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See the binding of MS Or.142.1<\/a>.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Incomplete, broken off in the right margin." }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

Nepālākṣarā in black ink.<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Excerpts", "value": "
Incipit:<\/b> [20r1]<\/a>÷<\/i>vataḥ pādau śirasābhivandya bhagavantam etad avocat_ | ko bhagavan_ he[<\/i>-21-<\/i>]<\/i>[20r2]bhogo mahākośaṣṭāgāradhanadhānyahiraṇyasuvarṇṇaratna◎samṛddho jātaḥ || <\/div>
Explicit:<\/b> [20v4]<\/a> tat kasya hetor a[<\/i>-6-<\/i>]<\/i>[20v5]nanda vasudhārānāmadhāraṇīmantrapadāni na cetāni kṣīṇakuśalamūlānāṃ śrutipatham āgamcchati || <\/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. Although more recent, this fragment of the Vasudhāradhāraṇī<\/i> in Nepālākṣarā<\/i> characters was inserted between the wooden covers of Or. 142.1<\/a>. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Vasudhārādhāraṇī" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "Daniele Cuneo, Camillo Formigatti and Gergely Hidas., CUDL PID Workflow" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Palm leaf.

Folio height: 4.5 cm, width: 26.5 (extant part) cm. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "

5 lines per page.<\/p> Akṣara height: 5 mm. Interlinear space height: 2 mm. One string hole (extant), approximately in the middle of a square blank space. String hole spaces height: 2 cm, width: 2.8 cm." }, { "label": "Foliation", "value": "

1. Original: Nepālākṣarā letter-numeral (20), mid-left margin, verso.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Bibliography", "value": "

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

List of Oriental MSS. Class Catalogue of Oriental MSS. [unpublished manuscript]<\/i> (Cambridge: 1900\u2013).<\/div>
Petech 1984: 51. <\/div><\/div>

Manuscripts<\/b><\/p>

Cambridge, Cambridge University Library: MS Add.1355<\/a>, MS Add.1690.01<\/a>MS Add.2198<\/a>, MS Or.117<\/a>, MS Or.142.2<\/a>. <\/div>
NGMCP: 10 mss<\/a>. <\/div><\/div>

Manuscripts<\/b><\/p>

Cambridge, Cambridge University Library: MS Add.1355<\/a>, MS Add.1690.01<\/a>MS Add.2198<\/a>, MS Or.117<\/a>, MS Or.142.01<\/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>
Petech, Luciano, Mediaeval history of Nepal<\/i> 2., thoroughly rev. ed., Serie orientale Roma (Roma: Ist. Ital. per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1984).<\/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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