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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

Obv.
yiṣyati • tasya kālaṃ kurvato maraṇa-kāla-samaye . . . .
devānāṃ sābhavyatāyām-upapa/ryati • yatra tiṣṭhati . . . .
ta rahasra parivṛtaḥ puraskṛto dha ⊙ rmaṃ deśayati . . . .
yaḥ sa/śrīya likhitavyaḥ sa/śrīy-ōddeṣṭa ⊙ vyaḥ sa/śrīya
pa . . . .
paryāyaṃ likhitvā uddiśitvā svādyāyitvā cintayitvā bhā . . . .
n-tarhi (Bha)-garaṇn-aham-eva tāvatimaṃ dharmaparyyāyam-
adhiṣṭha hāmi ma . . . .
Ile-dong. 011. Five small frs. Coarse ochre-coloured
paper, somewhat frayed. Largest fr. 2″ × 2¼″. Writing
medium sized, slanting ; faint on obv.
Ile-dong. 013. Ochre-coloured paper. Fr. 1⅝″ × 2″ of
very narrow leaf which was only 2″ wide. Writing only on
one side, small, rather fine, cursive like. From middle of leaf.
Ile-dong. 019. Multitude of tiny frs., belonging to many
MSS., some in Sanskrit, some not so apparently. They are
too small for anything material to be deciphered from them.
Ile-dong. 020. Brown paper. Fr. 1¼″ × 2¼″. Writing
very large, very thick, bold, clear, upright, angular. From
middle of leaf.
Ile-dong. 021. Brownish paper. Fr., being R. portion
of leaf, 4″ × 2″, width of leaf being 2″. Writing small, up-
right, angular, neat.
Ile-dong. 022. Brownish paper. Fr. of L. portion of a
leaf with one corner, 5⅛″ × 3⅝″. Writing large, very thick,
upright, angular.
Khad. 016. Light brown paper. A large part of all the
middle of a leaf, which is 3⅜″ wide ; R. and L. portions lost.
Length of fr. 11¼″. No cord-hole mark.
From the sense it appears that the obv. is the side not
marked. This side contains some Ślokas, and portions of
Ślokas numbered from 2 to 6 appear. Calculating from the
missing portions of Ślokas and the size of letters, it seems
that some 9″ in the aggregate have been lost at both ends
and that the leaf must have been about 21″ long.
This passage comes from the Saddharmapuṇḍarika, Kern–
Nanjo's ed., xviii. p. 355, l. 3, to p. 356, l. 10.
Khad. 017, 021, 022, 023, 025, and 026. These six
pieces are parts of one leaf, and have now been put together.
See Khad. 024, below.
Brown paper. The combined pieces form complete L.
portion of leaf, the width of which is 7⅛″, the R. portion being
missing. Cord-hole in middle line, 6″ from L. edge. The
side uncovered with tissue paper is treated as the obv. Writing
rather large, upright, and rather thick. Length 9¼″. Pl. CXXII.
The 67th section of this work ends in l. 2 of obv. It
appears from ll. 2 and 8 of rev. to be a Prajñā-pāramitā.
Khad. 019. Brown paper. L. portion of leaf, which is
3⅝″ wide. Fr. is 11″ long, and has L. margin nearly com-
plete. Cord-hole is 3⅜″ from L. edge of writing. Writing
medium sized, nearly upright. Pl. CXXII.
Obv.
. . rlya . . rmalā • Anen-āpid-Bhagavān-paryāyeṇa tasya
puruṣasya n-āsti mṛṣā-vādakaḥ puna . . . .

puruṣeṇa bahu me kośa-koṣṭh-āgārā hy-asi-iti kṛtvā putra-
priyaṃ tay-éva mṛgayāmāṇena śla . . . .
varṇāny-eva yānāni da ⊙ tṛtāni yad-idaṃ mahā-yānāni
dattāni n-āsti Bhagavāṃs-tasya . . . .
cin-mṛṣā-vādaṃ • Evam-u ⊙ kto Bhagavāṃn-āyuṣmantaṃ
Śāradbati-putram-etad-avoca; Sā . . . .
ti-putr-āivam-etac-Chāradbati-putra tathā yathā vadasi (evam-
eva) Śāradbati-putra tath . . . . .
kṣaṃbuddhaḥ sarvba-bhayavi nitānta • (sa)r(vb)a . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . -opāyāsa-pārimuktaḥ.
Rev.
maraṇa-{śo}ka-pari [de]va-du(ḥkh)a-daurmanasya- . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . avidy-āndhākāras-tamas-{ṭi} . . . .
ryava-naddhāt-saṃsāra-niveśanāt-Tathāgato sarv(e)ṇa sa vir.
.r. .u .ı. s-Tathāgata-jñāna-darśana . . . .
vaiṇik-ēndriya-bodhyaṃga-dhyā ⊙ na-vimokṣa-samādhi-
sāmāpattiḥ Buddha-dharma-samanvāgato . . . .
balavān-sarvba-loka-pi ⊙ tā maḥ-ōpāya-kauśalya-jñāna-
darśana-parama-pārami prāpto m . . . .
apara khinna-mānaso hit-āṛṣi anukaṃpako mahā-dharma-
rājā mahā-dharma-svāmi sa ādipta traidhā . . . .
. . . . . . gni-skandhena ādipta-jirṇa-paṭala-śaraṇa-niveśana-
sadṛśe saṃsāra-niveśāne utpa . . . .
Khad. 020. Brown paper. Triangular fr. of L. side of
leaf, the width of which is 4″. Length of fr. 4¼″ to 1¼″.
Writing medium sized, thick, upright.
Khad. 021-3, see Khad. 017, &c.
Khad. 024. Brown, coarse, thickish paper. Fr. of R.
portion of leaf, 4¼″ × 2¼″. Writing largish, upright, similar
to the repaired leaf, Khad. 017, &c.
Khad. 025-6, see Khad. 017, &c.
Khad. 027. Brown paper. R. portion of leaf with R.
margin nearly complete; size 7⅛″ × 3⅜″. Writing medium
sized, upright. It contains verses, and as verses 31–9 are in
Upajāti metre with an occasional redundant twelfth syllable,
a calculation shows that some 16 to 19 letters (according to
their size) have been lost in each line in missing L. portion,
that is, about 6″ have been lost on L. side, including cord-
hole.
Letters from another leaf have been imprinted reversely
over rev., so rendering much uncertain or illegible.
These verses are verses 134–43 in the Saddharmapuṇḍarika
(Kern–Nanjo's ed.), ii. pp. 57–9.
Khad. 028. Coarse ochre-coloured paper. An irregular
fr. of the L. portion of a leaf with the L. margin partially
visible, 2⅜″ × 4¼″. Writing large, very thick, squat, and
angular, with the letters spaced apart.
Khad. 029. This packet contains only small frs., often
much crushed, of at least 8–9 MSS. Writing generally of
Brāhmī script, but in some cases appears to be different. The
frs. are so small that nothing definite seems discoverable. Some
frs. show traces of fire.
Khad. 039. Brownish paper. Fr., 3″ × 4″, of middle
portion of leaf with one margin, the R. and L. portions being
lost. Judging from position of cord-hole, the leaf was 5″
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