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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.

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented to the Bodleian Library by Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1837.

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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