B 97-3 Jātakamālāvadānasūtra
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 97/3
Title: Jātakamālā
Dimensions: 46 x 21 cm x 161 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Jātaka
Date: NS 1015
Acc No.: NAK 3/241
Remarks:
Reel No. B 97-3
Inventory No. 26982
Title Jātakamālāvadānasūtra
Remarks collection of Jātakas
Author
Subject Bauddha, Jātaka
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 46 x 21 cm
Binding Hole(s) none
Folios 161
Lines per Folio 13
Foliation figures in both margins
Date of Copying ŚS 1818, VS 1951, NS 1015
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3/241
Manuscript Features
The work contains Āryaśūra's Jātakamālā, Gopadatta's Jātakamālā, Haribhaṭṭa's Jātakamālā and some other stories.
The original copy is preserved at the Ryūkoku University, Kyoto. See Hahn 2010.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namaḥ sarvabuddhabodhisatvebhyaḥ || ||
śrīmanti sadguṇaparigrahamaṅga[[lā]]ni
kīrttyāspadāny anavagītamanoharāṇi
pūrvaprajanmasu muneś caritādbhutāni
bhaktyā svakāvyakusumāñjalinārccayiṣye ||
ślāghyair amībhir abhilakṣitacihnabhūtair
ādeśito bhavati yat sugatasya mārgaḥ
syād eva rukṣamanasām api ca prasādo
dharmyāḥ kathāś ca ramaṇīyataratvam īyuḥ || (fol. 1v1–2)
End
praśāstu darmeṇa mahīṃ mahīpatir
bhavantu ratnatrayapūjanā janāḥ ||
praśāntapāpāḥ pṛthugokulākulāḥ
sadaiva nandantu vasuprajā[ḥ] prajāḥ ||
vibhāti karabhāsvaro nabhasi yā[va]d uṣṇaprabhaḥ
prabhājaṭilamaṇḍalo hariṇalāñchanaś coditaḥ ||
sphuranti makarālayāḥ svabhuvi yāvad avyāhataṃ
surāsuranamaskṛtya[ṃ] sugataśāsanaṃ tiṣṭhatu || ||
idam avocado bhagavān āttamanā[ḥ] sā ca sarvāvatī parṣat te ca bodhisatvā mahāsatvās te ca bhikṣavaḥ sadevamānuṣāsuragaruḍagandharvakinnaramahoragayakṣarākṣasādayaś ca bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandann iti || || (fol. 161v6–9)
Colophon
iti śrīmadbhagavataḥ śākyasiṃhasya jātakamālāvadānasūtraṃ samāptam || || śubham || ||
śrīśāke 1818 śrīsamvat 1951 śrīnepāliyasaṃvat 1015 sāla miti pauṣa śukla 8 roja śubhm
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 97/3
Date of Filming not recorded
Exposures 164
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by MD
Date 20-09-2013
Bibliography
- Michael Hahn: "Ein neuer Handschriftenfund aus Nepal und seine Konsequenzen für die Gopadatta-Hypothese", Studien zur Indologie und Iranistik, 27 (2010), pp. 71–140.
