A 119-6 Kuṇālāvadāna
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 119/6
Title: Kuṇālāvadāna
Dimensions: 32.5 x 8 cm x 30 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Avadāna; Bauddha
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/242
Remarks:
Reel No. A 119-6
Inventory No. 36985
Title Kuṇālāvadāna
Remarks = Divyāvadāna 27
Subject Avadāna; Bauddha
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State complete (cf. microfilm details below)
Size 32.5 x 8 cm
Binding Hole(s) none
Folios 30
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation Numerals in the right margin of the verso
Scribe Jayadharmācārya
Date of Copying NS 790 (~ 1670 CE)
Place of Copying Guṇakīrtimahāvihāra in Madhyapura
King Jagatprakāśamalla
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/242
Manuscript Features
The exact date of copying is the 28th December 1670 CE.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namo bu[d]dhāya ||
sa idānīm acirajātaprasādo buddhaśāsane | yatra śākyaputrīyāṃ dadarśa ākīrṇṇe rahasi vā tatra śirasā pādayor nipatya vandate sma | tasya ca yaśo nāmāmātyaḥ paramaśrāddho bhagavati sa taṃ rājānam uvāca | deva nārhasi sarvvavarṇṇapravrajitānāṃ praṇipātaṃ karttuṃ santi hi śākyaśrāmaṇerakāś caturbhyo varṇṇebhyaḥ pravrajitā iti | tasya rājā na kiñcid avocat | a[tha] sa rājā kenacit kālāntareṇa sarvvasacivān uvāca | vividhānāṃ prāṇināṃ śirā(!)bhiḥ kāryan tatyam<ref>Read tat tvam</ref> amukasya prāṇinaḥ śīrṣam ānaya, tvam amukasyeti | yaśāmātyaḥ punar ājñaptas tvaṃ mānuṣaṃ śīrṣam ānayeti | samānīteṣu ca śirassv abhihitā gacchatemāni śirānsi mūlyena vikri(!)ṇīdhvam iti | atha sarvvaśirāṃsi vikr⟪i⟫ītāni tad e[va] mānuṣaṃ śi[ro] na kaści⟨r⟩j jagrāha || (fol. 1r1-5) <references/>
End
kiṃ manyadhvam āyuṣmantaḥ | yo sau śreṣṭhiputraḥ sa eṣa kunālaḥ | yatrānena krakucchandasya stūpam⟨am⟩ abhisaṃskṛtaṃ tasya karmaṇo vipākenoccakule upapannaḥ | yat pratimā abhisaṃskṛtā tena karmaṇā vipākena kunāla[ḥ] prāsādikaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ | yat praṇidhānaṃ kṛtaṃ tasya karmmaṇo vipākena kuṇālena śākyamuni[ḥ] samyaksambuddhas tādṛśa eva śāstā m-ārāgito na virāgitaḥ satyadarśanaṃ ca kṛtaṃ || (fol. 30r6-v3)
Colophon
kunālāvadānaṃ saptāviṃśatimaṃ samāptaṃ || || saṃvat nirañjana, graha, muni || paukhakṛṣṇe<ref>Read pauṣakṛṣṇe</ref> ca dvitiyātīthai<ref>Read dvitīyatithau</ref>, tiṣyanakṣa || || tre vaidhatiyoge<ref>Read vaidhṛtiyoge</ref> ca, ravidine śrīśrīja || || ya-jaganprakāśamlalasya<ref>Read jagatprakāśamallasya</ref> vi[ja]yarāj[y]e, śrīmadhyapura-deguritorasya<ref>deguritora seems to stand for Diguli Tole or Digu Tole, a district in Madhyapur.</ref>, gunakirttimahā[vihā]re paramabhaṭṭāraka, śrījayadharmmācāryāna<ref>Read -ācāryeṇa</ref> likhita[ṃ] śubham astu sarvvadā⟨ṃ⟩ || || śubha || (fol. 30v3-5) <references/>
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 119-6
Date of Filming not indicated
Exposures 31
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks Fol. 4 is photographed verso first. No exposure of fols. 11v-12r and 12v-13r.
Catalogued by MD
Date 13 Aug. 2012
