B 100-21 Vratāvadānamālā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 100/21
Title: Suvarṇavarṇāvadāna
Dimensions: 33 x 16 cm x 56 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Avadāna; Bauddha
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/688
Remarks:
Reel No. B 100-21
Inventory No. 73419
Title Vratāvadānamālā / Caityavratānuśaṃsā
Remarks Chapter 1-3
- Lakṣacaityasamutpatti
- Suvarṇavarṇāvadāna
- Suvarṇavarṇakumārāvadāna
Author
Subject Bauddha, Avadāna
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 16 x 33 cm
Binding Hole(s) none
Folios 56
Lines per Folio 11-13
Foliation numerals on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation su.ku and in the lower right-hand margin under guru
Scribe -
Date of Copying -
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3/688
Manuscript Features
For a summary of the text see Mitra 1882, "Vratāvadānamālā (A.18)"
Excerpts
Beginning
(fol. 1v1) oṃ namo ratnatrayāya⟨ḥ⟩ ||
lokānāṃ paramānaṃdam ānandam ānato smy ahaṃ ||
mārajit-śānatarataṃ<ref>Read -śāsanarataṃ</ref> nirvṛte paramātmani ||
mahā(2)kāśyapaṃ kāśyapaṃ jñāna⟨ṃ⟩kau[ṃ]dinyabhikṣu[ṃ]
gayākāśyapaṃ coruvilvākhyabhiksū(!) namāmi ||
mahāmauṅgalyāyaṇa-śāliputraṃ su(3)bhūtiṃ mahāṃta[ṃ]
mahārāhulaṃ bhadrakānāṃ(!) munindrā⟨ṃ⟩tmajaṃ taṃ ||
jayaśrībhikṣuvarjyo<ref>Read -bhikṣur āryo?</ref> sau jinaśrīyam uvāca taṃ || ||
śrūyatāṃ ka(4)thayiṣyāmi lakṣacaityavrataṃ mahat ||
kūkkūṭārāma āsīt m<ref>Read āsīnam</ref> upaguptaṃ vyajijñapat ||
caityavratakathaṃ brūhi śṛṅgabherīka(5)⟨r⟩than tathā ||
samājñapat bhūpaputraḥ<ref>Read guptaputraḥ</ref> śṛṇū he bindusāraja ||
yathādiṣṭaṃ sānuvāsi guruṇā hitakāṃkṣayā ||
evaṃm anuśrūya(6)te bhagavatī [[śrī]]mati nirvṛtiṅ gatavati mahākāśyapo bhikṣur āyuṣmān māhātmā prajñayā samanvāgatas tathāgata iva kāruṇi(7)an<ref>Read kāruṇyāt</ref> teṣu teṣu grāmanagaranigamapatanādiṣu stānsnāna<ref>Read tāṃs tān</ref> vaineyā[ṃ]s tais tair upāyai[r] vitiryati<ref>Read vinayati</ref> sma ||
yāvad apareṇa samayena vi(8)neyavaśād anekāni satvakoṭiśatasahasrāṇi saddharmadeśanāmṛtavarṣābhiṣekena santarpayet(!) vaiśālyā[ṃ] viharaty ā(9)mrapālīvane || tena khalu puna samayena rājagṛhe nagare divākaro nāma sārthavāha[ḥ] prativasati <references/>
End
(fol. 56r6) ity atha [stha]virānandas tāṃ sarājikāṃ parṣadāṃ dharmayā kathayā sa[ṃ]da(!)śya samādāpya, samut[t]ejya, saṃpraharṣ⟨a⟩ya, tai[r] devatāśatasa(7)hasrair anekaiś ca rājagṛhanivāsibhiḥ prāṇiśatasahasrai[r] namasyamāna, namo buddhāya ity uktvā utthāyāsanāt prakrāntaḥ (8)
evam alpasapi bhagavā vibuddhakṛtam anasyaphulaṃ bhavatīti<ref>Read alpam api bhagavati buddhe kṛtam analpaphalam bhavatīti?</ref> | atha suvarṇavarṇo bhikṣu[r] mātāpitarāv anujñāpya sthavirānandena saha ca(9)krāma | athājātaśatrūr anekaprāṇiparivṛtas tataḥ pramūditamanā rājagṛhem(!) anupraviśya prāsādāṃta[r]vartī ⟨r⟩yathādine ⟨||⟩ yathāvidhi dharmaśā(10)lāyāṃ, taṃ caityavratam anukṛtavān || sa paurā rājasāsanacāriṇo 'rcana(!), divākarasārthavāh⟨en⟩aḥ punaḥ punar ā[rā]dhanavratānubhāvāt pu(11)trapautradāsadāsī,hastyasvaratha†yadāni† sampattisamṛddhimā[ṃ]ś ca †varttice† sukham anubhuya, nivṛtipadam āptavān || || <references/>
Sub-colophon
iti śrīvratāvadānamālāyāṃ suvarṇavarṇavadāne caityavratānusaṃśāyā[ṃ] lakṣacaityasamutpati-nāmo prathamo dhyāyaḥ (fol. 11r5)
iti śrīvratāvadānamālāyāṃ caityavratānusaṃsāyāṃ suvarṇavarṇāvadānaṃ dvitīyo dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 38r2)
Colophon
(fol. 56r11) iti śrīvratāvadānamālāyāṃ caitye(!)vratānuśa[ṃ]sāyāṃ suvarṇavarṇakumārāvadāna nāma tṛtīya dhyāya saṃpūrṇaṃ samāptaṃ || || śubhm
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 100-21
Date of Filming not recorded
Exposures 64
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks Fols. 27v and 31v are out of focus.
Catalogued by MD
Date 27. Nov. 2012
Bibliography
- Mitra, Rajendralala: The Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal, Calcutta 1882 [reprint: Calcutta 1971].
- Okano, Kiyoshi: http://homepage3.nifty.com/indology/vratavadanamala.html
