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IOL Tib J 368

Record Id:
040-003652725
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003652467
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100102477687.0x000037
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IOL Tib J 368
Title:
Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang, no title
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003652467
040-003652725
Is part of:
IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.

 

IOL Tib J 368 : Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang, no title
Hierarchy:
032-003652467[0099]/040-003652725
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 folio/panel
Digitised Content:
https://idp.bl.uk/collection/2C441F21FB9E4CAAB3F76105B9920662
Thumbnail:
Languages:
Tibetan
Scripts:
Tibetan
Start Date:
0750
End Date:
1000
Date Range:
0750-1000
Era:
CE
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Names:
Sam van Schaik
Ulrich Pagel
TEI:

Stein Collection

International Dunhuang Project

IOL Tib J 368

Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang, no title

Contents

Language(s): Tibetan

Author:
Incipit: 1r.1@/:/rō rō rō tsu ru tsu ru du ru ba du ru sha sha shad tsā pa rI sha so zham mI te sa bad swa d+ha na ma dI ta ni to man da ra pa ta nI swa hā/

dharani

This is a single folio of an unidentifieddhāraṇī. There is repeated reference in this fragment of the text to a number of buddhas more numerous than the sands on the shores of theganges('ga' 'ga'i klung). There appear to be a number of shores, each corresponding to abhūmilevel. Here the number of the shores, andbhūmis, range from six to nine. The names for the bodhisattvas residing on eachbhūmiare also given. Note that this text is not theDaśabhūmi-dhāraṇī(527).

Explicit: 1v.7tad tya thā sid te mu tsan ne 'bo tsa na ne bI mog ga te a ma ba re a ma 'ba' re bI' bā re 'de 'ba; re mang 'gag re hi lan 'dza gar r+he ha re tan dā 'ga' rw+he sa man ta pad tre sa rwa a tha sa da ne

Physical Description

Form: pothi
Material: paper
Support: manuscript, ink on paper

Paper Layers: 1

Laid lines (min): 11

Laid lines (max): 11

Fibre structure comments: hardly visible laid lines

Paper_type: hemp

Materials: manuscript, ink on paper

Extent: 1 folio/panel
Dimensions (leaf): 9.5 × 52 cm.
Foliation:

Pagination type: prefixed letter and numeral (frag.)

Condition

  • Conditionserious
  • Surface_DirtTrue
  • DiscolourationTrue
  • DistortionTrue
  • Tears_or_LossesTrue
  • Lateral_Ink_MovementTrue
  • Proposed_Workold patches removal, tear repair, infill of missing area
  • Input_PersonYoriko Chudo
  • Input_date 26/05/04

Layout

Columns:1

String holes: 2 central, with black circles

Margins and Guidelines: black /black

Columns per panel/lines per page: 7

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 0750-1000

DHMG.(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 01/03/16

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