A 123-4 Lalitavistara
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 123/4
Title: Lalitavistara
Dimensions: 34.5 x 10 cm x 137 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Bauddha
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/1546
Remarks:
Reel No. A 123-4
Inventory No. 27212
Title Lalitavistara
Remarks
Author
Subject Bauddha, Avadāna, Jātaka
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State complete
Size 34.5 x 10 cm
Binding Hole(s) none
Folios 137
Lines per Folio 9–10
Foliation figures in the middle of the right margin on the verso; marginal title lalita in the upper left-hand margin
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/1546
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namo daśadiganantāparyyantalokadhātu⁅pratiṣṭhi⁆tasarvvabuddhabodhisatvāryyaśrāvakapra⁅tyekabuddhebhyo 'tītān⁆āgatapra⁅tyekabuddhebhyaḥ ||⁆
⁅evaṃ mayā śrutam e⁆kasemin samaye bhagavān śrāvastyāṃ viharati sma | jetavane anāthapiṇḍadasyārāme mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārddhaṃ dvādaśābhir bhikṣusahasraiḥ | tadyathā || ⁅āyuṣmatā ca jñānakauṇḍinyena⁆ | āyuṣmatā cāśvajitā | ⁅āyuṣmatā ca bāṣpeṇa⁆ | āyuṣmatā ca mahānāmnā | āyuṣmatā ca bhadrikeṇa, āyuṣmatā ca yaśodevena, āyuṣmatā ca vimalena, āyuṣmatā ca subāhunā, ... (fol. 1v1–2)<ref>The exposure of fol. 1v/2r is too pale that the text is difficult to read.</ref>
Sub-colophons
iti śrīlalitavistara nidānaparivartto nāmaḥ prathamaḥ || (fol. 4v)
iti śrīlalitavistare samutsāhanaparivartto nāma dvitīyaḥ || (fol. 7v)
iti śrīlalitavistare kulapariśuddhiparivartto nāma tṛtīyaḥ || (fol. 16v)
...
iti dharmacakrapravarttanaparivartto nāma ṣaḍviṃśatimaḥ || (fol. 135v)
End
rājā hy ayaṃ sarvasubhāṣitānāṃ yo bhyudgataḥ sarvatathāgatānāṃ |
gṛhe sthitas tasya tathāgatas sadā ti⁅ṣṭh⁆ed i⁅daṃ ya⁆tra hi sūtraratnaṃ |
pratibhāṃ sa prāpnoti śubhām anantām ekaṃ hi padaṃ cākṣati<ref>Correction above the line: vakṣyati</ref> kalpakoṭyāḥ |
na vyañjanā ⟨(ta)⟩ bhrasyati nāpi cārthā dadāti yaḥ sūtram idaṃ parebhyaḥ |
anuttaro sau naranāyakānāṃ satvo na kaścit sadṛśo sya vidyate |
bhavet samudreṇa samaś ca so kṣayaḥ śrutvā hi yo dharmam imaṃ prapadyata iti ||
idam avocad bhagavān āttamanā<ref>Correction above the line: nasaḥ</ref> te maheśvaradevaputrapūrvaṅgamāḥ śuddhāvāsakāyikā devaputrāḥ | maitreyapūrvaṅgamāś ca sarvabodhisatvā mahāsatvā mahākāsyapapūrvaṅgamāś ca sarvamahāśrāvakāḥ sadevamānuṣāsuragandharvaś ca loko bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandann iti || ❖ || (fol. 137r7–10)
Addition in the margins around the text by another hand:
sa parṣadā pūjyati dharmmarājaṃ atulyarūpañ ca sagauraveṇa ||
dhvajaiḥ patākāsamalaṃkṛtena sabrahmanārāyaṇaśarkarādayaḥ || (!!)
jagmur ddevā sumeruṃ tribhuvanamahi(taṃ) śākyasiṃhaṃ praṇamya
gandharvā maṇḍalākhye aparasuragaṇāḥ svālayaṃ sapraharṣāḥ
nānāratnair vicitraiḥ pravarasuracitaṃ (yāna)śreṣṭhaṃ praśastaṃ
āruhyaivaṃ prajagmuḥ sakalanaragaṇā divyalokaṃ prasa(nnaṃ) || ||
Colophon
iti nigama⟨ma⟩parivartto nāma saptāviṃśatimaḥ || ❖ ||
śrī(sarva)bodhisatvacaryāprasthān(ā) lalitavistaro nāma mahāyānasūtraratnarājam iti samāptaṃ || ❖ ||
ye dharmmā hetuprabhāvā hetuṃ teṣāṃ tathāgata .. .. vada .. (fol. 137r10)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 123/4
Date of Filming not recorded
Exposures 143
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by MD
Date 29-10-2013
Bibliography
- P. L. Vaidya, ed. 1958: Lalitavistara, Darbhanga (Buddhist Sanskrit Texts, 1)
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