MS. Sansk. a. 7 (R)

MSS. Sansk. a.

Summary of Contents: A palm-leaf manuscript of the Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra.

Ff. 1-187.

Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra

Incipit: F. 1v: namo bhagavatyai āryaprajñaparamitāyai | nirvikalpe namas tubhyaṃ prajñāpāramite ‘mite |

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Palm-leaf.

Extent: 188 ff.

Dimensions (binding): 10.5 × 61.6 cm.

Dimensions (leaf): 7.7 × 22 cm.

Foliation: Nepalese numerals, mid-right margin, verso.

Layout

Description of the mūla layout:

6 lines per page in 3 columns. 2 string holes.

Hand(s)

Kuṭila in black ink. Scribe: Ahanakuṇḍa

‘F. 186v: asti magadhaviṣaye śrīnālandavasin [?] lekhaka ahanakuṇḍena bhaṭṭārakaiḥ prajñāpāramitā likhitā |’

Decoration

Miniature depicting the Buddha and 10 bodhisattvas on the inner side of the front cover.

Miniature depicting the Buddha and monks on the inner side of the back cover.

Three miniatures on each page of ff. 1v-2r, depicting the Buddha, monks, and various bodhisattvas.

Three miniatures on each page of ff. 92v-93r, depicting the Buddha, monks, and various bodhisattvas.

Three miniatures on each page of ff. 185v-186r, depicting the Buddha, monks, and various bodhisattvas.

Binding

Contemporary binding of two wooden boards, decorated on the inner side, and a string.

Bundled in the original cloth wrapper.

Kept in a cloth box.

History

Origin: 1096 CE / saṃvat 15.

‘F. 186v: mahārājādhirājaparameśvarapava-mabhaṭṭārakaparamasaugata [?] -śrīmadrāmapāladevapra-varddhamānavijayarājye pancādaśame saṃvatsare vyabhilikhyamānapatrāhkenāpi saṃvat 15 | vaiśākhe dine kṛṣṇasaptamyāṃ | ’

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1900 from from A. F. R. Hoernle.

Record Sources

Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1428, p. 250

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1428, p. 250

Funding of Cataloguing

The cataloguing of this item was made possible through a benefaction from the late John P. Clay, founder and benefactor of the Clay Sanskrit Library.