Composite Manuscript

A composite manuscript contains ten different works, including Avadāna, Mahāyāna-sūtra, and Dhāraṇī texts, as follows: Sucandrāvadāna (ff. 1b–24b): This is an Avadāna text praising the Vasudhārā rites in the form of a story. It tells of a wealthy man, Sucandra, who loses his wealth and regains it through devotion to the deity Vasudhārā. The manuscript is missing folia 15–23. Following this, a Dhāraṇī collection contains three texts: Uṣṇīṣa-vijayānāma-dhāraṇī (ff. 9a–11a) Āryamahāparṇaśabarī-mahāmārī-praśamaṇīnāmadhāraṇī (ff. 11a–12a); folio 11a includes an illustration of Parṇaśabarī. Āryamārīcināma-dhāraṇī (ff. 12b–13b); folio 12b includes an illustration of the goddess Mārīcī. After this, the manuscript contains a single folio of a Dhāraṇī text, followed by the Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya-sūtra (ff. 1a–3b). Another Dhāraṇī collection includes: Vajravidāraṇonāma-dhāraṇī-mūlamantra (ff. 4a–6a) Āryagaṇapati-hṛdaya (ff. 6b–8b) Likely followed by Uṣṇīṣavijayadhāraṇī (ff. 8b–9b), though folia 10–13, 15, and 18 are missing. Grahamātṛkā-dhāraṇī (f. 24a): Matsunami noted in his catalogue that this text has the same content as Nos. 191, 192, 199-II, etc. (Matsunami, 1965, p. 168). Hemāṃgāvyā (Hemāṃgāthā)-nāma-dhāraṇī contains two folia. The last part of the Nāmasaṃgīti text (ff. 1b–10b); folio 1b contains an illustration of Vajradhara. An incomplete text on Lakṣaṇa and Pratimā (ff. 1a–20b). Sarva-tathāgata-sitātapatrā-nāmāparājitā-mahāpratyaṅgirā-mahāvidyārājñī: This text is similar to Sl. Nos. 441-I and 442 and contains 14 folia. Folio 1b features an illustration of the deity Sitātapatrā-Aparājitā. The ninth identifiable text appears to be Pīṭhāvarāstava, though Matsunami provided three variant readings of the title: Pīṭhāvarāstavatu(!)tra(?), possibly Pīṭhābalā-stava-stotra or Pīṭhā-stava-stotra. This text contains seven folia. Finally, the manuscript includes fragments of at least three different unknown works.