A 858-8 Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 858/8
Title: Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna
Dimensions: 35.5 x 8.3 cm x 38 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Avadāna; Bauddha
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/12
Remarks:
Reel No. A 858-8
Inventory No. 86828
Title Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna
Remarks
Author
Subject Bauddha, Avadāna
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 35.5 x 8.3 cm
Binding Hole(s) none
Folios 38
Lines per Folio 5-6
Foliation numerals in the right margin of the verso
Scribe -
Date of Copying -
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/12
Manuscript Features
Available folios: 1-38 and 82 (the number "8" is not very certain.)
The text corresponds to chapters 1-4 and the end of chapter 15 of the Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna.
Excerpts
Beginning
(fol. 1v1) ❖ oṃ namo bhagavate guṇasāgarāya || ||
vande śrīśākyasiṃhaṃ suragaṇamahitaṃ<ref>Read -sahitaṃ</ref> devadevādhipeśaṃ
saṃsārābdhe[ḥ] plavatvaṃ sakaragu(2)ṇanidhiṃ gaut⟨t⟩amaṃ buddhanāthaṃ |
saṃsāre siṃhanādaṃ sakalabhayaharaṃ sthāpita[ṃ] dharmmacchatraṃ
trailokye dharmmavarṣaṃ guṇaśatanilayaṃ ta(3)rppitaṃ devaloke || ||
tadyathābhūt mahāsatvaś cakravarttī narādhipaḥ |
aśoko nāma rājendra[ḥ] sarvalokahitārthabhṛt ||
eka(4)dā sa mahārāja[ḥ] sa[d]dharmmaguṇalālasaḥ |
vicitrakarṇṇikamāhātmī<ref>Read māhātmyaṃ</ref> śrotu⟨ṃ⟩m aicchaj jagaddhite ||
tataḥ sa bhūpati(!) rājā samantrijana(5)paurikaḥ ||
pūjopahāram ādāya sasaṃvādyamahotsavaiḥ ||
vihāre kukkuṭārāme saṃś⟨r⟩obhite jināśrame |
divyodyāne mano(2r1)ramye prayayau saṃpra⟪ya⟫modite<ref>Read -moditaḥ</ref> ||
tatra prāpta[ḥ] sa rājendra[ḥ] praviśya saṃprasāditaḥ ||
upaguptaṃ mahābhikṣuṃ saṃdadarśa sasāṃghikaṃ ||
tam arhantaṃ samālokya natvā sa sāñjalir mudā |
sahasā (2) samupāgatya yathāvidhi samarccaye(!)t ||
tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya praṇatvā caraṇāmbuje |
sāñjalis tasya saddharmma[ṃ] śrotuṃ puraḥ samāśrayan(!) ||
tataḥ sarve pi lokāś ca yathākramam upā(3)gata(!)ḥ |
tam arhaṃta[ṃ] yati[ṃ] natvā parivṛtya samāśrayan ||
tadāśoka[ḥ] sa rājendra(!) dṛṣṭvā sabhāśritā(!)ṃ jinā(!)n ||
utthāya svāsanāc chāstu[ḥ] purataḥ samupāś[r]itaḥ ||
udvahaṃn uttarāsaṃgaṃ jānu bhuvi (4) saṃsthitaḥ |(metre!)
sāñjaliṃ(!) taṃ yatiṃ natvā prārthayad evam ādarāt ||
bhadanta ś[r]otum icchāmi vicitrakarṇṇikākathāṃ |
vicitrakarṇṇikākhyātaṃ tat samādeṣṭu⟨ṃ⟩m arhasi ||
iti sa[ṃ]prāthi⟨ṃ⟩te rājñā so rhaṃ (5) jinātmajaḥ sudhīḥ |
upagupto narendra[ṃ] taṃ samālokyaivam ādiśat ||
sādhu śṛṇu mahārāja samādhāya jagaddhite ||
yathā me guruṇādiṣṭaṃ tathā te vakṣyate mayā || ||
tadyathā anu[śrūyate ...?] viha(2v1)rati bhagavān samyaksaṃbuddho jetavane mahāvihāre anā⟨r⟩thapiṇḍa[da]sayārāme mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārddhaṃ | trayodaśabhi[r] bhikṣuśataiḥ maharddhi[kaiḥ] kṣīṇāśram(!)ais tapoyuktaiḥ samādhivaśitāprāptair jitendriyaiḥ taiś ca saṃbahulair bodhisatvaiḥ | eva[ṃ] maharddhikai[r] mahāśrāvakagaṇair anekaṛddhivaśitāprāptaiḥ |
...
tasmin samaye bhagavān(5)n ūrṇṇākośād bhrūvivarād gabhastimālā[ṃ] samu[tsa]sarjja || tāya<ref>Read tayā</ref> trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātum avabhāsya | tatra[i]kasmiṃ kāñcanapurīmahānagaryyāṃ vimaladatto nāma gṛhapati[ḥ] p[r]ativasati || <references/>
Sub-colophon
iti śrīvicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne prathamahadyāyaḥ(!) || ❁ || (fol. 12v1)
iti vicitrakarṇṇikā-nāma(!)vadāne dvitiya samāptaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 22r3)
iti śrīvicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 32v2)
End
(fol. 82r1) janāḥ sarvve bhagavantaṃ praṇamya ca |
jagmuḥ svasvālayaṃ devāḥ bodhisatvāḥ saśrāvakān(!) || ||
idam avoca⟨t⟩d bhagavān āttamanās te ca bhikṣavo bodhisatvaḥ sāśca(?) sadevamānuṣā(2)suragandharvvaś ca loko bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandatr<ref>Read -anandann</ref> iti || ○ || <references/>
Colophon
iti śrīvicitrakarṇikā'vadāne pañcadaśo dhyāyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 82r2)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 858-8
Date of Filming 05.06.1975
Exposures 41
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks = B 100/9
Catalogued by MD
Date 14. Sep. 2012
Bibliography
- Iwamoto, Yutaka: Bukkyō setsuwa kenkyū josetsu 『佛教説話研究序説』, revised ed., Kyoto 1978, pp. 188-195.
- Okano, Kiyoshi : 『インド仏教文学研究史』, http://homepage3.nifty.com/indology/vicitrakarnika.html
