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IOL Tib J 637
- Record Id:
- 040-003688440
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003652467
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105881045.0x000017
- LARK:
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOL Tib J 637
- Title:
- Tibetan manuscript
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003652467
040-003688440 - Is part of:
- IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.
IOL Tib J 637 : Tibetan manuscript - Hierarchy:
- 032-003652467[0680]/040-003688440
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOL Tib J
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 68 folios/panels
- Digitised Content:
- https://idp.bl.uk/collection/7BCAAFF6847A4621BED22A4A38D585F6
- 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 637
Tibetan manuscript
Contents
Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang
Language(s): Tibetan
Title: dbu ma'i rtsa ba'i 'grel pa ga las 'jigs myed /Title: (Mūla-madhyamaka-vṛtti Akuto-bhayā)Title: mu la mad d+hya /ma ka brid ti a ku to ba yA /Ch. 012, Pothī; 49.1 c. x 10.7 c.: foll. 68, numbered ka 1-67 (2 foll. numbered 45); ll. 7: dbu-can.
Bstan-ḥgyur, Mdo-ḥgrel, XVII. 6 (foll. 34-114), p. 292 .
The colophon, which is missing in Walleser's translation (Die mittlere Lehre des Nāgārjuna, Heidelberg, 1911 ), runs as follows:
‘dbu ma'i rtsa ba'i 'grel pa ga las 'jigs myed ces bya ba //tshig le'ur byas ba shes rab ces bya ba'i don mdor bstan pa //bstan bcos dang rab tu byed pa /ngag dang tshig rigs pa dang /lung gyis grub pa //rang dang gzhan gyi grub pa'i mtha smra ba'i phyogs ga las kyang 'jigs pa myed pa /rjes su dpag pa dang //sun dbyung ba'i gsal ba dang //de kho na dag bstan pa /lta ba ngan ba'i dra ba zhi bar byed ba dang ldan ba //shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa'i tshul ston pa //slobs dpon bdag nyid chen po 'phags pa klus sgrub myi 'phrogs pa'i mkhyen rab dang /thugs rjer ldan ba /de bzhin gshegs pa'i theg pa bla na myed pa'i tshul rab tu 'byed pa //rab tu dga' ba'i sa bsgrubs nas //bde ba can gyi zhing du gshegs pa //'jig rten gyi khams dad pa'i 'od ces bya bar de bzhin gshegs pa ye shes 'byung gnas 'od ces bya bar 'gyur bas mdzad pa rdzogs s+ho // ’
Commentary on the Mūla-madhyamaka (original treatise of the Middle Doctrine) called Akuto-bhayā ('No fear from anywhere'), which explains in short the meaning of the Kārikās (memorial verses) called Prajñā. The Mūla-madhyamaka is a collection of Kārikās and bears the title of Prajñā or Prajñā-pradīpa, see 1185 and Bstan-ḥgyur, Mdo-ḥgrel, XVII. 1 (foll. 1-22), p. 290 .
Fol. 67: ‘dbang phyug dam pa'i mnga' bdag rgyal po chen po dpal lha btsan po 'i bka' lung gyis//__//rgya gar gi mkhan po theg pa chen po dbu ma pa gnya' na gar ba dang //bod kyi zhu chen gyi lo tsa pa dge slong cog ro klu 'i rgyal mtshan gyis bsgyur cing zhu chen bgyis te //__gtan la phab pa //
//'di la rab tu byed pa nyi shu rtsa bdun //__//shi log nyis stong gcig brgya yid //__//bam po bdun du byas so// ’‘'On the order of Parameśvara adhipati mahārāja Lha-btsan-po, translated and revised by the Indian paṇḍit Mahāyānamādhyamika Jñānagarbha and the Tibetan Źu. Lo. Bhikṣu Klu-ḥi-rgyal-mtshan ( Nāgadhvaja ) of Cog-ro. There are 27 prakaraṇas, 2100 ślokas, 7 khaṇḍas.' ’
Lha-btsan-po, King of Tibet, p. 317 ; p. 102 . Compare the colophon of Bstan-ḥgyur, Mdo-ḥgrel, XVII. 6, p. 292 .
Explicit:Colophon:References
Physical Description
few folios are holed twice or three timesForm: pothiMaterial: paperSupport: manuscript, ink on paperPaper Layers: 2?
Laid lines (min): 12
Laid lines (max): 12
Materials: manuscript, ink on paper
Extent: 68 folios/panelsDimensions (leaf): 10.7 × 49.1 cm.Foliation:Pagination type: prefixed letter & numerals
Layout
Columns:1
String holes: 1 central with red circle
Margins and Guidelines: red/red
Columns per panel/lines per page: 7
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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