A 125-14 Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 125/14
Title: Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna
Dimensions: 21.5 x 7.5 cm x 28 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Avadāna; Bauddha
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/270
Remarks:

Reel No. A 125-14

Inventory No. 63050

Title Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna

Remarks = Divyāvadāna 33

Author

Subject Avadāna

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material paper

State incomplete

Size 21.5 x 7.5 cm

Binding Hole(s) none

Folios 28

Lines per Folio 5-8

Foliation numerals in the right margin of the verso (On the first two folios the number is written both in the upper left-hand margin and the lower right-hand margin.)

Scribe -

Date of Copying -

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 4/270

Manuscript Features

Short title śārdūla in the upper left margin of the verso on each folio; guru in the lower right margin on the first two folios

The available folios (1-28) cover the text of pp. 611-636.14 of Cowell & Neil's edition of the Divyāvadāna, pp. 1-41 of Mukhopadhyaya's, and pp. 314-332.6 of Vaidya's.

The first two folios were written later by another person to supply the missing beginning. They are carefully written and the text corresponds with the printed editions very well. The succeeding folios (the original part of the ms) have many simple mistakes, but show interesting variant readings.

Cf. Mitra 1882, No. B.17 "Śārdūlakarṇa Avadāna" (1971, pp. 218-222)

Excerpts

Beginning

(1v1)oṃ namaḥ sarvabodhisatvebhyaḥ ||     ||

evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasmin samaye bhagavāñ cchrāva[s]tyāṃ viharati sma || jetavane 'nā(2)thapiṇḍadasyārāme || athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ pūrvāhne nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya śrāvastīṃ mahānagarīṃ piṇḍāya prāvi(3)kṣat || athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ śrāvastīṃ piṇḍāya caritvā kṛtabhaktakṛtyo yenānyatamam udapānaṃ tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ || te(4)na khalu samayena tasminn udapāne prakṛtir nāma mātaṃgadārikā udakam uddharate sma || athāyuṣmān ānaṃdaḥ prakṛtiṃ mā(5)taṅgadārikām etad avocat || dehi me bhagini pānīyaṃ pāsyāmi || evam ukte prakṛtir mātaṅgadārikā āyuṣmanta(2r1)m ānaṃdam idam avocat || mātaṃgadārikāham asmi bhadantānanda || nāhaṃ te bhagini kūlam vā jātiṃ vā pṛcchāmi || api (2)tu sacet te parityaktaṃ pānīyaṃ dehi pāsyāmi || atha prakṛtir mātaṃgadārikā āyuṣmate ānaṃdāya pānīyam adā(3)t ||

End

(28v2)tasmā[t] te brāhmaṇa bravīmi sāmānyaṃ saṃjñāmātram idaṃ lokasya yaduta brāhmaṇa iti vā kṣatriya iti vā vaiśya iti (3)vā śūdra iti vā ekam idaṃ sarvvam idam ekaṃ ⟪yayāvatakaṃ⟫ putrāya me śārddūlakarṇṇāya prakṛ⟨r⟩ttir(!) duhitaram utsṛjā(!) bhāryā(4)rthā⟪da⟫ya yāvatakaṃ kulaśulka[ṃ] manyase tāvattakam an⟨d⟩upradāsyāmi | idaṃ ca khalu punarvvacanaṃ śrutvā dviśaṃko<ref>Read triśaṅkor</ref> mā(5)taṅgarājas[y]a brāhmama<ref>Read brāhmaṇaḥ</ref> puskarasārī tūṣṇībhūto ma[dgu]bhūt[aḥ] ⟨||⟩ svastaskandho<ref>Read srasta-</ref> niṣpratibhānaḥ pradhyānaparamaḥ sthito (6)bhūt || adrākṣa(!)t triśaṃku[r] mātaṃgarājo brāhma⟪brā⟫ṇa[ṃ] puṣkarasāriṇaṃ tūṣṇībhūtaṃ madgubhūtaṃ svastaskamadhyemukhami(7)ṣpratibhānaṃ<ref>Read srastaskandham adhomukhaṃ niṣpratibhānaṃ</ref> pradhyānaparasaṃsthitāṃ<ref>-paramaṃ sthitaṃ is meant. Cf. -paramaḥ sthito above. </ref> || dṛṣṭvā ca punar idam abravīt |

<ref>The verses run in Mukhopadhyaya's edition as follows:

yādṛśaṃ vāpyate bījaṃ tādṛśaṃ labhyate phalam | prajāpater hi caikatve nirviśeṣo bhavaty ataḥ ||
na cendriyānāṃ nānātvaṃ kriyābhedaś ca dṛśyate | brāhmaṇe vānyajātau vā naiṣāṃ kiṃcid viśiṣyate ||</ref>upyate tādṛśa bījaṃ labhate tādṛśaṃ phalaṃ |

pajāyate hi (8)(e)katve nirvviśeṣo bhavaty at[a]ḥ<ref>The akṣara ta before the visarga has a superfluous virāma.</ref>||

na cendriyāṃnāṃ nānātva kriyābhedena dṛśyate

brāhmaṇe 'nyajātau vā neṣā kiṃ (end of the last available folio)

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Colophon

(missing)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 125-14

Date of Filming not indicated

Exposures 31

Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by MD

Date 7. Sep. 2012

Bibliography

• Cowell, E. B., and Neil, R. A. (ed.): Divyāvadāna, a Collection of Early Buddhist Legends, Cambridge 1886.

• Mitra, Rajendralala: The Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal, Calcutta 1882 [reprint: Calcutta 1971].

• Mukhopadhyaya, S (ed.): Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna, Santiniketan 1954.

• Vaidya, P. L. (ed.): Divyāvadāna, Darbhanga 1959 (Buddhist Sanskrit Texts No. 20).