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  en: The Bodhicaryāvatāra, composed by the eighth-century Nalanda monk Śāntideva, is a key Mahāyāna Buddhist text outlining the Bodhisattva path. Written in verse, it is structured around the six perfections (pāramitās) and divided into ten chapters, covering topics such as ethical discipline, meditation, and wisdom. The ninth chapter expounds the Mādhyamaka doctrine of emptiness (śūnyatā), a core Mahāyāna philosophical concept. Śāntideva claims no originality, stating that his verses follow Mahāyāna sūtras (Wallace & Wallace, p. 15). This manuscript contains two fragments of the Bodhicaryāvatāra. Matsunami outlines the contents with their corresponding folio numbers in his notebook 24, pp. 50–67. The manuscript is fragmented and damaged, with many missing pages and some sections rendered illegible due to deteriorated writing.
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    en: Śāntideva
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    en: Text I- 5 cm x 25 cm, text II- 5.2 cm x 25.5 cm (second text has leaves of different sizes)
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