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Antigraph: Add.1611<\/a>.<\/p>

\"C = Cambr. Add.1386 [...] is a very bad copy. Its scribe was a blunt and stupid person. It abounds in blunders of the coarsest kind; omissions and dittographies are frequent\" (Speyer 1902: CV).<\/p><\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Format", "value": "Pothī" }, { "label": "Data Source(s)", "value": "Bendall (1883: 137), Speyer (1902: CIII-CV), direct inspection." }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Sanskrit." }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "\u200fUnknown." }, { "label": "Alternative Title(s)", "value": "Śatakāvadāna" }, { "label": "Binding", "value": "

Wood cover, library binding.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Complete, good (original restoration on folio 169<\/a>)." }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

Nepālākṣarā script in black ink.<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Excerpts", "value": "
Rubric:<\/b> [1v1]<\/a> namaḥ sarvajñāya ||<\/div>
Incipit:<\/b> [1v1]<\/a> pūrṇṇabhadro yaśomatī kaśīdā<\/i>(!)<\/i> vaṇijas tathā || somo vaḍiś ca<\/i>(!)<\/i> padmāṅkaḥ | pañcālo dhūmra eva ca || rājānaṃ paścimaṃ kṛtvā vargo hy e[1v2]ṣa samudditaḥ | janapadacaryāyāṃ pūrṇṇabhadra iti | buddho bhagavān satkṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārtha[1v3]vāhaiḥ devair nāgair yakṣar<\/i>(!)<\/i> asurair garuḍaiḥ | kiṃnnarair<\/i>(!)<\/i> mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavāṃ jñāto mahāpu[1v4]ṇyo lābhī c〚<\/i>i<\/i>〛<\/i>\\<\/i>ī<\/i>/<\/i>varapiṇḍapātaśayanāśana<\/i>(!)<\/i>glānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariskārāṇāṃ saśrāva\\<\/i>ka<\/i>/<\/i>saṃghā<\/i>(!)<\/i> maṇḍapeyaṃ pravacanaṃ pratinavaś ca buddho tyādoyāva[1v4]devamanuṣyebhyaḥ samya[<\/i>k.<\/i>]<\/i>prakāsito rājagṛham upanisṛtya viharati |<\/i>(!)<\/i> veṇuvane kalandakanivāpe | <\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> [8r9]<\/a> idam avocad bhagavān āttamanas[8r10]as te ca bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan_ || ❈ 3 || iti kuśīdāvadānaṃ samāptaṃ ||   ||<\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> [77v]<\/a> || avadānaśatake caturthī udānagāthā bodhisatvajātakānāṃ samāpta<\/i>(!)<\/i> || 39 || (Note: <\/b>For the reason of the discrepancy in the numbering of the avadāna<\/i>s, see Speyer 1902.) <\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> [91v8]<\/a> ||   || avadānaśatake pañcamī uddā[91v9]nagāthā samāptā ||   || <\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> [109v2]<\/a> ||   || avadānaśatakai<\/i>(!)<\/i> ṣaṣṭhī uddānagāthā samāptā || ❈ || <\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> [123r7]<\/a> ||   || citrāvadāno nāma saptamī uddānagāthā samāptā ||   || <\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> [140v1]<\/a> ||   || ity avadānaśatake 'ṣṭamy uddānagāthā samāptā ||   || <\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> [159v8]<\/a> ||   || ity avadānaśatake navamī uddānagāthā samāptā ||   || <\/div>
Explicit:<\/b> [180r4]<\/a> atha rājāśoka āyuṣmataḥ sthaviropaguptasya bhāṣitam abhyanaṃdyānamodya<\/i>(!)<\/i> utthāyāsanāt pra[180r5]krāntaḥ || <\/div>
Final Rubric:<\/b> [180r5]<\/a> || ity avadānaśatake daśamī uddānathā<\/i>(!)<\/i> samāptā ||   || samāptaṃ ca avadānaśatakaṃ hy atrayaṃ<\/i>(!)<\/i> sugatabhāṣitaṃ thaṃdī[180r6]śvarācāryyapūrvam idānīṃ ekāśitaṃ<\/i>(!)<\/i> || <\/div>
Colophon:<\/b> [180r6]<\/a> ye dharmā hetuprabhavā hetu teṣāṃ tathāgata<\/i>(!)<\/i> hy avadayo nirodha evaṃvādī mahāśramaḥ<\/i>(!)<\/i> ||   || <\/div>" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "Cambridge University Library" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

The Avadānaśataka<\/i> is an ancient collection of Buddhist legends, its first redaction dating to the first centuries of the CE. It was translated into Chinese and Tibetan during the first millennium CE, gaining large popularity across Asia. This manuscript is a copy of Add.1611<\/a>. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Avadānaśataka" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "Camillo Formigatti" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Nepalese multi-layered paper.

Folio height: ca. 13.7-14.7 cm, width: ca. 33.7-34.7 cm. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "Written area height: ca 8.5 to 10 cm, width: ca. 26.8 to 28.3 cm.

12-4 lines per page, approximately 50 to 55 akṣara<\/i>s per line.<\/p> Akṣara height: 5 mm. Interlinear space height: 2-3 mm.

The frame singled out by Two pairs of double marginal lines in black ink and by impressed single top and bottom lines.<\/p>

Corrections with yellow paste (for instance, on f. 135r5-8<\/a> and 163r10-1<\/a>).<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Acquisition", "value": "02 November 1875 (University Library stamp and ULIB 7/1/4). Cost: £ 2/10/- in 1875 (ULIB 7/1/4)." }, { "label": "Foliation", "value": "

1. Original: Nepālākṣarā numerals, bottom right margin, verso.<\/p>

2. Additional: Tiny Nepālākṣarā numerals, bottom right corner, verso (starting from 1 on f. 79v<\/a> and ending with 102 on f. 180r<\/a>).<\/p>" }, { "label": "Bibliography", "value": "

Descriptions of the manuscript<\/b><\/p>

ULIB 7/3/55 = Bradshaw, Henry, Notes on the collections of Oriental, Thibetan and 'Additional' manuscripts [unpublished manuscript]<\/i> (Cambridge: 1870-80).<\/div>
ULIB 7/1/4 = Griffith, Ralph T. H. and Daniel Wright, Assorted lists of manuscripts and books, chiefly Oriental, acquired by the Library, with related papers<\/i> (Cambridge: 1873).<\/div>
Bendall, Cecil, Catalogue of the Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge. With Introductory Notices and Illustrations of the Palæography and Chronology of Nepal and Bengal<\/i> (Cambridge: University Press, 1883).<\/div>
List of Oriental MSS. Class Catalogue of Oriental MSS. [unpublished manuscript]<\/i> (Cambridge: 1900\u2013).<\/div>
Bradshaw, Henry, Add.4566 = Notebook XXII [unpublished manuscript]<\/i> (Cambridge: 1873).<\/div>
Speyer 1902: CIII-CV.<\/div><\/div>

Manuscripts<\/b><\/p>

Cambridge, Cambridge University Library: Add.1611<\/a>, Add.1680.II. <\/div>
NGMCP: B 101-20, NAK 1099<\/a>; A 118-4, NAK 5/245<\/a>; B 95-11, NAK 3/299<\/a>; E 664-2<\/a>; E 1554-24<\/a>; E 1344-4<\/a>; D 42-11<\/a>; A 918-3, NAK 3/591<\/a>; A 844-8<\/a>; X 1071-1<\/a>. <\/div>
Schøyen Collection: fragments no. 2382/42 and 2381/217. <\/div><\/div>

Edition(s)<\/b><\/p>

Speyer, Jakob Samuel (ed.), Avadānaçataka. A Century of Edifying Tales Belonging to the Hīnayāna<\/i> (St.-Pétersbourg: Académie Impériale des Sciences, 1902).<\/div><\/div>

Secondary Literature<\/b><\/p>

Braarvig, Jens (ed.), Buddhist Manuscripts. Volume 3<\/i>, Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection (Oslo: Hermes Pub., 2006).<\/div>
Demoto, Mitsuyo, \"Fragments of the Avadānaśataka\", in Buddhist Manuscripts<\/i>, Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection (Oslo: Hermes Publishing, 2006) vol. III pp. 207-244.<\/div>
Feer, Léon, Avadâna-Çataka. Cent légendes Bouddhiques traduites du sanskrit par Léon Feer<\/i>, Annales du Musée Guimet 18 (Paris: E. Leroux, 1891).<\/div>
A detailed bibliography on the work (with a list of other manuscripts) is given on K. Okano's website (in Japanese)<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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