavatā buddhena sandīpitaṃ
śrutvā ʼ(!) te ⌠ʼ⌡khiladha <ref>The following folio is illegible.</ref> (fol. 200r4–6)
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Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 37/8
Date of Filming 20-09-1970
Exposures 205
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film scanned copy
Remarks
- colour slides S 116/27-160/27
- retake on A 1337/5
Catalogued by DS
Date 23-07-2013
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