B 98-16 Mahajjātakamālā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 98/16
Title: Bṛhajjātakāvadānamālā
Dimensions: 0 x 0 cm x 375 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Jātaka
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/1353
Remarks: AN?
Reel No. B 98-16 to B 99-1
Inventory No. 13089
Title Mahajjātakamālā
Remarks = A 1372-4
Author
Subject Bauddha, Jātaka, Avadāna
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State complete
Size 44.5 x 12.5 cm (according to the title card of A 1372-4)
Binding Hole(s) none
Folios 377 (1–375; nos. 98 and 325 have been assigned twice)
Lines per Folio 7–11
Foliation figures in the middle of the right-hand margin on the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3/640
Manuscript Features
This is MS B’ in the edition of Bühnemann/Hahn.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namaḥ sarvvabuddhabodhisatvaśrāvakebhyaḥ ||
yaḥ śrīmān bhagavāñ chāstā mahābuddho munīśvaraḥ ||
jayati śāsanaṃ tasya sarvvatra bhuvaneṣv a[[pi]] ||
yena śāstrā jaga(2)llokaṃ putravat paripāritaṃ ||
tadājñāṃ śirasā dhṛtvā vakṣye 'haṃ tatsubhāṣitaṃ ||
ta[t] santaḥ śrotum arhanti sambodhipadavāñchinaḥ ||
yat sambuddhapraśādena vakṣyāmī(3)daṃ subhāṣitaṃ ||
tadyathābhūn mahābhijño jayaśrīḥ suga[[tā]]tmajaḥ||
bodhisatvo mahāsatvaḥ sarvvasatvahitārthabhṛt ||
so rhan purā mahābauddhe bodhimaṇḍe jināśrame ||
sa(4)rvvasatvahitārthena vī(!)jahāra sasāṃghikaḥ ||
tadaikasamaye tatra jayaśrīḥ sa jinātmajaḥ ||
sabhāmadhyāsanāsīnas tasthau dharmmaṃ prakāśituṃ || (fol. 1v1–4)
End
evaṃ sarve pi lokāś ca traidhātukanivāsinaḥ ||
mahānandasukhaṃ bhuktvā pracerire bhinanditāḥ ||
evaṃ sarve pi sambuddhāḥ (1)saddharmmasugatātmajāḥ ||
samīkṣya tatsukṛtotsāhaṃ(metre!) prasedire bhitoṣitāḥ ||
e(vaṃ) vijñāya saddharma⟨ṃ⟩pracāraṇa⟨ṃ⟩samudbhavaṃ ||
mahaddharmman kalau santa(2)ḥ pracārayantu sarvataḥ ||
bhāṣanti(!)daṃ mudā ye daśabalasumate[r] bodhicaryāvadānaṃ ||
śṛṇvanti śrāvayanti pramuditamanasā ye numodanti (3)dṛṣṭvā ||
te sarve bodhisatvāḥ sakalaguṇabhṛtaḥ śrīsamṛddhi(metre!)sukhāḍhyā
bhadro[t]sāha[ṃ] prabhuktvā trimaṇiguṇavahā yānti bauddhālayan te || || (fol. 375r7–v3)
Colophon
(4)iti śrīmanmahajjātakamālāyāṃ maṇicūḍamaṇipradāna śrīghanabodhicaryyāvadānamāleyaṃ samāptaṃ || ||
śubham astu jagatā[ṃ] sadā (5) || ||
ye dharmmā hetuprabhavā hetus teṣāṃ tathāgataḥ ||
hy avadat teṣāṃ ca yo nirodha evaṃvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ || ❁ ||
yo sau dharmma(!) su(6)gataditaṃ(!) pathyate bhaktibhāvāt
mātrāhīnaṃ katham api padaṃ pāthagāthākṣaraṃ vā ||
jihvādoṣaiḥ pavaṇacaritaiḥ śleṣmadoṣopacārai[r]
yūyaṃ so(!) bhu(7)vanagatā(!) bodhisattva(!) kṣamadhvaṃ || ❁ ||
(fol. 375v4–7)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 98/16 to B 99/1
Date of Filming not recorded
Exposures 216 + 167 = 383
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks retake on A 1372/4
Catalogued by MD
Date 30-09-2013
Bibliography
- Gudrun Bühnemann, Michael Hahn: Der grosse Legendenkranz (Mahajjātakamālā): Eine mittelalterliche buddhistische Legendensammlung aus Nepal (Asiatische Forschungen, Bd. 88), Wiesbaden 1985.
- Kiyoshi Okano: 『インド仏教文学研究史』「９：中世のAvadāna文献の研究史と写本 — 4. Mahajjaatakamaalaa」, http://homepage3.nifty.com/indology/mahajjatakamala.html
