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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    sam[_]ddhaya vahin[_] karuyya hitacetasa bhagavatavfddhitasak§i pita / srutva ta 'khiladharmatattvanilayasutraip samadharate gatva sthana deyadharma [etc., scribal verse] [... ] tta.rakaparamasaugatamaharajadhirajasrimadvigrahapala[vijaya- rajye] samvat [... ]napa[ ? ]nalavyavasthitalekhakasrisavadhareija bha^tarikalikhiteti praijidhanal likhapita prajnaparamita maya The 18 miniatures are as follow: leaves lv and 2r: Five Jinas and Prajnaparamita leaf lOlv: events in Nalagiri, Sravasti, the 33 heaven; leaf 102r: Buddha’s birth, temptation, turning of the dharmacakra; leaf 208v: monkey episode, Buddha in dhyana, in nirvana; leaf 208r: Tara, Buddha in dhyana being poked in the ears, Avalokitesvara. The paintings are in a simple style, using red, yellow and green colours mainly, with black and white details. Last leaf appears unfinished. Margins on the illustrated leaves are yellow with simple decorative details and red frames, which also frame the paintings. There are roundels on leaves 39r, 56v, (76v), 81v(col.), 84v, 93v(col.), 112r, 114v, 118r, (136r), 140r, 146r, 152v, 157r, 162r, 164r, 167r, 170v, 174v, 179r, 186v, 188v, 200v, (206r), 206v. There are flourishes on the numeral 3 in the leaf numbering, left recto of each 10th leaf. The boards, which are also illustrated, are later Nepalese and slightly damaged. Shelved at *e 1. [Dharapis] Serial no.4 mixed leaves: paper. — In Sanskrit. — Leaves muddled with Pancarakja (6 31(i)). — Nepalese script. Shelved at 6 31 (iii). [Dharagis]. — AD 1766 leaves 2-9, 11: paper; 7x24cm. — In Sanskrit, be from a different text. — Date of copying: cf. 6 Bibliography: cf. ABC 256.1, no.62.98; ABC 48, 289. Serial no.5 — Leaf 11 may 31(i). — — Gold ink on