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IOL Tib J 473
- Record Id:
- 040-003652818
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003652467
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102477750.0x00003f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOL Tib J 473
- Title:
- Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang, no title
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003652467
040-003652818 - Is part of:
- IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.
IOL Tib J 473 : Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang, no title - Hierarchy:
- 032-003652467[0190]/040-003652818
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOL Tib J
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folio/panel
- Digitised Content:
- https://idp.bl.uk/collection/AAF16E540AD34757907CECC5C794A86F
- Thumbnail:
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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 473
Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang, no title
Contents
Language(s): Tibetan
Incipit: 1r.1@//thog mar chos thams cad/Vajrayāna sadhana
A completesādhanashort enough to occupy only one folio. Thesādhanabegins with a meditation on emptiness. This is followed by the generation of amaṇḍalafrom seed syllables. Themāṇḍalacomprises the standard five buddhas of thevajradhātu maṇḍala, withAkṣobhyaof thevajrafamily at the centre. Then themaṇḍalais dissolved and the practitioner visualizes him or herself asVajrasattva. There follows a brief instruction to make a general (spyi) and offering (mchod)gtor ma. Then fourmaṇḍalas for the four elements are visualized. At the end of the visualization all sentient beings are completely satiated by a shower of nectar (bdud rtsi). There follows a mantra for blessings, and another for transforming the body, speech and mind into thesamaya. Finally, there is a warning of the dire consequences of violating thesamaya, and a wrathfulmantra.
The last lines of the text (see explicit below) state that the manuscript has been checked and no omissions or additions have been found. This seems to be written in the same hand as the rest of the text.
Explicit: 1v.6/rdzogs so//zhus lag/_chad lhag ma mchis so/Physical Description
'od dphag, gchig tu, thams chad; deletion with little lines above letters; first two lines and first part of the 3rd line seem to be written with different handForm: pothiMaterial: paperSupport: manuscript, ink on paperPaper Layers: 2?
Laid lines (min): 11?
Laid lines (max): 11?
Materials: manuscript, ink on paper
Extent: 1 folio/panelDimensions (leaf): 8.5 × 45.5 cm.Foliation:Layout
Columns:1
Columns per panel/lines per page: 10/6
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 01/03/16
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