B 22-19 Prajñāpāramitā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 22/19
Title: Prajñāpāramitā
Dimensions: 37 x 4.5 cm x 142 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Bauddha
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/1617
Remarks:
Reel No. B 22/19
Title Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā
Subject Bauddhaśāstra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete
Size photo
Binding Hole 1, towards the left
Folios 142
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation no foliation
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4-1617
Manuscript Features
This MS appears older than the previous two Mss, must be from the 11th century at the latest. The right-hand half of the MS is missing and folio numbers are not visible. Folios are in disorder; a retake recommended.
Excerpts
Beginning
m etad avocat | evan (!) subhūte bodhisatvo mahāsatvo vivikto bhavati | śrāvakapratisaṃyuktair manasikārair vivikto bhavati | pratyekabuddhasaṃyuktair manasikārair evaṃ sa bodhisatvo mahāsatvo vi<ref name="ftn1">The leaves of this MS must be very long. Apparantly all the folios are cut before the first binding hole, and the other piece could not be located. The problem can be better realised from some of the sub-colophons cited: a sub-colophon is not complete at the end of a line and the next line begins with something else. The sub-colophons in the middle part are complete but those beginning in one line and running into the next are incomplete.</ref> mahākaruṇāvihāreṇa vihared anena vihāreṇa viharet | (first folio in the microfilm)
Sub-colophons
āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ śakraparivartto nāma dvitīyaḥ ||
āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyām aupamyapavicat (!) |<ref name="ftn2">This is the colophon of the fourteenth chapter but it is incomplete and the next line begins with something else. See also fn. 1.</ref>
āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyām devaparivartto nāma pañcadaḥ (!) ||
āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyām tathatāparivartto nāma ṣoḍaśaḥ ||
āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyām avinivarttanīyākāraliṅganimittaparivartto nāma saptadaśaḥ ||
āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃm (!) upāyakauśalyamīmānsā(!)parivartto nāma viṅśatimaḥ (!) ||
ayaṃ dharmo ’bhisaṃboddhavyo ’nena (bodhena)<ref name="ftn3">The same problem discussed in the previous footnotes is apparent here.</ref> yaṃ kalyāṇamitraparivartto nāmāsaṃyogena (!) dvāviṃśatimaḥ ||
āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajṇāpāramitāyāṃ sakra(!)parivartto nāma trayoviṅśatimaḥ ||
kṣipraś cānuttarā samyaksaṃbodhim a(!)<ref name="ftn4">Again the same problem of missing text is apparent. </ref> mānaparivartto nāma caturviṅśatimaḥ ||
sāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ śikṣāparivartto nāma pañcaviṃśatimaḥ ||
sāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ māraparivartto nāma saptāviṅśatitamaḥ (!) ||
āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajṇāpāramitāyām avakīrṇṇakusumaparivartto nāmāṣṭāviṅśatitamaḥ (!) ||
āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ parīndanāpariparivartto(!) dvātriṃśattamaḥ ||
āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ<ref name="ftn5">The colophon is again incomplete and there is no clue to find out of which chapter this colophon is.</ref> rmodgato bodhisatvo mahāsatvaḥ || <references/>
End
bhavati ca na bhavati ca tathāgataḥ pāram maraṇādibhir upagatam etat naiva bhavati na ca bhavati tathāgataḥ pāram maraṇādibhi (the recto side of the last folio in the microfilm, the other side is rubbed off)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 22/19
Date of Filming 17-09-1970
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by DA
Date 2002
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