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IOL Tib J 281
- Record Id:
- 040-003688341
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003652467
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105879852.0x00001d
- LARK:
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOL Tib J 281
- Title:
- Tibetan manuscript
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003652467
040-003688341 - Is part of:
- IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.
IOL Tib J 281 : Tibetan manuscript - Hierarchy:
- 032-003652467[0581]/040-003688341
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOL Tib J
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folio/panel
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Tibetan
- Scripts:
- Tibetan
- Start Date:
- 0750
- End Date:
- 1000
- Date Range:
- 0750-1000
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Burkhard Quessel
Sam van Schaik
Ulrich Pagel - TEI:
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International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection
IOL Tib J 281
Tibetan manuscript
Contents
Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang
Language(s): Tibetan
Author:Title:Ch. 03. 48, Pothī; 44.4 c. x 7.7 c.: fol. 1, numbered ga 33; ll. 3: dbu-can, interlinear commentary small dbu-med.
Contains homage to the Tri-ratna.
Begins:
‘sangs rgyas gtso la gus par phyag 'tshal lo /
/skyob pa'i chos la gus par phyag 'tshal lo /
/dge 'dun che la gus par phyag 'tshal lo /
/gsum la rtag du gus par phyag 'tshal lo /
/tshogs chen gnyis rdzogs mkhyen bzhi sku gsum grub /
/rnam rtog myi mnga' ci yang sa ler mkhyen /
/chos sku mkhra' 'dra gzugs sku mdzes dgur ldand /
/sangs rgyas dpag bsams 'dra la gus par phyag 'tshal lo /
/chos dbyings rgyu 'thun yan lag bcu gnyis dang /
/chos nyid skye 'gag myed cing spros las dben /
/de la dmyigs y, added by another hand. na yon tan kun [pa pa erased in MS. ]grub pa /
/legs gzhi chos la gus par phyag 'tshal lo / ’Effusion (niṣyanda) of the dharma-dhātu, twelve-limbed, dharmatā free from birth and destruction, free from manifestation (prapañca), on which relying every quality is realized, homage be to the Dharma!
‘/nyon mongs sgribs dang shes bya 'i sgrib pa dag /
/gnyen pos ram par bstsal te sar gnas shing /
/sems can don mdzad sangs rgyas zhing sbyong ba /
/dge 'dun btsun la gus par phyag 'tshal lo / ’Interliner commentary on the first words of the stanza: homage to Buddha .
Mūla: ‘tshogs chen gnyis rdzogs mkhyen bzhi sku gsum grub / ’
‘'Who has completed the two great saṃbhāras, and realized the four knowledges (and) the three bodies.' ’
Commentary:
1. ‘rgyu phun sum tshogs yin te bsod nams dang ye shes kyi tshogs so/ ’
2. ‘'bras bu phun sum tshogs pa ste/ye shes bzhi dang sku gsum nyid do/de la sku gsum yang ye shes kyi rang bzhin du zad de sangs rgyas pa ? sa. 'i ti ka las/mye long lta bu'i ye shes ni chos kyi sku'o/mnyam pa nyid dngos por rtog pa'i ye shes ni/longs spyod rdzogs pa'i sku/bya ba bsgrub pa'i ye shes ni sprul ba'i sku zhes 'byung ste/sangs rgyas kyi sngon gyi smon lam gyi mthu dang/sems can snod dag pa'i rgyu rkyen las de lta snang ngo/ ’
Compare (?) Bstan-ḥgyur, Rgyud-ḥgrel, LXXII. 73 (foll. 440a-b, p. 97 ), the Ratna-traya-maṅgala-gāthā (Saṅs-rgyas-sku-gsum-chos-daṅ-dge-ḥdun- daṅ-bcas-paḥi-bkra-śis-tshigs-su-bcad-pa), which may be one of our Maṅgala-gāthās.
Physical Description
Form: pothiMaterial: paperSupport: manuscript, ink on paperPaper Layers: 2?
Laid lines (min): 13
Laid lines (max): 14
Chain lines intervals: 5?
Chain lines pattern: 5?
Materials: manuscript, ink on paper
Extent: 1 folio/panelDimensions (leaf): 7.7 × 44.4 cm.Foliation:Pagination type: prefixed letter & numeral
Layout
Columns:1
String holes: 1 central with light brown circle
Margins and Guidelines: light brown/light brown
Columns per panel/lines per page: 3
Hand(s)
Additions:Annotations: extensive interlinear commentary
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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