B 97-2 Āryaśūra's Jātakamālā

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 97/2
Title: Jātakaprakriyā
Dimensions: 22 x 8.5 cm x 343 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Jātaka
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/724
Remarks:

Reel No. B 97-2

Inventory No. 27029

Title Jātakamālā

Remarks Āryaśūra

Author

Subject Bauddha, Jātaka

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material paper

State complete

Size 22 x 8.5 cm

Binding Hole(s) none

Folios 343

Lines per Folio 5

Foliation figures in the middle of the right-hand margin on the verso; marginal title śrījātaka in the upper left-hand margin

Scribe Viśvantara

Date of Copying [NS] 769

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3/724

Manuscript Features

With word separation marks and glosses.

Excerpts

Beginning

(1)❖ oṃ namaḥ śrīsarvvabuddhabodhisatvebhyaḥ ||

śrīmanti sadguṇaparigrahamaṅgalāni
kīrtyāspadāny anavagītamanoharā(2)ṇi |
pūrvaprajanmasu muneś caritādbhutāni
bhaktyā svakāvyakusumāñjalinārccayiṣye ||

Sub-colophons

vyāghrījātakaṃ prathamaṃ || ○ || (fol. 8r1)

iti śibijātakaṃ dvitīyaṃ || 2 || (fol. 18v4)

iti kulmāṣapiṇḍījātakaṃ tṛtīyaṃ || 3 || (fol. 23v5)

…

ity ayogṛhajātakaṃ dvātriṃśattamaṃ || ❖ || (fol. 332v2–3)

mahiṣajātakaṃ trayastriṃśattamaṃ || (fol. 339v5)

End

evaṃ pratisaṃkhyānabahulāḥ svāṃ guṇa(3)śobhām anurakṣanti paṇḍitā iti saṃkhyāvarṇṇe vācyaṃ || tathāgatamāhātmye ca bhadraprakṛtyabhyāsavarṇṇe ca || evaṃ (4)bhadrākṛtir abhyastā tiryaggatānām api na nivarttata iti || ❖ ||
iti śatapatrajātakaṃ catustriṃśattamaṃ samā(5)ptam iti || ❁ || (fol. 343r2–5)

Colophon

ye dharmā hetuprabhāvā hetun teṣān tathā(1)gataḥ |
hy avadat teṣāṃ ca yo nirodha evaṃvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ ||
śubha[m a]stu sarvadā ||
samvat 769 poṣa-(2)kṛṣṇa-ṣaṣṭamyāyāṃ tithau utraphālguṇikṣatre saubhanayogya svamavārasare ||
noṃgabhota (3)viśvaṃtara nāma svārthaṃ leṣitā ||
iti śatapatrajātakaṃ prakriyāḥ saṃpūrṇṇaṃ jātā || śubhaṃ || (fol. 343r5–v3)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 97/2

Date of Filming not recorded

Exposures 347

Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)

Type of Film positive

Remarks Some exposures are blurred.

Catalogued by MD

Date 06-05-2013

Bibliography

• Kern, Hendrik (ed.): The Jātakamāla or Bodhisattvāvadānamālā by Ārya-Çūra (Harvard Oriental Series 1). Boston 1891.
• Hanisch, Albrecht (ed.): Āryaśūras Jātakamālā. Teil 1–2. Marburg 2005. [new edition of legends 1–15]