C 18-4 Mahāvastvavadāna
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: C 18/4
Title: Mahāvastvavadāna
Dimensions: 29 x 11.7 cm x 38 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Avadāna; Bauddha
Date: NS 1027
Acc No.: Kesar 167
Remarks:
Reel No. C 18/4
Inventory No. 33826
Title Dīpaṃkarāvadāna
Remarks part of the Mahāvastvavadāna
Author
Subject Bauddhakathā
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 29.0 x 11.7 cm
Binding Hole
Folios
Lines per Folio 7
Foliation figures in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation dīpaṃkara and in the lower right-hand margin under the abbreviation vadāna on the verso
Date of Copying SAM 1027
Place of Deposit Kaiser
Accession No. 167
Manuscript Features
There is a table of contents on 38v.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namaḥ śrīdipaṃkarabudhāyaḥ (!) ||
ito mahāmauṅgalyāyana aparimite asaṃkhye ye kalpaye rājā arccimo nāma abhūṣi (!) || cakraḥ || ❁ || barttikṛtapuṇyo maheśakhyo saptaratnasamanvāato cāturdvīpo vijitāvī anuraktapaurajānapado dhārmiko dharmarājo daśakuśalakarmapathasamādāya varttītasya (!) saptaratnāni abhūt tad yathā | cakraratna aśvaratanaṃ (!) maṇiratanaṃ strīratnaṃ gṛhapatinaṃ pariṇāyakaratanaṃ | evaṃ saptaratnapūrṇṇaṃ cāsyaputrasahasraṃ abhūṣi | śūrāṇāṃ vīrāṇāṃ varāṅgarūpināṃ (!) parasainyapramarddakānāṃ | (fol. 1r1–5)
End
kiṃ punar idānī (!) bhagavān idaṃ śrutvā aṃ rāvāhed (!) amṛtaṃ | tasmād vivarjayitvā (!) nīravadanā paṃcavetasā varāṇāṃ śrottavyaṃ buddhavacanaṃ | dullabhaṃ (!) saṃjñam upajane tv ākṛcchre manuṣyalābho vivarjjanā(dga)sāracarūpavanāt (!) buddhāṃ ca utpādo śraddhā ca bhaveyu (!) ca nirvṛtiṃ (!) || || (fol. 38r2–4)
Colophon
iti śrīmahāvāstuvadānodgṛtadīpaṃkaravadānaṃ samāptaṃ śubhaṃ || ||
śreyo stu saṃvat 1027 mit mārgaśiramāśe kṛṇapakṣe 5 roja 5 taddine likhitaṃ saṃpūnhaṃ ||
… (fol. 38r4–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. C 18/4
Date of Filming 11-12-1975
Exposures 34
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by BK
Date 27-02-2007
