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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    Mahasitavati (lOlv), Mahaptatisara (148v), Maharakgakahamantranusariiji (155v). — Nepalese script. — 10 miniatures on the end-boards. Leaves numbered with numerals and letter-numerals. Shelved at *e 50. Pancarakga. — AD 1653 Serial no.10 leaves 1-87,89-103: paper, 12 col. ill; 12x47cm. — In Sanskrit. — Date of copying: phalguna, [Nepala] saip 774, in the reign of Pratapamalla. — Copied in Nepala. — Bibliography: Farquhar, ORLI, p.273; ABC 61, xvii, add.1385, etc.; on Pratapamalla see Slusser, NM, pp.l91ff., etc. — Stevens labels: Lot 423, 3/11/25; Lot 403, 3/11/24. — Published description: Wujastyk, SAC, [10]. — Also published in Wellcome Calendar 1983. — Complete, barring lacuna of one leaf. — Ranjana script. — Gold ink on black paper. The miniatures are as follow: Leaf lv: Vairocana in centre; 2 disciples flanking Leaf 2r: the black goddess Mahaptatisara Leaf 29v: Akgobhya with elephants Leaf 30r: the blue goddess Sahasrapramardaiji Leaf 58v: Ratnasaipbhava touching the earth Leaf 59r: the yellow goddess Mahamayuri Leaf 96v: Amoghasiddhi with a snake hood Leaf 97r: the green goddess Sitavati Leaf 99v: Amitabha with peacocks Leaf lOOr: the red goddess Mahanusara^ii Leaf 103 ends: aryamaharakgamahamantranusara^imahavidyarajni samaptalj aryamahaptatisara / aryamahasahasrapramarda^i / aryamaha- mayuri / aryamahasitavati / aryamahamantranusaraiji / etani pancarakgasutraiji samaptani [...] maharajadhirajaparamesvaraparama- bhaftarakalj sri sri jayapratapamalladevaprabhuthakurasya vijayarajye