Sanskrit Manuscripts : Vajrasūci

Vajrasūci (MS Add.1421)

A Nepalese paper manuscript of the Vajrasūci by Aśvaghoṣa.

Information about this document

Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: MS Add.1421
Subject(s): Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Bauddha
Author(s): Aśvaghoṣa
Origin Place: Nepal.
Date of Creation: 19th century
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Associated Name(s): Wright, Daniel
Extent: 13 ff.
Material: Paper.
Folio height: 8.9 cm, width: 18.5 cm.
Format: Pothī
Condition: Complete, in good condition.
Binding:
Cardboard cover, library binding.
Script:
Nepalese Devanāgarī in black ink.
Foliation:
1. Original: Nepālākṣarā numerals, mid-right margin, verso.
Layout:
7 lines per page.
Impressed marginal frame lines.
Provenance: Bought by Dr. D. Wright in 1873-6.
Date of Acquisition: 31 July 1875 (ULIB 7/3/55; 17 July 1875 University Library stamp).
Funding: AHRC
Data Source(s): Bendall (1883: 96), LVP Add.1421, direct inspection.
Author(s) of the Record: Daniele Cuneo and Camillo Formigatti
Excerpts:
Rubric: [1v1] oṃ namo mañjunāthāya || ||
Incipit: [1v1] jagadguruṃ mañjughoṣaṃ, natvā vāk_kāyacetasā || aśva[1v2]ghoṣo vajraśūcīṃ sūtrayāmi yathāmataṁ || 1 ||
Final Rubric: [13r3] iti vajrasūcī samāptam iti || śubham_ || || ❈ ||
Bibliography:
Descriptions of the manuscript
ULIB 7/3/55 = Bradshaw, Henry, Notes on the collections of Oriental, Thibetan and 'Additional' manuscripts [unpublished manuscript] (Cambridge: 1870-80).
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 (Cambridge: 1873).
List Add.923-1827 = List of Additional Manuscripts 923-1827 [unpublished manuscript] (Cambridge: 1878).
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 (Cambridge: University Press, 1883).
List of Oriental MSS. Class Catalogue of Oriental MSS. [unpublished manuscript] (Cambridge: 1900–).
LVP = de La Vallée Poussin, Louis and Caroline Mary Ridding, U[niversity.L[ibrary].C[ambridge]. Catalogue of Sanskrit MSS [unpublished card catalogue] (Cambridge: 1916).

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Information about this document

Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: MS Add.1421
Subject(s): Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Bauddha
Author(s): Aśvaghoṣa
Origin Place: Nepal.
Date of Creation: 19th century
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Associated Name(s): Wright, Daniel
Extent: 13 ff.
Material: Paper.
Folio height: 8.9 cm, width: 18.5 cm.
Format: Pothī
Condition: Complete, in good condition.
Binding:
Cardboard cover, library binding.
Script:
Nepalese Devanāgarī in black ink.
Foliation:
1. Original: Nepālākṣarā numerals, mid-right margin, verso.
Layout:
7 lines per page.
Impressed marginal frame lines.
Provenance: Bought by Dr. D. Wright in 1873-6.
Date of Acquisition: 31 July 1875 (ULIB 7/3/55; 17 July 1875 University Library stamp).
Funding: AHRC
Data Source(s): Bendall (1883: 96), LVP Add.1421, direct inspection.
Author(s) of the Record: Daniele Cuneo and Camillo Formigatti
Excerpts:
Rubric: [1v1] oṃ namo mañjunāthāya || ||
Incipit: [1v1] jagadguruṃ mañjughoṣaṃ, natvā vāk_kāyacetasā || aśva[1v2]ghoṣo vajraśūcīṃ sūtrayāmi yathāmataṁ || 1 ||
Final Rubric: [13r3] iti vajrasūcī samāptam iti || śubham_ || || ❈ ||
Bibliography:
Descriptions of the manuscript
ULIB 7/3/55 = Bradshaw, Henry, Notes on the collections of Oriental, Thibetan and 'Additional' manuscripts [unpublished manuscript] (Cambridge: 1870-80).
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 (Cambridge: 1873).
List Add.923-1827 = List of Additional Manuscripts 923-1827 [unpublished manuscript] (Cambridge: 1878).
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 (Cambridge: University Press, 1883).
List of Oriental MSS. Class Catalogue of Oriental MSS. [unpublished manuscript] (Cambridge: 1900–).
LVP = de La Vallée Poussin, Louis and Caroline Mary Ridding, U[niversity.L[ibrary].C[ambridge]. Catalogue of Sanskrit MSS [unpublished card catalogue] (Cambridge: 1916).