C 17-3 (Jātakamālāvadānasūtra)
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: C 17/3
Title: Suprabhāsarājajātaka
Dimensions: 32.8 x 8.7 cm x 23 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Jātaka
Date:
Acc No.: Kesar 159
Remarks:
Reel No. C 17-3
Inventory No. 72629
Title [Jātakamālāvadānasūtra]
Remarks introductory part only
Author
Subject Bauddha, Jātaka
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 32.5 x 8.6 cm
Binding Hole(s) none
Folios 23 - 3 = 20
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation figures in the middle of the right-hand margin on the verso
Place of Deposit Kaiser
Accession No. 159
Manuscript Features
Missing folios: 6–8
With word separation marks and notes.
Excerpts
Beginning
(1) ❖ oṃ namaḥ śrīsarvabuddhabodhisatvebhyaḥ ||
śrīmanti sadguṇaparigrahamaṅgalāni
kīrttyāspadāny anavagītamanoharāṇi |
pūrvvaprajanmasu muneś caritādbhu(2)tāni
bhaktyā svakāvyakusumāñjalinārccayiṣye ||
ślāghyair amībhir abhilakṣitacihnabhūtair
ādeśito bhavati yat sugatatvamārgaḥ |
syād eva rukṣamana(3)sām api ca prasādo
dharmyāḥ kathāś ca ramaṇīyataratvam īyuḥ ||
....
pāyād vo bhagavān munīśvarajino dedīpyamānadyutiḥ || ||
athānantaram asyā jātakamālāyāḥ nidānam ā(2r3)ha || tadyathānuśrūyate kilāyaṃ bhagavān aparimitabhikṣubhikṣuṇyupāśakopāśikāśrāvakapratyekamahāyānikādyanekadevāsuragaruḍagandharvva(4)kinnaramanuṣyāmanuṣyarājāmātyapaurajanais sārddhaṃ parivṛtaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati sma || (fol. 1v1–2r4)
Sub-colophons
iti bhagavataḥ śākyasiṃhasya daśānāṃ pāpānāṃ daśāvasthālakṣaṇasūtraṃ samāptaṃ || (fol. 15r1)
End
so bhūd gṛ(5)hadyu⟪+⟫tir nāma kulālaḥ pūrvajanmani ||
bhaktyā guḍodanais tena bhojyaiḥ saṃpūjito jinaḥ |
tatpuṇyapraṇidhānena tasyāptasya prabhāsatāṃ ||
bo(6)dhir aṃkūlitā citte phaliteyaṃ mamādhunā ||
kathitam iti tathāgatena tatra
prathame(!)taroditabodhicittaṃ || (metre!)
amṛtam iva nipīya kāśyapa(23v1)ḥ pra-
hasitamukhaḥ samumoda bodhikāma iti || || (fol. 23r4–v1)
Colophon
iti suprabhāsarājājātakaṃ prathamaṃ samāptam iti || 1 ||
sarvasatve .. .. .. .. .. .. (fol. 23v1; the rest of the folio is blank.)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. C 17/3
Date of Filming 10-12-1975
Exposures 23
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by MD
Date 02-10-2013
Bibliography
- Michael Hahn: "Ein neuer Handschriftenfund aus Nepal und seine Konsequenzen für die Gopadatta-Hypothese", Studien zur Indologie und Iranistik, 27 (2010), pp. 71–140.
