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IOL Tib J 647
- Record Id:
- 040-003652917
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003652467
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102477872.0x000002
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOL Tib J 647
- Title:
- rig pa'i khu byug and 2 more items
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003652467
040-003652917 - Is part of:
- IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.
IOL Tib J 647 : rig pa'i khu byug and 2 more items - Hierarchy:
- 032-003652467[0283]/040-003652917
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOL Tib J
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 5 folios/panels
- Digitised Content:
- https://idp.bl.uk/collection/08C1AC8436A0406181417F4F37140DAC
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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 647
rig pa'i khu byug and 2 more items
Contents
Language(s): Tibetan
1.Title: rig pa'i khu byugTitle: rig byed snang ba'i rgyanTitle: rdo rje tshig drugIncipit: 1.1@/_/swa sti dpal gyi dpal/_/bcom ldan 'das/Atiyoga treatise
A well known work of earlyrdzogs chen, containing a short root text of six verses (1r.1-3) followed by a commentary (1r.4-5r.7). This manuscript has been discussed, translated and transliterated in41-59. The root text was later incorporated as chapter thirty-one of the famousKun byed rgyal po(113.2-5), where it appears under the titleRdo rje tshig drug. The root text also appears on its own as the first of the 18sems sdetantras (). The provenance of both the root text and commentary remains unknown. Note that folio1vis not part of this item, nor are the faded notes on5v. On both of these, see items 2 and 3 below.
Explicit: 5r.6kun tu bzang po gsung/_/
i Ti /rdzogs s+ho //_//References
2.Incipit: 1v.1sby... gnyis/_/shes rab gi par/Mahāyāna notes
Scattered notes onPrajñāpāramitā, bearing no relationship to therdzogs chentext surrounding this folio side.
Explicit: 1v.6de'i 'og tu spyin
'ba yogs3.Incipit: 5v.1@//_//ma bya ga 'di ni lung rig pa'I khu byug la...notes
Karmay observes that these lines are "almost illegible and bear no relation to the texts" (42). However the first line clearly refers to therdzogs chentext's title, thelung rig pa'i khu byug. Unfortunately, much of the rest of the line is too faded to read. It seems to exhort the reader to care for (blags) and strive at (brtson pa) the text night and day (nang nub). The remaining lines provide the hundred syllable mantra.
Explicit: 5v.6yI ge brgya pa rdzogs s+ho/Physical Description
f.1v and f.5v: two different handwritingsForm: pothiMaterial: paperSupport: manuscript, ink on paperPaper Layers: 2
Laid lines (min): 12
Laid lines (max): 12
Materials: manuscript, ink on paper
Extent: 5 folios/panelsDimensions (leaf): 9.1 × 28.5 cm.Foliation:Pagination type: numerals
Layout
Columns:1
String holes: 2 central with violet circles
Margins and Guidelines: violet/reddish light brown
Columns per panel/lines per page: 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
Availability
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Bibliography
[Karmay_1988] Karmay, Samten Gyaltsen. 'The Great Perfection (RDzogs Chen): A Philosophical and Meditative Teaching of Tibetan Buddhism'. Leiden: Brill, 1988