MS. Sansk. d. 346(R)
Sanskrit, miscellaneous
Contents
Summary of Contents: This Nepalese manuscript is composite and consists of two codicological units. The main codicological unit (kernel) is written on black paper (nīlapattra) with golden ink (suvarṇākṣara) and contains the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṅgīti, a popular Buddhist tantric work, which consists primarily of 162 verses associated with Mañjuśrī, the Bodhisattva of wisdom. According to the colophon, the manuscript was written in 1570 CE by the vajrācārya Vijayacandra in the Maṇisaṅgha monastery (mahāvihāra ) in Kathmandu, under the reign of king Mahendramalla (ca 1560–1574). It was commissioned by the Buddhist monk Mayalasiṃhacandra, who was based in the Kīrttipuṇya monastery (mahāvihāra), located in the same city.They contain twenty-five stanzas of a text (a hymn?) in a form of Sanskritized Newārī. Folios 1v and 2r are decorated with miniatures of the Buddha Śākyamuni (?) in the center of a lotus and an eight-armed unidentified Bodhisattva figure (?). The second codicological unit, written in 1822, consists of six white paper folios written with red ink, added at the beginning of the manuscript with the last one pasted on the black-paper flyleaf. Originally it did not have the string holes and therefore they were pierced through it when it was added to the kernel, thus obliterating some characters.
Physical Description
Extent: 37 ff.
Binding
Wood cover, original binding. The covers are painted with floral motives on the outside, while on the inside there are images of three Buddhist wrathful deities (Mahākāla ?) and white Tārā (?) flanked by four Bodhisattvas (Mañjuśrī (?), Vajrasattva (?), and two other unidentified figures).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought from Spink & Son in September 1988.
First codicological unit (kernel)
Contents
ff. 7r1-34v3 = 1v1-27r3
, MañjuśrīnāmasaṅgītiRubric: [7v1 = 1v1, first codicological unit (kernel)] vra oṃ namo mañjunāthāya ||
Incipit: [7v1 = 1v1, first codicological unit (kernel)] atha vajadharaḥ[sic] [miniature] śrīmān_ durdāntadamakaḥ paraḥ | triloka¦[7v2 = 1v2]vijayī vīro guykarāṭ_[sic] kuliśe[miniature]śvaraḥ ||
Explicit: (section) [32v2 = 25v2, first codicological unit (kernel)] ◎ gambhīrodāravaipulyo mahārthajagadatha◎kṛt_ bu(?)ddhānāṃ viṣayo hy eṣaḥ sa[32v3 = 25v3]myaksaṃbuddhabhāṣitaḥ || 5 ||| ◎ upasaṃhāragāthā pañcā ||^^^||
Final rubric: [32v3 = 25v3, first codicological unit (kernel)] āya[sic]mā(?)yājālāt_ ṣoḍaśa[32v4 = 25v4]sāhasrikāt mahāyogataṃtrānta◎ḥ pātisamādhijalāpa||^^^||talād_ bhagavat_śākyamuni[32v5 = 25v5]tathāgato bhāṣitā bhagavato mañjuśrījñānasatosya[sic] paramānāmasaṃgītī[sic] parisamāptā ||^^^❀^^^||
Colophon: [32v5 = 25v5, first codicological unit (kernel)] ye dhamā[sic] hetuprabhā[33r1 = 26r1, first codicological unit (kernel)]vā hetu teṣāṃ tathāgato ^|^ hy avadat eṣāñ ca yo nirodha evaṃvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ ||^^^|| oṃ namo ratnatrayāya || vāgīśāya [33r2 = 26r2] namas tubhyaṃ ḥ lokeśāya namo ¦ ◎ namaḥ | padmodbhavaḥ padmahastaḥ padma◎śrīpadmanāyakaḥ || padmāśana[33r3 = 26r3]sthaḥ[sic] padmeśaḥ lokeśvarajiteśvaraḥ || tāny eśanāmaṇi lokeśvara^e^ dine dine || patanād roga(?) naśyanti sarva[33r4 = 26r4]pāpāṇi caiva hi maṇḍaleśvaraca¦◎kravarttitvaṃ jāyate daivaḍatmaṇi(?) || cāntenūm(?)iśvaraṃ pradyotato mukhāvati vra[33r5 = 26r5]jet_ ||^^^|| iti lokanāthasyāṣṭanāma samāptāḥ[sic] ||^^^|| ye dhamā[sic] hetuprabhāvā hetu teṣaṣā[sic] tathāgato | hy avadat eṣāñ ca yo [33v1 = 26v1, first codicological unit (kernel)] nirodha evaṃvādi mahāśravana ||^^^|| mahārājādhirājaparameśvara(?)paramabhaṭṭārakaśrīśrījayemahendramallade¦[33v2 = 26v2]vaprabhutākkulasa vijayarāje ◎ || dānapati || deyadharmo yaṃ pravalama◎hāyānayāyinaparamapāśa[33v3 = 26v3]kaśrīkāṣṭhamaṇḍapamahānagare kīrttipuṇyamahāvihārāvasthitaḥ ◎ mahāguligṛhādhivāśinaśā[33v4 = 26v4]kyabhikṣuśrīmayalasiṃhacandra◎sya bhāryāsvakaṇalakṣmī tasya putra◎śākyavaṃśāvatālasamalasiṃ[33v4 = 26v4]hacandrebhiyajamātasagaṇapalīcārāṇāṃ .ā(?)hanāmasaṃgītisuvarṇṇākṣalapustakali\khi 1/taṃ saṃpuṇeṇa-1-(?)tatpunyānubhāvena [34r1 = 27r1, first codicological unit (kernel)] āpurārojñajanadhanavṛddhir astu paścād anuttarajñānapālaṃ saṃprāptayeti ||^^^|| śreyo 'stu || saṃvat_ 691 aśunīmāṃ¦[34r2 = 27r2]śe śuklapakṣe dvitīyāyāṃ tithau ◎ svātinakṣatre viṣkambhayoge śukradi◎ne thva dinakuhnu lepakasaṃpūṇṇa || [34r3 = 27r3] leṣako yaṃ śapavanagale maṇi◎saṃghavihārāvasthitalatalevajaye◎gitīsthāne śākyabhikṣuśrīvajā[34r3 = 27r3]cāryavijayecandreneti ||^^^|| ◎ śubham astu ||^^^|| sarvadā kālaṃ bha ||^^^|| vantu ||^^^|| iti ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Nepalese multi-layered black paper.
7.5 × 25.2 × 0.20–0.35 (the last value only for the two folios with miniatures; all other folios are between 0.20 and 0.28) cm. Some folios were trimmed.
Extent: 31 ff. (1 flyleaf + 27 written ff. + 3 unwritten ff.)
Foliation: >Letter numbers, mid-left margin, verso.
Foliation: Nepālākṣara numerals, mid-right margin, verso.
Foliation: Nepālākṣara numerals, right string-hole space margin, verso (ff. 17v–26v).
Condition
Complete, in good condition. Damaged on the margins; some akṣaras are damaged, but still readable.
Layout
5 lines per page, approximately 47 akṣaras per line. 6 × 4 mm. 1.5
Triple marginal frame lines in golden ink. 4–5 × 19.8–20.9 cm. 2
Two string holes framed by single lines in golden ink. 2.5 × 1.5 × 10.5 cm.
Decoration
On f. 1v of the kernel , a seated Buddha Śākyamuni inside a lotus-shaped frame; on on f. 2r of the kernel, an eight-armed, unidentified Bodhisattva seated on a lotus.
Additions:
Marginalia
- corrections>Rare corrections on the upper and lower margins.
Binding
Wood cover, original binding.
History
Origin: Nepāla Saṃvat 691 / 1570 CE. Maṇisaṅghamahāvihāra, Kathmandu (Kāṣṭhamaṇḍapa), Nepāl.
Second codicological unit
Contents
ff. 1r1-6r4
, [Buddhist stotra]Rubric: [1r1, second codicological unit] oṃ namo bhagavate āryyavalokaśvelāya[sic] bodīsatvāya[sic] mahāsatvāya mahākālunikāya[sic] oṃ
[1r2] namo lokanāthāya || śrī ||
[1r2] namo lokanāthāya || śrī ||
Incipit: [1r2, first codicological unit (kernel)] dejamanukhyāṃ suranatacalanaṃ, pratihatajanānuja
[1r3]manana || loke \ma/tvā māmasalune || na kta(?)kupālokulaneṃ || 1 ||
[1r3]manana || loke \ma/tvā māmasalune || na kta(?)kupālokulaneṃ || 1 ||
Explicit: [5v1, second codicological unit] itī bhagavate,, śumanadhanā || \japune gamatane…[-2-]gada …[-1-]mā ||/labhatā śrībo[6r1]tana,, kācanavāsaṃ || jana itusu(?)dala,, vīvidhī vīnāsaṃ || 25 ||
Colophon: [6r2, second codicological unit] ❀ śrīmat śrī⟨[-1-]⟩ [-1-](?)jyāvavokya\te/ svalabhaga(?)⟨[-1-]⟩lakasevasapa
[6r3]trīpāvīcanastosamāka || ❀śubha || sa⟨ṃ⟩vat 942 mi 7 na
[6r4]tra śukra [-2-](?)sacoyākulaśubhaṃ || magalaṃ bhavatuḥ
[6r3]trīpāvīcanastosamāka || ❀śubha || sa⟨ṃ⟩vat 942 mi 7 na
[6r4]tra śukra [-2-](?)sacoyākulaśubhaṃ || magalaṃ bhavatuḥ
Language(s): Nepāl Bhāṣā (Nevārī).
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Nepalese paper.
7.5 × 25.2 × 0.21–0.27 cm.
Extent: 6 ff.
Foliation: >Letter numerals, mid-left margin, verso.
Foliation: Nepālākṣara numerals, mid-right margin, verso.
Condition
Complete, in good condition.
Layout
4–6 lines per page, very carelessly written, with akṣaras of different dimensions, irregular lines and interlinear spaces.
No string-hole spaces; the string hole was punched after the manuscript had been written and obliterated some akṣaras.
Hand(s)
Nepālākṣarā in red ink.
Nepālākṣarā in black ink (correction and some figures in the foliation).
Additions:
Marginalia
- correctionsOn f. 5v, missing text supplied on the lower margin.
History
Origin: 942 Nepāla / 1822 CE.
Additional Information
Record Sources
Previously uncatalogued.
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Funding of Cataloguing
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation