A 922-6(2) (Ahorātravratakathā)

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 922/6
Title: Dharmaśravaṇaprotsāhanakathā
Dimensions: 30.6 x 7.5 cm x 35 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Kathā
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1123
Remarks:

Reel No. A 922-6 (2)

Inventory No. 110191

Title [Ahorātravratakathā]

Remarks

Author

Subject Bauddha, Avadāna, Kathā

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material paper

State incomplete

Size 30.6 x 7.5 cm

Binding Hole(s) 2

Folios 5

Lines per Folio 6

Foliation numerals in the right margin of the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/1123

Manuscript Features

The manuscript contains a metrical version of the Ahorātravratakathā. In the text appear the names of Subhūti, Vajradhara, Śāriputra, Dharmadakṣa and Nirghoṣadamana. The content seems to be the same as the prose version of the Ahorātravratakathā edited by Handurukande (Handurukande 2000, pp. 83-101).

Available folios are nos. 1-5. They are dispersed in the manuscript. Fol. 3-5 have got a wrong number (4, 5, and 1 respectively).
[A 922-6] exposure 9b → 10a → 10b → 11a → 19b → 20a → 15b → 16a → 11b → 12a
[A 119-3] exposure 31a → 30b → 30a → 29b → 7b → 8a → 25a → 24b → 29a → 28b

The text is corrupt in many places.

Excerpts

Beginning

(fol. 1r) oṃ namo buddhāya || namo dharmmāya || namaḥ saṃghāya || namas tārāyai ||

ākāśo nirmmalo bhūtvā || ni⟨ḥ⟩ṣprapañcaguṇāśrayāḥ |
pa(2)ñcaskandhānmana śāstāḥ tasmai [s]tūpānmane namaḥ ||

subhūtir āda ||
ahorātravrataṃ, pūrvvaṃ, kena saṃcarate mahiḥ |
brūhi vajra(3)dhara tvaṃ hi || lokānuhitakāmpayā ||

vajradharovāca ||
mune śṛṇu mahātejāṃ, vratarāja[m m]ahodayaṃ
na(4)rānāṃ hitakāmārthaṃ, pṛthīvyā pāvaṇīkathām ||

āsīt pūrvvottare kṛle, trikūṭaśikharottame ||
nānādruma(5)latākīrṇṇa,dhātur bahūsamāyute ||
cakravākādibhiḥ pakṣaiḥ yāvanījalamaṃvṛtaiḥ |
parivrātśatayatīnānāṃ, paripūrṇṇanarāvṛtā ||

End

(fol. 5v3)puṅgalaṣṭaprabhāvena dipaṃ yāti sukhāvatīṃ |
dharmmadakṣamahārājñā vratībhāryāḥ samanvitāṃ || 7 ||
(4)yānam āruhya vegena sukhaṃ vrajaya sapathāṃ |
kathyatāṃ vajrasatvena subhūtiṃ śṛnutām iti || 8 ||
aneka(5)strotrajāyyādiṃ mantreṇānena pūritāṃ |
kṣayakuṣṭa(ha)rādyābhiḥ rājajayāṃ rujasya ca || 9 ||
tasyānukīrttane yasya ghnanti seva (end of fol. 5v)

Colophon

(missing)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 922-6

Date of Filming 02.08.1984

Exposures 37

Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)

Type of Film positive

Remarks Retake of A 119-3, beginning from the other side.

Catalogued by MD

Date 23. Nov. 2012

Bibliography

• Handurukande, Ratna: Three Sanskrit Texts on Caitya Worship. In Relation to the Ahorātravrata an edition and synopses in English (with an introduction). Tokyo 2000 (Studia Philologica Buddhica, Monograph Series, XVI)