A 1333-14 (Aṣṭasāhasrikā)Prajñāpāramitā

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Filmed in: A 1333/14
Title: (Aṣṭasāhasrikā)Prajñāpāramitā
Dimensions: 37 x 6 cm x 288 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit; Newari
Subjects: Bauddha; Bauddha
Date: NS 717
Acc No.: NAK 4/20
Remarks: I

Reel No. A 1333-14

Title: Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā

Subject: Bauddha, Bauddhasūtra

Language: Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script: Newari

Material: palm-leaf

State: slightly damaged

Size: 37.0 x 6.0 cm

Binding Holes 2

Folios: 288

Lines per Folio: 6

Foliation: figures in the left and right margins of the verso

Illustrations: paintings on various folios and on the (back) cover

Date of Copying: 12th century

Place of Copying: illegible in the microfilm

King: Madanapāla

Place of Deposit: NAK

Accession No.: 4-20

Manuscript Features

Folios from various manuscript.

  • ms. 1: folios 1 and 2
    • fol. 2v ends: āyuṣmantaṃ śāriputram etad avocat || yad kiñ cid āyuṣman sāriputra bha°
  • ms. 2: folios 1 and 2 (margins damaged, with painting, written in two hands)
    • fol. 5v ends: punar aparaṃ bhagavan bodhisatvena mahāsatvena prajñāpāramitāyāñ caratā prajñāpāramitā.. ||
  • ms. 3: folios 6-19 (written in two hands)
    • 6r begins: °ta evam upaparīkṣitavyam evam upanidhyātavyam |
    • fol. 19 ends: pratyekabuddhatvam asaṃṣkṛtaprabhāvitam iti na sthātavyaṃ buddhatvam asaskṛta(!)prabhāvitam iti na sthātavyaṃ
  • ms. 4: fols. 21-282
    • fol. 21 begins: atha khalu teṣāṃ devaputrāṇāṃ punar evaitad abhūt |
  • At the end a couple of extra folios with the same text are found. Two are numered 281 and 282. 281 begins: +++°bhir antataḥ svapnāntaragato pi, 282 ends with a colophon (end of the manuscript).
  • Another two folios belong to the end of yet another manuscript. There a colophon is found with the date samvat 717.

The main part of the manuscript (fols. 21-282) is probably much older. The name of the king is not clearly legible in the microfilm, but is likely to read Madanapāladeva (as it was suggested by PS). Also judging from the appearance and script of the manuscript, it seems possible that it was written in the 12th century. The first and last folios are damaged in the margins, the others are in good condition.

Excerpts

Beginning

namo bhagavatyai āryyaśrīprajñāpāramitāyai

nirvvikalpe namas tubhyaṃ prajñāpāramite 'mite |
yā tvaṃ sarvvānavadyāṅgi niravadyair nnirīkṣase ||
ākāśam iva nirllepāṃ niṣprapañcā. ++++
+++śyati bhāvena sa paśyati tathāgatam |
tava cārye guṇāḍhyāyā buddhasya ca jagadguroḥ |
na paśyanty antaraṃ śantaś candracandrikayor iva ||
kṛpātmakāḥ prapadya .. ++++++++īṃ |
sukhenāyānti māhātmyam atulaṃ bhaktivatsale |
sakṛd apy āśaye śuddhe ya(s tvāṃ) vidhivad īkṣate ||
tenāpi niyataṃ siddhiḥ prāpyate 'moghada..+ |
++++++rāṇāṃ parārthe niyatātmanām ||
poṣikā janayitrī ca mātā tvam asi vatsalā |
yad buddhā lokaguravaḥ putrās tava kṛpālavaḥ |
tena tvam asi ka..+ +++++++ī ||
sarvapāramitābhis tvaṃ nirmmalābhir anindite |
candralekheva tārābhir anuyātāsi sarvvadā | (fol. 1v1-5)

Sub-Colophons

āryāṣṭasahasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ śakraparivartto nāma dvitīyaḥ || || (fol. 26v1)

āryāṣṭasahasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyām aprameyaguṇacāraṇapāramitāstūpasatkāraparivartto nāma tṛtīyaḥ || || (fol. 51v6)

āryāṣṭasahasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ guṇaparikīrttanaparivartto nāma caturthaḥ || 129 || (fol. 56r5)

āryāṣṭasahasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ puṇyaparyāyaparivartto nāma pañcamaḥ || || (fol. 75r3)

āryāṣṭasahasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyām anumodanāpariṇāmanāparivarttaḥ ṣaṣṭhaḥ || || (fol. 94v5)

etc. etc.

End

āryāṣṭasahasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ parīndanāparivartto nāma dvātriṃśattamaḥ || || 39 || samāptā ceyam bhagavaty āryāṣṭasahasrikā prajñāpāramitā satvaṃ tathāgatajananī sarvvabodhisatvapratyekajinaśrāvakāṇāñ ca mātā dharmmamudrā | dharmmolkā dharmmanābhir ddharmmabherī dharmmanetrī | dharmmaratnanidhānam akṣayo dharmmakośo dharmmāci⁅ntyā⁆dbhutadallananakṣatramālā sarvvasukhahetur iti , sadevamānuṣāsuragandharvvalokavandi⁅tāṃ prajñā⁆pāramitāṃ samyag udgṛhya paryavāpya ca dhārayitvā pravarttyaināṃ viharantu sadārthina iti || ||

ya dharmmā hetuprabhavā hetun teṣān tathāgato hy avadat |
teṣāñ ca yo nirodha evamvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ ||

deyadharmmo yaṃ pravaramahāyānayāyinaḥ paramopāsakaśausādhuśrīyapāricandrasya yad atra puṇyan tad bhavatv ācāryopādhyāyamātāpitṛpūrvv⁅aṅgama⁆++++++++++śer anuttarajñānaphalāvāptaya iti || (fol. 282r2-282v1)

Colophon

parameśvaraparamabhaṭṭarakaparamasaugatamahārājādhirājaśrīmanmadanapāladevapādīya pravarddhamānavijayarājye abhilikhya ....(patrāṅke vāsi)....bhū....tyā........ | śrīmanto..nagaravāstavyaśaulekhakamahīpati(putrena(!)) likhiteyaṃ āryāṣṭasahasrikā bhagavatī prajñāpāramitā || namo buddhāya namo dharmmāya | namaḥ saṃghāya ( (fol. 282v2-3)


Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1333/14

Date of Filming: 25-08-1988

Used Copy: Berling

Type of Film: positive

Remarks:

  • colour slides S 432/4- S 478/14
  • colour slide no. 6
  • retake of A 35/4

Catalogued by AM

Date: 21-03-2012

Bibliography: Kim, Jinah (2006) Unorthodox Practice. Rethinking the cult of illustrated Buddhist books in South Asia. University of California, Berkeley (unpublished dissertation, UMI) (pp 111-112).

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