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IOL Tib J 48
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- 18 folios/panels
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- Start Date:
- 0750
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- 1000
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International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection
IOL Tib J 48
Tibetan manuscript
Contents
Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang
Language(s): Tibetan
Title: [blo gros mi zad pas bstan pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo/]Title: (Akṣayamti-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra)Ch. 9. I, frag. 9, 0005, 0017, 9, I. 22, 9. I. frag. 30, Pothī; 42. 8 c. x 7.9 c.: foll. 18, numbered (letters) 7-13, 19, 20, and ng+la, ng+ka, ng+kha, ng+ga, ska, skha, sga, snga, gra; ll.6: dbu-can.
Bkaḥ-ḥgyur, Mdo, XIV. 224-74 , XVI. 100-219 , 327 .
Begins, fol. 7, ja, with a dialogue between Śāriputra and the Bodhisattva Akṣayamati concerning gati and agati. A fragment of this dialogue is quoted in Madhyamaka-vṛtti, p. 108.
The fol. Ch. 9. I. frag. 9 contains a part of this dialogue: ‘'There is neither arrival (āgama) nor departure (nirgama)' ’; compare Madhyamaka-vṛtti, p. 43.
The foll. ska sqq. deal with skilfulnesses (kauśalya): satya-kauśalya, pratyaya-kauśalya (rkhyend-daṅ-ḥdu-ba-tshogs-te-ḥbyuṅ-ba-la), trikāla-kauśalya, abhijṅā-kauśalya, yāna-kauśalya. On the last named: ‘'There are three Vehicles, Śrāvaka-yāna, Deva-yāna, Manuṣya-yāna. What is skilfulness concerning Śrāvaka-yāna? When a Buddha does not appear, there is no Śrāvaka-yāna (...theg-pa-myed-deḥ). Why? Because the correct insight of a Śrāvaka follows the voice of another (parato ghoṣānuga).' ’
Cambridge Bkaḥ-ḥgyur, fol. 120a. l. 1: beginning of the fourth bam-po:
‘de la shes rab kyi yul gang zhe na/'di lta ste/chos brgyad la mkhas pa'o//de la chos brgyad la mkhas pa gang zhe na /'di lta ste/phung po mkhas pa dang/khams la mkhas pa dang/skye mched la mkhas pa dang/bden la mkhas pa dang/rten cing 'brel bar 'byung ba la mkhas pa dang/dus gsum la mkhas pa dang/thegs pa thams cad la mkhas pa dang/chos thams cad la mkhas pa'o/
/de la byang chub sems dpa'i phung po la mkhas pa gang zhe na/ ’Āyatana-kauśalya begins fol. 122a, l. 4: ‘de la byang chub sems dpa'i skye mched la mkhas pa gang zhe na/chos kyi skye mched la 'jug pa'i ye shes te/chos kyi skye mched lta ba'i mtshan nyid ni ma yin no/ ’
Fol. ja a: ‘@/:/'gyur ro'://de nas tshe dang ldan ba sha ri bus:/blo gros myi zad pa'i byang chub sems dpa' la 'di skad ches smras so//rigs kyi bu khyod gag nas 'ongs:/yang dag par gshegs pa de'i mtsan dang:/'jig rten de'i khams ci zhes bya'://'jig rten gyi khams gyi khams inserted below the line. de 'di nas ji srid chig yod://blo gros myi zad pas smras pa'/gnas brtan sha ra dwa ti bu da tung tu 'ong [ba ]dang '[gro ]ba['i ]'du shes 'byung ngam://smras pa rigs kyi bu bdagis ni 'du shes ni kund shes:so://smras pa btsun ba sha ri bu 'du shes kun shes pa ni gnyis la blo myi 'gro na':de ji'i phyir khyod 'di ltar khyod gag nas 'ongs [...]btsun ba sha ri bu 'ong zhes bya ba de ni 'du ba'i tshig go://btsun pa sha ri bu 'ong zhes bya ba de ni 'byung ba'i tsheg go:/gang la 'du ba'i tshig myed pa dang /'byung ba'i tsig myed pa de la 'ong ba myed do 'gro ba myed do://'gro ba dang 'ong ba myed pa de ni 'phags:pa:rnams kyi':'gro ba'o://btsun pa sha ri bu 'ong zhes:bya ba:de ni las kyi rang bzhin gyi mtsan nyid gyi tshig go://btsun ba sha ri bu 'gro zhes:bya ba de ni las kyi rang bzhin zad pa'i:mtshan nyid gyi tshig go://gang la las kyi rang bzhin gyi mtsan nyid myed pa dang:/las kyi rang bzhin zad pa'i:mtsan nyid myed pa' de la 'ong ba myed do:/'gro ba myed do:/'ong ba dang 'gro ba myed pa ni 'pha[gs rnams ]kyi 'gro ba'o://btsun ba sha ri bu 'ong zhes bya ba de ni smon laM kyi mtshan nyid do://.... ’
Fol. ta a, Śāriputra asks again: ‘.../khyod gag nas 'ongs:/yang dag par gshegs pa de'i mtshan dang:/'jig rten kyi khams de ji zhes bya':/'jig rten kyi khams:de 'di nas ji srid chig yod://... ’
Fol. ta b, l. 4: ‘.../bcom ldan 'da's dge'o:zhes sthe:/tshe dang ldan ba sha ri bu bcom ldan 'da's la phyir nyand tho:/... ’
Fol. ng+la b, l. 4. End of the Bodhisattvasya dhātu-kauśalya: ‘.../byang cub:sems dpa'i khams:la':mkhas:pa:zhes:bya':o:// ’
Beginning of the Bodhisattvasya āyatana-kauśalya:
‘de : la : byang : chub : sems : dpa'i : 'du' : mched ḥdu-mched = Bkaḥ-ḥgyur, skye mched, fol. 122a, l. 4. sq. : la' : mkhas : pa : gang : zhe na :/gang chos : gyi : 'du : mched : la : 'jug : pa'i : ye : shes : te' :/chos : gyi : 'du' : mched : ni' :/myig : gi : du : mched : de' :/chos : gyi : 'du' : mched : lta : ba'i : mtshan : nyid : ni' : ma : yin : no' ://...
’Fol. ng+kha a, l. 5. End of ḥdu-mched-la-mkhas-pa. Beginning of bden-pa-la-mkhas-pa, described as śes-pa-bźi-la-ḥjug-pa-ni (duḥkha-jñāna, &c.).
Three truths: samvṛti, paramārtha, lakṣaṇa-satya.
Two truths: gang 'di' spyod pa'i bden ba' dang/don dam pa'i bden pa'o/
Fol. ng+ga a, l. 6, ends the first part of the satya-kauśalya.
Fol. ng+ga b, l. 1. Again satya-kauśalya.
Fol. ska a, l. 1 (formerly tswa).
‘ xml:lang="tib">byang : chub : sems : dpa'i : rkyend : dang : 'du : ba : tshogs : te : 'byung : ba : la : mkhas : pa ’:
End of a first paragraph; beginning of a second.
Fol. ska b, l. 4. End of second paragraph. Beginning of dus-gsum-la-mkhas-pa.
Fol. sga a, l. 5. End of dus-gsum-la-mkhas-pa. Beginning of theg-pa-kund-la-mkhas-pa, which continues on fol. snga.
Fol. gra a, l. 2. End of a paragraph: ‘byang : cub : sems : dpa'i : rnams : gyi' :/shes : rab : rnam : pa : brgyad : cu : rtsa : bzhi : 'jug : pas :/mngon : bar : bsgrubs : pa' : 'o :/...
byang : chub : sems : dpa' : rnams : gyi' : /rag : la : rten : par : 'jug : pa' :/sum : cu : rtsa : gnyis :.... ’Complete fol. gra a, l. 2-gra b, l. 5.
Physical Description
mtsan, mtshan; tse dang ldan ba; gchig; spus mo; phyag 'tsal; gsol tho; zhes sthe, ste; nyand tho, bstand to; sems can, sems chan; thams shad, thams chad; yongsu; double 'dreng po above pa for pa'i (f.2r.4); deletion with little lines above letters (f.4r.3); ba':'o, bya':'oForm: pothiMaterial: paperSupport: manuscript, ink on paperPaper Layers: 2
Fibre structure comments: double sheet or more
Materials: manuscript, ink on paper
Extent: 18 folios/panelsDimensions (leaf): 7.9 × 42.8 cm.Foliation:Pagination type: letter-numerals
Layout
Columns:1
String holes: 2 central without circle
Margins and Guidelines: black/black
Columns per panel/lines per page: 6
Hand(s)
History
Origin: 0750-1000DHMG.(Dunhuang Mogao) DHMG.17.
Provenance and Acquisition
Stein 1906-8
Created from IDP database, msContents from TEI (P4) records of Great Britain, India Office, Library, Louis de La Vallée Poussin, and Kazuo Enoki: Catalogue of the Tibetan Manuscripts from Tun-Huang in the India Office Library,. Oxford: Published for the Commonwealth Relations Office [by] Oxford University Press, 1962.
Record created by Ulrich Pagel 01/01/97
Modified by Sam van Schaik 01/03/16
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