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IOL Tib J 544
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- IOL Tib J 544
- Title:
- 'phags pa rIg sngags kyI rgyal po chan/chen po stobs po che theg pa chen po 'I mdo ste las sngags nyI tse btus ste bgyis pa and 2 more items
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- International Dunhuang Project
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- 032-003652467
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- IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.
IOL Tib J 544 : 'phags pa rIg sngags kyI rgyal po chan/chen po stobs po che theg pa chen po 'I mdo ste las sngags nyI tse btus ste bgyis pa… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003652467[0244]/040-003652876
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- Extent:
- 20 folios/panels
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- Languages:
- Tibetan
- Scripts:
- Tibetan
- Start Date:
- 0750
- End Date:
- 1000
- Date Range:
- 0750-1000
- Era:
- CE
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Ulrich Pagel - TEI:
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Stein Collection
International Dunhuang Project
IOL Tib J 544
'phags pa rIg sngags kyI rgyal po chan/chen po stobs po che theg pa chen po 'I mdo ste las sngags nyI tse btus ste bgyis pa and 2 more items
Contents
Language(s): Tibetan
1.Author:Title: 'phags pa rIg sngags kyI rgyal pochan [sic for /chen ]po stobs po che theg pa chen po 'I mdo ste las sngags nyI tse btus ste bgyis paTitle: [Ārya-mahābala-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra]Incipit: 2r.1spyI gtsug la swa ha /_'phral ba la swa hā /dharani
This manuscript, which is not complete, is a set of folio pages (not a concertina, as mistakenly asserted by LVP) out of their original order. Most of the folios have been placed the wrong side up, so that the modern page numbers are stamped on the verso instead of the recto.
The first text, which is fragmentary at the beginning, is part of theMahābala-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra. There are many copies of the complete sutra in the Dunhuang collections: seeIOL Tib J 390for a discussion. As the explicit indicates, this text mainly comprises themantra. It begins with2r.1, which corresponds to416: 127a.8. After a lacuna, the text continues on14v-19v-18v-13v-12v-7v-6v. At6v.1the text departs from the canonical version (416: 128b.7) and skips several passages, picking up on11v.1, which corresponds to416: 130a.5. The order of the manuscript continues as follows:20v-17v-16v-15v-9v.
An interesting feature of this manuscript is that occasional syllables or whole lines have been erased, while others are highlighted with red pigment.
Explicit: 9v.2/'phags pa rIg sngags kyI rgyal pochan [sic for /chen ]po stobs po che theg pa chen po 'I mdo ste las sngags nyI tse btus ste bgyis pa rdzogs s+ho //References
[Q] 416[BL] IOL Tib J 362/1[BL] IOL Tib J 389[BL] IOL Tib J 390[BL] IOL Tib J 391[BL] IOL Tib J 393[BL] IOL Tib J 526[Lalou_1939] 434[Lalou_1939] 436[Lalou_1939] 437[Lalou_1939] 438[Lalou_1939] 439[Lalou_1939] 440[Lalou_1939] 4412.Author:Incipit: 9v.3@/(unclear: dby...u...se...bskyid pa) /_/byang chub mchog gI sems nI bskyed parprayers
The incipit and explicit of this prayer have been erased. The prayer is as the title suggests, on the development of the enlightened mind of compassion. This brief prayer runs from9vto8v.
Explicit: 8v.2(unclear: byang...+ru...sems bskyed pa rdzogs s+ho) //3.Author:Incipit: 8r.1@::/__/na mo rad na tra yā ya /dharani
The remainder of the manuscript should be ordered as follows:5v-4v-3v-1v. These folios contain a series ofdhāraṇīspells. The first is from theVajravidāraṇā-dhāraṇi(406: 61a.2-61b.2). At3v.2this is followed by a series of the spells from drawn from theUṣṇīṣasitātapatre-dhāraṇī. The first can be found at204: 260b.4. The second is similar to the spell that appears in203: 255b.7. The third appears at203: 254a.6.
Explicit: 1r.4hu'um hu'um phat /swā hā /Physical Description
Form: pothiMaterial: paperSupport: manuscript, ink on paperMaterials: manuscript, ink on paper
Extent: 20 folios/panelsDimensions (leaf): 7 × 22.5 cm.Foliation:Layout
Columns:1
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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Bibliography
[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[Bischoff_1956] Bischoff, Friedrich. 'Contribution à l’étude Des Divinités Mineures Du Bouddhisme Tantrique : Ārya Mahābala-Nāma-Mahāyanasūtra / Tibétain Mss. de Touen-Houang et Chinois.' Paris: Geuthner, 1956