A 38-15 Divyāvadānamālā

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 38/15
Title: Divyāvadānamālā
Dimensions: 57 x 6 cm x 112 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari; none
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Avadāna; Bauddha
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/680
Remarks: Originally filmed as A 38/15 to A 39/1; identical with A 1336/7.

Reel No. A38-15

Inventory No. 19713

Title Divyāvadāna[mālā]

Remarks = A 1336-7

Author

Subject Avadāna; Bauddha

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material palm-leaf

State incomplete, damaged

Size 57 x 6cm

Binding Hole(s) 2

Folios 117

Lines per Folio 6-7

Foliation Letters in the left margin and numerals in the right margin of the verso

Scribe

Date of Copying

Place of Copying

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3/680

Manuscript Features

Cover page with painting (exp. 3)

Available folios: (8), (10)-(12), 19, 23-(31), 34, 4(0)-43, 57-(60), 63-(77), (7)9-88, (90), 9(2)-93, 99-10(0), 1(02)-10(4), 118-12(3), 126-1(29), (138)-139, (141), (144), (152)-(159), 17(0)-(171), 173, 178, 18(3), 188-190, 1(92), (194), (223), (228)-232, 234-247, 249-(252), 25(4)-(256), (263)-2(64) [Figures in brackets are reconstructed.]

They are photographed in the following order:

exp.	fol.	exp.	fol.	exp.	fol.	exp.	fol.	exp.	fol.
1	card	27	6(8)v/72r	52	(250)v/190r	80	(144)r/(152)v	105	(60)r/(228)v
2	23v	28	72v/73r	53/54	190v/139r	81	(152)r/247r	106	(228)r/2(64)r
3	cover	29	73v/7(1)r	55	139v/15(3)r	82	247v/(240)v	107	2(64)v/238v
4	23r	30	7(1)v/83r	56	15(3)v/1(92)r	83	(240)r/249r	108	238r/(231)v
5	23v/24r	31	83v/84r	57	1(92)v/118r	84	249v/(263)v	109	(231)r/(138)v
6	24v/25r	32	84v/85r	58	118v/127r	85	(263)r/(256)r	110	(138)r/(76)v
7	25v/58r	33	85v/87r	59	127v/126r	86	(256)v/(239)r	111/116	(76)r/237v
8	58v/28r	34	87v/86r	60	126v/188r	87	(239)v/(80)r	112/117	237r/(141)v
9	28v/27r	35	86v/88r	61	188v/155r	88	(80)v/(90)r	113/118	(141)r/25(1)v
10	27v/29r	36	88v/9(2)r	62	155v/11r	89	(90)v/(26)v	114/119	25(1)r/(243)v
11	29v/34r	37	9(2)v/93r	63	11v/157v	90	(26)r/(81)r	115	card
12/13	34v/(41)r	38	93v/99r	64	157r/10(3)v	91	(81)v/(10)r	120	(243)r/122v
14	(41)v/42r	39	99v/119r	65/66	10(3)r/1(02)r	92	(10)v/(189)v	121	122r/230v
15	42v/43r	40	119v/173r	67	1(02)v/10(4)v	93	(189)r/(223)v	122	230r/(2)29v
16	43v/4(0)r	41	173v/178r	68	10(4)r15(4)r	94	(223)r/(12)r	123	(2)29r/25(4)v
17	4(0)v/57r	42	178v/12(1)r	69	15(4)v/(65)v	95	(12)v/244v	124	25(4)r/232v
18	57v/59r	43	12(1)v/12(3)r	70/71	(65)r/(31)v	96	244r/(252)r	125	232r/236v
19	59v/(30)v	44	12(3)v/128r	72	(31)r/10(0)r	97	(252)v/(171)v	126	236r/235v
20	(30)r/63r	45	128v/158v	73	10(0)v/(77)v	98	(171)r/(120)v	127	235r/234v
21	63v/64r	46	158r/1(29)v	74	(77)r/19r	99	(120)r/(74)r	128	234r/24(6)v
22	64v/66r	47	1(29)r/18(3)r	75	19v/(159)v	100	(74)v/(241)r	129	24(6)r/24(5)r
23	66v/67r	48	18(3)v/17(0)r	76	(159)r/(8)v	101	(241)v/(7)9r	130	24(5)v
24	67v/69r	49	17(0)v/(194)v	77	(8)r/25(5)v	102	(7)9v/(75)v
25	69v/70r	50	(194)r/156v	78	25(5)r/242v	103	(75)r/(82)r
26	70v/6(8)r	51	156r/(250)r	79	242r/(144)v	104	(82)v/(60)v

The text on the available folios corresponds to pp. 19.20-607.9 of the edition of Cowell & Neil with many breaks. As the 30th story a version of the Manicūḍāvadāna is found (fols. 170, 171, 173, and 178). This story is included in the mss of the Divyāvadānamālā in Paris, Bengal, and Kyoto too.<ref>Cf. Iwamoto 1978, pp. 143-149. The Manicūḍāvadāna has been edited by Handurukande.</ref> The 30th story in the printed edition, Sudhanakumārāvadāna (1), is joined with the 31st story Sudhanakumārāvadāna (2) in this ms.<ref>After the Sudhanakumārāvadāna (1) there is no closing phrase like the one found in the printed edition (ity avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te ca sarve lokā bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan || iti sudhanakumārāvadānaṃ samāptam ||). An end mark (|| ○ ||) is added in the margin instead.</ref> Otherwise, the order of the stories is the same as in the printed edition.

Excerpts

(fol. 8r1)///rma cchāgacarma tad anyeṣu janapadeṣu idam evaṃrūpam āstaraṇaṃ pratyāstaraṇaṃ tadyathā 〇 erako merako jandurako mandurakaḥ evam evāsmā[t] parānteṣu janapadeṣv idam evaṃrūpaṃ āstaraṇaṃ pratyāstaraṇaṃ tadyathāvi〇carma pūrvavat udakastabdhikā manu⁅ṣyāḥ snātopa⁆ .. .. .. .. .. .. ///
(2)ni tatrāsaṃprāptā⁅n⁆i kasy⁅ai⁆tāni naissargikāni adhivāsayaty āyuṣmāṃ cchroṇaḥ koṭīkarṇṇa āyuṣmato ma〇hākātyāyanasya tūṣṇībhāvena athāyuṣmāṃ cchroṇaḥ koṭīkarṇṇas tasyā eva rātrer atyayāt pūrvāhne nivāsya pātracīva〇ram ādāya vāsavagrāmakaṃ piṇḍāya prāvi⁅kṣad yāva⁆d anupūrve⁅ṇa śrā⁆ .. .. m anu .. .. ///

Sub-colophon

maitreyāvadānan tṛtīyaḥ (fol. 25v4 = exp. 7a4)
brāhmaṇadārikāvadānaṃ caturthaḥ (fol. 27r7 = exp. 9b7)
stutibrāhmaṇāvadānaṃ pañcamaḥ (fol. 28r4 = exp. 8b4)
indro-nāma-brāhmaṇāvadānaṃ ṣaṣṭhaḥ (fol. 30r4 = exp. 20a4)
prātihāryasūtraṃ dvādaśamaḥ (fol. 63r4 = exp. 20b4)
svāgatāvadānaṃ nāma trayodasamaḥ (fol. 72v7 = exp. 28a7)
sūkarikāvadānaṃ caturddaśamaḥ (fol. 73v6 = exp. 29a6)
anyatamabhikṣuñ(!)-cakravartti-vyākṛtam pañcādaśa/// (fol. 74r5 = exp. 99b5)
sukapotakāvadānaṃ śoḍasaḥ (fol. 75r4 = exp. 103a4)
māndhātāvadānaṃ saptādaśamaḥ (fol. 85v7 = exp. 33a7)
dharmaruci-avadāna aṣṭādaśaḥ (fol. 99r7 = exp. 38b7)
kunālāvadānaṃ saptāviṃśatimaṃ samāptam (fol. 156v7 = exp. 50b7)
sudhanakumārāvadānam ekaṃtriṃśattamaṃ (fol. 192r5 = exp. 56b5)
mākandikāvadānaṃ samāptam (fol. 242r5 = exp. 79a5)
rudrāyaṇāvadānaṃ samāptam (fol. 256r6 = exp. 85b6)

Colophon

(missing)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A38-15

Date of Filming not indicated

Exposures 131

Used Copy Berlin (scan)

Type of Film positive

Remarks originally filmed as A 38/15 to A 39/1

Catalogued by MD

Date 24.08.2012

Bibliography

• Cowell, E. B. and Neil, R. A.: Divyāvadāna, a collection of early Buddhist legends, Cambridge 1886.

• Handurukande, Ratna: Maṇicūḍāvadāna being a translation and edition, Pali Text Society, London 1967.

• Iwamoto, Yutaka: Bukkyō setsuwa kenkyū josetsu, revised ed., Kyoto 1978.

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

References

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