A 38-11(2) Jātakamālā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 38/11
Title: Jātakamālā
Dimensions: 56 x 5 cm x 103 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Jātaka
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/359
Remarks: folio number uncertain;
Reel No. A 38-11
Inventory No. 26972
Title Jātakamālā
Remarks Chap. 10–34
Author Āryaśūra
Subject Bauddha, Jātaka
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete
Size 56 x 5 cm
Binding Hole(s) 2
Folios 65
Lines per Folio 6–7
Foliation letters in the middle of the left-hand margin
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3/359
Manuscript Features
The MS is bundled with a MS of the Catuṣpīṭhanibandha (A 38-11(1)).
Available folios: 32–38, 40–59, 61–98
From chap. 10 "Yajñajātaka" up to chap. 34 "Śatapatrajātaka"
Excerpts
Beginning
(1)⁅na ka⁆lyāṇāśayāḥ pāpapra[[tā]]raṇām anuvidhāyanta ity āśa(ya)śuddhau prayatitavyaṃ ||
ta〇dyathānuśrūyate
bodhisatvaḥ kila svapuṇyaprabhāvopanatām ānatasarvvasāmantāṃ praśāntasvapa〇racakrādyupadravatvād akaṇṭhakām asapatnām e[[kā]]tapatrāṃ dāyādyakramāgatām pṛthivīm pālayā(2)m āsa ||
nāthaḥ pṛthivyās sa jitendriyārir
bhuktāvagīteṣu phaleṣv asaktaḥ |
prajāhiteṣv ā〇hitasarvvabhāvo
dharmaikakāryo munivad babhūva || (fol. 32r1–2)
End
upa〇karttā [[tu]] dharmeṇa paratas tatphalena ca |
yogam āyāti niyamādihāpi ca yaśaḥ śriyā (6)||(!)
kṛtaś caid(!) dharma ity eva kas tatrānuśayaḥ punaḥ |
atha pratyupakārārtham ṛṇa〇dāṇaṃ na tat kṛtaṃ ||
upakṛtaṃ kila vetti na me paras
tad apakāram iti prakaroti yaḥ |
nanu viso〇dhya guṇaiḥ sa yaśas tanuṃ
dviradavṛttim abhipratipadyate ||
na vetti ⟪ci⟫ced . p. .. .. .. (7)tu .. ḥ
paro n. (yokṣya)te nanu guṇakāntayā śriyā |
sacetasaḥ punar atha ko 〇 bhavet
kramaḥ samucchritaṃ pramathitum ātmano yaśaḥ ||
idan tv atra me yuktarūpaṃ pratibhāti ||
ya〇smin sādhūpacī- (fol. 98v5–7; Śatapatrajātaka)
Sub-colophons
yajñajātaka daśamaṃ || ❁ || (fol. 34r1–2)
śakrajātaka prathamam || ❁ || (fol. 35v6)
brāhmaṇajātakaṃ dvitīyaṃ || ○ || (fol. 37v2)
…
ayogṛhajātakaṃ dvātriṃśattamam || ❁ || (fol. 96r3)
mahiṣajātakaṃ trayastriṃśattamaṃ || ❁ || (fol. 97r6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 38/11
Date of Filming 23-09-1970
Exposures 112
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks The MS is on exp. 44b–110.
Catalogued by MD
Date 23-09-2013
Bibliography
- Kern, Hendrik (ed.): The Jātakamāla or Bodhisattvāvadānamālā by Ārya-Çūra (Harvard Oriental Series 1). Boston 1891.
- Hanisch, Albrecht (ed.): Āryaśūras Jātakamālā. Teil 1–2. Marburg 2005. [new edition of legends 1–15]
