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<p style='text-align: justify;'>A Nepalese paper manuscript of the <i>Vajrasūci</i> by Aśvaghoṣa.</p>

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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
  • 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    ULIB 7/3/55 = Bradshaw, Henry, Notes on the collections of Oriental, Thibetan and 'Additional' manuscripts [unpublished manuscript] (Cambridge: 1870-80).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    List Add.923-1827 = List of Additional Manuscripts 923-1827 [unpublished manuscript] (Cambridge: 1878).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 [unpublished manuscript] (Cambridge: 1900–).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 Catalogue of Sanskrit MSS [unpublished card catalogue] (Cambridge: 1916).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
    • 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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