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IOL Tib J 301
- Record Id:
- 040-003688358
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003652467
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105879852.0x00002e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOL Tib J 301
- Title:
- Tibetan manuscript
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003652467
040-003688358 - Is part of:
- IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.
IOL Tib J 301 : Tibetan manuscript - Hierarchy:
- 032-003652467[0598]/040-003688358
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOL Tib J
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 5 folios/panels
- Digitised Content:
- https://idp.bl.uk/collection/3629EFF74E51447AA23602455E738DDB
- Thumbnail:
-
- 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 301
Tibetan manuscript
Contents
Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang
Language(s): Tibetan
Title:Ch. 9. I. 42, Pothī; 48.2 c. x 7.5 c.: foll. 5, numbered (letters) 4-8; ll. 6 and 5: interlinear commentary: dbu-med.
Commentary on a Vijñāna-vādin Sūtra.
Begins: ‘ci'i phyir mdo sde 'di 'i 'grel pa mdzad ce na/ ’
‘Kasmāt tasya sūtrasya vrttiḥ kriyate? ’ ‘Wherefore is made a commentary on this Sūtra? ’
The usefulness of commentaries is explained by the quotation of the following Gāthās, fol. 4b, l. 5:
‘ji tar mun nag khyim dag tu/
/rdzas rnam sna tshogs yod kyang ni/
/snang ba myed pas mun pas bsgrib pa+s/
/myig dang ldan yang mthong myi nus/
/de bzhin shes rab ldan mod kyi//gzhan las chos ni ma thos na/
/gang zag de yis nams kyang ni/
/legs nyes don ni 'byed myi nus/ ’‘'There may be many things in an obscure house, but as they do not appear...even a man with eyes is not able to see them. In the same way, a man may be intelligent, but failing to hear the Dharma from another,...he will never (nam-kyaṅ) be able to distnguish the right and the wrong meaning.' ’
Fol. 7 deals with the Vijñānas: ‘rnam par shes pa brgyad po rnams kyi yul gyi mtshan nyid rnams ni rang gi sems las gyurd pa yin pas/yang dag par sems las log shig na yod pa ma yin te/sems kyi cha tsam yin pa'i phyir ro//sems kyi cha de yang mdor bsdu na rnam pa bzhi ste/rgyu mtshan gyi cha dang/[mtho mtho cancelled in MS.? ]lta ba'i cha dang/rang rig pa 'i cha dang/rang rig pa rtogs pa'i cha 'o/'di ltar zag pa dang bcas pa'i rnam par shes pa rnams rang gi ngo bor skyes pa na /thams cad kyang dmyigs par bya ba dang/dmyigs par byed pa'i mtshan nyid lta bur snang ste/de dag dang mtshungs par ldan ba'i chos rnams kyang de bzhin no//... ’
Between the first and the second line: ‘'di yang slob dpon dar ma pa la 'i gzhung gis bshad pa yin no ’
Ends rather abruptly fol. 8, l. 4.
Physical Description
Form: pothiMaterial: paperSupport: manuscript, ink on paperPaper Layers: 1
Laid lines (min): 13?
Laid lines (max): 13?
Chain lines intervals: 6
Chain lines pattern: 7.5
Materials: manuscript, ink on paper
Extent: 5 folios/panelsDimensions (leaf): 7.5 × 48.2 cm.Foliation:Pagination type: letter-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: 2 central, with red circles
Margins and Guidelines: red/no
Columns per panel/lines per page: 5
Hand(s)
Additions:Annotations: 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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