B 95-4 Aṣṭamīvratakathā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 95/4
Title: Aṣṭamīvratakathā
Dimensions: 30 x 10 cm x 69 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Karmakāṇḍa (vaidika, āgamika, tāntrika etc.)
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/1545
Remarks:
Reel No. B 95-4
Inventory No. 4477
Title Aṣṭamīvratakathā OR Aṣṭamīmāhātmya
Remarks a version of the Vīrakuśāvadāna
Author
Subject Bauddha, Avadāna
Language Newari
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 30 x 10 cm
Binding Hole(s) none
Folios 74 - 5 = 69
Lines per Folio 6–7
Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the marginal title vīra or vīraku and in the right margin
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/1545
Manuscript Features
Fols. 55–58 and 63 are missing.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namo ratnatrayāya || ||
namaḥ śrīmadamoghapāśalokeśvarāya || ||
namo lokanāthāya || ||
natvā guruṃ triratnaṃ ca kathayāmi samāsataḥ
aṣṭamīvratamāhātmyaṃ naipālībhāṣayāmṛta:
buddhagayāsa bodhimaṇḍapa mahāvihārasa: śrījayaśrī bhikṣuna, jinaśrī rāja bodhisatva: pramukhaṃ: sakala sabhāloka yāta ājñā dayakalaṃ, kukkuṭārāma mahāvihārasa, upagupta bhikṣuna, aśoka rājā pramukhaṃ, jima vyālaka sabhāloka yāta ājñā dayakalaṃ: nyagrodhārma mahāvihārasa sa śrīśākyasiṃha bhagavānana: ānaṃda bhikṣu pramukhaṃ: sakala sabhāloka yāta ājñā dayakalaṃ: ṅanohe ānandādi: aneka aṣṭamīvratayā kathākene dhuna, āo virūpa rājā, uddhāra juogu, aṣṭamīvratayā mahimākale, (fol. 1v1–7)
End
thvanaṃli kāśādeśayā prajālopali, kālamṛtyu juyāo, guliṃ devaputra jula, guliṃ sukhāvati lokadhātu thvana || guliṃ mokṣa jula || guliṃ tathāgata jula, guliṃ pratyekabuddha jula, guli bodhisatva jula || guli bhikṣu jula || thugu praṃkāraṇa, thao 2 kāmunā yāna thva, ihalokasa sapta vṛddhi lānāo, ānaṃdana kālahanā || || ||
upavāsa kuśa mahārājā, aṣṭamī upāsa yāṅaṃ, sakala prajāloka, pratipāla yānāo, rajāyī yānāo, ānaṃdana sukhabhoga yānāo, cona jula || || (fol. 74r1–6)
Colophon
iti śrīdivyāvadānoddhṛtāṣṭamīmāhātmyaṃ mṛtānadoddhṛta, nepālībhāṣāṣṭamīvratakathā samāptā || || śubham || || (fol. 74r6–7)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 95/4
Date of Filming not recorded
Exposures 77
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by MD
Date 31-10-2013
