B 98-14(1) Mahāvastvavadāna
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 98/14
Title: Mahāvastvavadāna
Dimensions: 43 x 11 cm x 256 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Avadāna; Bauddha
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/127
Remarks:
Reel No. B 98-14
Inventory No. 33821
Title Mahāvastvavadāna
Remarks
Author
Subject Bauddha, Avadāna, Jātaka
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 43 x 11 cm
Binding Hole(s) none
Folios 228 (1–238)
Lines per Folio 12–15
Foliation figures in the middle of the right-hand margin on the verso
Scribe Jayamuni
Date of Copying saṃvat 777
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/129(!)
Manuscript Features
The following MSS are found on the reel:
- 2 prakīrṇapatrāṇi from two different mss (exp. 2–5)
- Mahāvastvavadāna (exp. 6–239t)
- extract from the Divyāvadāna (exp. 239b–256)
Missing folios: 118, 119, 132–140
Two folios with number "82".
Excerpts
Beginning
(1v1) ❖ oṃ namaḥ śrīmahābuddhāyātītānāgatapratyutpannebhyaḥ sarvabuddhebhyaḥ ||
mahāvastune ādibandhānīmāni bodhisatvānāṃ bodhisatvacaryāṇi | katamāni catvāri | prakṛticaryā, praṇidhānacaryā, anulomacaryā, anivarttanacaryā || namo 'parājitadhva(st)āya tathāga(2)tāyārhate samyaksambuddhāya yasyāntike 'nenaiva bhagavatā śākyamuninā prathamaṃ kuśalamūlāny avaropitāni rājñā cakravarttibhūtenādau prakṛticaryāyāṃ pravarttamānena || namo 'tītāya śakyamunaye tathāgatāyārhate samyaksambuddhāya yasyāntike 'nenaiva bha(3)gavatā śākyamuninā prathamaṃ mūlapraṇidhānaṃ kṛtaṃ vaṇikśreṣṭhibhūtenādau praṇidhānacaryāyāṃ pravarttamānenāho punar aham anāgate 'dhvani buddho bhaveyaṃ tathāgato 'rhan samyaksambuddho yathāyaṃ bhagavāṃc chākyamunir mamāpi śākyamunir iti nāmadheyaṃ vistareṇa (4)yāvan mamāpi kapilavastunagaraṃ bhaved iti || namaḥ samitāvine tathāgatāyārhate samyaksambuddhāya yasyāntike 'nenaiva bhagavatā samyaksambuddhāya yasyāntike 'nenaiva bhagavatā śākyamuninā 'nulomapraṇidhānaṃ kṛtaṃ rājñā cakravarttibhūtenānulomacaryāyāṃ pratiṣṭhitena | (fol. 1v1–4)
End
adyaiva kuryād āptaṃ ko jāne maraṇaṃ śu .e |
na hi taṃ saṃgataṃ tena mahāsainyena mṛtyunā |
ity uktvā sa⟪r⟫ ca rājā tasyaiva śroṇakasya riṣer antikāt pravrajitaḥ | bhagavān āha | tat kim manyadhve bhikṣavo a(11)nyo (so) tena kālena tena samayena śroṇako nāma riṣir na khalv etad evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ tat kasya hetoḥ | ahaṃ sa tena kālena tena samayena śroṇako nāma riṣi abhūṣi | nānyo rājā arindamo draṣṭavyo | a(yaṃ) so rājā śreṇiyo bimbisāro tadāpi eṣo yo asya (12)śroṇakaṃ kathesi tasya vipulo dāyo dinno idānīṃ pi etena purohitaputrasya vipulo dāyo dinno mama buddhasya varṇṇaṃ ka(the)sīti || ○ || (fol. 238r11–12)
Colophon
arindamarājājātakaṃ samāptaṃ || ○ ||
samākāre mahāvastu || ○ ||
āryamahāsāṃghikānāṃ lokottaravā(13)dināṃ pāṭhena ||
ye dharmā hetuprabhavā hetun teṣāṃ tathāgato
hy avadat teṣāṃ ca yo nirodha evaṃvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ ||
śubham astu lekhaka-śrījayamuneḥ || saṃvat 777 phālguṇamāse śuklapakṣe pūrṇṇamāsyāṃ tithau pūrvaphālguṇīnakṣatre dhṛti(14)yoge budhavāsare śrījayamuninā svārthaṃ parārthena likhito yaṃ mahāvastvavadāno samāpto bhavat || etatpuṇyaprabhāvena sarvajagatāṃ bodhilābho stu sarvathā || granthapramāṇaṃ śloka 21598 || śubhaṃ (yet)prasādāt tasmai ma .. buddhāya namo namaḥ sadā || (fol. 238r12–14)
Sub-colophons
nidānanamaskārāṇi samāptāni || ○ || (fol. 1v9)
nidānavastugāthā samāptā || ○ || (fol. 2r7)
samāptaṃ narakaparivarttaṃ nāma sūtraṃ || ○ || (fol. 6r4)
bahubuddhakaṃ sūtraṃ || ○ || (fol. 11r2)
…
samāptaṃ āyuṣmantānāṃ urubilvākāśyapa-nadīkāśyapa-gayākāśyapānāṃ jātakaṃ || ○ || (fol. 233v)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 98/14
Date of Filming not recorded
Exposures 257
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks This MS is on exp. 6–239t.
Catalogued by MD
Date 27-09-2013
Bibliography
- Émile Senart (ed): Le Mahâvastu, 3 vols, Paris 1882–1897.
- Okano Kiyoshi (岡野潔): 『インド仏教文学研究史１：仏伝 Mahāvastu 研究史』, http://homepage3.nifty.com/indology/mahavastu.html
