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IOL Tib J 616
- Record Id:
- 040-003688419
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- 032-003652467
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105881045.0x000002
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- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOL Tib J 616
- Title:
- Tibetan manuscript
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003652467
040-003688419 - Is part of:
- IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.
IOL Tib J 616 : Tibetan manuscript - Hierarchy:
- 032-003652467[0659]/040-003688419
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOL Tib J
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 14 folios/panels
- Digitised Content:
- https://idp.bl.uk/collection/96D8F28B331C48E0B9926F9B4C6916CF
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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 616
Tibetan manuscript
Contents
Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang
Language(s): Tibetan
1.Title: 'jig rten pha rol sgrub pha/Title: (Para-loka-siddhi)Ch. 03. 4, Pothī; 42.6 c. x 7.1 c.: foll. 14, numbered nga 92-100, ca 1-5; ll. 4, interlinear commentary: dbu-med.
Foll. nga 92-98a.
The interlinear commentary begins: ‘bstan bcos 'di ni slob dpon prad nya se nas mdzad de/de yang ji 'i phyir mdzad che na/mu stegs .... ’
The text begins: ‘sangs rgyas pa rnams las dang nyon mongs pa'i dbang gis 'jig rten pha rol yod phar bstan pa dang//mu stegs cad dag dbang phyug las stsogs pa'i byed pha'i bye brag gis 'jig rten pha rol yod phar smra ba de dag gi grub pa'i mtha' 'dir bshad do/.... ’
‘'The Buddhas teach that the world beyond exists owing to acts and the passions: the heretics say that it is due to the agency of different causes, beginning with God....' ’
There is in Bstan-ḥgyur, Mdo-ḥgrel, CXII. 15, a Para-loka-siddhi by the Ācārya Dharmottara ( Chos-mchog ); p. 452 .
Explicit:Colophon:References
2.Title: (Bodhisattva-nāmāni ?)Fol. nga 98b.
Begins: ‘byang cub sems dpa'i mying dbyer myed pa 'di lta bu dag ni yon tan las btags par rig par bya ste/'di lta ste/.... ’
Synonyms (sādhāraṇa-nāmāni) of the word bodhisattva, giving account of their qualities: dhīman, jinaurasa, &c.
Ends: ‘'As concerns the special names (sva-nāmāni) of the Bodhisattvas who exist in all the Universes...one must know that they are innumerable.' ’
3.Title: rnal 'byor spyod pa'i sa dngos gzhi'i sa bcu bdun las byang chub sems dpa'i sa 'i rtsis mgo sa gcad brjed byang du byas pha/Title: (Yoga-caryā-bhūmau vastu(-saṃgrahe) sapta-daśama-bhūmau bodhisattva-bhūmi-gaṇanādi-kramābhisma-raṇa)Colophon: ‘byang cub sems dpa'i sa 'i sa gchad brjed byung du byas pha/ ’
Foll. nga 99a-ca 5b.
Begins: ‘de la byang cub sems dpa'i sa 'i bsdus pa'i don ni rnam pha bcu ste /de yang gang zhe na/gzhi dang/rtags dang/phyogs dang/lhag pha'i bsam dang/.... ’
Compare Yogacaryā-bhūmau vastu-saṃgraha, Bstan-ḥgyur. Mdo-ḥgrel, LIII. 2, p. 379 ; vastu = gźi; but in this text and in Mdo-ḥgrel, XLIX, vastu = dṅos-gźi: sa-gcad, sa-gchad = sa-bcad = krama: mgo = mgo-nan = prathama.
4.Fol. ca 5b. A text dealing with the enumeration of seven Dharmas. 627 and 653 are on the same paper, and may be part of this MS.
Physical Description
similar handwriting to ITJ 301 (Vol. 4); same paper as ITJ 627; paper ruled similarly to ITJ 653; last folio verso: different handwriting; suffix pha, phar for pa, par, etc.Form: pothiMaterial: paperSupport: manuscript, ink on paperPaper Layers: 1
Laid lines (min): 11
Laid lines (max): 12
Chain lines intervals: 6
Chain lines pattern: 7.5
Materials: manuscript, ink on paper
Extent: 14 folios/panelsDimensions (leaf): 7.1 × 42.6 cm.Foliation:Pagination type: prefixed letter & numeral
Layout
Columns:1
String holes: 1 central with red circle
Margins and Guidelines: light brown/light brown
Columns per panel/lines per page: 4/6
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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