R62: The 'Miscellaneous Series' of Tibetan Texts in the Bihar Research Society, Patna: A Handlist

  • Pagination (Witness A): [-]
15th or 16th c. blocks?
Subject: The main branches or fields of knowledge (rig gnas).
The work consists of the following six chapters:
1. rig gnas spyi'i bshad pa
2. bzo rig pa bshad pa 2a.4-
3. gso ba rig pa bshad pa 3a.5-
4. sgra rig bshad pa 4a.5-
5. tshad ma rig pa bshed pa 6a.2-
6. nang rig bshad pa 8a.6-
# 956-1 (B. no. 246)
T. Byang chub bka' 'bum las| thub pa'i dbang po'i bstod pa nges don gandi'i sgra dbyangs
A. Gzhan phan rol pa'i rdo rje
xyl, 6 lines, 1 f. (only first folio present), margin: pha rgyal bstod
(see also the miscellaneous leaves at the end of bundle no. 248- one or two more folios are there)
Praises of the Buddha Sakyamuni
# 956-2 (B. no. 246)
T. Byang chub bka' 'bum las| zab chos dgongs pa gcig bsdus pa las| gsung gi rdo rje'i nyams len khrid bla ma'i zhal gsung rdo rje'i mdud| dka' gnad 'byed pa'i lde mig
A. Rol pa'i rdo rje
xyl, 6 lines, 18 ff., margin: ra bsrung ma
Subject: Various instructions and practices of the Bka' brgyud pa tradition
# 957 (B. no. 246)
T. Gnod sbyin ya ba skya bdun gyi mdos chog dbang drag grub pa'i ston
A. Dalai bla ma V Ngag dbang blo bzang rgya mtsho (1617-1682)
xyl, 6 lines, 5 ff., margin: skya bdun mdos
Subject: mdos ritual of the seven ya ba skya gnod sbyin
# 958 (B. no. 246)
T. Rang bzhin rdzogs pa chen po'i lam gyi cha lag sdom pa gsum rnam par nges pa
A. Mnga' ris pan chen Padma dbang rgyal (1487-1542)
xyl, 6 lines, 11 ff. (beautiful new print), margin: sdom gsum
Edition: Rdo rje brag
Subject: The three systems of vows, from a Rnying ma pa perspective
# 959 (B. no. 246)
T. Dge sbyong gi ka ri ka lnga bcu pa'i 'grel pa
A. Kamalasila
xyl, 6 lines, 25 ff., margin: mdo u
Edition: probably Rdo rje brag--same as the previous xylograph
Subject: Brief explanation of the Sramanapancasatkarika by Kamalasila, a work on monastic discipline (Vinaya)
# 960 (B. no. 247)
A bundle of miscellaneous manuscript materials, apparently from Sa skya. It includes one folio of the Gong dkar edition of Sa skya Pandita's Sdom gsum rab dbye and many poor dbu med copies of text books for seminary use.
# 961 (B. no. 248)
T. Tshe gcig gis sangs rgya ba'i nye lam| sbas don kun gsal (from f. 16)
A. Bo dong Pan chen Phyogs las rnam rgyal (?) (1375-1451)
xyl, ? lines, 106 ff. (last 1 out of order ?) (incomplete)
Edition: Old print from old blocks (15th century?). Includes depictions of Rdo rje 'chang and "thams cad mkhyen pa" (= Bo dong pan chen himself?) on f. lb, left and right.
Subject: A complete manual of tantric meditative practice, including preparation, and concluding with lineages of various teachings dealt with, and supplicatory prayers.
Alternative title, f. 99a.5: Tshe gcig gis sangs rgyas pa'i thabs| zab lam sbas don kun gsal (from colophon). Authorship indicated by presence of Pan chen Grags pa rgyal mtshan last in lineages. See also: "Complete Works" [actually parts of two incomplete De nyid 'dus pa collections] of