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MSS. Hodgson

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A Collection of Dhāraṇīs, Stotras, and Avadānas, A.D. 1819.

A collection of 140 Dhāraṇīs, Stotras, and Avadānas,

Language(s): Sanskrit.

1. [fols. 1-8]

the Amoghapāśa Dhāraṇī.

Incipit: oṃ namaḥ śrīvuddhadharmmasaṃghebhyaḥ ǁ oṃ nama śrīlokanāthāyaḥ ǁ Amoghapāsāya bhagavate namaḥ ǁ evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasmiṃ samaye bhagavān Potarakaparvvate viharati sma ǁ &c.

Explicit: āryyāmoghapāsanāma hṛdayaṃ mahāyānasūtraṃ samāpta ǁ

Mañjuśrīpratijñā Dh., and Siddhinikā Dh.

Vairocana Dh., Akṣobhya Dh., Ratnasambhava Dh., Amitābha (or Amṛtābha) Dh., and Amoghasiddhi Dh.

Ṣaḍakṣari Dh.

Avalokiteśvara Dh., and Sahasra-bhūjalokeśvara Dh.

Jātismara Dh., and Sarvamaṅgala Dh.

Sahasravarttā Dh., Tārā Dh., and Mokṣapada Dh.

two Jātismara Dhāraṇīs.

Durgatipariśvadhana (read ºśodhana) Dh.

Vajravidāraṇahṛdayamantra Dh.

Mahāmāyāvijayavāhini Dh.

Jambalajalendra Dh.

Aikajatā, or Ekajatā Dh.

Dhvajāmgrakeyūrī Dh., Atitānāgatapratyutpanna Dh., Bhaikharya Dh., and Gāthādvaya Dh.

In the margin: Saṇiścarāstakadhāraṇi. In the table of contents: saniścarāstakadhāº.

29. [fols. 21v-20v]

the Pratyaṅgirā Dhāraṇī.

Incipit: oṃ namo bhagavate āryyamahāpratyaṃgirāyaiḥ ǁ evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasmiṃ samaya bhagavān deveṣu trāyatriṃsekhu viharati sma | &c.

Explicit: ǁ āryyasarvvatathāgatoṣṇīkhaśitātapatrā nāmāparājitā mahāpratyaṃgirā vidyārājñī parisamāptaḥ ǁ

30. [fols. 26v-31v]

the Nāmasaṃgīti, in 167 ślokas.

Incipit: oṃ namo Mañjunāthāya ǁ atha Vajradhara śrīmān duddātadamakaparaḥ tailokyavijayi vīlo guhyalā kuhyalā kuliseśvara ǁ 1 ǁ

Explicit: gamhīrodāravaipulyaḥ mahārthajagadarthakṛt ǁ vuddhānāṃ vikhayo hyekhaḥ saṃmyaksaṃvuddhabhākhita ǁ 167 ǁ upasaṃhāragāthā paṃca ǁ ǁ āryyamāyājālāṣoḍasasāhaśrīkāḥ mahājogatantrāntapātiḥ samadhijālapatalā bhagavanta tathāgataḥ ǁ śrīsākyamuṇibhākhita bhagavato Mañjuśrījñānasatvasya paramārthānāmasaṃgīti samāptaḥ ǁ

Abhayamkarī Dh.

(Vasundhārā Dh.).

Vajravīdāraṇī Dh.

Gaṇapatihṛdaya Dh.

Uṣṇīṣavijaya Dh., and Parṇaśavarī Dh..

Mārīcī Dh.

Grahamātṛkā Dh.

Bhadracarimahāyānapraṇidhānaratnarāja, or Bhadracarīpraṇidhānarāja, or Bhadracarī Dh.

Ekajatābhaṭṭārikāmātrāstavastotra, or Ekajatā Dh. (eight verses).

iti śrībhadrakalpāvadānoddhṛtaṃ navagrahakṛtaṃ śrīśākyamuṇistotraṃ samāptaḥ ǁ A stotra in ten verses, from the Bhadrakalpa Avadāna.

A stotra extract from the Svayambhū Purāṇa.

āryyamahāpratisarāya nāma dhāraṇī samāptaḥ ǁ

āryyamahāsāhasrapramadanī dvitīyamaṃtro dhāº saº ǁ

āryyamahāmāyūrīvidyārājñī tritiyamaṃtro dhāº saº ǁ

āryyamahāsītavatī nāma dhāranī caturthamantradhāranī samāptaḥ ǁ

iti śrīāryyamantrānusādhanīpaṃcamamaṃtro dhāº saº ǁ The last five Dhāraṇīs (ff. 43–49) are extracts from the Pañcarakṣā, see above no. 1447.

iti śrī 3 mahākālāstavavajravīranāmastotraṃ samāptaḥ ǁ

Kālacakra Dh. (with a curious mystic drawing or diagram on f. 50v).

Mahāmegha Dh.

Varṣāpaṇa Dh.

52. [fols. 56-59v]

the Sragdharāstotra, by Sarvajñamitra, in thirty-seven sections

Incipit: oṃ namaḥ śrī 3 āryyatārāyaiḥ ǁ vālārkkā lokatāmra pravalasurasirāś cārucuḍāmaṇiśrīsampatsaṃpatkarāgāḥ naticiraracitāḥ raktakavyaktabhaktiḥ ǁ &c.

Explicit: iti Sarvvajñamitra viracitaṃḥ āryyatārābharttārikāyāḥ Śragadhārāstuti saṃpūrṇṇa samāptāḥ ǁ

53. [fols. 59v-61v]

the Tārāśatanāma Dh., or Nāmāṣṭottaraśataka, or Tārāṣṭottaraśatanāmastotra.

Incipit: oṃ namo śrī 3 ekajatiāryyatārāyaiḥ ǁ śrīmaṭ potarake ramve nānādhātuvirājite | &c.

Explicit: sadā virahito vuddhaiḥ jatra jatrotpapadyate ǁ o ǁ iti āryatārābharṭārikāyāḥ nāmāstottarasatakaṃ vuddhabhākhitaṃ samāptaḥ ǁ

iti āryyamahākālatantranamantrapatala samāptaḥ ‖ (Mahākālatantra Dh.).

Tārā Ekaviṃśatistotra.

56. [fols. 64-73v]

the Lokeśvaraśataka, by Vajradatta.

Incipit: oṃ namo lokanāthāyaḥ ǁ ǁ bhāsvanmānikyabhāsvoḥ makutabhṛtinamaṃ nākanāthottaṅgaḥ | &c.

Explicit: kavir api janmani janmani bhaktacaraṇe | valokitesvarasya | prakṛtiśaraṇagotaradhīḥ parahitagurukāryyaṃṣya mahāṅge patalikaḥ śrīvajradattaviracitaṃ | śrī 3 Lokeśvarasatakaṃ samāptaḥ ǁ

Śitarāstotra.

āryyaprajñāpāramitāhṛdayadhāraṇi pañcaviṃsatikāḥ nāmadhāraṇi samaptaḥ ǁ

Vajravārāhī Dh.

Ṣaḍakṣarī Dh.

Nīra- or Nīla-Sarasvatī Dhāraṇī.

Trayodaśātmakastuti, or Heruka Dh.

Herukavajradākatantra Dh., or Vajradāka Dh.

Vajrasatvakavaoa Dh.

The title is given as Pīthāstaka Dh. in the margin and in the table of contents.

67. [fols. 81v-82v]

the Saptabuddhastotra, from the Sugata Avadāna, nine verses.

Explicit: saklapāśān muniya iva varāḥ nivṛtisaṃprayātuḥ ǁ 9 ǁ iti śrīsugatāvadānoktasaptavuddhastuti samāptaḥ ǁ

68. [fols. 82v-86]

the Ugratārā Dh.

Incipit: 1 oṃ namo bhagavate Ugratārāyaiḥ ǁ namaḥ śrāvakapratyekavuddhaḥ vodhisatvaḥ krodharājavuddhadharmmasaṃghebhyaḥ | &c.

Explicit: vajrajogiṇi ekajatāḥ Urggatārādhāraṇi samāptaḥ ǁ

Yogāmbara Dh., and Aṣṭadākinī Dh.

Vajrayoginī Dh., by Gautama Ṛṣi.

Saṃvaramārāmantra Dh.

Vajradākinī, or Vajravīrāsaṇī Dh.

74. [fols. 88-93]

Aparimitāyu Mahāyānasūtra, or Aparimitā Dhāraṇī.

Incipit: oṃ namaḥ śrī 3 vuddhadharmmasaṅghebhyaḥ ǁ oṃ evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasmiṃ samaye bhagavān Srāvastyaṃ viharati sma ǁ ... tatra khalu bhagavān uparisthāyā disi aparimitaguṇasaṃcayā nāma lokadhātuḥ | &c.

Explicit: āryyaaparamitāyu nāma mahāyānasūtraṃ ratnarājaṃ samāptaḥ ǁ

Vasundhārāhṛdaya Dh.

Yogāmbarakalparāja Tantra, or Yogāmbarakalpa Dh., and Grahamātṛkāhṛdaya Dh.

Nāmasaṃgatihṛdaya Dh.

Cakrasaṃvarasya tantrāntapatalahṛdaya, or Cakrasamvara Dh.

Alapañcana Dh., and Vajrakrodharāja Tantra.

Lokeśvara Dh., Sarvapāpadahana Dh., and Puṇyavivardhana (or Pūrṇaº?) Dh.

84. [fols. 96v-107]

the shortest redaction of the Svayambhū Purāṇa, in eight parivartas.

Incipit: 1 oṃ nama śrīdharmmadhātave ǁ natvārkavandhujagadīkavandhu ǁ svayaṃbhubhakkārakanādidevaṃ | jarārujāmṛtyahayaikadakṣaṃ vakṣe kadudesamahastamastaṃ ǁ Nepāle jagadikhyātya Geśṛṃgo nāma parvvateḥ bhedo ti ca juge satyaḥ nāmasyajugodayaṃ | &c.

Explicit: iti śrīsvayambhuḥpurāṇacaityabhaṭṭārakoddeśe mahāprabhāvarṇṇano nāmāṣṭamaparirttaḥ samāptaḥ ǁ

Dvādaśasaniścara Dh

Bhṛkutitārā Dh.

Sarasvatī, or Suvarṇaprabhā-Sarasvatī Stotra.

Hanumantahṛdaya Dh.

Karavīra Dh.

Candramahāroṣaṇa Dh.

Jakṣāstaka Dh.

Guhyasvarimantra Dh., or Guhyasvarinairātmā Dh.

93. [fols. 111-116v]

the Durgatipariśodhana Dh., or the first part of the Sarvadurgatipariśodhana.

Incipit: oṃ nama śrīvajrasatvāyaḥ ǁ oṃ namo bhagavate sarvvadurggatipariśvadhanarājasya ǁ oṃ vajrādhiṣṭhānasamayahūṃ ǁ &c.

Explicit: oṃ hūṃ vaṃ ho phaṭ oṃ vajrābhiṣiṃ camitiḥ ǁ ǁ idaṃm avocat bhagavān … abhyanandann itiḥ ǁ ǁ āryyasarvvadurggatipariśvadha-narājasya tathāgatā yā ’rhanta saṃmyaksamvuddhasya kalpadeśaya samāptaḥ ǁ

Daśakrodha Dh.

Ṣaḍbhūjamāhākālasādhana Dh.

the Śṛṅgabherikathā, from the Citraviṃśati Avadāna

Incipit: oṃ namo ratnatrayāyaḥ ǁ ākāsā nirmmarībhūtāḥ niṣpapañcaguṇāśrayaḥ ǁ pañcaskaṃdhātmakaṃ śāntaṃ | tasmai bhūpātmane namaḥ ǁ o ǁ evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasmiṃ samaya bhagavān Rājagṛhe viharati sma ǁ &c.

Explicit: aparimita surasaṃghaiḥ devakaṃṇyā bhikṣukkaiḥ jinavalaśutatulyaḥ puryyamāno nṛpodyaiḥ ǁ paṇimayaśubhageheḥ tiṣṭhati staṃbhaśobhe ǁ pathati dharaṇacāpiḥ śrāvayas tu sa dharmma ǁ o ǁ iti citraviṃśatyāvaneḥ saṃcchiptacaityavrataśṛṃṅgabherīkathā samāptaḥ ǁ

97. [fols. 127v-135v]

the Aśvaghoṣa Avadāna.

Incipit: oṃ namo bhagavate āryyaśñvaśuṃddhārāyaiḥ ǁ vaśuṃddhārā sadā natvā dāridrānavatāraṇiḥ deśayāmi manuṣyārthaḥ sarvvadukhapramocani ǁ pūrvvaśrīvaśudhārādevī vratasūtraṃ prakāsetaṃḥ ǁ kathā pravakṣāmi śrūyatāṃ | &c.

Explicit: śukhena tiṣṭhatiḥ ǁ ǁ iti śrīvaśudhārāvratapūrvvamatyamandalāgatakathā parisamāptaḥ ǁ

Vajrayoginī Dh.

Pratyaṅgirāmantra Dh., Mahākālahṛdaya Dh., and Candradvādaśa Dh.

Prajñāpāramitā Dh., Gandhavyūha Dh., and Samādhirāja Dh.

Suvarṇaprabhā Dh.

Laṅkāvatāra Dh.

(Lalitavistara Dh.).

Tathāgataguhyaka Dh.

(Daśabhūmikā Dh.).

Mañjughoṣa Dh.

Sarvajñatākāra Dh.

Saṭpāramitāhṛdaya Dh., and Gaganākṣepavajrayoginī Dh.

Rakkayamārī Dh., and Prasannatārā Dh.

Mahābhairava Dh., Siddhivighneśvara Dh., and Gaṇeśaṣoḍaśa Dh. (or Sodaśagaṇeśa Dh.).

Kālacakranivardha Dh., and Vajraśṛṅkhalā, or Śṛṅkhalā Dh.

Sapanevidyā (Sapnevidyā?) Dh.

Ṣaṇmuṣi Dh.

Sūryadvādaśa (or Dvādaśasūrya, or Adityadvādaśa) Dh.

Navagrahamantravinyāsa Dh.

Rāhuvyagrahaśānti Dh.

Ketugrahaśānti. Dh.

Vajradākiṇihṛdaya Dh.

129. [fols. 161-163v]

the Tattvajñānasaṃsiddhi, in five chapters

Explicit: iti Tatvajñānasaṃsiddhau pūjāvidhi ǁ 1 ǁ; iti Taº bhāvanāvidhi ǁ 2 ǁ; iti Taº syasanasaḥ niṣpānagrahavidhiḥ ǁ 3 ǁ; iti Taº mantrādhāraṇa vidhiḥ ǁ; and Tatvajñānasaṃsiddhināmasvādhisthānakrama iti jo samāptaḥ ǁ

Uṣṇīṣacakravartti Dh.

Viśvamātā Dh., and Māricī Dh.

Jāṅgulī Dh., Vajrahūṃkārabhairava,’ or Hūṃkārabhairava Dh., and Maitreya Dh.

(Mahāsaṃvara Dh.).

Bhūtadāmvarasamkṣipta Dh., and Carocikā, or Vajracarooikā Dh.

139. [fols. 166v-174]

the Vasundhārā Dhāraṇī.

Incipit: oṃ namaḥ bhagavate āryyaśrīvasuṃdhārāyaiḥ ǁ evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasmiṃ samaya bhagavān ǁ Kauśādimahānagaryyāṃ viharati sma ǁ… tatra khalu bhagavān Kausāvyāmahānagaryyāṃ Sucandro nāma vṛhaspati prativasaṃti sma ǁ &c.

140. [fols. 174-192]

the Kapiśa Avadāna, in ten adhyāyas.

Incipit: oṃ nama śrīsarvvajñāyaḥ ǁ kaṃdaṃrppadarppaśamanaṃ pranipatya mudhnāḥ soddhodanīsuranarāccitapādapīṭha śrutvā guro sugatasūtraṃ satatvavijñaṃ sūtraṃ tadarthasamanusmaraṇaṃ kariṣya ǁ &c.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: thick yellow paper.

Extent: ii + 197

Dimensions (binding): 43.2 × 18.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Newārī

History

Origin: A. D. 1819.

śubhasaṃ 939 sti vaiśākhaśu 11 śubhaṃ, i. e. Newārī saṃvat 939 or a. d. 1819.

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. 1449 (1–140), pp. 259-262

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Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1449 (1–140), pp. 259-262

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