A 124-2 Vratāvadānamālā
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Filmed in: A 124/2
Title: Vratāvadānamālā
Dimensions: x cm x folios
Material: paper?
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Reel No. A 124-2
Inventory No. New
Title Vratāvadānamālā
Remarks = A 228-9
Author
Subject Bauddha. Avadāna
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 34.5 x 9.5 cm
Binding Hole(s) none
Folios 61 – 13 = 48
Lines per Folio 8–9
Foliation figures in the middle of the right-hand margin on the verso
Scribe Amṛtānanda
Date of Copying [NS] 902 (~ 1782 C.E.) ?
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3/254
Manuscript Features
On the front page it is written: amṛtānandalikhitapustakaṃ ||
Available folios: 1, 15–61 (photographed in the order of 1r, 1v, 16v, 16r, 15v, 15r, 17r, 17v, 18r, ...)
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namo ratnatrayāya ||
evam anuśrūyate sthaviramahākāśyape parinirvṛte sthavirānando mahātmā sthaviraśāradvatīsutasamaḥ prajñayā samanvāgataḥ | tathāgata iva kāruṇyāt teṣu teṣu grāmanagaranigamapallīpattanādiṣu tāns tān veneyāṃs tais tair upāyair vinayati sma || yāvad apareṇa samayena vinayavaśād anekāni satvakoṭiśatasahasrā⁅ṇi⁆ saddharmmadeśanāmṛtavarṣābhiṣekena santarppayan | vaiśālyāṃ viharaty āmrapālīvane || tena khalu samayena rājagṛhe nagare divākaro nāma sārthavāhaḥ prativasa⁅ty ā⁆ḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratisparddhī | (fol. 1v1–4)
(fol. 2–14 are missing.)
-ndhiṃ gṛhītum iti || dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ devaputram upasaṃkramyovāca || sacet tvaṃ mārṣa icchasi manuṣyeṣu pratisandhiṃ gṛhītuṃ | rājagṛhanagare divākarasya sārthavāhasya patnyā kukṣau pratisandhiṃ gṛhāṇeti || sa kathayati || kauśika aśraddho sau sārthavāhas tasya buddhaśāsane prasādo nāstīti || śakraḥ kathayati || mārṣa gṛhāṇa tvam ahaṃ tathā kariṣyāmi yathāsau sārthavāho buddhaśāsane bhiprasīdatīti || (fol. 15r1–4)
Sub-colophons
iti vratāvadānamālāyāṃ caityavratānuśaṃsāyāṃ dvitīyāvadānaṃ || 2 || (fol. 44v top margin)
End
ity atha sthavirānandas tāṃ sarājikāṃ parṣadaṃ dharmmyayā kathayā saṃdarśya samādāpya samuttejya saṃpraharṣya tair devatāśatasahasrair anekaiś ca rājagṛhanivāsibhiḥ prāṇiśatasahasrair namasyamāna utthāyāsanāt prakrāntaḥ || evam alpam api bhagavati buddhe kṛtam analpaphalaṃ bhavatīti ||
<ref>The ending seems to be added later by another hand.</ref>atha suvarṇṇavarṇṇo bhikṣur mātāpitarāv anujñāpya sthavirānaṃdena saha cakrāma || athājātaśatrur anekaprāṇikoṭiparivṛtas tataḥ pramuditamanā rājagṛham anupraviśya prāsādāntarvarttī yathādine yatāvidhi dharmaśālāyāṃ tac caityavratam anukṛtavān || sarve paurā rājaśāsanacāriṇo nvacaran || divākaro mahāsārthavāhaḥ punaḥ puna(r ā)rādhanavratānubhāvāt putrapautradāsadāsīhastyaśvarathapadātisampattisamṛddhimāṃś cakravarttīva sukham anubhūya nirvṛtipadam avāptavān || || (fol. 61r2–6)
Colophon
iti vratāvadānamālāyāṃ caityavratānuśaṃsāyāṃ tṛtīyāvadānaṃ || (fol. 61r6)
yugalaśū(ny)āṃkavarṣa mārga sita kumāra budhadine likhi⁅taṃ⁆ (fol. 61r left margin)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 124/2
Date of Filming not recorded
Exposures 54
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by MD
Date 08-11-2013
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