A 122-12 Lalitavistara

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 122/12
Title: Lalitavistara
Dimensions: 35 x 10 cm x 252 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Bauddha
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/180
Remarks:

Reel No. A 122-12 Inventory No. 27204

Title Lalitavistara

Remarks a.k.a. Lalitavistaramahāyānasūtra

Subject Bauddha Darśana

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material paper

State complete

Size 35.0 x 10.0 cm

Folios 252

Lines per Folio 6

Foliation figures in the middle right-hand margin of the verso

Date of Copying

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 5/180

Manuscript Features

Two exposures of fols. 35v–36r, 105v–106r, 119v–120r, 130v–131r, 134v–135r, 153v–154r, 187v–188r, 227v–228r,

Space for illustration appears in the middle of fol. 1v.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṃ namo ratnatrayāya ||

namo daśadiganantāparyyaṃtalokadhātupratiṣṭhitasarvabuddhabodhisatvāryaśrāvakapratyekabuddhebhyotītānāgatapratyutpannebhyaḥ || ||

suravarārthanayā muninā svayaṃ

sucaritaṃ pṛthudarśanidarśitaṃ ||

lalitavistaraṇā(!)makam uttamaṃ

śṛṇuta sūtram idaṃ tad ihādarāt || ||

evam mayā śrutam ekasmin samaye bhagavān śrāvastyāṃ viharati sma || jetavane anāthapiṇḍadasyārāme mahātā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdhaṃ dvādaśabhir bhikṣusahasraiḥ || (fol. 1v1–4)

End

idam avocad bhagavān āttamanās te maheśvaradavaputrapū[rvaṃ]gamāḥ śuddhāvāsakāyikadevaputrā maitreyapūrvaṃgamā sarvabodhisattvāmahāsatvāmahākāśyapūrvaṃgamāś ca sarvamahāśrāvakāḥ sarvadevamānuṣāsuragandharvaś ca loko bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandann iti || (fol. 252r4–6)

Colophon

nigamaparivartto nāma saptā(!)viṃśatimaḥ(!) || || samāptā(!)cedaṃ lalitavistaramahāyānasūtraṃ sarvabodhisattvacaryāprasthānam iti || || ye dharmā ityādi || || śubhaṃ || || granṭha 6000 (dyā) 100 (fol. 252r6–7)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 122/12

Date of Filming Not indicated

Exposures 264

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by MS/RA

Date 23-12-2008

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