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IOL Tib J 638
- Record Id:
- 040-003688441
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003652467
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105881045.0x000018
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOL Tib J 638
- Title:
- Tibetan manuscript
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003652467
040-003688441 - Is part of:
- IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.
IOL Tib J 638 : Tibetan manuscript - Hierarchy:
- 032-003652467[0681]/040-003688441
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOL Tib J
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 32 folios/panels
- Digitised Content:
- https://idp.bl.uk/collection/96633FC8221042639EF9DB3CB5D21BAF
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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 638
Tibetan manuscript
Contents
Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang
Language(s): Tibetan
1.Title: dbu ma'i rtsa ba'i 'grel pa /ga las 'jigs myed/Title: (Mūla-madhyamaka-vṛtti Akuto-bhayā)Ch. 03. 6, 51. I. 12 (fol. ka 64), 9. I, frag. 1 (fol. ka 73), 51. I. 3 (foll. nga 9, 40), 9. I, frag. 15 (fol. nga 37), 9. I, frag. 36 (fol. ca 48); Pothī; 51.4 c. x 8.2 c.: foll. 32, numbered ka 53-64, 69, 73, 78-80, 97-98, kha 64-67, 70, nga 9, 37, 40-44, ca 48; ll. 6: dbu-can, interlinear glosses dbu-med: red and black: foll. nga and ca by another hand, lines right and left and circles of the holes are 'strawberry', not red; the six lines are black, not yellow: nga 37 and ca 48 damaged: ka 63 numbered in red.
Foll. ka. Incomplete. Title from the chapter colophon.
Fol. 53a. End of the 7th chapter (Saṃskṛta-parīkṣā).
Fol. 98. The last stanza commented upon is XXIII. 17.
Explicit:Colophon:References
2.Title: rigs pa'i thigs pa'i rgya cher 'greld pa /slob ma la phan ba zhes bya ba/Title: (Nyāya-bindu-ṭīkā śiṣya-hitā nāma)Foll. kha. Part of the text and colophon.
Translators: Indian Paṇḍit Jinamitra , Źu. Lo. Bande Ye-śes-sde ( Jñānasena ).
Bstan-ḥgyur, Mdo-ḥgrel, CXI. 1 (foll. 1-43), p. 447 ; edited in Bibl. Indica, 171.
3.Fol. nga 9. Part of a treatise on the Saṃvaras, Avijñapti; Compare Abhidharma-kośa, IV.
Begins: ‘gtogs pa' dang:/gzugs su gtogs pa dang:/zag pa myed pa'o://de la 'dod pa na spyod pa'i rnam par rig byed ma yin ba ni:/dge ba dang:/myi dge ba'i rnam par rig byed las byung ba ste:/de yang so sor thar pa'i sdom ba dang:/byang chub sems dpa'i sdom ba dang:/sdom ba ma yin ba dang:/de dag ma gtogs pa'o:/de la so sor thar pa'i sdom ba ni:/dge slong dang:/dge tshul dang:/dge bsnyen dang:/bsnyen gnas la gnas pa'i bye brag gis rdzas su ni rnam pa bzhi'o://dge slong dang:/dge slong ma las stsogs pa'i bye brag gis mying du ni rnam pa brgyad do://de la so sor thar pa'i sdom ba ni:/gzhan la gnod par byed pa las:/gzhi dang bcas par thams cad du ldog pa'o:/.... ’
4.Foll. nga 37, 40-44. Part of a Śāstra (Vijñānavādin: Ālaya-vijñāna and ālambana-pratyaya; ādāna-vijñāna). Commentary on Kārikās (in red).
Fol. 37 deals with the Ālaya-vijñāna, the existence of which is proved by both scripture and reasoning (verso, l. 3).
Mūla (in red), lines of nine syllables:
‘*'di ltar 'gog pa'i snyoms par 'jug pa dang:/
'du shes myed pa'i snyoms par 'jug pa dang:/
'du shes myed pa pa [sic]rnams las langs nas:/
.........................* ’The scripture quoted is the text in 1905, p. 181 .
Foll. 40-44, Mūla: ‘*dmyigs pa'i rkyen la bltos nas:/rnam pa gzhan du 'jug pa nyid:/....phyir ro /....chad nas yang 'byung ....'khor bar 'jug pa dang /ldog pa'i phyir ro//....'jug pa ni ....kun gzhi rnam par shes pa ni:/sa bon thams cad kyi gzhi nyid ....lus kyi kun gzhi dang/rgyu nyid ....lus la gnas pa nyid kyi yang phyir ro://....len pa'i rnam par shes pa yang de yin te:/....lus len pa'i phyir ro:/....dngos su na yid kun gzhi rnam par shes pa la dmyigs:/....bdag du rmongs pa dang:/bdag du lta ba dang:/bdag du nga rgyal dang:/bdag la chags pa':/....mtshungs par ldan te:/....stsogs ....rnam par shes pa ste/....rigs gcig pa /....rgyun chags par 'jug pa ste:/dgra bcom ba dang/'phags pa'i lam dang:/'gog pa'i snyoms par 'jug pa'i dus ma gtogs so:/....ci'i phyir phung po zhes bya zhe na:/spungs pa'i phyir te:/....dus dang rgyud dang:/rnam pa dang/'gro ba dang/yul tha dad pa'i gzugs la stsogs pa mdor bsdus pa'i phyir:/....
skye mched bcu gnyis ni:/....myig gi skye mched dang:/gzugs kyi skye mched dang:/....* ’Fol. 44b contains the end of a chapter on the Skandhas and the meaning of the word Skandha (phuṅ - po - lṅa - po - rnams - daṅ - phung - poḥi - don - bśad - zin - to), and the beginning of a chapter on the Āyatanas:
‘//'du byed thams cad ni phung po lngar 'dus la:/'dus byas dang /'dus ma byas kyi chos thams cad ni skye mched dang khams su 'dus par bstan pa de la:/phung po bshad pa'i 'og du skye mched rnams brjod dgos pas:/du zhig/gang gang:/skye mched kyi don ni ci zhe na:/de'i phyir:/*skye mched bcu gnyis ni:/*zhes bya ba smos so://de dag kyang gang zhe na:/*myig gi skye mched dang:/gzugs kyi skye mched dang:/*zhes bya ba la stsogs pa nas:/*yid kyi skye mched dang /chos kyi skye mched do:/*zhes bya ba'i bar du'o //*myig la stsogs pa ni snga ma bzhin du bshad do://* zhes bya ba ni:/.... ’
5.Fol. ca 48. Fragment of a treatise. The gift (dāna) from the absolute point of view.
Begins: ‘bslang ba'i tshul khrims kyi yan lag las stsogs pa bzhin no://don dam par ni sbyin bar bya ba las stsogs pa'i dngos po 'ga' yang myed pa'i phyir:/der dmyigs pa ni phyin ci log kho na yin te:/smyig rgyu la chur dmyigs pa bzhin no:// ’
Quotations from the Prajñā-pāramitā and the Ratna-kūṭa, verso.
Physical Description
two different handwritings: 1. ff. 116-139, 2. ff. 140-147 (f. 147 maybe written with a third handwriting)Form: pothiMaterial: paperSupport: manuscript, ink on paperPaper Layers: 1
Laid lines (min): 11
Laid lines (max): 15
Chain lines intervals: 4.8
Chain lines pattern: 8.2
Fibre structure comments: laid lines: ff.116-139:11; ff.140-147: 15; chain lines: ff. 116-139: 8-8.2; ff. 140-147: 4.8-5.8
Materials: manuscript, ink on paper
Extent: 32 folios/panelsDimensions (leaf): 8.2 × 51.4 cm.Foliation:Pagination type: prefixed letter and 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: 1 central with red circle/1 central with purple circle
Margins and Guidelines: red, purple/red, black
Columns per panel/lines per page: 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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