A catalogue of Tibetan Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries

MS. Tibet. a. 12.2 (R)

Younghusband Expedition Collection

The Ga volume of Sher phyin from the Shel dkar bKa' 'gyur

Contents

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Title:

The scribes, Yon seng (f.52), dPal po (f.92), sNye mo Tshe dbang (f. 170) and sNye mo bSod nams Dar rgyas (f.223) and Phur dar (f.277) have signed their names in the left corner. The last two folios are not full.

Incipit: /
Explicit: //
Language(s): Tibetan

References

Derge: 0009
Peking: 0731

The scribes, Yon seng (f.52), dPal po (f.92), sNye mo Tshe dbang (f. 170) and sNye mo bSod nams Dar rgyas (f.223) and Phur dar (f.277) have signed their names in the left corner. The last two folios are not full.

Incipit: shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyind pa stong phrag nyi shu lnga pa/_bam po dang po//_rgyun du zhugs pa'i 'bras bu rnam par dag pas//_yid kyi 'dus te reg pa'i rkyend kyis tshor ba'i bar du rnam par dag pa/_yid kyi 'dus te reg pa'i rkyend kyis tshor ba rnam par dag pa/
Explicit: bcom ldan 'das kyis bka' rtsald pa//_rab 'byord 'di la ... rab 'byor de ltar na/ byang chub sems dpa' sems dpa' chen po/_bsam gtan .. phyind pa yongs su 'dzin to//_legs so/_dge'o//_bkra shis par gyurd cig//_... ma hA shra ma NaH//
Language(s): Tibetan

References

Derge: 0009
Peking: 0731

Physical Description

Form: roll
Support: Paper
Extent: 316 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 215 × 710 cm.
Dimensions (written): 140 × 630 cm.
Foliation: The book has the volume marker ga

Condition

good

Layout

The paper is bluish in colour

Hand(s)

dbu can

The text is written in gold

Decoration

There is a silk cover for the verso of the fist folio.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

S.C. 33626, 33720. 25 Sept. 1905, donation by the Government of India (listed, with mss. a.13, a.14 & a.15 as "Prajna Paramita or Transcendental Wisdom in gilt letters").

Availability

Bodleian: Special Collections Reading Room.