Manuscripts from Indian Collection

Author(s): National Museum New Delhi
Publisher: National Museum New Delhi

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On palacographical grounds, the manuscript can be attributed to the 8th-9th century A.D. The topics dealt with are the origin of the lunar and solar eclipses, movements of planets and the festivals celebrated in Kashmir.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
UPAMITIBHAVAPRAPANCHAKATHA
(A Jaina allegorical work on the evolution of the soul)
Foll. 178; size 67x5 cm; palm-leaf; Devanagari script; 5 to 7 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 962 (A.D. 906). Author: Siddharshi (10th century A.D.).
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।। ६० ।। ॐ नमः सर्व्वज्ञाय || ॐ नमः परमात्मने ॥ ॐ नमः श्रुतदेवतायै ॥ नमो निर्नाशिताशेषमहामोहहिमार्त्तये लोकालोकामलालोकभास्वते परमात्माने ॥
मा च राज्यं शरीरं च यशश्च शशिनिर्मलं ।
Incomplete; the oldest palm-leaf manuscript in the collection. Lent by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona.
ASHTASAHASRIKĀ PRAJÑĀPĀRAMITĀ (A Buddhist religious text)
Foll. 203 (of which some are missing); size 54x6 cm; palm-leaf; Kutila script; Sanskrit; dated 10th century A.D. Scribe Kalyāṇamitra Chintamanika.
Colophon पायष्टसाहस्रिकायां प्रज्ञापारमितायां परीन्दनापरिवतों नाम द्वात्रिंशत्तमः ॥ स (मा) ता चेयं भगवत्यष्टसाहस्रिका प्रज्ञापारमिता सर्वतथागतजननीविहरन्तु सदाचिन इति ।
12 illustrated panels, depicting the events in the life of the Buddha and other Mahāyāna Buddhist divinities.
Copied in the sixth year of Mahipala-deva (c.A.D. 994) at Nalanda.
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