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IOL Tib J 332
- Record Id:
- 040-003652691
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003652467
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102477687.0x000017
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOL Tib J 332
- Title:
- de kho na nyid kyi snang ba dam pa rgyan gi bsgom thabs and 2 more items
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003652467
040-003652691 - Is part of:
- IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.
IOL Tib J 332 : de kho na nyid kyi snang ba dam pa rgyan gi bsgom thabs and 2 more items - Hierarchy:
- 032-003652467[0067]/040-003652691
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOL Tib J
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 22 folios/panels
- Digitised Content:
- https://idp.bl.uk/collection/746BBA80EF2A44DDA359023ED12EC1B3
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- Languages:
- Tibetan
- Scripts:
- Tibetan
- Start Date:
- 0750
- End Date:
- 1000
- Date Range:
- 0750-1000
- Era:
- CE
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Stein Collection
International Dunhuang Project
IOL Tib J 332
de kho na nyid kyi snang ba dam pa rgyan gi bsgom thabs and 2 more items
Contents
Language(s): Tibetan
1.Title: de kho na nyid kyi snang ba dam pa rgyan gi bsgom thabsIncipit: 1r.1@/_/da ni 'phrin las 'di man chad/khro bo dkyil 'khor bskyed/Mahāyoga sadhana
Asādhanafor generating amaṇḍalaof wrathful deities. In its opening lines, the work associates itself with theMāyājāla(Tib.sgyu 'phrul dra ba) tantras, recommending that the reader cultivate the deity yoga in accordance with that system. Thus we can safely classify the work asMahāyoga. Furthermore, the central tantra from theMāyājālaseries, theGuhyagarbha -tantra(Tib.gsang ba'i snying po), is cited several times as a source for themaṇḍaladescription (compare, for example, 3r.1-2 to199.1-2or 4v.6-7 to199.4-6). These passages are not exactly the same as the corresponding passages in the canonical tantra, nor are they cited in sequential order. Furthermore, there seems to be at least one other text being quoted as a source for themaṇḍaladescriptions. Unfortunately, at no point is a title provided for any of the quoted passages. It is also somewhat difficult to determine where the quotations finish, as no markers (like the standardzhes) are used. Most quotations are marked at their beginnings with the refrain, "de la 'di skad ces brjod par bya'o", though even that is not always provided.
Themaṇḍalaitself has at its center theherukaof thetathāgatafamily, with thevajrafamily in the eastern direction. According to Eastman, themaṇḍalaresembles that found in two fragments of amaṇḍalapainted on paper from Stein collection in the National Museum in New Delhi (see49). In the same article, Eastman points out that the term used on1b.6,no pyi ka, is common in the Dunhuang literature but rare elsewhere, and it is glossed in849assgrub thabs. Given the use of the term in a number of Dunhuang titles to transliterate the Sanskritsādhanopāyikā, we can confirm Eastman's hypothesis on this matter.
Explicit: 18v.5na mo de kho nyid kyi snang ba dam pa rgyan gi bsgom thabs/rdzogs s+ho//2.Title: sgyu mar snang ba dmyi g.yor tshulIncipit: 18v.5//de ltar dkyil 'khor gsal bar bkod nas/Mahāyoga sadhana
Though there is a break, this item seems to continue in some way from item one. Thus, having been constructed in item 1, themaṇḍalais now used in a series of rituals. First the deities are invited into themaṇḍala,whereupon offerings and confessions are made. This leads to all one's negativities being purified, and thus the text ends by saying,
" 22v.2sbyor bsgrol bya ba'
kun byas yang/rdul cha tsam yang byas pa myed/ " " 22v.2Even if performing all the sex and violence practices, one does not perform even the slightest atom. "Explicit: 22v.3/sgyu mar snang ba dmyig g.yor tshul//_//rdzogs s+ho//_//3.Incipit: 22v.4//oM badzra a byi shni tsa hUm/notes
A series ofmantras probably related to thesādhanain item 2.
Explicit: 22v.8oM kar ma da ra bya a byi shni tsa a//_/Physical Description
Form: pothiMaterial: paperSupport: manuscript, ink on paperPaper Layers: 1
Laid lines (min): 13
Laid lines (max): 21
Fibre structure comments: f.26-41: around 21 (some vertical); f.42-47: 13-14 (vertical)
Materials: manuscript, ink on paper
Extent: 22 folios/panelsDimensions (leaf): 9.2 × 31 cm.Foliation:Pagination type: numerals
Layout
Columns:1
String holes: 2 central, without circles
Margins and Guidelines: red/no
Columns per panel/lines per page: 6/7
Hand(s)
History
Origin: 0750-1000DHMG.(Dunhuang Mogao) DHMG.17.
Provenance and Acquisition
Stein 1906-8
All data except for msContents were drawn from the legacy IDP 4D database
Record created byUlrich Pagel 01/01/97
Modified bySam van Schaik 10/03/16
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Bibliography
[Eastman_1983] Eastman, K.W. “EASTMAN, K. W. 1983. Mahāyoga Texts at Tun-huang.” 'Bulletin of Institute of Buddhist Cultural Studies' 22 (1983): 42–60[Lalou_1939] Lalou, Marcelle. 'Inventaire Des Manuscrits Tibétains de Touen-Houang Conservés à La Bibliothèque Nationale (Fonds Pelliot Tibétain) [3 Vols].' Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1939