B 24 26

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 24/26
Title: Paramārthanāmasaṅgīti
Dimensions: 27.5 x 5.0 cm x 27 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: complete but damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/134
Remarks:

Reel No. B 24/26

Inventory No. NEW

Title Paramārthanāmasaṅgīti

Remarks

Author

Subject Bauddha

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material palm-leaf

State complete but damaged

Size 27.5 x 5.0 cm

Binding Hole(s) 1, rectangular, to the center-left

Folios 27

Lines per Folio 5

Foliation letters in the middle of the left-hand margin and figures in the middle of the right-hand margin on the verso

Scribe

Date of Copying

Place of Copying

King

Donor

Owner/Deliverer

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 5/164

Manuscript Features

In the middle of folio 1v and the middle of folio 2r, next to the binding hole, there are two sketches of some Buddhist deities.

On the front cover-leaf is written:

   "vi.saṃ"14

 "patra." 24

  "paramārthanāmasaṅgītiḥ"

   ("patrāṇi" 1–24)

After this text proper, here is one folio of some unidentified Buddhist text on exps. 26–27.

Excerpts

«Beginning»

❖ namo mañjunāthāya ||

atha vajradharaḥ śrīmān durdāntadamakaḥ paraḥ |

trilokavijayī vīro guhyarāṭ kuliśeśvaraḥ ||

vibuddhapuṇḍarīkākṣaḥ protphullakamalānanaḥ |

prollālayan vajravaraṃ svakareṇa muhur mmuhuḥ ||

bhṛkuṭitaraṅgapramukhair anantair vajrapāṇibhiḥ |

durdāntadamakair vīrai(!) vīrabīhatsarūpibhiḥ || (fol. 1v1–4)

«End»

jagataś cāsya nāthasya bimukttiphalakāṃkṣiṇaḥ |

śreyo mārgo viśuddhoʼ yaṃ māyājālena yoditaḥ (!) ||

gambhīrodāravaipulyamahārtho jagadarthakṛt |

buddhānāṃ viṣayo hy eṣa samyak sambuddhadeśita iti || upasaṃhāraḥ || || (24r1–3)

«Colophon»

āryamāyājālāt ṣoḍaśasāhaśrikāt mahāyogatantrāntaḥpātisamādhijālapaṭalād bhagavattathāgataśākyamunibhāṣitā bhagavato mañjuśrijñānasatvasya paramārthā nāmasaṅgītiḥ parisamāptā || ❁ ||

      ye dharmā hetuprabhavā 

              hetun teṣāṃ tathāgato

      hy avadat teṣāñ ca yo nirodha 

               evaṃvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ ||  śubham astu  || ❁  || (fol.24r3–5) 

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 24/26

Date of Filming 23-09-1970

Exposures 28

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film scanned copy

Remarks

Catalogued by BK/DS

Date 03-12-2013

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