{ "viewingDirection": "left-to-right", "metadata": [ { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Suratibindira." }, { "label": "Provenance", "value": "Bought by Prof. C. Bendall in 1898-9." }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "8 ff." }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "AHRC" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "1797 Vikrama / 1740 CE." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "MS Or.117" }, { "label": "Additions", "value": "
On folio 8 verso<\/a>, an addition, in pencil on the left margin, with the number of pages, lines, akṣara<\/i>s and śloka<\/i>s: 8 - 11 - 29, 150. <\/div>
On the paper sleeve<\/a>, the title (vasudhārā\u2014<\/i>), the number of pages, lines and akṣara<\/i>s (pa° 8 - 11 - 29), the number of śloka<\/i> (ślo° 150) and the date (saṃ° 17〚<\/i>4<\/i>〛<\/i>\\<\/i>9<\/i>/<\/i>7). <\/div><\/div>

Marginalia<\/b><\/p>

One marginal annotation (See 2r<\/a>).<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Bauddha; Bauddha Tantra; Dhāraṇī; Jaina" }, { "label": "Associated Name(s)", "value": "Bendall, Cecil" }, { "label": "Format", "value": "Pothī" }, { "label": "Data Source(s)", "value": "Direct inspection." }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Sanskrit." }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "\u200fUnknown" }, { "label": "Alternative Title(s)", "value": "Vasudhāraṇī; Vasudhārādhāraṇīsūtra" }, { "label": "Scribe(s)", "value": "Lakṣmīvijaya" }, { "label": "Binding", "value": "

Paper sleeve, original binding. Cardboard cover, library binding.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Complete, in generally good condition." }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

Devanāgarī in black and red ink.

Scribe:<\/b>Lakṣmīvijaya.<\/p><\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Excerpts", "value": "

Rubric:<\/b> [1v1]<\/a> || ℔ || śrī arhaṃ namaḥ || namo arīhaṃtāṇaṃ || saṃsāradvayadainyasya | pratihantṛ divāvahe | vasudhāre¦[1v2]sudhādhāre | nama〚<\/i>ḥ<\/i>〛<\/i>s tubhyaṃ kṛpāmahe || 1 || <\/div>
Incipit:<\/b> [1v2]<\/a> evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasmin_ | samaye bhagavān_ | kośāmbyā¦[1v3]mahānagaryām viharati sma kaṃṭakasaṃjñake | mahāvanavaragho|sitārāmo mahābhikṣusaṃghena || [1v4] sārdhaṃ paṃcamātrai<\/i>(!)<\/i> bhikṣuśataiḥ sma|bahulaiś ca tapo◎dhanair bodhīsatveḥ mahāsatve | sarvvaśuddhadharmagu¦[1v5]ṇasamanugataiḥ parīvṛttaḥ | puraskṛto dharma<\/i>(!)<\/i>◎ deśayati sma <\/div>
Incipit, section:<\/b> [1v5]<\/a> tena punaḥ | khalu | samayena [1v6] kausāmbyāṃ mahānagaryāṃ | sucaṃdro nāma gṛ〚<\/i>%<\/i>〛<\/i>hapati | prativasati sma |<\/div>
Explicit:<\/b> [8v5]<\/a> i[8v6]dam evo<\/i>(!)<\/i> | bhagavān āttamanāḥ | ā◎yuṣmān ā|nandas te ca bhikṣavas te ca [18v7] bodhisatvāḥ | sā ca sarvāvatī parṣa◎t_ sadevamānuṣā|suragandharvaś ca | lo[18v8]ko bhagavato | bhāṣitam abhyanaṃdann i◎tiḥ || <\/div>
Final Rubric:<\/b> [8v8]<\/a> iti vasudhārā prabhāvā saṃpūrṇā [8v9] || <\/div>
Colophon:<\/b> [8v9]<\/a> saṃvat_ 1797 nāvarṣe vaiśāṣa śudi 2 gurau laṣitā lakṣmīvijayena [8v10] śrīsuratibiṃdire || vācyamānā ciraṃ jayantu || leṣakapāṭhakayoge || [8v11] subha bhavantu ḥ || śrī ba ḥ || kalyāṇam astūṃ ḥ || śrī ba ḥ || śrīr astūṃ ḥ || hrīṃ <\/div>" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "Cambridge University Library" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

The Vasudhāradhāraṇī<\/i>, dedicated to Vasudhārā, the bodhisattva<\/i> of wealth, prosperity, and abundance (who has a strong following among the Newar Buddhists of the Kathmandu valley), is taught by the Buddha in Kauśāmbī to the rich merchant and layman Sucandra. He has been reduced to poverty and so requests a sermon from the Lord so that he may provide for his own family and so that all beings may become prosperous. This scripture includes a dhāraṇī<\/i> along with enumerations of benefits and ritual instructions for use. As testified also by this paper manuscript, dated 1740 CE and clearly written in a jaina scriptorium, the Buddhist Vasudhāradhāraṇī<\/i> is a text in use also within Jainism (See Jaini 1968). <\/p>" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Vasudhārādhāraṇī" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "Daniele Cuneo and Camillo Formigatti, CUDL PID Workflow" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Paper.

Folio height: 11.5 cm, width: 26.3 cm. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "Written area height: 8.5 cm, width: 20.5 cm.

11 lines per page, approximately 31 akṣara<\/i>s per line.<\/p> Akṣara height: 6 mm. Interlinear space height: 2.5 mm. One string-hole shaped blank space.

Triple marginal frame lines in red ink. Rubrics and daṇḍa<\/i>s in red ink. The numerals of the foliation are inscribed in a square in red ink.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Foliation", "value": "

1. Original: Jaina Devanāgāri numerals, bottom right margin, verso.<\/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) http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0265%2FULIB%207%2F3%2F55<\/a>.<\/div>
List of Oriental MSS. Class Catalogue of Oriental MSS. [unpublished manuscript]<\/i> (Cambridge: 1900\u2013).<\/div><\/div>

Manuscripts<\/b><\/p>

Cambridge, Cambridge University Library: MS Add.1355<\/a>, MS Add.1690.01<\/a>, MS Add.2198<\/a>, MS Or.142.01<\/a>, MS Or.142.02<\/a>. <\/div>
NGMCP: 10 mss<\/a>. <\/div><\/div>

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

Jaini, Padmanabh S., \"Vasudhārā-dhāraṇī: A Buddhist work in use among the Jainas of Gujerat\", in Shri Mahavir Jaina Vidyalaya Golden Jubilee Volume, Part 1<\/i> (Bombay: 1968) pp. 30-45.<\/div>
Samten, Ngawang and S. S. Bahulkar, \"Vasudhārādhāraṇīsūtra\", Dhīḥ<\/i> vol. 44 pp. 129-147 (2007).<\/div><\/div>

Secondary literature<\/b><\/p>

Davidson, Ronald, \"Studies in Dhāraṇī Literature I: Revisiting the Meaning of the Term Dhāraṇī\", Journal of Indian Philosophy<\/i> vol. 37 issue. 2 pp. 97-147 (2009) http://www.springerlink.com/content/h0245040774k3513/abstract/<\/a> Accessed: 2012-03-22 12:44:55.<\/div>
Hidas, Gergely, Mahāpratisarā-Mahāvidyārājñi = the Great Amulet, Great Queen of Spells: Introduction, Critical Editions and Annotated Translation<\/i>, Śata-piṭaka series: Indo-Asian literatures vol. v. 636 (New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan, 2012).<\/div>
Waddell, L. A, \"The \"dharani\" cult in Buddhism; its origin, deified literature and images.\", Ostasiatische Zeitschrift<\/i> vol. 1 pp. 155-195 (1912).<\/div>
Waddell, L. A, \"\"Dhârani,\" or, Indian Buddhist protective spells\", Indian Antiquary<\/i> vol. 43 pp. 37-95 (1914).<\/div><\/div>
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