{ "viewingDirection": "left-to-right", "metadata": [ { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Bhaktapur.; Kathmandu (Kāṣṭhamaṇḍapa)." }, { "label": "Provenance", "value": "Bought with library funds from Sotheby's, London, in 29 March 1982 for £ 230.85." }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "148 ff." }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "AHRC" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "815 Nepāla / 1695 CE." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "MS Or.2258" }, { "label": "Additions", "value": "

Marginalia<\/b><\/p>

Some corrections and retracings.<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Bauddha; Bauddha Tantra; Dhāraṇī" }, { "label": "Associated Name(s)", "value": "Jitāmitramalla; Ugramalla; Bhūpatīndramalla; Śrīdevamuni; Śrījñāna" }, { "label": "Format", "value": "Pothī" }, { "label": "Data Source(s)", "value": "Direct inspection." }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Sanskrit." }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "\u200fUnknown" }, { "label": "Scribe(s)", "value": "Ravipatideva" }, { "label": "Binding", "value": "

Wood cover, original binding.<\/p>On the outer side of the front cover<\/a>, traces of materials smeared on the manuscript during worship rites.

On a label attached to the cover, the note \"Sotheby's London, 238\" on one side, and \"238, 30. Mar 1982\" on the other side.<\/p>On the outer side of the back cover<\/a>, a note in Devanāgarī written on a label paper glued to the cover: paṃcarakṣāsuvarṇakī \u2022 rājā sumatijayajitāmalladeva \u2022 rājā ugramalladeva \u2022 rājā bhupatiṃdramalladevasya vijayarājya saṃ° 815 sāka<\/i>(!)<\/i><\/i>" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Complete, in good condition. Sometimes worm-eaten. The margins are slightly worn out. The writing is sometimes smudged, sometimes scratched." }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

First hand: Rañjanā in golden ink (main text, and some corrections).

Scribe:<\/b>Ravipatideva<\/p><\/div>

Second hand: Nepālākṣarā in black and white ink (Corrections and retracing).<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Excerpts", "value": "
Rubric:<\/b> [1v1]<\/a>≀ oṃ namo bhagavatyai āryyama<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>hāpratisarāyai ḥ || <\/div>
Incipit:<\/b> [1v1]<\/a> evam mayā [1v2] śrutam ekasmin sa¦◎||¦<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>ma¦◎ye bhagavān || ma[1v3]hāvajramerusikharakūṭā<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>ṅgāre viharati sma ḥ || mahāva[2r1]<\/a>jrasamādhibhūmipratiṣṭhāṇe¦<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>|| mahāvajrakalpavṛkṣasama¦[2r2]rakṛte | mahāvajra¦◎pu¦<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>ṣka◎raṇīratnaprabhodbhā[2r3]site || mahāvajravālikāsa<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>stṛte bhūmibhāgye || mahāvajra[2v1]<\/a>maṇḍalamātre || <\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> [39r3]<\/a>❈ || āryama◎hāpratisarā vidyārajñī vidhanakalpo vidyādha¦[39r4]rasyāyaṃ samāptaḥ || ❈ || ❈ ||◎<\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> [77v5]<\/a>❈ || āryamahāsāha[78r1]<\/a>srapramarddanī nāma ḥ mahāyānasūtraṃ samāptaḥ || ❈ || ❈ || <\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i><\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> [135r3]<\/a>◎ || āryamahāyūmāri¦<\/i>(!)<\/i>◎ vidyā<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>rājñī¦◎ avinaṣṭā yakṣamukhāt_ pratilabdhā samāpta ḥ || [135r4] ❈ || ❈ ||<\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> [139r1]<\/a>❈ || <\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>[<\/i>āryamahāśītavati<\/i>]<\/i> nāma mahāvidyā rājñī samāptā ḥ || ❈ || <\/div>
Explicit:<\/b> [145v1]<\/a>yāniha<\/i>(!)<\/i> bhūtāni samāgatāni | sthitāni bhūmāv athavāntarīkṣa ḥ || kurvvantu maitrī [145v2]satataṃ prajāsu ḥ divā ca rātrau ca carantu dharmaṃ ◎ ḥ || ❈ || iti tatra buddhānāṃ¦◎ buddhānubhāvena devatānāṃ devatānubhāvena ma[145v3]hati vyupasānteti || ◎ || <\/div>
Final Rubric:<\/b> [145v3]<\/a> āryama¦◎hārakṣāmahāmantrānusāranī vidyārājñī sa◎māpta ḥ || ❈ || āryama¦[145v4]hāpratisarā || āryamahāsāhasrapramardda◎nī || āryamahāmāyūrī || āryamahāsita¦◎vatī ḥ || ◎ || āryama¦[145v5]hāmantrānusārani, etāni pañcamāhārakṣāsutrāṇi samāpta ḥ || ❈ || <\/div>
Colophon:<\/b> [145v5]<\/a> ye dharmā hetuprabhāvā hetu teṣāṃn tathāgato ḥ hevadat<\/i>(!)<\/i> teṣāṃñ ca yo nirodha evaṃvādī mahā[146r1]<\/a>śramaṇaḥ || ❈ || deyaṃ dharmo yaṃ pravaramahāyānayāyina paramopāsaka, paramadharmmika, dharmmātmā sākybhikṣuśrīdevamuṇipramukhādisaganāṇāṃsākybhikṣuśrīdevamuṇi-pramukhādi-saganāṇāṃ yad atra punya tad bhavat ā¦[146r2]cāryopādhyāyamātāpitṛ,pūrvvagamaṇaṃ kṛ¦◎tvā, sakarasatvarāser unuttara<\/i>(!)<\/i>samyakṣabodhi¦◎padaṃ prāptayastu ḥ || ❈ || svasti || [146r3] śrīśrīśrīpaśupaticaraṇa,kumaradhūridhusa◎ritasiroruha, śrīmanmāntrasarīṣṭadevatā¦◎varalabdhaprasādita,raghuvaṃsāvatārade¦[146r4]dipyamānamānonnata, mahārājādhirāja◎cakracūḍāmani,śrīśrīsumati,jayajitā¦◎mṛtamalladevaputravyākuramahārājādhirāja◎cakracūḍāmani,śrīśrīsumati,jayajitā¦◎mṛtamalladeva-prabhuṭhākura śrīśrī ugrama¦[146r5]lladeva śrīśrīndrapratiṃndramalladeva, sadāsamalavijayināṃ prabhuṭhākulasya vijayarājye ḥ || ◎ || ❈ || dānaprati, śrībhaktāpūri ¦ [146v1]<\/a>mahānagare, dhaṃthubahiri jetavanamahāvihāre, dakṣinadibhyayi<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>tācche torake, yitācche, gṛhādhisthita, dharmātmaśākyabhikṣuśrījñā¦[146v2]na, tasya, bhaktyā, racanārakṣī, tasya, prathama¦◎putra¦<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>punyā◎tmā, śākyabhikṣuśrīdevamati, tasya, dārā, ha[146v3]karārakṣī, tasya, prathamaputra, dharmmarūci¦◎ra, sā¦<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>kyabhi◎kṣu śrīdhararāja, tasya nāri      [146v4]    devamunisya prathamaputrī, kanyā pra¦◎dāta, dha<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>naśva¦◎rīrakṣī dutimaputrī, rakṣāmādhati rakṣī [146v5] | tṛtimaputrī vārakumāri         || te śahānumatena idaṃ¦<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>bhagavati, śrī 3 paṃcarakṣāpustaka riṣitavān_ || ❈ || atha parade¦[147r1]<\/a> śabhāṣā dānaprati, dhamātmā, sākyabhikṣuśrīdevamuni, ḍatrā[<\/i>paṃṇḍhe<\/i>]<\/i>, hema<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>girībhavane, prakhyānti, [<\/i>hnā<\/i>]<\/i>sanāma, mahāśiddhakṣatre śrī 3 triratmamantri¦[147r2] vajāsana, akṣobhyasthane, śrī cchaskāmini◎jagata<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>jananī◎ devī, bhyāntike, śuvvarṇṇa, cuṇādi, nānāvastu[147r3] kavyāpārayāsyacāḍhāṣarasa,manasa, a¦◎tipu¦<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>nyaci◎ttaḍatvatirusya vayāva śarddhāyuktena, mahā[147r4] parvvadina[<\/i>kunda<\/i>]<\/i>śuvvarṇṇaśaṃjarpayāsyaṃ, vyabha◎gavati <\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i> śrī 3 ¦◎paṃcamahārakṣā pustaka, nirakāgatapanai¦[147r5]ḥ śuvarṇṇa, curṇṇena, leṣayat saṃpuṇṇaṃ karoti || ◎ || sa[<\/i>-1-<\/i>]<\/i>punyānu<\/i>[miniature<\/i>]<\/i>bhāvena, jajamānasya, saganaparivārāṇāṃ, āyurāroga, janadhana¦[147v1]<\/a> śantāna, śuvarṇṇa, ratnādi, kokhakostāṃgāra, catuṣastivṛkṣādi,r ālolakṣī vṛddhir astu || ❈ || paratre, śukhāvatibhuvane, amitābhatathāgatasyāntike dhammavyā[147v2] khyāṇe śṛṇotiṣṭhati, prāpnuyāta || ❈ || ◎ nepāre śaṃmate asmi, bānacandramaṅgarādhu || ◎ māse māghava, pāndavakṣa, rakṣmitivyotā¦[147v3]rā, smṛtotityaṃ yogya,parighaṇām, vārebu◎ddhatas tathā, śaṃpūrṇṇeti || ❈ || śubha || sa◎mvat 815 māghavamāśe śuklapakṣa, paṃ¦[147v4] ñcamyāyāṃ tithau, pūrvvabhadranakṣatre, pari¦◎ghānayogya, yathā karṇṇa[<\/i>va<\/i>]<\/i>hātrebuddhavāraśa¦◎ram ekararāśigataśavivarī, kuminarā[147v5]śigate candramasi, yatadine, leṣayat saṃpūrṇṇam iti || ❈ || likhiteyaṃ, śrīkāstamaṇḍapamahānagare \\<\/i>[<\/i>-1-<\/i>]<\/i>dra<\/i>/<\/i> śikāmaṃguritoraka, tarumuramahāvihāre, vaṃntāvāhārayiṇa[148r1]<\/a> khaṇḍacukagṛhāta[<\/i>śva<\/i>]<\/i>ṃ, aśani, śrīvajradevyā, caraṇāṃm bajapādaśyavika, mahāprāptakula, vajobhavācā\\<\/i>ma<\/i>/<\/i> śrīravipatidevyana, likhitasaṃpūrṇṇam iti || ◎ || yādṛśaṃ [148r2] pustakaṃ ḍrṣṭva, tādṛśaṃ likhitaṃ mayā, yadi¦◎ śudhaṃṃ aśudhaṃ vā, śodhanīya mahabuddhaiḥ<\/i>(!)<\/i> || ❈ || ◎ udakānara, caurasyā, makhikebhya taṣaiva ca || [148r3] rakṣitavyaṃ prayatnata, jivavabhyatipāryatāṃ¦◎|| ❈ || śubhamaṃṅgalaṃ bhavantu śavvadā ḥ || ◎❈ || ❈ || <\/div>" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "Cambridge University Library" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

The Pañcarakṣā<\/i> corpus (\"Five Protections\") consists of the Mahāpratisarā<\/i>, Mahāmāyūrī<\/i>, Mahāsāhasrapramardanī<\/i>, Mahāmantrānusāriṇī<\/i>, and Mahāśītavatī<\/i>. The earliest evidence for texts grouped together as the \"Five Great Dhāraṇīs\" comes from Tibetan catalogues around 800 CE, but this compendium is somewhat different from the surviving Sanskrit collection, which is preserved in manuscripts dating back to the eleventh century. These scriptures include spells, enumerations of benefits and ritual instructions for use. With the course of time all of them became deified and five related goddesses emerged. It is, however, important to note that the texts themselves do not have any references to these goddesses. According to the colophon, this beautifully illuminated manuscript was written with golden ink on indigo-dyed paper in1695 CE, during the shared reign of three kings, Jitāmitramalla (in the manuscript called Jitāmṛtamalla), Ugramalla and Bhūpatīndramalla (in the manuscript called Indrapratīndramalla). The manuscript was commissioned as an object of worship, probably by a group of Buddhist monks. The first one named is Śrīdevamuni, who seemed to be the major donor; another monk named is Śrījñāna, from the Jetavanamahāvihāra in Bhaktapur (however according to Locke (1985: 462) this vihāra<\/i> is situated in the village of Thimi near Bhaktapur). Even if commissioned by monks living in Bhaktapur, the manuscript has been written in Kathmandu (the then capital of an independent, separate kingdom). <\/p>" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Pañcarakṣā" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "Daniele Cuneo, CUDL PID Workflow" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Nepalese multi-layered black paper (). nīlapattra<\/i>

Folio height: 10.4 cm, width: 39.2 cm. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Decoration", "value": "The beginnings of the various dhāraṇi<\/i>s, as well as the colophon, are decorated with polichrome miniatures of approximately 5 cm in width, put in the centre of the page and exceeding the written area.