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IOL Tib J 235

Record Id:
040-003689003
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003652467
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IOL Tib J 235
Title:
Fragments of a Mahāyāna-sūtra. and 3 other texts
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection
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032-003652467
040-003689003
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IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.

 

IOL Tib J 235 : Fragments of a Mahāyāna-sūtra. and 3 other texts
Hierarchy:
032-003652467[0791]/040-003689003
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1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Tibetan
Scripts:
Tibetan
Start Date:
0750
End Date:
1000
Date Range:
0750-1000
Era:
CE
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Names:
Bhagavat
Burkhard Quessel
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International Dunhuang Project

Stein Collection

IOL Tib J 235

Contents

Language(s): Tibetan

1.
Author:
Title: Fragments of a Mahāyāna-sūtra.

Ch. CXLVII. 15 (foll. 3, numbered ka 7, 24, and ?), 73. VIII, fragg. 1-2 and 73. IV, frag. 5 (foll. 3, numbered ka? and one damaged), 73. IV, frag. 4 (fol. 1, numbered kha 27), frag. 7 (2 fragments, 15 c. x 8.2 c. and 8 c. x 8.2 c.), Pothī; 43 c. x 8 c.: ll. 5: dbu-can.

Bhagavat teaches a Kulaputra the Prajñā. Contains a formulary of confession.

Fol. ka 7 begins:

na'/
/phyogs bzhi 'i sangs rgyas bzhi po dag/
/byin kyi rlabs kyis rlob par mdzod /
/shar phyogs na ni myi 'khrug [... [...] MS. damaged.
...........]sangs rgyas rin chen mtshan/
/nub phyogs na ni tshe dpag myed/
/byang phyogs lha 'i ra+ng sgra dbyangs/
/ngas deng yang dag dam pa'i chos/
/bkra shis bshags pa'i mchog gyur pa/
/sdig pa tham[s cad....

2.

Ch. 73. VIII, fragg. 1-2, 73. IV, frag. 5. Bhagavat teaches a Kulaputra the three bodies. '...The Nirmita-kāya is revealed owing to the removal of the Karmāvaraṇa; the Dharma-kāya owing to the removal of the Jñeyāvaraṇa.' Then (73. VIII. frag. 2, verso, l. 4): 'di lta ste/dper na nam mkha' la brten nas ni glog 'byung/glog la brten nas ni 'od 'byung ba de bzhin du/chos kyi sku la brten pa'i phyir ni/longs spyod rdzogs pa' sku ston par mdzad do/longs spyod rdzogs pa'i sku la brten pa'i phyir ni/sprul pa'i sku ston par mdzad do/rang bzhin yongs su dag par gyur

Compare the small Sūtra Kāya-traya (Kṣitigarbha), Bkaḥ-ḥgyur, Mdo, XXIV. 72-74 , where Dharma-kāya = ākāśa, Sambhoga = megha, Nirmita=varṣa.

3.

Ch. 73. IV, frag. 4. Tshaṅs-paḥi-rgyal-po-chen-po ( Brahma-mahārāja ) and the Bodhisattva Yid-bźin-rin-cen-ḥod-ḥphro ( Cintāmaṇijyotis ) on the man created by magic (māyā-nirmita-puruṣa) and his nature. Things are unspeakable (anabhilāpya).

4.

Fragment 7. Bhagavat teaches a Kulaputra the 'profound Sūtra' and the proper way of contemplating the Buddha.

Physical Description

Form: pothi
Material: paper
Support: manuscript, ink on paper
Extent: 1 item

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 0750-1000

Provenance and Acquisition

Stein

Created from 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.

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