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Dvādaśasāhasrikā mahāpratyaṅgirā

matsunami_179 · General Library, The University of Tokyo

Sanskrit Nepālākṣara Script Dhāraṇī
Repository General Library, The University of Tokyo
Reference No. matsunami_179
Language Sanskrit
Date Date not listed

About this Manuscript

A Buddhist text describes several mantras related to Mahāpratyaṅgirā, a deity in the Tantric Buddhist pantheon. At the beginning of the manuscript, the iconography of the deity is described: Mahāpratyaṅgirā is blue in colour. In the Sādhanamālā, the deity is imagined with one face, six arms and blue in colour. (Bhattacharyya, 1924, p. 88). This manuscript also contains the Uṣṇīṣa-sitātopatrā-nāmāparājitā-mahāpratyaṅgīrā-pratyadevatā-sarvamāravidhvaṃsitā (f.13b); Vajradharavajrapāṇipratyaṅgirā-bodhicittaparigrahokathā (f.25b); Uṣṇīṣa-sitātapatrā-nāma-aparājitā mahāpratyaṅgirā-mahāvidyā (f.152b). This work is similar to Sl. Nos. 175, 176, 177 and 178. Several folia of the manuscript depict small illustrations. Folia 110-119 are missing from this manuscript. The final two folia are illegible, with portions of the writing erased in several places. In the colophon, the manuscript gives the title as: Ity āryya-dvādaśasāhasrīkāyāṃ mahāpratyaṅgirāyāṃ sarvatathāgatoṣṇīṣasītātapatrānāma mahāvidyārājñī avalokita-mūrddhinī-tṛtīya-kalpa samāpta. This work is similar to that found in SOAS MS.211250. R. C. Dogra documented the colophon of SOAS MS.211250 in A Handlist of the Manuscripts in South Asian Languages in the Library.

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Catalogue Metadata

Title Dvādaśasāhasrikā mahāpratyaṅgirā
Repository General Library, The University of Tokyo
Reference Number matsunami_179
Collection Takakusu Junjiro Collection
Language Sanskrit
Script Nepālākṣara
Subject Classification Dhāraṇī
Date Date not listed
Place of Origin Japan
IIIF Manifest Public IIIF manifest available

Subjects & Keywords

Dhāraṇī