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

  • Pagination (Witness A): [-]
skyabs tho?, diagrams, illustrations, a fragment of a 'Bri gung chos spyod, the last page of (an old?) Abhisamayalamkara commentary by "Rab byams Chos kyi rgyal po", etc., etc.
# 1044-1 (B. no. 277)
T. Zin Gmthun rin po che'i 'phreng ba blo gsal padmo'i mgul rgyan zhes bya ba lung dang rigs pa'i thog 'bebs . . . [unclear]
MS, dbu med, 8 lines, ff. 1-10 ?
Subject: Introductory treatise of the Sa skya pa tradition. Deals with the fundamental categories of dialectics and philosophy.
[1b.4] gsung rab kun la thun mongs su 'jug par byed pa'i sgo| zin thun rin po che'i 'phreng ba blo gsal gyi mgul rgyan 'chad pa la don drug ste| yul| shes bya| gzhal bya| yod pa| gzhi grub| chos dang drug go|
Quotes Sa pan's Tshad ma rigs gter on f. 1b.5
# 1044-2 (B. no. 277)
MS, dbu med (old looking), 8 lines, ff. 7-88 (incomplete beginning and end), Mongolian notation on f. 27a, left margin. (some insect and water damage)
Subject: Pramana (=bsdus grwa manual), a Dge lugs pa scholastic manual, using
bsdus grwa terminology
# 1044-3 (B. no. 277)
MS, dbu med (old), 10 lines, ff. 2-19
Subject: Abhisamayalamkara exegesis? Written following bsdus grwa terminology
# 1044-4 (B. no. 277)
MS, dbu med (old), 9 lines, ff. 24-45, 47-50, 52-60 and 62-68
Subject: Pramana. Quotes Sa pan's Rigs gter on f. 67b.3, and uses bsdus grwa terminology.
# 1044-5 (B. no. 277)
MS, dbu med (old book), 7 lines, ff. 3-32, 34-51
Subject: Pramana or bsdus grwa of Sa skya pa. Quotes Sa skya Pandita's Rigs gter often. f. 50: a discussion of the occasions of defeat (nigrahasthana) of debating, following the Rigs gter of Sa pan.
# 1044-6 (B. no. 277)
MS, dbu med (old), 9 lines, ff. 47-69, 72
Subject: Monastic discipline (Vinaya) [1045 (B. no. 278)] Bundle of minor liturgical works, etc., all MSS except one Gong dkar ba edition. The undle includes:
# 1045-1 (B. no. 278)
T. Kye rdor yan lag drug pa'i mngon rtogs rgyu mtshan dang bcas pa
A. 'Phags pa Blo gros rgyal mtshan (1235-1280)
xyl, 7 lines, ff. 1-4, margin: ca. Size (1b)= 6.2 x 46.6 cm. This includes two small works, the above (=no. 1) being on ff. 1-3a.6.
Subject: Hevajra sadhana. Composed in the sa pho rta year (1258) (no. 2) Incipit: bla ma dam pa rnams la phyag 'tshal lo| bsnyen bsgrub bzhi dang| yan lag drug pa'i mngon par rtogs pa mi 'dra ba'i khyed par ni| . . .
xyl, same fascicle, ff. 3a.6-4a.3
This second work was composed in the sa pho 'brug year (1268). Xylographic colophon to both works (f. 4a.4):
na mo badzra dha ra ya |
khyab bdag he ru ka dpal sgrub pa'i thabs||
zab don yan lag drug gis rab bcings pa||
lam bzangs [sic] gsal mdzad 'phags pa mchog gi gsung||
mi nyams bskal pa'i bar du gnas pa'i slad|| rab gsal par du bsgrubs shes bka' stsal tshe ||
'ching ru dge 'phel dgon gsar zhes bya'i gzhir ||
nam mkha' chos bzang dpon slob dad pas bsgrubs ||
dge bas rdo rje theg pa rgyas gyur cig || khyad par chos rgyal grwa lnga rgyal po yi||
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