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IOL Tib J 267
- Record Id:
- 040-003688328
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003652467
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105879852.0x000010
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOL Tib J 267
- Title:
- Tibetan manuscript
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003652467
040-003688328 - Is part of:
- IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.
IOL Tib J 267 : Tibetan manuscript - Hierarchy:
- 032-003652467[0568]/040-003688328
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOL Tib J
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folio/panel
- Digitised Content:
- https://idp.bl.uk/collection/C8840CE7C2714770890ECC02542C9D4D
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Tibetan
- Scripts:
- Tibetan
- Start Date:
- 0750
- End Date:
- 1000
- Date Range:
- 0750-1000
- Era:
- CE
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International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection
IOL Tib J 267
Tibetan manuscript
Contents
Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang
Language(s): Tibetan
Title:Fragment 11, Concertina; 24.4 c. x 8.5 c.: fol. 1; ll. 6: dbu-can.
Bhagavat answers some questions of the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja and explains that, in the days of yore, he remained in hell for twelve mahā-kalpas, having committed many sinful actions and 'destroyed' the three Jewels.
Verso, l. 3: ‘byang chub sems dpa' nam mkha' mdzod la bka' stsogs pA//nga 'das ste song ba 'i phyi na log sred la la zhig gis las ngan pa mang du byas ste//dkon mchog gsum myed par byed pa de lta bu 'i myi ni phyi ma 'i dus la sems can [dmya]l ba 'i nang du yang dag par ltung bas/bskal pa chen po bcu gnyis kyi bar du myi thar ro/... ’
Bhagavat and Maitreya .
Verso, l. 4 = 264, fol. 75b, l. 3:
‘byang chub sems dpA chos kyi rgyal po 'dis //bskal pa brgya' stong khri.... ’
The MSS. show notable variants; for instance, in the preceding lines, this MS. has
‘bcom ldan 'das byams pa'i thugs rjes dgrol zhing bshad par gsol//bcom ldan 'das kyis phal mang po la bka' stsal pa'/... ’
Whereas 264 has ‘sangs rgyas gyis byams shing thugs rje gzigs te //bdag la dgrol bshad par smon to //sangs rgyas kyis phal mang po la bka' stsal pa /... ’
Physical Description
dkon gchogForm: pothiMaterial: paperSupport: manuscript, ink on paperPaper Layers: 1
Laid lines (min): 13
Laid lines (max): 13
Fibre structure comments: vertical laid lines
Materials: manuscript, ink on paper
Extent: 1 folio/panelDimensions (leaf): 8.5 × 24.4 cm.Foliation:Layout
Columns:1
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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