MS. Hodgson 7
MSS. Hodgson
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Lalitavistara, 18th cent.?
Contents
The Lalitavistara, in twenty-seven sections
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Incipit: oṃ namo ratnatrayāya ǁ ǁ namo daśadigā-nantāparyyantalokadhātupratiṣṭhitasarvvavuddhavodhi-satvāryaśrāvakapratyekavuddhebhyo ’tītānāgatapratyutpannebhyoḥ ǁ evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasmin samaye bhagavān Śrāvastyāṃ viharati sma ǁ jetavane Anāthapiṇḍadasyārāme mahatā bhikṣusaṅghena sārddhaṃ dvādaśabhir bhikṣusahasraiḥ ǁ tad yathā ǁ &;c.
Explicit: sadevamānuṣāsuralokā bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandann iti ǁ ǁ iti śānirgamaparivartto nāma saptāviṃśatimaḥ ǁ 27 ǁ iti sarvvavodhisatvacaryyāprasthāno Lalitavistaro nāma mahāyānasūtraṃ ratnarājaṃm iti samāptaṃ ǁ ye dharmmā hetuprabhāvā hetus teṣāṃ hevadateṣāṃ ca yo nirodha evaṃvādi mahāśramaṇaṃ ǁ
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: thick yellow paper.
Extent: ii + 192
Dimensions (binding): 43.5 × 16.8 cm.
Hand(s)
Nepalese.
History
Origin: 18th cent.?
probably the second half of the 18th century.
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1425, p. 248
Availability
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Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1425, p. 248
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