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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    Miniature of husband and wife donors on leaf 56r. Shelved at 6 15. Pancarakga. — AD 1766 Serial no.13 leaves 1, 3-6, 8-15, 17-22, 24-31, 33-67: paper, 4 col. ill; 7x24cm. — In Sanskrit. — Date of copying: leaf 67r has: sagivaf 887 mi[...]. — Gold ink on black paper. — With wooden end-boards and silk wrapper. — Two or three manuscripts muddled together. — Nepalese script. — Miniatures on leaves 21, 43, 56, and 60. Mahasahasrapramarda^isutra ends on leaf 20v, Mahamayurividyarajna on 43r, Mahaptatisarayavidyarajni on 56r, Mahasitavati[_]havidyarajni on 59v, Mahamantranusara^ividyarajni on 65v. Shelved at 6 31 (i). Sarvadurgatiparisodhanaraja. — AD 18C Serial no.14 leaves 16(add.),17-21,23-27,29-41,41a-47,51-85,93-137: paper; 8x31cm. — In Sanskrit. — Also known as Durgatiparisodhana. — Date of copying: reign of Jayajagajjayamalla (fl.1722-1728). — Bibliography: cf. ABC 61 add 1378, and esp. 1623; on Jagajjayamalla see ibid., x,xv, chron.app.Ill; cf. NCC 9.74bf. — Gold ink on black paper. — With wooden end boards and silk cloth. — With Aparimitayusutra (leaves l-s,3a-15). — Nepalese script. — Has letter numerals. Final wooden end board 9x39cm. does not belong with this MS; it has candana and effaced gold floral painting on red ground. Leaf 29 begins: dhabhivikri<jite / sarvvabuddhabodhisatvadhigthite // [cf. ABC 48, no.83, line 18] Leaf 16r has: oqi namo srivajrasatvaya // oip namo bhagavatyai sarvva- durggatiparisodhanarajrasya // oip vajradhigfanasamaye huip // oip sodhaya 2 sarvvapapavisodhaya [... cf. ABC 61, no. add 1623 II] Leaf 136v has: aryyasarvvadurggatiparisodhanarajo rajasya tathagatasya ' rhatasaqimyaksaipvuddhasya kalpaikadesalj samaptalj //ye dharma hetuprabhava [... cf. ABC 48, no.83]