MS Sansk. c. 25 (R)

MSS. Sansk. c.

Summary of Contents: A fragmentary 11th-13th century palm-leaf manuscript of the second part of the Mūlasarvāstivāda text Bhikṣuṇīkarmavācanā, the manual for the ordination of Buddhist nuns.

Bhikṣuṇīkarmavācanā

Incipit: [3r1] mātṛgrāmasya caturthasya śrāmaṇyaphala\syā/dhigamāya la◎bhate mātṛgrāmaḥ svākhyāte dharmmavi\na/ye pravrajyām upasampadaṃ bhikṣuṇībhāvañ caret_ mātṛgrāmo bhagavato ntike bra⟨-⟩
[3r2] caryam ity evam ukte bhagavān mahāprajāpatīṃ gautamī¦◎m idam avocat_ |

Marginal glosses in a different hand.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Palm leaf (Corypha).

30 × 5.4 cm.

Extent: 25 ff.

Foliation: Original foliation in Pāla numerals, mid-right margin, verso.

Foliation: Additional foliation in Arabic numerals, top right margin, verso. Erroneous.

Condition

Significant damage with loss of text on a folios 27-31. A few folios smudged and stained, with akṣaras (mostly still readable) damaged.

Fragmentary, 6 folios missing. Extant folios: 3-7, 9-11, 15-31.

Hand(s)

Pāla script in black ink.

History

Origin: 11th–13th century. Nepal.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from A. F. R. Hoernle in 1887.

Record Sources

Description created by Camillo Formigatti and revised by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card, for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Libraries' Admissions Office).

Bibliography

Descriptions of the manuscript

The Buddhist Nuns' Ordination in the Tibetan Canon: Possibilities of the Revival of the Mūlasarvāstivāda Bhikṣuṇī Lineage, Roloff, Carola (Bochum/Freiburg, projekt verlag, 2020)

Funding of Cataloguing

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation