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IOL Tib J 370

Record Id:
040-003687986
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003652467
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100105827902.0x000004
LARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IOL Tib J 370
Title:
Tibetan manuscript
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003652467
040-003687986
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IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.

 

IOL Tib J 370 : Tibetan manuscript
Hierarchy:
032-003652467[0322]/040-003687986
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
scroll
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Chinese
Tibetan
Scripts:
Han (Traditional)
Tibetan
Start Date:
0400
End Date:
1000
Date Range:
0400-1000
Era:
CE
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Names:
Sam van Schaik
Ulrich Pagel
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Stein Collection

International Dunhuang Project

IOL Tib J 370

Tibetan manuscript

Contents

Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang

Language(s): Tibetan, Chinese

1.
Author:
Title:
Incipit: V1.1...d pa...

This fragment at the end of a text is found on the first, damaged part of the scroll. It is separated from the following text by a blank space and the title, of which only the final syllable remains. Note that LVP does not distinguish between this and the following item.

Explicit: V1.6...'o//
Colophon:

References

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2.
Author:
Title:
Incipit: V2.1...su 'gyur bas/:/ye shes bzhir 'gyur ba la://kun gzhi rnam

This text appears to be aYogācāra-influenced treatise on the consituents of the mind.

Explicit: V2.86/ji skad gsungs kyang 'gal ba myed do/:_:/
Colophon:

References

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3.
Author:
Title: 'phags pa lha mo'i mdo
Title: a ra dA ba te su tra
Title: [ārya-devatā-sūtra]
Incipit: V3.1@/:/rgya gar skad du a ra dA ba te su tra/

ThisMahāyānasutra appears to be related to the canonical version and is found in another manuscript in the Pelliot collection.

Explicit: V3.41/::/'phags pa lha mo'i mdo rdzogs so//
Colophon:

References

[Q] 995
[Lalou_1939] 103
4.
Author:
Title: lhas gsold pa zhes bya ba
Title: de ba su tra
Incipit: V4.1@/:/rgya gar skad du de ba su tra/

ThisMahāyānasutra does not appear in the canon, but does appear in two other manuscript versions in the Pelliot collection.

Explicit: V4.38/:/lha gsold pa'i mdo rdzogs so /:/:/
Colophon:

References

[Lalou_1939] 731
[Lalou_1939] 732
5.
Author:
Title:
Incipit: V5.1@//'jam dpal gzho nur gyurd pa la phyag 'tsal lo //

These verses of praise toMañjuśrīinclude a short mantra:V5.29 Om bag kye da na ma sa dA. It does not appear to be related to otherMañjuśrītexts in the Dunhuang manuscripts.

Explicit: V5.35'thob 'gyur 'di la the tsom myed/::/
Colophon:

References

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6.
Author:
Title: gnam babs kyi dar ma
Incipit: V6.1@/__/gnam babs kyi dar ma bam po gcig go//

This text is a historical account of Buddhism in Tibet during the imperial period. It has been transcribed, translated and discussed in [Richardson_1998] pp.74-81. The text is incomplete at the end. AtV6.17there is a mention of theVajrayāna(rdo rje theg), which is interestingly distinquished fromdharma(chos).

Explicit: V6.18/dper na chos rnams sa 'on 'dra /_/
Colophon:

References

[?]

Physical Description

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

Materials: manuscript, ink on paper

Extent: scroll
Dimensions (leaf): 27 × 366 cm.
Foliation:

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 0400-1000

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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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
    [Richardson_1998] Richardson, Hugh, and Michael Aris. 'High Peaks, Pure Earth: Collected Writings on Tibetan History and Culture'. London: Serindia, 1998