Volume 1

A handlist of the Sanskrit and Prakrit manuscripts in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / by D. Wujastyk.

  • Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
Date:
1985-
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Credit: A handlist of the Sanskrit and Prakrit manuscripts in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / by D. Wujastyk. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Works on Buddhism Aparimitayusutra. — 18C Serial no.2 leaves 1-3, 3a-15, 16v: paper; 8x31cm. — In Sanskrit. — Also known as Aparimitayudharaijisutra. — Date of copying: reign of Jayajagajjayamalla (fl. 1722-1728). See 6 34(ii). — Bibliography: cf. ABC 139.1, add.1277,1385 and especially 1623; ABC 48, 41f. — Gold ink on black paper. — With wooden end boards and silk cloth wrapper. — With Sarvadurgatiparisodhanasutra. — Nepalese script. — With letter numerals. Leaf lv has large ornamental gold letters and a central miniature painting of a red effulgent deity. Begins: oip nama)j sri aryavalokitesvaraya // oip namalj sarvabuddhabodhi'sa' tve saipghebhya^ // evaip maya srutam ekasmin samaye bhagavan sravastyaqi viharati sma [...] Leaf 15v has: aryya aparimitayunama mahayanasutraiji samaptalj [For MS colophon etc. see 6 34(ii)]. Shelved at 6 34 (i). Agtasahasrikaprajnaparamitasutra. — AD 11C Serial no.3 leaves 1-208: palm-leaf, 18 col. ill; 6x55cm. — In Sanskrit. — Copied by Savadhara bhaftarika. — Date of copying: reign of Vigrahapala [III, i.e. c.1075, son of Nayapala]. — Published description: Wujastyk 1984b, 1984e. — Bhujmoli script. Text finishes: samapta ceyaip bhagavati aryagfasahasrikaprajna- paramita / sarvatathagatajanani satvabodhisattvapratyekajina- sravakanagi ca mata dharmamudra dharmfolka dharma]nabhi ddharmabheri dharmanetri dharmanidhanaip akgayo dharmakoso dharmacintyadbhutadarsanana- kgatramalasadevam / tathasuragandharvalokavandita sarvasukhahetur iti / ye dharma [... ]mahasramaijalj / lokaprapayituip sukhena padavim