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Mahāmeghasūtra

matsunami_295 · General Library, The University of Tokyo

Sanskrit Nepālākṣara Script Mahāyāna sūtra
Repository General Library, The University of Tokyo
Reference No. matsunami_295
Language Sanskrit
Date Date not listed

About this Manuscript

The Mahāmeghasūtra, also known as the Great Cloud Sūtra, is a Mahayāna Buddhist text that is part of the tathāgatagarbha (Buddha-nature) tradition. It is characterized by teachings on the permanence of the Buddha and the concept that the Buddha does not truly pass away into parinirvāṇa. The sutra also includes discussions on liberation, samādhi, dhāraṇīs, docetism, the four inversions, and the prohibition of meat-eating, according to Buddha-Nature (Tsadra). (Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, entry on Mahāmeghasūtra and 84000, https://84000.co/translation/toh232) . This mss has cramped writing, in the bottom two lines starting from folio 6a to 10b.

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matsunami_295 · General Library, The University of Tokyo

Catalogue Metadata

Title Mahāmeghasūtra
Repository General Library, The University of Tokyo
Reference Number matsunami_295
Collection Takakusu Junjiro Collection
Language Sanskrit
Script Nepālākṣara
Subject Classification Mahāyāna sūtra
Date Date not listed
Place of Origin Japan
IIIF Manifest Public IIIF manifest available

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Mahāyāna sūtra