A 38-14 Divyāvadānamālā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 38/14
Title: Divyāvadānamālā
Dimensions: 55 x 5 cm x 65 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Avadāna; Bauddha
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/359
Remarks:
Reel No. A 38-14
Inventory No. 19714
Title Divyāvadāna[mālā]
Remarks
Author
Subject Avadāna; Bauddha
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete and damaged
Size 55 x 5 cm
Binding Hole(s) 2
Folios 65
Lines per Folio 6 (except fol. 322 with 7 lines on both sides)
Foliation Letters in the left margin of the verso
The folio numbers from 325 onward are rewritten.
The leaves with the Maitrakanyakāvadāna (fols. 325-332) have the second foliation beginning with 1 with numerals in the right margin.
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3/359
Manuscript Features
Available folios: 12-20, 24-26, 162-188, 232-251, 320 (The character for 300 looks almost like that for 200. That is why this folio was photographed between fols. 188 and 232.), 322, 325-329, 331-332
| Folio no. | Exposure no. | Story no. | Cowell & Neil's edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12-20 | 3-13a | 2 Pūrṇa | 29.3-49.28 |
| 24-26 | 13b-16a | 3 Maitreya | 57.6-64.1 |
| 162-188 | 16b–43a | 26 Pāṃśupradāna, 27 Kunāla, 28 Vītāśoka | 363.13-427.14 |
| 232-251 | 44b–65a | 32 Rūpāvatī, 33 Śārdūlakarṇa | 470.26-481.24, 611-644.24 |
| 320 | 43b-44a | 37 Rudrāyaṇa | 575.29-577.24 |
| 322 | 65b-66a | 37 Rudrāyaṇa | 579.24-582.15 |
| 325-329 | 66b-71a | 38 Maitrakanyaka | 586.11-600.7 |
| 331-332 | 71b-73 | 38 Maitrakanyaka | 602.29-608.20 |
The ink is faded on some folios. Additions in margins.
Excerpts
Beginning
(fol. 12r1) .. .. .. t⁅i⁆ .. sa⁅ṃ⁆(lakṣa)yataḥ suhṛ⁅t⁆-bh⁅e⁆d⁅i⁆kāḥ str⁅i⁆y⁅o⁆ bhava⁅ṃ⁆t⁅ī⁆t⁅i⁆ yāvad apareṇa samayena kāśikavastrāvārī u〇⁅dgh⁆āṭitā tatsamanantara[ṃ] bhavilasya putro gataḥ sa pūrṇṇena kāśikavastrayugenācchāditaḥ || anyābhyāṃ dṛṣṭvā ⁅sva⁆putrāḥ preṣitā yāva〇t kāśikavastrāvārī ghaṭṭitā phuṭṭakavastrāvārī udghaṭitā | te ca devayogāt saṃprāptās te pūrṇṇena phuṭṭakair va(r2)str⁅ai⁆r ācchāditāḥ | te dṛṣṭvā svāminaḥ kathayataḥ dṛṣṭaṃ yuvābhyām apareṣāṃ kāśikāni vastrāṇi dīyaṃte | apareṣāṃ 〇 phuṭṭakādīni tāny anusaṃjñaptir dattā kim etad evaṃ bhaviṣyati nūnaṃ kāśikavastrāvārī [[ghaṭṭitā phuṭṭakavastrāvārī]] udghaṭṭiteti yāvad apareṇa samayena śarkkarā〇vārī [[u(t)]]ghaṭitā bhavilasya ca putro gataḥ | tena śarkkarākhodālo labdhaḥ taṃ dṛṣṭvā anyābhyāṃ svaputrāḥ preṣitās te (r3) daivayogā .u⟪jātā⟫ryam<ref>Read -yogād guḍāvāryām</ref> udghaṭṭitāyāṃ gatās tair guḍo labdhas tābhis taṃ dṛṣṭvā svāminau tathā tathā bhagnau yathā gṛhavibhā〇gaṃ kartum ārabdhau
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Sub-colophons
pāṃsupradānāvadānaṃ ṣaḍviṃśatimaḥ || (fol. 170r5 = exp. 24b5)
kunālāvadānaṃ sapt⟪ā⟫aviṃśatima samāptam || (fol. 185r5 = exp. 39b5)
rūpāvatyā(!)vadānaṃ dvātriṃśattamaṃ slo śa ā tha || (fol. 237r3 = exp. 50b3)
End
(fol. 332v5) tatas sravannirjjharacārivālinaḥ<ref>Read -vāricālinaḥ</ref> samīraṇo〇llāsitapuṣpaśākhinaḥ |
nabhovicuṃbyāyataśṛṃgabāhavaś cakāṣire<ref>Read cakampire</ref> bhūmibhṛto hatā iva |
bhujaṅgavikṣobhasamu〇dgatormmayaḥ payodharadhvānagabhīranādinaḥ |
jalālayā ratnaśikhānivāsinaḥ | ta⁅dā⁆(v6)⁅t⁆ivelāsalilair la⁅la⁆ṃghire
pramuktaniḥśeṣamayūkhabhāsuraṃ | rā(!)rāja khe maṇḍalam aṃsu〇mālinaḥ |
ravai(!)r mayūkhāṃkuradanturāntarāt | disas samastā dadṛśuḥ sphuṭaśriya[ḥ] |
sphurattaḍiddāmavirājito〇rasaḥ surendracāpapratibaddhakaṃkaṇā[ḥ] ||
payomucaḥ kiñcidavāśrutāmbhaso vitāna⁅vad vyo⁆
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Colophon
(missing)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 38-14
Date of Filming 23.09.1970
Exposures 74
Used Copy Berlin (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks Two exposures of fols. 16v-17r (exp. 8-9) and 235v-236r (exp. 48-49)
Catalogued by MD
Date 16 Aug. 2012
Bibliography
- Cowell, E. B. and Neil, R. A.: Divyāvadāna, a Collection of Early Buddhist Legends, Cambridge 1886.
- Vaidya, P. L.: Divyāvadāna, Darbhanga 1959 (Buddhist Sanskrit Texts No. 20)
