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On the top left margin, a short list of titles was added by a different hand: ≀ vajrāmṛtatantra || vajrāraṇi<\/i>(!)<\/i>tantra || buddhakapālatantra ||<\/i><\/div>
On the right margin, some mantra<\/i>s likely written by the same hand: ≀ namo ratnatrayāya || bodhisatvāya mahāsatvāya mahākāruṇīkāya [l2] tadyathāḥ<\/i>(!)<\/i> kari 2 vikare sumbha nisumbha sarvvarogaprasamaṇi svāhā [l3] || [<\/i>khvā<\/i>]<\/i>lasīye mantra || oṃ dahane hanumantaḥ vāme mahā[<\/i>kālaḥ<\/i>]<\/i> pā¦[l4]cche mithunajāyāḥ āsya[<\/i>ṃ<\/i>]<\/i> mahābhairavī upa[<\/i>rya<\/i>]<\/i> || śrīvajrayo | gnī bra[l5]hmakapāla rākhu 2 morukāyāḥ śaset_ śrīvirupākṣa ājñā || tha [l6] vaṅmakavacara[<\/i>pe<\/i>]<\/i> mantraḥ [<\/i>svā<\/i>]<\/i>najadharapacchuyeḥ ātmarakṣā || ❈ || ❈<\/i> || <\/div>
On the bottom margin, other mantra<\/i>s written by a different hand: ≀ oṃ amarasasāyarapāni pibaṃtyaṃḥ ajarāmarakaṃndhathiraḥ raktacchatī raktavatīḥ ulataṃtī puna dhāvaṭī bhādepāmṛtyaṃ hrī svāhā || la[<\/i>khva<\/i>]<\/i>japarapatvaṃ [<\/i>-1-<\/i>]<\/i> mantra || ❈ || ulaṭhabhedasatyānīpāni[l2] \u2014 \u2014 \u2014<\/i>pivayiḥ vyañjanārthagurubhāṣa hrī\\<\/i>ṃ<\/i>/<\/i> svāhā || la[<\/i>khva<\/i>]<\/i>pālarape mantra || yasya pratidinaḥ pīvayītvāḥ sarvvadoṣahara iti || śubha ||<\/i><\/div>
On the center of the page, a short note: kṣānaga<\/i>.<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Bauddha; Tantra" }, { "label": "Associated Name(s)", "value": "Bendall, Cecil" }, { "label": "Format", "value": "Tālapatra" }, { "label": "Data Source(s)", "value": "Direct inspection." }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Sanskrit." }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "Unknown" }, { "label": "Alternative Title(s)", "value": "Vajrāmṛtamahātantra" }, { "label": "Binding", "value": "

Cardboard cover, library binding.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Incomplete (ff. 1, 6, 8, 10-12 are extant); some folios are slightly worm eaten, and some akṣara<\/i>s are damaged, but still readable; the margins are frayed, with minimal loss of text." }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

First hand:<\/b> Hooked Nepālākṣarā (Bhujimol) in black ink (main text). <\/div>
Second hand:<\/b> Hooked Nepālākṣarā (Bhujimol) in black ink (additions on folio 1r<\/a>.<\/div>
Third hand:<\/b> Hooked Nepālākṣarā (Bhujimol) in black ink (additions on folio 1r<\/a>.<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Excerpts", "value": "
Rubric:<\/b> [1v1]<\/a>≀ namaḥ śrīvajrasatvāya || <\/div>
Incipit:<\/b> [1v1]<\/a> evam mayā śrutam ekasmin samaye bhagavā◎n sarvatathāgatakāyavākcittahṛdayavajrāmṛtaguhyapadmeṣu vijahāra || krīḍate bhagavān vajrī māmakyā māhate pure | pṛccha[1v2]te tatra sā devī rahasyeti vyavasthitā || uktaṃ deva tvayā pūrvaṃ tantraṃ vajrāmṛ◎tam paraṃ | amṛtaṃ sādhanopāyaṃ kathayasva mahāsukha || ity āha bhagavān vajrī vajrāmṛtamahāsukhaḥ | acintyam avyayaṃ sūkṣmam amo[1v3]ghañ ca nirindriyaṃ | paraṃ śāntaṃ viśuddhaṃ tu vajrāmṛtam udāhṛtaṃ ||13<\/div>
Explicit:<\/b> [12v4]<\/a> namaskṛtvā tu triskālam ācāryasubhagottamaṃ | tvam eva ◎ sarvasatvānāṃ saṃsāroddharaṇaṃ prabhuḥ | idam avod bhagavān vajrī vajrāmṛtamahāsukhaḥ | sarvatathāgatakāyavākcitta[<\/i>-1-<\/i>]<\/i>[12v5]jrī vajrāmṛtamahāsukhaḥ | vajrāmṛtamahātantraṃ nikṣepaṃ kathitaṃ priye ◎ | sūkṣmarūpaṃ tato vajrī bhagākāre vyavasthitaṃ | <\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> [12v5]<\/a> vajrāmṛtamahātantre pañcāmṛtasādhanopāyo nāma nirdeśaṃ tantraikādaśa[12v6]maṃ samāptam_ || ❈ || <\/div>
Final Rubric:<\/b> [12v6]<\/a> vajrāmṛtamahātatvaṃ buddhabodhiprasādhakam i◎ti || ❈ || <\/div>
Colophon:<\/b> [12v6]<\/a> samvat 282 aśvini śuklatrayodaśyāṃ || śaniścaradine ||    ❈    || <\/div>" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "Cambridge University Library" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

A palm-leaf manuscript of the Vajrāmṛtatantra<\/i>, one of the main Yoginītantras, which until now was known only through the Tibetan translation of the lo tsā ba Gyi jo zla ba\u2019i \u2019od zer (10th-11th cent.) and through the indirect tradition. To date, only few verses of this tantra<\/i> could have been read in the original Sanskrit. Although certainly less influential than other Yoginītantra<\/i>s, such as, in primis, the Hevajratantra<\/i>, the Vajrāmṛtamahātantra<\/i> must have enjoyed a certain popularity. For instance, it is referred to as one of the authoritative sources for the practice of the bāhyahoma<\/i> by Bhūvācārya (early 11th cent. ?), the author of the Saṃvarodayā nāma Maṇḍalopāyikā<\/i>, in the bāhyādhyātmahomavidhiḥ<\/i>, the eleventh chapter of his work. In addition, we should point out that this tantra<\/i> has been commented at least three times. Two of the commentaries are extant in the original Sanskrit but are still unpublished. Originally, Or.158 was formed of palm leaves from two independent manuscripts, both fragmentary, one containing the Vajrāmṛtatantra<\/i> and one containing the Buddhakapālatantra<\/i>, another yoginītantra<\/i>, so far published only in part (Luo 2010). Since the ductus, the quality and the shape of the leaves comprising these two works is the same (each leaf contains six lines, one string-hole dividing the writing area into two pseudocolumns, of which the left one is smaller than the right one, and on average 64/65 akṣaras), it is likely that at some point someone got confused and mistakenly put together leaves from these two works according to an apparently correct numerical sequence. The folios of the two works have been now rearranged into two distinct bundles (Or.158.1 and Or.158.2), each containing the extant folios of each work. It is highly plausible that together with these two works, a third one, namely the Vajrāralimahātantrarāja<\/i>, made originally part of the same collection. The clue for this is given by the short list of titles added by a different hand on the top left side of folio 1r<\/a>. If this was the case, Or.158 could be considered to be a originally a composite and multi-text manuscript. On the right of the same recto we find some mantras written likely by the same hand (it is possible that the last two lines are instead written by a third hand; see under Additions).<\/p>" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Vajrāmṛtatantra" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "Francesco Sferra and Camillo Formigatti, CUDL PID Workflow" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Palm leaf (Corypha).

Folio height: ca. 5 cm, width: ca. 31 cm. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "Pseudocolumn 1:<\/b> Written height: 2.8 cm, width: 9.3-9.8 cm. Pseudocolumn 2:<\/b> Written height: 2.8 cm, width: 17 cm.

6 lines per page, approximately 64-65 akṣara<\/i>s per line.<\/p> Akṣara height: 4 mm. Interlinear space height: 1 mm. Two string holes approximately in the middle of a blank column-like space. String hole spaces width: 1.8 cm." }, { "label": "Foliation", "value": "

1. Original: Nepālākṣarā letter numerals, mid-left margin, verso.<\/p>

2. Original: Nepālākṣarā numerals, mid-right margin, verso.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Bibliography", "value": "

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

List of Oriental MSS. Class Catalogue of Oriental MSS.<\/i> (Cambridge: 1900\u2013).<\/div><\/div>

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

Sferra, Francesco, \"A Fragment of the Vajrāmṛtamahātantra A Critical Edition and Translation of the Leaves Contained in CUL Or.158.1\", (forthcoming)<\/i>.<\/div><\/div>
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