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IOL Tib J 450

Record Id:
040-003688374
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003652467
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100105880352.0x000007
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IOL Tib J 450
Title:
Tibetan manuscript
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003652467
040-003688374
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IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.

 

IOL Tib J 450 : Tibetan manuscript
Hierarchy:
032-003652467[0614]/040-003688374
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 folio/panel
Digitised Content:
https://idp.bl.uk/collection/A34C2809287345C6B31DB417B3FA3F3C
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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
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International Dunhuang Project

Stein Collection

IOL Tib J 450

Tibetan manuscript

Contents

Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang

Language(s): Tibetan

Author:
Title: [gser 'od 'gyod tsangs]
Title: (Suvarṇa-prabhāsa-anuśaya)

Ch. 9. I, frag. 38, Pothī; 42.5 c. x 8.5 c.: fol. 1; ll. 5: dbu-can.

Incomplete, beginning and end. Title from the context. Verses of 9 syllables.

Begins:

‘bsngags brjod nas/
/gzhan yang rang sems smon lam cher btab pa/
/bdag ni ma 'ongs pa'i dus gyi tshe/
/tshe rabs bskal pa tshad myed grangs snyed/
/rmyi lam rtag par gser rnga che mthong nas/
/ 'gyod tshangs bstan pa'i sgra ni thos par shog/
/sangs rgyas yon tan pad ma'i dpes bsngags pas/
/skye myed rtogs nas yang dag sangs rgyas shog/ ’

Verso, l. 1:

‘/bdag gi bu ni gser klu gser kyi 'od/
/'das pa'i dus tshe dge bshes bgyis pas na/
/tshe rabs kun du bdag gi khyim skyes te/
/lhan gcig bla myed byang chub lung nod shog/
/sems can gang zhig mgon dang skyabs ma mchis/
/yun ring 'khor bar sdug bsngal mang myong ba/
/bdag gis ma 'ongs mgon dang bskyabs bgyis nas/
/de dag rtag du bde ba 'thob par shog/
..........
gser 'od 'gyod cangs bgyis pa'i bsod nams 'dis/
/sdug bsngal .... ’

‘'This son of mine, who has made Suvarṇanāga Suvarṇaprabhāsa his Kalyāṇamitra in time past, may be born in all his births in my house and obtain with [me] the prediction (luṅ) of supreme Enlightenment. All creatures who, being without refuge and protector, are suffering many sufferings a long time, may they, in the future, find in me refuge and protector and always enjoy happiness. Owing to the merit of this Suvarṇa-prabhāsa prayer....' ’

Explicit:
Colophon:

References

Physical Description

Form: pothi
Material: paper
Support: manuscript, ink on paper

Paper Layers: 1

Laid lines (min): 14

Laid lines (max): 14

Materials: manuscript, ink on paper

Extent: 1 folio/panel
Dimensions (leaf): 8.5 × 42.5 cm.
Foliation:

Layout

Columns:1

String holes: 1 central, without circle

Margins and Guidelines: light brown/no

Columns per panel/lines per page: 5

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 0750-1000

DHMG.(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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