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'''Reel No.''' A 35-8


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'''Inventory No.''' 4635

'''Title''' Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā

'''Subject''' Bauddha darśana

'''Language''' Sanskrit

'''Text Features''' religious compendium of the Mahāyāna stream of Buddhism in 32 chapters called ''parivarta''<nowiki>; includes Nāgārjuna’s Prajñāpāramitāstuti</nowiki>

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== Manuscript Details ==
'''Script''' Newari

'''Material''' palm-leaf

'''State''' incomplete, damaged

'''Size''' 57.5 x 5.5 cm

'''Binding Hole''' 2

'''Folios''' 46+1

'''Lines per Folio''' 6

'''Foliation''' letters and numbers (1–3) combined in the middle of the left-hand margin of the verso

'''Date of Copying''' NS 286?

'''Place of Deposit''' NAK

'''Accession No.''' 3/359

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== Manuscript Features ==
The extant fols. are the following: 1; 15; 18–19; 79–83; 86; 95–96; 100; 103–110; 120–121; 123; 129–134; 137; 139–141; 145; 147–156.

Fol. 1 is damaged at both margins, as well as two more fols. (exposures 149 bottom–151), which belong to the 5<sup>th</sup> and 10<sup>th</sup> chapter of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā respectively.

The script of this MS is an old type Newari, the letters ''śa'', ''sa'', and ''ma ''being very similar.

Each sub-colophon includes a number indicating the “''ślokas''”, i.e. the number of ''granthas ''(1 ''grantha ''<nowiki>= 32 </nowiki>''akṣaras ''or syllables) of the respective chapter.

Although no colophon seems to be extant anymore, the hand-written catalogue of the National Archives of Kathmandu gives the date NS 286 for this MS.

There is one additional fol. (exps. 48 bottom–49 top) which seems to belong to another MS of a so-called ''Bodhisattvāvadāna''. This title, however, is written on its verso in a later hand in Maithilī characters. There are seven lines on this fol., which is numbered ā (i.e. 200) … on the verso.

== Excerpts ==

=== Beginning ===

/// ++++ +⁅padya tvāṃ buddhadharmapuraḥsarīm⁆&nbsp;|<br/>
sukhenāyānti māhātmyam atulaṃ bhaktivatsa〇le&nbsp;||<br/>
sakṛd apy āsaye suddhe ⁅yas tvām vidhivad ī⁆kṣate&nbsp;|<br/>
tenā⁅pi niyataṃ siddhi⁆ḥ prāpyate moghada⁅rśa⁆ne ||<br/>
sarveṣām api 〇 vī⁅rāṇām pa⁆rārthe ⁅niya⁆tātma⁅nāṃ⁆&nbsp;|<br/>
yoṣikā janayitrī ca mātā tvam a⁅si va⁆///<br/>
///⁅trās ta⁆va kṛpālavaḥ&nbsp;| <br/>
tena tvam asi kalyāṇī sarvasatvapitāmahī&nbsp;||<br/>
sarvapāramitā〇bhis tvāṃ (!) nirmalābhir anindite&nbsp;|<br/>
candralekheva tārābhir anuyātāsi sarvadā&nbsp;||<br/>
vineyaṃ janam āsādya tatra tatra tathāga〇taiḥ<br/>
bahurūpā tvam evaikā nānānāmabhir īḍyase&nbsp;||<br/>
prābhāṃ (!) prāpyeva dīptāṃ(so)++⁅śyā⁆///<br/>
///⁅pya pralayaṃ yā⁆nti doṣā vādāś ca vādinām&nbsp;||<br/>
tvam eva trāsajananī bālānāṃ bhīmadarśanā&nbsp;|<br/>
ā〇svāsajananī cāsi viduṣāṃ saumyadarśanā&nbsp;||<br/>
(fol. 1v2–4)

…

⁅vya⁆vahāraṃ ⁅pu⁆raskṛtya prajñaptyarthaṃ śa〇⁅rī⁆riṇām&nbsp;|<br/>
⁅kṛ⁆payā lokanāthais tvam ucyate (!) na ca cocyase&nbsp;||<br/>
saktaḥ kas tvām iha stotun nirnimitā (!) nirañjanāṃ&nbsp;|<br/>
sa〇rvavāgviṣayātītāṃ yā tvaṃ kvacid ani⁅śri⁆tā&nbsp;||<br/>
sa⁅tyai⁆(vam a)yi (samvṛtyā vākya)///<br/>
(fol. 1v6)

=== End ===

te ca satvā atyantatayā na saṃvidyante&nbsp;| asaṃvidyamānā nopalabhyante&nbsp;| satvaviviktatvād evaṃ vainayikā a〇tyantatayā na saṃvidyante nopalabhyante&nbsp;| evaṃ ca bodhisatvā mahāsatvā mahāsatvā (!) anuttarāṃ samyak saṃbodhim abhisaṃboddhuṃ saṃpra〇sthitāḥ satvān vineṣyāma ity ākāśaṃ sa devaputrā vinayitavyam manyeta&nbsp;| yaḥ satvān vinetavyān manyeta&nbsp;|| tat kasya hetor ākāśaviviktatayā hi devaputrāḥ satvaviviktatā veditavyāḥ&nbsp;| anena devaputrāḥ paryā〇yeṇa duṣkarakārakā bodhisatvā mahāsatvā ye ʼsaṃvidyamānānāṃ anupalabhyamānānāṃ satvānāṃ kṛtaśaḥ sannāhaṃ sanna〇hyante&nbsp;| ākāśena sa devaputrā sārddhaṃ vivaditavyam manyeta&nbsp;| yaḥ satvānāṃ kṛtaśaḥ sannāhaṃ sannaddhavyaṃ ⁅ma⁆ 

(fol. 156v5–6)

=== Sub-colophons ===

āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ śakraparivartto nāma dvi〇tīyaḥ&nbsp;|| 347<ref name="ftn1"><sup>A later hand has added „242“, which seems to be the canonical number of granthas of this chapter.</sup></ref>&nbsp;||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|| (fol. 18v3)

āryā〇ṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ dhāraṇaguṇaparikīrttanaparivartto nāma daśamaḥ&nbsp;||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|| 374&nbsp;|| (fol. 83r4)

āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyām aupamyaparivartto nāma caturddaśaḥ&nbsp;|| 125<ref name="ftn2"><sup>Added by a later hand.</sup></ref>&nbsp;|| (fol. 104v2)

āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ devaparivartto nāma pañcadaśaḥ 〇 || 203&nbsp;||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|| (fol. 109r2)

āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyām avinivarttanīyākāraliṅganimittaparivartto nāma saptamaḥ<ref name="ftn3"><sup>This is really the seventeenth (''saptadaśaḥ'') chapter.</sup></ref> (!)&nbsp;|| 274&nbsp;||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|| (fol. 120v3)

āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ gaṃgadevā(!)bhaginīparivartto nāma ekonna(!)viṃśatitamaḥ&nbsp;|| 237&nbsp;|| 〇&nbsp;||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||  (fol. 129v3–4)

āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ mārakarmaparivartto nāmaikaviṃśatimaḥ ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|| 179&nbsp;||  (fol. 139v2–3)

āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ śakraparivartto nāma trayoviṃśatimaḥ ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|| 83&nbsp;||  (fol. 145r1–2)

āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ abhimānaparivartto nāma caturviṃ〇śatimaḥ&nbsp;||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;19&nbsp;|| (fol. 148v1)

āryāṣṭa〇sāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ śikṣāparivartto nāma pañcaviṃśatimaḥ&nbsp;||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;153&nbsp;|| (fol. 152r2)

āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpā(fol. 156v1)ramitāyāṃ māyopamaparivartto nāma ṣaḍviṃśatimaḥ&nbsp;||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;145&nbsp;||  (fol. 156r6–v1)

== Microfilm Details ==

'''Reel No.''' A 35/8

'''Date of Filming''' 17-09-1970

'''Exposures''' 53

'''Used Copy''' Berlin

'''Type of Film''' negative

'''Remarks''' 
*fols. 18v–19r have been microfilmed twice
*colour slides 160/28-171/5 probably belong to this manuscript (according to the index card of the slides: A 35/?)

'''Catalogued by''' OH

'''Date''' 05-05-2006

'''Bibliography'''

*Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā : With Haribhadra’s Commentary Called ''Āloka''. Ed. P.L. Vaidya. Darbhanga 1960.

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