A 127-2 Mahāmeghamahāyānasūtra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 127/2
Title: Mahāmeghamahāyānasūtra
Dimensions: 23.5 x 8 cm x 45 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari; none
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Bauddha
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/182
Remarks:

Reel No. A 127-2 Inventory No. 38280

Title Mahāmeghamahāyānasūtra

Subject Bauddha Sūtra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material paper

State complete

Size 23.5 x 8.0 cm

Folios 45

Lines per Folio 5

Foliation figures in middle right-hand margin and letters in middle left-hand margin of the verso

Date of Copying

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 5/182

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

«Beginning: »

❖ oṃ namo (citya)sāgarāya || namaḥ sarvabuddhabodhisattvebhyaḥ || ||

evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasmin samaye bhagavān nandopanandanāgarājabhavane viharati sma || śrīmaṇiratnagarbhamahāmeghamaṇḍalakūṭāgāre mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdhaṃ mahatā ca bodhisattvasaṃghena sārdhaṃ mahatā ca nāgarājagaṇena sārddhaṃ || || tad yathā || nandena ca nāgarājena ca varuṇena ca nāgarājena takṣakeṇa ca nāgarājena | (fol. 1v1–5)

«End: »

bhikṣavāḥ bhikṣuṇī vā upāśako vā upāsikā vā sucivastraṃ prāvṛto maitracittaḥ | imāni tathāgatanāmāni likhitvā⟨ḥ⟩ sucini āsane sthāpayitvāḥ(!) saptadhūpakaṭacchukāmukṣipat ākāśe pañcavārāṃs tathāgatanāmāni parivarttayet || mahatā(!) pūjāṃ kṛtvā aṣṭāu saptāham avyavacchinnaṃ pravarttayitavyaṃ devo varṣiṣyanti || || (fol. 44v1–4)

«Colophon: »

ityāryaśrīmahāmeghānmahāyānasūtrād vātamaṇḍalīparivarttapañcaṣaṣṭitamaḥ parivarttaḥ || ||

ye dharmā ityādi ||

… (fol. 44v4–5)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 127/2

Date of Filming not indicated

Exposures 48

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by MS/RA

Date 09-12-2009

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