A catalogue of Tibetan Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries

MS. Tibet. a. 14 (R)

Younghusband Expedition Collection

The first volume of the Hundred Thousand Verse on the Perfection of Wisdom

Contents

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

There is a verse below the regular text, outside the margin, on the verso of the first folio. It reads: kyai / yul gyi mchog gyur lan pa mthong smon mchog / / gsung rabs khyad 'phags rgyas pa 'bum gyi mchog / / yon gyi bdag po dpal ldan 'phel gyi mchog / / maN g+ha laM / There is also a single page colophon with nine lines describing the production to the text. The orthography is very poor and the silver ink is not very legible.

Incipit: rgya gar skad du /_sha ta sA ha sri ka pradz+&A pa ra mi ta/_bod skad du/_shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa stong phrag brgya pa/_glegs bam thog ma/_bam po dang po/_'di skad bdag gis thos pa'i dus gcig na/_bcom ldan 'das rgyal po'i khab kyi ri bya rgod 'phungs pa la/
Explicit: bcom ldan 'das de ni 'di ltar/_'du shes mi rtag pa nyid/_'du shes mi rtag pa nyid kyis stong ste/_'du shes mi rtag pa nyid kyi stong pa nyid gang lags pa de yang /_'du shes mi rtag pa nyid ma lags/_'dus shes mi rtag pa nyid las gud na yang stong pa nyid ma mchis te/_'du shes mi rtag nyid kyang stong pa nyid stong pa nyid kyang 'du shes mi rtag pa nyid do //_bcom ldan 'das rnam grangs des na/_byang chub sems dpa' sems dpa' chen po shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa la spyod pa'i tshe/_'du shes mi rtag zhes bgyi bar gnas par mi bgyi'o//
Colophon: oM sva sti si d+d+haM/_'phrin las dpag med rab tan sa chen steng //_yon tan chu bo sting mtha' yas pa'i dbus//_... bla ma'i gdan sa sgo mo bsam gling nas//_skyes mchog chos .. dkar rgyud mchog//_'gren pa da ltar bzhugs kyi rin po che//_chos rje'i mchog gyur byang chub seng ge pa//_bsrang sngags rdo rje'i rigs 'dzin shags seng pa //_yabs sras mkhan slob zhabs la gus 'phyag 'tshal/ /_... yang rab bstan pa'i bdag po rgyal ba'i sras//_'dus pa rgya mtsho dge 'dun tshogs kyis skor//_yang dag gnas lugs rtogs pa'i rin po che/ /_blo gros dbang phyug bkra shis rgyal mtshan dpal //_chos rje rin po che la gus phyag 'tshal//_kya'i//_pho rong gnyis pa rgyal chen rtse mo nas//_gong mas dbang skur lung dang lags tags 'dzin//_mi dbang chen po lhar rgyal don grub pa / /_khu dbon yab sras sku tshe stan gyur cig//_bde skyid 'dzom pa smon la lhas sdings nas//_stan la gus zhing stong la rab tu rgyas//_shA kya'i tshul 'dzin shAkya las 'tsho ba//_byams dang snying rjes 'khor 'bangs bde la bkod//_spa ba'i sgra 'dul byams pa'i mi bde kyis// drung chen rgyal ba sku tshe stan gyur cig//_kye phun lha bzang jo bo ban can zhol//_mda' na chab chen dal gyis bab pa'i 'gram//_'bur du dod pa mthong smong bkra shis 'dir//_yab mes rigs bzangs gser g.yu rtsegs pa 'dra//_gdung rus khyad 'phags phe chen sgyer pa'i rgyud//_tshul khrims dad ldan dge shes nam rin pa //_... ding sand mkhas pa dpal mgon bdag gis bris//_khyus rig mu tig ltar la rgyus pa 'di//_'phan yul mkhas sdus rnams kyis bzab//_cha ga glegs shing gser rtsi rgyan pa 'di //_ding sang mkhas pa bsod nams mgon po s ..//_rin chen gser dngul 'od zer 'phro ba 'di//_grogs mched gnyis kyis legs pas bzabs//_zhus dag mkhas pas nor ba'i skyon rnams bsal//_... //
Language(s): Tibetan

References

Derge: 0008
Peking: 0730

Physical Description

Form: roll
Support: Paper
Extent: 369 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 640 cm.
Dimensions (written): 130 × 600 cm.

Condition

brittle

Layout

The paper is black in colour

Hand(s)

dbu can

The text is written in gold and silver ink

Decoration

The title page / first folio is on a board much shorter (42.5 cm) than the text. It is perhaps sawn down to this size. There is also a drawing of jewel at bottom right corner. The recto of the second folio has a silk cover.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

S.C. 33628, 33722. 25 Sept. 1905, donation by the Government of India. (Donated with mss. a.12, a.13 & a.15).

Availability

Bodleian: Special Collections Reading Room.