A 37-6 Aṣṭasāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 37/6
Title: Aṣṭasāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā
Dimensions: 57 x 5.5 cm x 220 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Bauddha
Date: NS 284
Acc No.: NAK 3/713
Remarks:
Reel No. A 37-6
Title: Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā
Subject: Bauddha, Bauddhasūtra
Language: Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script: Newari
Material: palm-leaf
State: complete
Size: 57.0 x 5.5 cm
Binding Hole: 2
Folios: 220
Lines per Folio: 6
Foliation: letters in the left and figures in the right margin of the verso
Scribe: Bhikṣu Kumārabhadra and Bhikṣuṇī So[ma]matī
Date of Copying: NS 284 (~ 1164 AD)
Place of Copying: Paranirvāṇamahāvihāra
King: Ānandadeva
Place of Deposit: NAK
Accession No.: 3-713
Manuscript Features
Only the last folio is damaged in the margin.
At the beginning three extra folios with Prajñāpāramitā are found which are numbered 1-3. Fol. 3v ends after two and a half lines: nāmadheyamātreṇāyavyayaṃ kuryāṃ yad uta bodhisatva iti ||
Excerpts
Beginning
namo bhagavatyai āryaprajñāpāramitāyai ||
nirvikalpe namas tubhyaṃ prajñāpāramite 'mite |
yā tvaṃ sarvānavadyāṅgi niravadyair nirīkṣyase ||
ākāśam iva nirlepān niṣprapañcān nirakṣarāṃ |
yas tvām paśyati bhāvena sa paśyati tathāgataṃ ||
tava cārye guṇāḍhyāyā buddhasya ca jagadguroḥ |
na paśyanty antaraṃ santaś candracandrikayor iva ||
kṛpātmakāḥ prapadya tvāṃ buddhadharmapuraḥsarīm |
sukhenāṃ(!) yānti māhātmyam atulam bhaktivatsale ||
sakṛd apy āśaye śuddhe yas tvām vidhivad īkṣyate(!) |
tenāpi niyataṃ siddhiḥ prāpyate 'moghadarśane ||
sarveṣām api vīrāṇāṃ parārthe niyatātmanāṃ |
poṣikā janayitrī ca mātā tvam asi vatsalā ||
yad buddhā lokaguruvaḥ(!) putryas(!) tava kṛpālavaḥ |
tena tvam asi kalyāṇī sarvasatvapitāmahī ||
sarvapāramitābhis tvaṃ nirmalābhir anindite |
candralekheva tārābhir anuyātāsi sarvadā ||
vineyañ janam āsādya tatra tatra tathāgataiḥ |
bahurūpā tvam evaikā nānānāmabhir īḍyase ||
prabhāṃ prāpyeva dīptāṃsor avaśyāyodabindavaḥ |
tvām prāpya pralayaṃ yānti doṣā vādāś ca v(ā)dināṃ ||
tvam evaṃ trāsajananī bālānām bhīmadarśanā |
āśvāsajananī cāsi viduṣāṃ saumyadarśanā ||
yasya tvay apy abhiṣvaṅgas tvannāthasya na vidyate |
tasyāmba katham anyatra rāgadveṣau bhaviṣyataḥ ||
(fol. 1v1-4) (exp. 008)
Sub-Colophons
āryāṣṭasahasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ sarvākārajñatācaryāparivartto nāma prathamaḥ || 441 || (fol. 14v2)
āryāṣṭasahasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ śakraparivartto nāma dvitīyaḥ || 242 || (fol. 21v4)
aryāṣṭasahasirkāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ aprameyaguṇadhāraṇapāramitāstūpasatkāraparivartto nāma tṛtīyaḥ || (fol. 42v3)
āryāṣṭasahasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ guṇaparikīrttanaparivartto nāma caturthaḥ || 129 || (fol. 46r3)
āryāṣṭasahasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ puṇyaparyāyaparivartto nāma pañcamaḥ || 539 || (fol. 61v4)
etc. etc.
āryāṣṭasahasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ dharmodgataparivartto nāmaikatriṃśattamaḥ || 231 || (fol. 217 v 6)
End
enāṃ prajñāpāramitāṃ śroṣyanty udgrahīṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti paryavāpsyanti pravarttayiṣyanti deśayiṣyanty upadekṣyanty uddekṣyanti svādhyāsyanti likhiṣyanti satka+++ +rukariṣyanti mānayiṣyanti pūjayiṣyanty arcayiṣyanty apacāyiṣyanti | puṣpadhūpagandhamālyavilepanacūrṇṇacīvaracchatradhvajaghaṇṭāpatākābhiḥ samantāc ca dīpamālābhir bahuvidhābhiś ca pūjābhir iti || idam avocad bhagavān āttamanās te ca maitreyapramukhabodhi+++hāsatvā āyuṣmāṃś ca subhūtir āyuṣmāṃś ca śāriputra āyuṣmāṃś cānandaḥ śakraś ca devānāṃ indraḥ sadevamānuṣāsuragandharvaś ca loko bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandann iti || || (fol. 216v4-6)
Colophon
āryāṣṭasahasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ parīndanāparivartto nāma dvātriṃ++++++ samāptā ceyaṃ bhagavaty āryāṣṭasahasrikā prajñāpāramitā sarvatathāgatajananī sarvabodhisatvapratyekajinaśrāvakāṇāñ ca mātā | dharmamudrā dharmolko dharmanābhir ddharmabherī dharmanetrī dharmara+nidhānam akṣayo dharmakośo dharmācintyādbhutadarśananakṣatramālā sarvasukha+++++ sadevamānuṣāsuragandharvaś ca(!) lokavanditāṃ prajñāpāramitāṃ samyag udgṛhya paryavāpya ca dhārayitvā pravartyaināṃ viharantu sadhārthina iti ||
ye dharmā hetuprabhavā hetun teṣān tathāgatā hy avadat
teṣāñ ca yo nirodha evamvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ || ||
deyadharmo ya. pravaramahāyānayāyinaḥ śrīparanirvāṇamahāvihārīyabhikṣukumārabhadrabhikṣuṇīso+matyor yad atra puṇyan tad bhavatu | ācāryopādhyāyamātāpitṛpūrvaṅgamaṅ kṛ⁅tvā⁆ sakalasatvarāśer anuttarajñānaphalam avāptayed(!) iti || || śrīmadrājādhirājaparameśvaraparamabhaṭṭārakaḥ śrīmadānandadevasya vijayarājye || samvat 284 māghaśukladivā 'ṣṭamyām | ādityadine likhitasamāptīkṛtam iti yathā dṛṣṭan tathā likhitaṃ lekhako nāsti doṣa iti || śubham astu || (fol. 216v6-217r4)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 37/6
Date of Filming: 20-09-1970
Used Copy: Berlin
Type of Film: positive (scan)
Remarks colour slides S 337/6-S 384/26
Catalogued by AM
Date: 03-04-2012
