Santideva, a (provisional) bibliography: Manuscripts & editions
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Bendall, C., ed., Catalogue of the Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscripts in
the University Library, Cambridge: with introductory notices and
illustrations of the palaeography and chronology of Nepal and Bengal
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1883), ISBN 3-515-06055-3.
Add.1478, Çikṣāsamuccaya by Jayadeva: paper; 166 leaves;
6-8 lines; 1314×2 in.; chiefly Bengali hand; XIV-XVth
cent.; repr.in Publications of the Nepal-German manuscript preservation
project; 2.Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland;
Supplementband 33 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1992).
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-, Catalogue of the Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscripts in the University
Library, Cambridge: with introductory notices and illustrations of the
palaeography and chronology of Nepal and Bengal (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1883), ISBN 3-515-06055-3. Add.869,
Bodhicaryāvatāra: paper; 66 leaves; 7 lines; 101
4×412 in.; modern, ordinary Devanāgarī hand;
9 of Açokāvadāna-māla (cf.MS.Add.1482); verse; 10
paricchedas; repr.in Publications of the Nepal-German manuscript
preservation project; 2.Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in
Deutschland; Supplementband 33 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1992).
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-, `Çikṣāsamuccaya', a compendium of Buddhistic teaching
compiled by Śāntideva chiefly from earlier Mahāyāna
Sūtras, Bibliotheca Buddhica (St.Petersburg:
Commissionaires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences, 1897-1902). 1st edn. of compl.Skt.text. Repr.Delhi, 1992.
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Chandra, L., ed., Bodhicaryāvatāra: 1. Pre-canonical
Mongolian text, 2. Tibetan commentary by Blo-bzan-dpal-ldan. Edited by Lokesh
Chandra; with a forward by Walter Hessig, vol. 230 of
Śata-piṭaka series (New Delhi: Sharada Rani, 1976).
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Cowell, E. B. & Eggeling, J., eds., Journal of the Royal
Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland: Catalogue of Buddhist Sanskrit
Manuscripts in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hodgson
Collection) (London: Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and
Ireland, 1886). Pp. 5-50. No.13. Bodhicaryāvatāra: 10
parichchhedas; 47 palm leaves; 1212×134 in.; 5
lines in a page; old; the shape of the figures and of some letters is very
peculiar.
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Dvārikādāsaśāstrī, S., ed.,
Ārya-Śāntideva-viracitaḥ
Bodhicaryāvatāraḥ,
Śrī-Prajñākaramati-viracitayā
Pañjikāvyākhyayā saṃvalitaḥ, vol. 21 of
Bauddhabhāratī series (Vārāṇasī:
Bauddhabhāratī, 1988). Skt.edn.based on
L. de La Vallée Poussin? Incl.Hindi paraphrase. Also 2001?
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Goshima, K. & Noguchi, K., eds., A Succinct Catalogue of the
Sanskrit Manuscripts in the possession of the Faculty of Letters, Kyoto
University (Kyoto: Society for Indic and Buddhistic Studies,
Kyoto University, 1983). No.72 (E 260). Bodhicaryāvatāra: 66 leaves
(last fol.numbered wrongly, `67'); 6 lines; 25.7×8.3 cm.;
`Saṃvat 1027', = c.1907 A.D.(10 pariccheda-s, complete.).
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-, A Succinct Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the possession of
the Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University (Kyoto: Society for
Indic and Buddhistic Studies, Kyoto University, 1983). No.73 (E 261).
Bodhicaryāvatāra: 60 leaves; 6 lines; 27.9×5.8 cm.(10
pariccheda-s, complete.).
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Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions, Buddhist
Sanskrit Manuscripts: a title list of the microfilm collection of the
Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions (Stony Brook, New
York: Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions, 1975).
MBB-I-1.Bodhicaryāvatāra: material, palm leaf; script, Bhujimola;
size, 5×28 cm.; lines, 7; no.of leaves, 38; missing leaves,
second leaf; author, Śāntideva; no.of chapters, 9. 1509 microfiches
of the microfilm collection of the Institute for Advanced Studies of World
Religions, incl.title list.
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-, Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscripts: a title list of the microfilm
collection of the Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions (Stony
Brook, New York: Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions,
1975). MBB-II-231.Bodhicaryāvatāra: material, Nepālī
paper; no.of leaves, 46. 1509 microfiches of the microfilm collection of
the Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions, incl.title list.
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Jayaswal, K. P., ed., Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research
Society (Bankipore, Patna: Bihar and Orissa Research Society,
1936). (Vol.XXIII, pt.1), VI-XXXV-227, Śikṣāsamuccaya:
script, Māgadhī; size, 2212×2 in.; leaves, 1;
lines, 2; incomplete. 1936?
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-, Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society (Bankipore,
Patna: Bihar and Orissa Research Society, 1936). (Vol.XXI, pt. 1), IV-XXI-4-110.Bodhicaryāvatāra: Śāntideva; script,
Māgadhī; size, 12×123 in.; leaves, 14; lines,
5; incomplete. 1936?
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-, Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society (Bankipore,
Patna: Bihar and Orissa Research Society, 1936). (Vol.XXIII, pt. 1), VI-VI-196.Bodhicaryāvatāra: Śāntideva; script,
Māgadhī; size, 22×2 in.; leaves, 23; lines, 6;
complete. 1936?
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de Jong, J. W., ed., Nāgārjuna,
`Mūlamadhyamakakārikāḥ', vol. 109 of The Adyar
Library Series (Adyar, Madras: The Adyar Library and Research
Centre, 1977). Edn.of compl.Skt.text. Rev.on basis of new Nepalese MS
of `Prasannapadā', La Vallée Poussin's edn.& Tib.trans..
Further rev.edn.currently in proof with Dr Chr.Lindtner.
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Kāvyatīrtha, K. V., ed., Catalogue of printed books and
manuscripts in Sanskrit belonging to the Oriental Library of the Asiatic
Society of Bengal (Calcutta: The Asiatic Society, 1904).
Bodhicaryāvatāra, p.251, B.42. Buddhist MSS.collected from
Nepal by B.H.Hodgson, pp.243-258.
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Keith, A. B., ed., F. W.Thomas: Catalogue of the Sanskrit and
Prākrit Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, vol. II(2)
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1887). Pp. 1391-1428. No.7814 (2864).
Śikṣāsamuccaya by Śāntideva: foll., 209; paper, each
leaf yellow-stained verso; size, 13×4 in.; modern,
Devanāgarī character; 7 lines in a page. Publ.1887-1935.
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-, F. W.Thomas: Catalogue of the Sanskrit and Prākrit
Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, vol. II(2)
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1887). Pp. 1391-1428. 7713 (2927).
Bodhicaryāvatāra, a devotional treatise, by Śāntideva: foll.,
1-25, 28-40, 42-55; palm leaf; size, 1212×134
in.; Nepāli ornamental (Rañjā or Lantshā) character, very
clear and regular, of A.D.1399?; 5 lines in a page. Publ.1887-1935.
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de La Vallée Poussin, L., Bodhicaryāvatāra:
Introduction à la pratique de la sainteté bouddhique (bodhi) par
Çantidéva. Chaiptres I, II, III, IV et X. Texte et
Traduction, Le Muséon (Paris), vol. 11(1) (1892), pp. 68-82.
Introduction.
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-, Bodhicaryāvatāra: Introduction à la pratique de la
sainteté bouddhique (bodhi) par Çantidéva. Chaiptres I, II,
III, IV et X. Texte et Traduction, Le Muséon (Paris),
vol. 11(2) (1892), pp. 87-109. Partial Fr.tr.fr.Skt.text of
`Bodhicaryāvatāra' (Chapt.I-IV & X).
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-, Bouddhisme: Études et matériaux, vol. 55 of
Mémoires de l'Academie de Belgique (Bruxelles & London:
Luzac, 1898). Edn.of `Bodhicaryāvatāra' (Chapt.IX) with
corresponding section of Prajñākaramati's Commentary to the
`Bodhicaryāvatāra' in Troisième Partie, pp. 233-404.
`Ādikarmapradīpa' with Intro.in Deuxième Partie.
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de La Vallée Poussin, L., ed.,
`Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā': Prajñākaramati's
Commentary to the `Bodhicaryāvatāra' of Çāntideva, Edited
with Indices, vol. 983, 1031, 1090, 1126, 1139, 1305 & 1399 of
Bibliotheca Indica (Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal,
1901-1914). Edn.of compl.Skt.text. Incl.`Bodhicaryāvatāra'
(Chapt.I-IX with lacunæ), & remarks on I. P. Minayeff,
Çāntideva: `Bodhicaryāvatāra', in Zapiski Vostochnago
Otdeleniya Imperatorskago Russkago Arkheologicheskago Obshchestva
(Transactions of the Oriental Section of the Royal Russian Archeological
Society), 4 (1889), pp. 153-228, & Tib.tr.
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Matsunami, S., ed., A Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the
Tokyo University Libary (Toky-o Daigaku Toshokan shozo Bonbun shahon
mokuroku) (Tokyo: Suzuki Research Foundation, 1965). No.260.
Bodhi-caryā-'vatāra: paper; 46 leaves; 6 lines; 131
2×3 in.; Nepalese character; (ON.347); (K); the pagination of 23
is missed out.
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-, A Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Tokyo University
Libary (Toky-o Daigaku Toshokan shozo Bonbun shahon mokuroku)
(Tokyo: Suzuki Research Foundation, 1965). No.262.
Bodhi-caryā-'vatāra, (Two fragments of the ^o): palm leaf;
(I) 17 leaves; (II) 43 leaves; number of lines variable; 10×21
4 in.; (I) Siddhānta; (II) Nepalese character; (ON.497); (T).
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-, A Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Tokyo University
Libary (Toky-o Daigaku Toshokan shozo Bonbun shahon mokuroku)
(Tokyo: Suzuki Research Foundation, 1965). No.263.
Bodhi-caryā-'vatāra [only the beginning]: paper; 13 leaves; 6 lines;
12×212 in.; Nepalese character; (ON.498); (T).
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-, A Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Tokyo University
Libary (Toky-o Daigaku Toshokan shozo Bonbun shahon mokuroku)
(Tokyo: Suzuki Research Foundation, 1965). No.264.
Bodhi-caryā-'vatāra: palm leaf; 60 leaves; 5 lines; 101
4×2 in.; Siddhānta like Kuṭila; (ON.514); (T).
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Minayeff, I. P., Çāntideva:
`Bodhicaryāvatāra', Zapiski Vostochnago Otdeleniya
Imperatorskago Russkago Arkheologicheskago Obshchestva (Transactions of the
Oriental Section of the Royal Russian Archeological Society), vol. 4
(1889), pp. 153-228. 1st edn.of Skt.text.
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Mitra, R., ed., The Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal: A
systematic catalogue of the collection of MSS.presented to the Society by
Brian H.Hodgson (Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1882).
No.7 (pp.47-49). Bodhi-charyāvatāra: substance, palm-leaves;
11×212; folia 48; lines on a page, 6; extent in
ślokas, 1,100; character, Newārī; date?; appearance, old and
smudgy; verse; generally correct. Intro.by Alok Ray; repr.Calcutta,
Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, 1971; also repr.on microfiche, Evanston,
Theological Library Association, 1992, 1 microfiche, high reduction, silver
based film, (ATLA monograph preservation program; ATLA fiche 1990-3141).
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de Rachewiltz, I., ed., The Mongolian Tanjur version of the
Bodhicaryāvatāra. Edited and transcribed, with a word-index and a
photo-reproduction of the original text (1748), Igor de Rachewiltz,
Asiatische Forschungen, Bd.129 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1996).
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Śāstrī, H. P., Bodhicaryāvatāram,
Journal (and Text) of the Buddhist Text (and Anthropological) Society (of
India), vol. 2(1) (1894), pp. 1-16. Chapt.1-6. Appears to repr. I. P. Minayeff, Çāntideva: `Bodhicaryāvatāra',
Zapiski Vostochnago Otdeleniya Imperatorskago Russkago Arkheologicheskago
Obshchestva (Transactions of the Oriental Section of the Royal Russian
Archeological Society), 4(1889), pp.155-188.
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-, Bodhicaryāvatāram, Journal (and Text) of the
Buddhist Text (and Anthropological) Society (of India), vol. 2(2) (1894),
pp. 17-32. Chapt.7-10. Appears to repr.I. P. Minayeff,
Çāntideva: `Bodhicaryāvatāra', Zapiski Vostochnago
Otdeleniya Imperatorskago Russkago Arkheologicheskago Obshchestva
(Transactions of the Oriental Section of the Royal Russian Archeological
Society), 4(1889), pp.188-225.
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Śāstrī, H. P., ed., A Catalogue of Palm-leaf &
Selected Paper MSS.belonging to the Durbar Library, Katmandu, Nepal: To
which has been added a historical introduction by Cecil Bendall, vol. I of
Notices of Sanskrit MSS (Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press,
1905). P.20. Bodhicaryyāvatāraṭippaṇī:
(veṇḍalena lekhayitvā saṅgṛhītā) Cf. Sanskrit Seminar of Taisho University: Buddhist Manuscripts of Bir Library,
40, 30·1, pp.1-30, No.43.
Bodhicaryāvatāraṭippaṇī; Vol.I (1905), Vol.II
(1915); repr.in R. Grünendahl, A concordance of H. P. Sastri's
catalogue of the Durbar Library and the microfilms of the Nepal-German
manuscript preservation project, Publications of the Nepal-German Manuscript
Preservation Project; 1 Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in
Deutschland.Supplementband; 31 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden
GMBH, 1989).
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-, A Catalogue of Palm-leaf & Selected Paper MSS.belonging to the
Durbar Library, Katmandu, Nepal: To which has been added a historical
introduction by Cecil Bendall, vol. II of Notices of Sanskrit MSS
(Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1915). NR., p.241.
Bodhicaryyāvatārānuśaṃsā: folia, 47; ślokas,
1,000; This is the same as the Bodhicaryāvatāra, with this difference
... Cf.Check, This,
ŚrīNepālarājakīya-
vīrapustakālayasthapustakānāṃ
Bṛhatsūcīpatram, Bauddha viṣayaḥ saptamo
bhāgaḥ, khaṇḍa 1-3
(Purātatvaprakāśanamālā 29, 38, 39) (Kathmandu: Check
this, 1964-1966), kramāṅkaḥ tṛ 663,
viṣayāṅkaḥ 112.
Bodhicaryāvatārānuśaṃsāvadānam:
granthakāraḥ (?); Nepālīyaṃ kāgatam;
Devanāgarīlipiḥ; paṅktayaḥ 8; ākāraḥ
1212×478; granthasaṃkhyā 880;
patrasaṃkhyā 47; pūrṇam; Vol.I (1905), Vol.II (1915);
repr.in R. Grünendahl, A concordance of H. P. Sastri's
catalogue of the Durbar Library and the microfilms of the Nepal-German
manuscript preservation project, Publications of the Nepal-German Manuscript
Preservation Project; 1 Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in
Deutschland.Supplementband; 31 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden
GMBH, 1989).
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-, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Government
Collection under the care of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol.I,
Buddhist Manuscripts (Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal,
1917). No.20 (4198). Śikṣāsamuccaya by Śāntideva:
substance, Nepalese yellow paper; 13×5 in.; folia, 181; lines, 9
on a page; character, Newari of the 19th century; appearance, fresh;
complete.
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-, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Government
Collection under the care of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol.I,
Buddhist Manuscripts (Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal,
1917). No.19 (8067). Bodhicaryāvatāra by Śāntideva:
substance, palm-leaf; 1212×112 in.; folia, 66;
lines, 4, 5 on a page; the 60th and the 62nd leaves are missing; character,
Bengali; copied in Saṃvat 1492 = 1436 A.D.; appearance, old,
discoloured and worn-out.
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-, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Government
Collection under the care of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol.I,
Buddhist Manuscripts (Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal,
1917). No.50 (9979). Bodhicaryāvatāra and the Pañjikā
commentary by Śāntideva: 4 seasoned palm-leaves; 20×2 in.;
written in old Newari Character.
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-, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Government
Collection under the care of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol.I,
Buddhist Manuscripts (Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal,
1917). No.49 (3830). Bodhicaryāvatāra Pañjikā by
Paṇḍita Bhikṣu Prajñākaramati: substance,
palm-leaf; character, Newari; date, N.S.198 = 1078 A.D.; in good state
of preservation; with the first leaf and 26 others missing.
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-, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Government
Collection under the care of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol.I,
Buddhist Manuscripts (Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal,
1917). No.51 (3829). Bodhicaryāvatāra-ṭīkā by
Prajñākaramati, (The ninth or the Prajñāpāramitā
Section only): substance, palm-leaf; 12×2 in.; folia, 109; lines,
6 on a page; extent in ślokas, 2725; character, Bengali of 12th century;
appearance, fresh but worm-eaten in places; complete; written in a neat and
small hand.
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Takaoka, H., ed., A Microfilm Catalogue of the Buddhist Manuscripts
in Nepal, vol. I (Nagoya, Japan: Buddhist Library, 1981). CA
10-3. Bodhicaryāvatāre pariṇāmanta pariccheda: language,
Sanskrit; script, Devanāgāri; material, paper; hartāla on b;
size, 26×1214 cm.; leaves, ff.104 (1b-104b) ex.ff. 3; lines, ll.6. 120 p., incl.index, incl.with Microfilms of
the Buddhist Manuscripts (Nayoga, Japan: Buddhist Library, 1981), 59
microfilm reels.
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-, A Microfilm Catalogue of the Buddhist Manuscripts in Nepal, vol. I
(Buddhist Library, 1981). DH 219. Bodhicaryāvatāre
Prajñāpāramitā pariccheda: language, Sanskrit; script,
Devanāgarī; material and form of MS., paper; hartāla on one
side, banded; size, 2234×15 cm.; pages, pp.57; lines,
ll.20. 120 p., incl.index, incl.with Microfilms of the
Buddhist Manuscripts (Nayoga, Japan: Buddhist Library, 1981), 59 microfilm
reels; cf.Asha Archives Catalogue,
http://www.ask-archives.org/ask_catalog.zip, bauddha darśana 4077
prajñākaramati kṛta bodhicaryāvatāra pañjikā
Skt.Dng.Paper, H.on one side bound book pp.57 complete, but missed
p.11 = chap.3-23-4-46 20 lines 22.8 15.0.
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-, A Microfilm Catalogue of the Buddhist Manuscripts in Nepal, vol. I
(Nagoya, Japan: Buddhist Library, 1981). DH 220.
Bodhicaryāvatāre prajñāpāramitā pariccheda
ṭīkā: language, Sanskrit; script, Devanāgarī;
material and form of MS., paper; hartāla on one side, banded; size,
1615×12 cm.; pages, pp.155; lines, ll.14. 120
p., incl.index, incl.with Microfilms of the Buddhist Manuscripts
(Nayoga, Japan: Buddhist Library, 1981), 59 microfilm reels; cf.Asha
Archives Catalogue, http://www.ask-archives.org/ask_catalog.zip, bauddha
darśana 4078 prajñākaramati kṛta bodhicaryāvatāra
pañjikā Skt.Dng.Paper, H.on one side bound book pp.155
complete 14 lines 12.0 16.5.
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Vaidya, P., ed., `Bodhicaryāvatāra' of Śāntideva
with the Commentary `Pañjikā' of Prajñākaramati, vol. 12
of Buddhist Sanskrit Texts (Darbhanga: Mithila Institute,
1960). Edn.of compl.Skt.text.
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Weller, F., ed., Zum mongoloschen Tanjurtexte. Berichte über die
Verhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig,
Philologisch-historische Klasse, Band 97, Heft 2 (Berlin:
Akademie Verlag, 1949).
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-, Über Den Quellenbezug Eines Mongolischen Tanjurtextes.
Abhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig,
Philologisch-historische Klasse, Band 45, Heft 2 (Berlin:
Akademie Verlag, 1950). Pp. 1-51, then handwritten MS, Tibetischer Text des
Bodhicaryāvatāra, pp. 1-114.
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