View source for C 13-11 to C 14-1 Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna

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| title = Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna
| dimensions = 32 x 7.8 cm x 299 folios
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| scripts = [[Newari script|Newari]]
| languages = [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]
| subjects = [[Subject Avadāna|Avadāna]]; [[Subject Bauddha|Bauddha]]
| date = [[NS]] 941
| acc no = Kesar 123
| remarks = 
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'''Reel No.''' C 13-11 to C 14-1

'''Inventory No.''' 86810

'''Title''' Vicitrakarṇikāvadāna

'''Remarks''' 

'''Author''' 

'''Subject''' Bauddha, Avadāna

'''Language''' Sanskrit

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

'''Material''' paper

'''State''' incomplete

'''Size''' 32 x 7.8 cm

'''Binding Hole(s)''' none

'''Folios''' 299 - 17 = 282 or less

'''Lines per Folio''' 6

'''Foliation''' figures in both margins

'''Scribe''' Bṛhaspati

'''Date of Copying''' NS 941 or 951 (~ 1821 or 1831 C.E.)

'''Place of Copying''' Hemavarṇa Mahāvihāra?

'''Place of Deposit''' Kaiser

'''Accession No.''' 123

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== Manuscript Features ==

Folios 64–80 are missing.

== Excerpts ==
=== Beginning ===
(1) oṃ namo ratnatrayāya || śrīgurave namaḥ || namaḥ sarvvabuddhabodhisatvebhyo tītānāgatapratyutpannebhyaḥ ||

vande śrīśākyasiṃhaṃ suragaṇasahitaṃ devade(2)vādhipeśaṃ<br/>
saṃsārābdhe[ḥ] plavatvaṃ nikaraguṇanidhiṃ gautamaṃ buddhanāthaṃ |<br/>
saṃsāre siṃhanādaṃ sakalabhayaharaṃ sthāpite(!) dharmmacchatraṃ<br/>
trailokye dharmmavarṣaṃ (3)guṇaśatanilayaṃ tarppitaṃ devalokaṃ ||

tadyathābhūt mahāsatvaś cakravarttī narādhipaḥ |<br/>
aśoko nāma rājendraḥ sarvalokahitārthabhṛt ||<br/>
ekadā (4)sa mahārāja[ḥ] saddharmmaguṇalālasaḥ ||<br/>
vicitrakarṇṇikāmahātmyaṃ śrotum aicchaj jagaddhite ||<br/>
tataḥ sa bhūpati(!) rājā samaṃtrijanapaurikaḥ ||<br/>
pūjopa(5)hāram ādāya sasaṃvādyamahotsavaiḥ ||<br/>
vihāre kukkuṭārāme sa[ṃ]śobhite (j)ināśrame |<br/>
divyodyāne manoramye prayāyau(!) saṃprasāditaḥ ||<br/>
tatra prāpta[ḥ] sa rāje(6)ndraḥ praviśya saṃprasāditaḥ |<br/>
upaguptaṃ mahābhijñaṃ saṃdadarśe(!) sasāṃghikaṃ<br/>
tam arhaṃta[ṃ] samāloke(!) natvā sa sā[ñ]jali[r] mudā ||<br/>
sahasā samupāgatya yathāvidhi (2r1)[sa]marccayat || 
(fol. 1v1–2r1)

=== End ===

idam avocad bhagavān āttamanās te ca bhikṣavo sā ca sarvāvatī parṣat sadevamānuṣāsuragaruḍagandharvvaś ca loko bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan iti || ❁ ||<br/>
iti śrīvicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne dvātriṃśattamo dhyāya[ḥ] || 32 ||
(fol. 298v3–5)

=== Colophon ===

iti (5)vicitrakarṇṇi[kā]vadāna[ṃ] saṃpūrṇṇasamāptam iti ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||

ye dharmmā hetuprabhavā hetuṃ teṣāṃ tathāgata(!) hy avadat teṣāṃ
yo nirodha evaṃvādī <nowiki>mahāśra⟪va⟫[[ma]]ṇaḥ</nowiki> ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||

(6)śubha saṃvat 941 mti pauṣa vadi 2 siddhayakā dīna juro ||<br/>
thva saphu hemavarṇṇa mahāvihārayā vajrācāryya śrībṛhaspatī <span style="color: green;">nathabatadayakāhatāsa(naṃ) kvābhatasa</span>(299r1)<span style="color: green;">(vā)ṣanakanetadayakā juro</span> || ❁ ||

yādṛṣṭa puṣṭakaṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛṣṭa likhitaṃ mayā ||<br/>
yadi śuddham aśuddhaṃ vā śodhanīyaṃ mahadbudhaiḥ ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||

<span style="color: green;">śuddhayāya madhu(2)ni śuddhaja kayāya māni ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|| śubhaṃ ||<br/>
thva ta(dhaṃ) śāstrakha, bhati 2 sakatāyā khaṃdu ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||<br/>
bhati bhati śuddhayāya māla(nā) || (vu)jikajanana ||</span> 

(3)yaḥ śrīmān sasurā⟨ḥ⟩surai⟨ḥ⟩r avirataṃ pādāraviṃdārccitaṃ(!)<br/>
sākṣātpuṇya⟨ḥ⟩nidhāna⟨ḥ⟩maṅgalaguruḥ cintāmaṇi[ḥ] sarvvavit<br/>
ni[ḥ]śeṣoddhṛta⟨ḥ⟩doṣa⟨ḥ⟩jālajaṭi(4)laḥ sauddhodanī(!) pāragaḥ<br/>
pāyād vo bhagavān munīśvara⟨ḥ⟩jino dedi(!)pyamānadyutiḥ ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|| 1 ||

śrībhagavānayā āśīrvāda thva juro || ○ ||

(5) ❖ brahmendrop⟨y⟩endra†mindrān† suramanujagaṇaiḥ pūjyamānā hitā(!)sthā⟨ḥ⟩<br/>
revatyādigrahānāṃ bhayama⟨r⟩thanakarī sarvarogāḥ(!) nihanti<br/>
kākolukābhūtapra(6)bhṛtināṃ<sub>(metre!)</sub> dhvaṃsanaṃ dhvaṃsanīyā<br/>
dāridrādi<sub>(metre!)</sub>bhavabhayaharaṇaṃ pātu vaḥ śrīpañcalakṣā⟨ḥ⟩ || 1 ||

pañcalakṣāyā āśīrvādaḥ ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||

(299v1) ❖ oṃ vajrasatva samayam anupālaya, vajrasatvatvena pratiṣṭha dṛḍho me bhava, sutoṣyo me bhava, supoṣyo me bhava, anurakto me bhava sarvvasiddhi me prayaccha sarvaka(2)rmasu ca me cittaśriyaṃ kuru hūṃ ha ha ha ha hoḥ bhagavan sarvatathāgatavajramā(!) me muṃca vajrī bhava mahāsamayasatva āḥ || 100 || śatākṣara thva ||

kṛto(!) vaḥ (3)sarvvasatvārthaṃ, siddhiṃ datvā yathānugāḥ |<br/>
gacchadhvaṃ buddhaviṣaye punarāgamanāya ca ||

oṃ āḥ hūṃ hūṃ oṃ gaccha 2 buddhamaṇḍalavisarjanam⟨ḥ⟩ ||

(4) ❖ buddhaḥ siṃhāsanastho bhuvanahitakaraḥ sarvalokaikabandhur<br/>
bhāvābhāvaikabhāvaḥ sphaṭikasamanibho devadevātidevaḥ |<br/>
akṣobhyo krāntamauliḥ ku(5)liśavaradharo vajraghaṇṭhaikahasta[ḥ]<br/>
pāyād vo vajradhātuḥ paramavaragurur buddhajñānendunāthaḥ ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||

guruyā āśīrvādaḥ ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||<br/>
āyurvṛ(6)ddhiḥ yaśavṛddhir vṛddhiprajñāsukhan tathā<br/>
ārogyadhanasantānāḥ | śantu te saptavṛddhayaḥ ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||<br/>
śrīs te sāstāṃ || lekhaka śrībṛhaspatiḥ ||
(fol. 198v5–299v6)

=== Sub-colophons ===

iti vicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne prathamo dhyāyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 12v)

iti vicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne dvitīyo dhyāyaḥ ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|| (fol. 24r)

iti vicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne tṛtīyo dhyāya[ḥ] || ❁ || ○ || ❁ ||(fol. 35v)

iti vicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne dharmmākaradhanakanakar(ādvāra) <nowiki>[[ca]]</nowiki>turthasarggaḥ || ❁ || 4 || ❁ || (fol. 44v)

iti vi|(!)trakarṇṇikāvadāne pañcamaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 54r)

iti vicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne ṣaṣṭamaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 63r)

[Folios 64–80 are missing.]

<nowiki>i[[ti]]</nowiki> śrīvicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne navamo 'dhyāya[ḥ] ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|| (fol. 91r)

iti vicitrakarṇṇi[kā]vadāne 10 (fol. 110v upper margin)

iti vicitrakarṇṇikāvadā[na] ekādaśo 'dhyāya[ḥ] || ❁ || 11 || ❁ || (fol. 117v)

iti śrīvicitrakarṇṇi[kā]vadāne dvādaśaso(!) 'dhyāya[ḥ] || 12 || ❁ || (fol. 127v)

iti śrīvicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne trayodaśādhyāya[ḥ] || 13 || ❁ || (fol. 137r)

iti śrīvicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne caturddaśa adhyāyaḥ || 14 || (fol. 146r)

iti śrīvicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne pañcadaśo dhyāyaḥ || 15 || (fol. 157v)

iti vicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne ṣodaśo 'dhyāya || ❁ || śubhaṃ śreyo stu saṃvat 951 mti bhādra vadi 13 .. (sathalirī) || ❁ || lekhaka kvātha bhānta hemavarṇṇa mahāvyahāra mañjuśrīlaṃ .. yā aśanyācāryya vidyārthi śrībṛhaspateḥ svārthe likhitāḥ || yadi śuddham aśuddhaṃ vā śodhanīyaṃ mahadbudhaiḥ || ❁ || śubham astu sarvvajagatāṃ || ❖ || ❖ || (fol. 169v)

iti śrīvicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne saptadaśo dhyāyaḥ || 17 || (fol. 179r)

...

iti śrīvicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne triṃśatītamo(!) dhyāyaḥ || 30 || (fol. 283v)

iti śrīvicitrakarṇṇikāvadāne ekatriṃśattamo dhyāya[ḥ] || 31 || ❁ || (fol. 290v)

== Microfilm Details ==

'''Reel No.''' C 13/11 to C 14/1

'''Date of Filming''' 01-11-1975

'''Exposures''' 114 + 171 = 285

'''Used Copy''' Kathmandu (scan)

'''Type of Film''' positive

'''Remarks''' No exposure of 44v, 45–51rv, and 52r. It is not clear whether folios 45–51 exist.

'''Catalogued by''' MD

'''Date''' 16-10-2013

== Bibliography ==

* Iwamoto, Yutaka: ''Bukkyō setsuwa kenkyū josetsu'' 『佛教説話研究序説』, revised ed., Kyoto 1978, pp. 188-195.

* Okano, Kiyoshi : 『インド仏教文学研究史』, http://homepage3.nifty.com/indology/vicitrakarnika.html

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