S. Ārya-ghanjāmahābhricaphulukarmāvaraṇaśodhaya-buddharakurabhuhā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra

T. ’Phags pa thar pa chen po phyogs su rgyas pa ’gyod changs kyis sdig sbyangs te sangs rgyas su grub pa rnam par bkod pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo

M. Qutuγ-tu yeke-de tonilγaγči jüg-üd-tür delgeregsen γasiγutan gemsiküi ber kilinčes-i arilγaγad burqan bolγan bütügeküi-e teyin büged jokiyaγsan neretü yeke kölgen sudur

GDC Mong A5 : 1

ET_383

Ms, pothi, 37,9 : 15,3 cm, the three parts numbered separately: fol. 1-35r, 1-43r, 1-35r, 21-23 lines, left margin r: designation of the part (ekin, dumda, adaγ), followed by Mongolian pagination; on the left margin of fol. 1 of all three parts: Tibetan syllables om ah hum; 1v: red script, rest alternating black and red script, text framed in black.

No cover title.

1.1.

Description as above; fol. 1v and 2r: Tibetan transliteration of Sanskrit and Tibetan titles written between the lines and at the left margin; cover fol. consisting of two fols. pasted together, damaged and partly repaired; fol. 1v: left side colour-illustration of Buddha Śākyamuni, right side colour-illustration of Tsong kha pa.

Inc. (1v) (1) namo buddhay-a:: (2) namo dharmay-a::

Term. (35r) (5) γurban erdenis-ün naran-i (6) γurban-ta::

1.2.

Description as above; cover fol. damaged and partly repaired; cloth cover on cover fol. partly preserved; fols. 5 and 6 numbered dumda dörben tabun and dumda tabun jirγuγan respectively; fols. 36 and 37 missing; lines 14-22 of fol. 5v and 1-13 of fol. 6v were corrected by stitching a part of another fol. onto the lines; fol. 1v: left side colour-illustration of Buddha Vipaśyin, right side colour-illustration of Tārā.

Inc. (1v) (1) namo buddhay-a:: (2) namo dharmay-a::

Term. (43r) (9) tarni-yi eyin (10) kemen ügülebei:: followed by a Sanskrit dhāraṇī.

1.3.

Description as above; cloth cover on cover fol. partly preserved; on fol. 34r part of the text is missing; fol. 1v: left side colour-illustration of Buddha Śākyamuni, right side colour-illustration of the Green Tārā.

Inc. (1v) (1) namo buddhay-a:: (2) namo dharmay-a::

Term. (35r) (18) erkin degedü blam-a-dur-iyan sitüjü (19) eke boluγsan qamuγ amitan-u tusa-yin tulada (20) yekede tonilγaγči sudur-i tamaγ-a čuγulγaγsan-iyar (21) egüri nasuda degeretügei qotolada::

Col. (34v8-20) yirtinčü-dekin-ü itegel burqan baγsi: yegüdkel ügei bodi yabudal-tu bodisung-nar-a: yerü busu degedü yeke kölgen-i ilangγui-a nomlaγsan: yekede tonilγaγči neretü ene yeke kölgen sudur-i:: dalai metü ülemji süsüg bisirel-tü: dayiming sečen qaγan-u duradduγsan jarliγ-iyar: daγan bayasulčaju köke odser kemekü kelemeči: dayidu-yin darumal sudur-ača mongγolčilan orčiγulbai:: […] orčiγuluγsan ariγun buyan-u gerel-iyer: eldeb amitan-u sedkil-ün qarangγus-i geyigülüged: erkin qoyar čiγulγan-u linqua-i delgeregüljü: erketü burqan-u qutuγ-tur kürküi boltuγai::

This Thar pa chen po edition is a handwritten copy of the translation prepared by Kun dga’ ’od zer and printed for the first time in 1650 (Heissig 1954, No. 1). The printing note (fol. 35r18-21) is identical with the printing note of the manuscript described by Heissig/Sagaster 1961, No. 273, but does not contain the printing date.¹