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IOL Tib J 122
- Record Id:
- 040-003688194
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- 032-003652467
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100105876979.0x000038
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOL Tib J 122
- Title:
- Tibetan manuscript
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003652467
040-003688194 - Is part of:
- IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.
IOL Tib J 122 : Tibetan manuscript - Hierarchy:
- 032-003652467[0440]/040-003688194
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- File
- Extent:
- 10 folios/panels
- Digitised Content:
- https://idp.bl.uk/collection/C2E9248B04CC4389969A318061D60852
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- Languages:
- Tibetan
- Scripts:
- Tibetan
- Start Date:
- 0750
- End Date:
- 1000
- Date Range:
- 0750-1000
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- CE
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International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection
IOL Tib J 122
Tibetan manuscript
Contents
Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang
Language(s): Tibetan
Title: shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa'i snying po bshad pa/Title: (Prajñā-pāramitā-hṛdaya-vṛtti)Ch. 03. 18 and 73. VII. 4 (foll. 55-61), Pothī; 52.5 c. x 6.7 c.: foll. 9; numbered ka 52-61; ll. 5: dbu-can: red (mūla) and black.
Incomplete at the beginning. Colophon, title only, but a note, second hand, dbu-med, states that this commentary (ḥgrel-pa-ḥdi) is the work of the Ācārya Kamalaśīla . There is a Prajñā-pāramitā-hṛdaya-ṭīkā (ḥgrel-pa) by this Ācārya, Bstan-ḥgyur, Mdo-ḥgrel, XVI. 14. (foll. 330-3), p. 289 . But see a number of commentaries in XVI, amongst which two Vyākhyās (rnam-par-bśad-pa), and CXXIV, 9.
Begins with prefatory stanzas:
‘yang dag chos sku mtha' yas bsam myi khyab/
/rgyu dang rkyen du ldan pa'i phyir/
/thams cad mkhyend pa nyon mongs sdug bsngal sgrol gyi mkhan/
/chos dbyings gsang ba dpag myed smra brjod 'das pa las
/khams gsum ma rig bslad pa'i mun pa brtsal ba'i phyir/
/shes rab zab mo dug gsum sbyong ba'i sman gyi mchog/
/de ltar myi dang chos ldan bas/
/bdag dang gzhan don phun sum tshogs par mdzad/
/sems can 'khor ba'i skyabs myed la/
/mgon po dpal zhing yon 'bul rigs pa'i gtso/
/de la ngag yid lus kyis gus par phyag 'tsal te/
/bstod cing yon tan dge brjod nas/
/bde gshegs sangs rgyas byin rlabs dang/
/bdag gis thos bsgoms ci mchis pas/
/sems can phal gyi don phyir du/
/shes rab snying po dgrol zhing bshad par bgyi///
mdo sde 'di bshad pa la don rnam pa bdun gyis gsal bar bya ste/shes rab kyi mying dang/shes rab la 'jug pa dang/shes rab kyi mtshan nyid dang/shes rab kyi spyod yul dang/shes rab kyi yon tan dang/shes rab kyi 'bras bu dang/shes rab kyi gzungs so//'di ni shes rab kyi mying ste/mying myed na dngos po rig par myi rung bas dngos po la dmyigs pa'i phyir mying smos so//*'phags pa shes rab kyi pha rol du phyind pa'i snying po'o//*
shes pa rnam pa gsum ste/'jig rten dang.... ’‘Prajñā is threefold, mundane (laukika), supra-mundane (lokottara), supreme (anuttara). The mundane wisdom is to see anitya, aśuci, duḥkha, anātmaka as they are. The supra-mundane wisdom is the knowledge of the unsubstantiality of the individual that belongs to the Śrāvakas (Śrāvaka-pudgala-nairātmya), that is, to realize the impermanence of the Saṃskāras, the suffering of the Saṃskāras, the calm of Nirvāṇa (saṃskārānityatā, saṃskāra-duḥkhatā, sāntaṃ nirvāṇam). The supreme wisdom is the knowledge of the unsubstantiality both of the individual and of the Dharmas, that belongs to the Tathāgatas (Tathāgata-pudgala-dharma-nairātmya-jñāna). ’
Fol. 55a, l. 2, ‘'rūpam śūnyatā, śūnyataiva rūpam' ’is translated: ‘gag(for gaṅ?)-gzugs-pa-de-stoṅ-pa-ñid/gag(for gaṅ?)-stoṅ-pa-ñid-pa-de-gzugs-te ’.
The Mūla ends with the Dhāraṇī, which is styled a Mantra which appeases all suffering, fol. 61a, l. 4: ‘*tad tya thA/'gA te 'gA te/pa ra 'gA te/pa ra pa ra 'gA te/bo de swA hA// ’
Physical Description
written on the same type of paper as mss. IOL Tib J 63, 164: the same gray ink used for margins, similar guidelines, hole at the same placeForm: pothiMaterial: paperSupport: manuscript, ink on paperPaper Layers: 1
Laid lines (min): 15
Laid lines (max): 15
Chain lines intervals: 5.2
Chain lines pattern: 5.6
Materials: manuscript, ink on paper
Extent: 10 folios/panelsDimensions (leaf): 6.7 × 52.5 cm.Foliation:Pagination type: prefixed letter and numerals
Condition
- Conditionaverage
- Surface_DirtTrue
- DiscolourationTrue
- DistortionTrue
- Tears_or_LossesTrue
- Lateral_Ink_MovementTrue
- Input_PersonBarbara Rodgers
- Input_date 01/10/03
Layout
Columns:1
String holes: 1 central, with red circle
Margins and Guidelines: gray/light brown, very faint
Columns per panel/lines per page: 5
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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