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THE MINAYEV COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS IN THE STATE , PUBLIC LIBRARY IN ST PETERSBURG (LENINGRAD)

, Professor Ivan Pavlovich Minayev (1840-1890), whose death centenary was

coJDlIle,tIlorated in Leningrad at a seminar held at the Oriental Institute of the Academy

. of Sciences fro�1 May 16th - 18th, 1990,

to discuss Problems of Interpretation in

Traditiona 1 IndIan Texts, ,,:a,5 an outstandIl1g Russian Orientalist of the nineteenth century, A talented and brIll

,Ia�t s�h olar , he was the founder of the school of Russian

.1ndoJogy, which produced dlstll1gUlshed men of learn ing like Serge i Oldenburg and

'. Theodore Stcherbatsky.l

Born 011 October 2J, L840 in Tambov , in an officer's family of modest means,

Minayev became conversant with the European languages, French and German, at home

:at an early age, while he gained an excellent knowledge of the Oriental languages,

Sanskrit, PaJi and Pmkrit, at the Orien tal Languages Department of the University

of Petersburg, where he was a sudent during the years 1858 - 1862. Working under

the guidance of his teacher, V.P. Vassilyev, a specialist in Buddhism and Chinese,

Minayev became interested in the study of the origin of Buddhism, its philosophy, and

such matters as the dating of the canonical Buddhist texts and characteristics of Buddha

statues in India and Sout-east Asia. He had other interests as well , covering the fields O"f linguistics , history, literature, folklore and geography, An essay he wrote as a

student on the Geographical Studies of Monoglia, characterized as a monumental work

which surpassed all expectations and more than met a II the requirements of the

Faculty, 2 won for him a gol d medal.

During the years 1863 - 1868, Minayev visited universities III Germany, England and France, where he had the opportunity of meeting and learning under eminent .scholars such as Albrecht Weber, Theodor Benfey and Francis Bopp. One of Minayev's

1. The informa l ion given in this paper abou 1 Minayev (also spell Minayeff) and some of his publications is based on the- following: Kotovsky, G.G. Russki l'ostokoved i puteshestvennik (Russian Orientalisfs and Travellers) Moscow , Nauka

Publishers. 1967; Minayeff, J.P, Travels ;11 and Diories oj India and Burma, Translated from the Russian by Hirendranath SanyaL Calcutta. Eastern Trading Company. No date. Pages 23-39 of this pUbli cation con t ain , a Biographica l Sketch of Mi/l£'l.yeff written by Academician A.P, Barannikoff. : Gamayounov, L.S. Russia's relations with India through lhe ages. Translated by Ruzena Kamalh, from Pamphlet No. 33 Series J of the All Union Society Jor the dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge. Moscow. 1955. Published in ISCUS. Journal

oj the Indo-Soviet Cultural Society, Vol. IV No. 4. Special Number. 1957, pp. 15-55; Krasnodembskaya, N.G., LP. Minayev and the ethno logical Studies on

Sri Lanka. Published in: Sri Lanka - istoriya i sovremennost (S ri Lanka - History and modern Times) Moscow. Nauka Publishers 1977.

2. Annual ceremonial Symposium of the Imperial University of St. Petersburg held on the 8th of Febru ary 1861. Report on the condition and scientific activities of

the Imperial University oj St. Petersburg for Ihe veal' 7860 pp. 68-71, 87).

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earliest research projects, fhe pr�para ! ion of a Cat,dogue 0/ Poli tv/anI/scripts in tllt Bibliotheque Na/jonale in Paris, stil l preserved there in manuscrip!, was done duri this visit. Minayev returned to his homeland in 1868 and was appointed a 'docen in the Department of Sanskr it Sruetios in the Philological Faculty of his alma rnat� the University of Petersburg, in J 869. He joined the Departmen[ or Comparati� Grammar of Indo-European languages in 1871, defended his doctoral thesIs in 187 and was appointed Professor in 1873. which post he he ld until his premature death: on the 13th of June 1890.

Minayev came to the East th.ree times. He visited Sri Lanka (then known al Ceylon), India and Nepal in 1874 ·- 75, India only in 1880, and Indil1 and Bur in 1885 -- 86. The purpose of Minayov's visit to Sri Lnnka was to gain a rlrst­knowledge of the state of Buddhism in the island. According to his book. Skelchtt of' Ceylon and India.:l he vis ited Buddhist monasteries and made contact with learn monks, from whom he gained .much information wh.ich he could not get in any othof way or from other persons. The distinguished Russian ethnographers. Alexan Mikhailovich Meerwarth (1884 - 1931) and Ludmil a Alexandrovlla Mec)'warlh (J - 1965), who visited Sri Lanka in the years 1914 - 1915 on a special ethnograp expedition of the Russian Academy of Sciences, considered Ihemseives followers M inayev. In the preface to their book, In a Remole Comer of' Cf'ylon, 4 the M warths recorded their il�debtedness to Minayev 's excellent work, Sketches of' Ceylon india. in their understanding of Ceylon . and hoped that their own work would se as a supplement' to his work.

Minayev's many publications include a major study entitl ed Buddhism: Researe and Materials, published in two issues,5 the first cont aining an introduction to sources, and the second a few' Sanskrit texts having a bearing upon the history Buddhisn1. Available in a French iranslation,fi this work. which in t he words of t author "must be regarded as an introduction to the expositio n of the Bu.ddhist doctri

in its histor ical sequence," contains an examination of the history of ancient Buddhi it s institutions, doctrines , organization and ba.sic religious and philosophical conceptio and inter alia, a study of the ancient monuments of Buddh.ist art such as the Bharluf stupa and the inscriptions of Asoka. Some of his other works are a carefully prepar text and the transtat ion into Russian of the Pratimoksa .wtr(f , with an extensive prefa

3. Minayev , l.P. Otcherki Tseylol/(J i India (Sketches oj' Ceylon and India) It St. Petersburg. 1878. Parl 1. V and 284 pages. Part TT, 238 Pages

4. Meerwarth, A.M. Meerwarth, L.A. V glushi Tseylo!7(/. Leningrad 1929. 5. Vol. J. issue r. introduction : About sources. 280 pages. Issue IT. XII. 159 pa

St. Petersburg 1877. This work remained incomplete owing to the untimely

of Minaycv. AfLer his death some portions of the exisling Jl1aterials were publiS

by his puoil, Academician S.F. Oldenburg. under the title M,?terials and N on Buddhism, Vide Minayeff, Travels .. .. . . . .. op. cit. p. J I.

6. Recherches sur Ie Bouddhisme. Traduit du Russe par R.tl. Assier ete Pompi� Annales du Musee Guimer. Bibliotheque d' Etudes Tome IV, Paris 1894. A co; of this was not avai lable for consultation at the time of writing.

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blished in [869, which was his dissertation for the Master's degree;7 his doctoral

;:esiS, an authoritativ� . contribution b�sed ,on the . th�rteenth CCl1tury Pali grammar,

RtlpdSiddhi , he was edl �lllg and prc�anng tor publIcatIOn,S whIch was soon translated into French9 <�nd Engl1sh;lo (l treat.lsc on Declensions Lind Conjugatiolls of Sal/skrit

Grammar,l1 whIch was fOI' :1 IOilg tlm� the only means of studying Scl11skrit throllgh he medium of Russian; an cdlflon ()\ the ;i1ahavyutpaJti, the famous Sanskrit-Tibetan

:crrninolOgica l dictionary comp iled ill. Tibet at �he beginning of the ninth century, all ,'dirion b<l sed on ;1 study of ItS T i betan , ChInese, Monogolian ,1l1d Manchurian

:r,1i1slations;12 all edition of the Pali text Peta vat thu b8sed on Sinh;jla manuscripts ot'

his own co l lection and a Burmese manuscript of the Phayre Collection in the

India Office Library, published by (he Pali Text Society ii1 London;l3 AnagatavLII11sa. ;1 Pa1i work of 142 vcrses containing a. description of the activities of Buddha MetteYY;1 which roLLS! ,manifest themselves in the future;]-' Ihe ClfndhCil'LIIJISU, a :1.i,-;tory of iater works in Pali, written by Nandapalli1a in Burma ; 15 the KesadITatul'ilmsu, a history of the Hair Relic of [he Buddha, also known by the name ChLikesadhullll'al1'lsl/, history of the six Hair Relics of the Buddha ;J6 Ihe Simavil'adavinicch,-U'tlkat!/(1 containing some

facts relating to the modern history of the Buddhist church, based on a single Sinhalese manuscript on paper received from 'Subhuti Unnanse' during his stay in Ceylon,l7 a translation from the Pahari language into Russian of Indian tales and -------------

7. Lll, 122 pages Vide Supplr'ment to Vol. XV/' Notes of the ACt7demy of Sciellces SI. Petersbllrg. 1886

g. Pa/i Grammar. A Phonetic and Morphological Sketch of the Pali Language. With an Introductory ESStlV 011 its (orm LInd Chart lctel' . S1. Petersburg. 1872, XLlV, 96 pages, Rupasiddhi is also known as Maharup,1siddhi, vide edition of Kalukondayawe Pannasekhara Thera. Co lombo, M.D, Gunasen8, 1964 1 st edition.

9. Translated from Russi<ln into French by M, Stanislas Guyard, rari� 1/)74.

10. Rendered into En�ljsh from the French and rearranged with some modification� and additions for the use of English students. By Chas, Geo Adams, Mau.lmain. British Burmah l882.

II. Ilublished in 1 ithograph 111 1889,

12. l�ibliotheca Buddhica XIIT. St. Petersburg 1910 - I J: published earlier in lhe

"econd issue of Buddhism: Researches and Materia./s. op, cit. Vide Bongard-Levin

G. and Vigasin , A. The Image of India, The Study of Allcient Indian Civilisation

ill the U.S.S. R. Moscow, Progress Pub] ishers, J 984 p, 96,

13.

14.

5, 6. 7,

H. Henry Frowde

Journal of the Pali

Journal of tlzp Po Ii JOllr1Jal of the Pali J"umal of tIle Prdi

J888

Text Society, London , 1886. pp. 33-53.

Text Society, 1886, pp, 54-80

Text Society, 1885, pp. 5-16 Text Society, 1887, pp. 17-34.

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legends collected in Kumaul1, a region lying 011 the slope of the Himalayas, interesti ethnographical information about the inhabitants of which is given in its preface a work called Ancient India, containing notes on the Voyage Beyond Three Seas

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Afanasi Nikitin, which, besides being a commentary on the Voyage, appears to he work of research on the history of medieval India; In Sketches oj' Ceylon {/nd Illd which systematizes the results of his first journey to Ceylon and India, of which t part devoted to Ceylon consists of the following six chapters : From Galle

Hambantot2,' 'Colombo and Buddhist Monks," Kurunegal<: and Ihe Sifver Monaster 'Anuradhapura and the Environs,' 'Kandi,' 'Excursion to Alutnuvara and Ceylonl Traits' ;20 and the translation from the French into Russian of TtL/vels of /\-It/rco Poh a posthumous publication.

Yet another of Minayev's contribu.tions to scholarship was the collection of rna! scripts during his expeditions in the East.22 The greater rart of his col:ection v donated to the S8ltykov-Shchedrin S\llte Pu.bl ic Library in St. Petershurg, formerly kno' as Leningrad and also Petrograd. Most of the manuscripts described in Mirono

catalogue of Indian manuscripts kept in this library arc ihose from the Minal collectionY The 305 titles in Mironov's catalogu.e cO llt ain descriptions of Brah.ma� Jaina and Buddhist manuscripts 8 rranged in three sections.24 .In his inlroductio1l1 the catalogue written in 1917, Mironov stated that the publication was oniy the � part of his work. He planned to describe in a second part olher Northern-Budd� and Pali manusc.ripts and to give the history of the collection, �n index of aut� (Ind liLle:;, and some photographs of the manuscripts . Regrettably, this part n� a ppeared in print.

18. indian Tales and Legends collected in Kumafln in 1875. St. Petersbu rg 1876, pages.

J9. SL Petersburg:. 1881. 174 pages.

20. Parts [ - T/, St _ Pelersburg:, 1878, Part I v. 284 pages. PorI ll, 238 Pages

21. Publication of the Russian Imperial Geographica I Society lillder the editors of V.V. Banold. St. Petershurg, 1902, XXIX and 355 pages_

22. Mi nayev also collected objeC':s of art and items - of et hno logica l interest, w) are preserv(d in l he Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Aca

of Sciences of the U.S.S. R located in Leningrad.

23. Catl110gue of Indian Manuscripts in the Russian Public Library. Collection 0' P. Minae)' and some others. Compiled by N.D. Mironov. Fascicule J. Publii by the Russian Academy of Sciences. - Petrograd 1918.

24. I. Brahmanica 1 - 131; II liniN/. 132 - 275; 111. Buddhim 27G - 305 .

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The examination of the undescribed material in the collection was the ;main

osc of JIlY visitio SL Petersburg beginning September 1989.25 The uncatalogued Pur:uscripts are mainly those from Burma and Sri Lanka written in the Burmese and

S�ahala scripts. The larger number of these bad not been identified. I give below III

h S ' L . f . e information about t e n ankan manuscrIpts and the ew northern Buddhist works :'7':he as yet ul1catalogued materic\l.26 which information r gave briefly at the Minayev

�ommemoration Seminar referred to earlier. The quotations from the manuscripts

�tre given as they.

occur in them. The language in most instances is fnnhy. No

efforl at emendation has been made.

PaN Manuscripts. Written on palm leaves_ Script Sinh<lla. Series 916.

I. ABHIDHAMMATTHAVlBHAVANl NAMA ABH DHAMMATTHASAI"IGAHA YANNANA T[KA 916-17

71 folios 47x5.5 cm. 8/9/10 lines. Place or writing: Jetavan" mOl1ctSlery tn

Pulatthinaga ra.

II/ abhidhatnmat Iha-l'ibhavLlniya nama abhidhamnktf thaStlngltlli1l'Qlltianaya pcttlllJrna

paricchedllV{/1l1101l1l nitthita 1733 ;--rllltiya - 19b5 ;--- tatiya- 24b3 - catutthQ--· 31a9: - pdl1camd - 43b4; - chliltha - 50a9; - sollama - 55blO; atthama

63b5; .- n(.lvama -- 70b3; nillhila cayum (7bhidhammaflhavibhat'tllli nomo obhi­dhammt'rll/wsongahatik a mmme pu/aTtliinagarl' tlugaradhiraje I'Ol1n(l J1arakkmna-

bhujeno mahabhujenu kurapite......... jetal'alle vihare . . . ... . . . 70b8 ; dillchi calul'isphi

tikaym nitthita 7 J a3.

2. BALAVATARA 916 - 81 31 folios. 42x5 cm. 9 lines.

ba/avataram bhasissam balanam nuddhil'uddhi)'ll 1a2; bll/a l'Llhno janotdbuddhivlIddhim

karolu hi 31 b2; ba/avutaro nitlhito 31 b3; iminr.l punn'.1kammenu yava huddho bhavamaham mahosadhova nanena jOfisetlhil'o I}hogina l'esS(JntarovCl danena hat II mayham hhal'abhal'e siddhir ast1/ .)'ubhCltn (1Stll orog}'am ClSIII 31b3 - 5

25. 1 record my thanks to the Academy of Sciences. U.S.S.R. for inviting me to visit Leningrad. to Dr. Nina Krasl10dembsbya of the Institute of EthnologicJ 1 Studies, Professor Georgi A. Zograph, Mr. Andre Paribok and the members of the Institute of Oriental siudies, and Professor V. Balin and staff of the Depart­ment of Indian Languages in the Oriental Faculty of the University of Leningrad for enabling me 10 have a most rewarding s!<.ly in Leningrad from September 1989 - May 1990. My thanks are also due to Professor R.A.L.H. Gunawardhana of the University of Peradeniya for introducing me to Dr. Krasnodembskaya in the first instance.

26. I appreciate very much the help of Mr. Viktor Lebedev. Ms. Olga Vasilyeva and the staff of the Manuscript Depart.ment of the State 'Public Library 10

Leningrad for faC'iiilating easy access LO th� manllsCl'ipls .

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3. BRAHMAJALA SUTTA 916 - 72-52 folios. 58x5.S em 7 lines_

CulasilU/il lIillliiltim 6a7; 1I1,ljjliinwsila/ll nillhilalll 9b2; l1Iulh/si/(/l1l !I iI/ii ifell/} 12b6 pOlhamokobhol1lll'dl'l/l1l J �aS; hl'(JllIlICjO/ciSlIl/lll1'1 lIifflultifll 5L. J; il1'lof// likhilJ.jJU!1I1el/c 1I1ctteyyam iljJ(/Sc/lIl k ,wlipol i fthaJ'i I )'a s(JI'Ollesu po I il I hllil! i SCtS':iiIC. (lk k hllle!!)/ uk'iillcka", )'0 buddhal'upaSdl1hl1Jl siy,!. IOSlIlCl hi pafhilo pnso likIICYYI/ pitlikult:C·,illl. likhi.v�

polil1a dhal11l11ol/l 11(1 I'uk () I Iso IIassok ,1111 k appam ak k IWrUc'l,(il1lIlWYO ('uk /,-,)1',/ l'U I Ii blw l'iS5;1Ii-(111 Sjnhala: Sl' l1ddhudi j)(IIICL1dh(trll1oyen 110 prajnal'eil .'·lIi.:llIl'd lIjJ(io'iltn'u): ilo cllluha� l'({/'(/jambudifJP hinwloye heiJ1ulill/Jolf/hi kute kliPPl/),!li,(i {{(:'I'opalil'" hull'o melley/. ullalhassa s!ll1oll1i dhol11ilkll1l. siddlJir 1/.'1111 SIIOhlll1l I/Sfu llmg)'dl1l liSIII . . \2a2 - 52a4,

4. CAKKAVALA DJPANl - TIKA 916 - "II. J04 folios numbered ill SinhZlI,: letter': J<;j-chr 61x5.5 CHI. 7 lillCS.

iIi cokk(/l'(f/,ldipalli)'tll11 cl/kkL1I'llloS£7l'l1p.illidl'eso 110111./ Ji.llh,1I11O kcmc/o k" b2;..., pabbatanMdeso I/(//)/<I dllliyo k.mc/o kult al - j.:t!as(i)\lIlidd�so nlll/I(! feili.!.'() kal/d� kh I b7;- dipCllliddeso /101/1:1 (\llufllw kando ge a J :-- /;llLimiilid\'C'so 11<ill/(/ jAlliClll/a kando c£ a6;- riL7kil1l1(llum'/IidlltiYYO IIdma c/lUflflO lumdli (-III' b:l ;--- cokkLll 'lil,7r/ipa. tlka ehr a6.

5. JINALAMKARAVANNANA 9[6--62. 117 folios 47xG em. II lines.

iIi sadhujalllll1dlldadLlIIQn irlulle ./ ili({ lumk ora I'at fhusodlllM i jinalamkol'C' lil'idhobllddhakkhel/i/II(II1l/{[It:/ nifthita 39bJ ;-- i1sLidharLlfllln17/WI'Oi/l1{/na ..

44b 11;- pllbhobhilJihl1l'l/)'0177IJl1l1 - 50a 1;- l'vahll'lllhH'llI1l1llllcl- 52a 10;---- bodJti sombharQl1olJl1(/fJ({ -- 56 b I 1 ;-- g,Jbhhokk eml i1'O 1111 (l11ll 59-a4 ; - l' ij", I a Ilhl/1ga/G1" nn,If/,J- 64a2;- 11gorikoslitll/)(I//ivGlllliITla -67<15; - /I1uhllpod/J._llhtVJllllc!lhl ·--84Ji - obhisarnbodhil'{)lmal1(! - 95bJO;-- deSLtlUiI1011(tl'0f1I1,llIll -- 97bJO;-- pufih(lri)" I'Q71IWnCI -- - 103 b8 ; .- II) l'oglln,II",tII/,7I1;) 116.13 ;- buddhaplIjLi l'idhollLII'l/III1(1rW 117a9 ;-- jill 1I/t7I71kC/l'til'tI 111111lla ,;iffhifu 117b9

6. KALYANIPPAKARANAVINTCCHAYAKATHA 916-63 I 20 folios_ 48x6 em.

ramannadeSUpafibi1l1l'0I111IdhipUliIl1l .... ,. jin£1sasanasamsliddhifam pavoffim kathisyol Ib2; evam SLll11llk/sambllddhop'/l'inibbanrifo dl'illl1(/m l'(ISSasafanam lllwri chattimsatml l'asse vi1il'affe imasmi rumdnl/adese . . . . .. sasal1am lhlfitthapesunfi dallhabbam 2b1 lamkadipato S([S(//1011I lIgo111ra pragof1lal1agare jJcltilfi1{lfifi dallhabbam 3b8 ; t�I' pana bhikkhllsulI/gho sihafadipato agatasaS(//1np{[l'enigafill fa sihalabhik khllsamg�' pacchimakalagatathi jlLlcchimabliild:.husamgilo Clt vohartlnfi 4b8; /({to patthilJ jetmoanal'ihardl'asik<!i1 i hI! ikk lzu maiJa Fiharavasikehi tlb/wyctgir i l'i/wrt7l'dSikei1i bhikkhtil fa bhinditl'a 9<17; ifi kalYClni "'-'ma pasanalekhakha niffhil(/ J 8b7 ; ramadhipatirann kalyani nama pasLll1alek ha pari 11 il (hila J 9a2; kal.v({nipjhil"l/'(/lhl Iliff hila 20bG; kill), n ippakaranavilJiahayakalha /1 if th if a 20 b8.

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f 'MAHABODHIVAMSA 91 6- 1 5

102 folios. 45x5 cm. 7 lines.

201

abhisambodhikath({ 23a8 ; anandabodhikatha 56b 1; ,dasabalapm:inibbullakatha 58b2;

pathamCiSangitikalha 65a6; dutiyas(£l/gitikatha 66b3; , latiyasangitikalha 75a2; , lankavataranakclfha 79a5; mahavihClrap{/tiggahanakat/i�1 92a6; retigiriviharapatiggoha- ' llakatha 93a3; dhatl'agamawtkatha 95b6; dhatvagCltn((llaka lih7 99h 1; cetiyagiril'ihora­p.:ifigga!Janakatha 101 a3; mahabodhil'amso nitthito I 02b2;.

an aspiration of the' copyist is .expressed here in Sinha1" verse:

metwi balen matu" J:1oyipada dlljutiye lea tanill tanama pilisinda gena setuve hi upan upall tanakama nibanda sil /,,/ ka "ivan dakim mam met mUl1irajull dJ ka (l02lJ4) l'ijdjOstu istarthclsiddhir ({stu 102b5

�. MAHASATfPATTHANASUTTA see No. 15 below.

9, MANORATHAPURANI commentary on lhe A ngultarallikLlya 916-63 (II) 55, folios. 60x6 em. Incomplete. Beginning missing:. Numbering in Sinhala Ictlei"S IS not con6nuous. manorathapuraniya anguttarL7l1ikayaUhakathaya I1Qvonipul(fl',1I1l1Ulhl - l!il.lhitu 55a3

10. PANCASATABHIKKHUNAM VATTHU 916-25 (II) A storr Fum RaSd)'';lhini see no. 16 below, 2 folios.· 30x5.5' em., 8 lines. pancasatabhikklnl11(/nl vatthum dutiyarn. folio 2.

II. PARAMATTHADIPANI Commentary on the Petavutthu 916--20 (TU) 108 folk):>. "52x5.5 'em 8/9 lines. '

idam hi petavatthum duvidheJla pOl'alfam d!fhIlPPtlttivu.;;t:IILI eJ JllIcchJl'isst1jja/lu l'<!sena' C':I� talthu yam atthl1Ppattivasena pav(Jtlam tam bhagdl'utu tLl\,�l bhasitam 2;13: on 'Ieft margin of, folio 4, in Sinha1a: pN'.tavt:lstu atlll'ova; pJrL}mafThadipClIli,1'u' petll\'�Jtthusam)'{//lJlaI/Clya khettupama petal'utlllllPt::mfldf1d lIilthito.! 4b 1. ;-- mailapeskara �--..,;,18b3;-u{'agajatt.1ka -:- 26a2;�· mattaklilldali - 36a6;' �- IIffaramotll -- 5'-k18;' --bhusa -� nb8 �- serini - 76a8; - miga/adda -77b 1; - paLt1Jiputta � - 103a8;' - akkharukkha - 107a4; - satthikutasahassLi -- 108a6; poranatl 1m kathanayam nissaya yo samc(/'(uldha atthasUml'anniUl,.'I maya yo fclLtha pardmatthallul1J tLlttha tattha vatharaham pt1kasuna paramathadipani nam.:J ... . . . sanwtta I 08b 1

12. PARAMATIHADIPANI ,commentary on the Petavatthti 916-20 (IV) 90 folios. 59x5 em. 8/9/10 lines. paramatthadipani nama 90a5;� petavatthusamvannana, surn.Jttuti 90a8

13. (�ARAMATTHADIPANI) PETAVATTHUSAMVANNANA 916-20 (I) ,19 folios. 45x5.5 cm. 8 lines. Author: Acariya Dhammapala j'esident ,of' the monastery of Badaratittha. badamtitl hul'ii1ara vasin"u munivarayatina bhLidanlc/w acariyadhanlllJapalena kutu peta vi7tthusum vi:l11llana s.;Jm,7t!a 19a3

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) 'eva anforamagge tathew.l. . . pabbajitam disva ' ghe a9 ; cJl.1l1l1l1 (/hom ajjel'lJ i.'1ohu. bhinikkhamcmam nikkham itukamo ghai b3 ; bodhi"J't1 ttO e/wrattene vo lini I l ljja/li (7tikkamma timsGyoj;;lI1ik amaggom gem t va naditiram s<lmpapuni ghau 32 ; /{ (IJ! fhokG . . . . dukkhanl s(1ildhart'llIl11 (fsakkonto ' hadoye . pha/ile ka/am kar )'(! gho b9 ; bodhiSCltlo

pana . . . Cll 1upiyaJ11 nOIl1(/ <lmbal'allWn plll'isitl'o g ilam a2 ; laltha Sllff.1/7,7Ill jJi/Dba. jjasuk hena FilinC/met )'" Illfo Ilikkhamma . : . . rujagd/WII1 Jhiplmi gh,nn ,,13 ; bodh ! '\l f(oP I kho kotippottam dukk.7ruhlrikol/l karissQmili gha h a l ; dllkkt lrak"riku" bodhaya / 1 I 1 /ggo Il l! ho til i not Fel bodltisatto ohirikatn aharam o/7(lre lllk,"inu) gClIlwnigrlmam ; ' illd:!Ya ("urit l'a ghcth "7 ; . . . payaSQIIl bod/7isallasso adosi 113 b8 ; lIerlll1jtilJ.:l tiram gar)'11 na . a I ; bodhimonda/JIIl a/'lJy!w na bJ ; sanll7ram /1/tll"Llb,i/O/11 . . . l'iddhOlJ1i fvLI i l l' :1 5 . sabbunnll tonCll1mll uppa))i II I a 7 ; id,Hl1 aJ'id1fl"e ' I I idall.1l1ti l'edi tabbam

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' l i ivesw1f . ch i b9 ; otha 1 '(/sm.:t I1lnggaflono pabbajji chI' �l l ; "yosma soriputlo /JtlIlU lhlbbajitadirtlSt7/0 chr a2 ; IIbhop i te Sa((/Il1 aggascJ.l'a/iot/hanc Ih�/pes i chr a4 ; dh,lInnwo d(!Sc7nc1 l 'elaya . re/ll )'(Jlwromam pal'is i cJu a9 ; /'ohini)'o rwditir.1 ;11 sO/1 /papuni c l .. ' <1 5 ; mja : . . hlwgo )"un/ol1l lIigrodhlll-.lm,1111 p(H'esesi chi b I ; · d/wJJ1 l1l<7 karhapdr l..l osane rahu/amata de \'!' sotapatr ipha/(//Jl poplln i chatt a4 ; iIi hllllg,A )'tI kO/Ji/, I \'<7tth, i/ l l Il"dn; aga tadil'osato la(iyadi l'<lse yeva 1101ld;IIYi . "abbujesi C il:I Ll a8 ; ' bhago l'lI pJlh,U! w l'(/sse baranasiywn dUII�ra vassc . tajagahe cham b6 : . veil/vane/game p'lcchim,I " OSS(lm '

vas; bhogcl 1 'o . /(fIsinar .. ivam yamaktlsa/anam af/hire ' 17nlllhJdisesa nihbal1adl/l i !IIYr. , PQl'itlibbtfyi IU/ft/yom uJIIlpitbbikLilho chah a l ; l I ibboll(//(tilha I l iflh/f,' j ilu b l ; s,lIllgi' l ikath�l niffhito na as; n1Cl/wkassapattherassa parinibbanak..ilhlf ' n ilthitd n u a4; i (magalasmill1 SOll lbl lddho tnPl teyyo nama IlLlyak.o !uSSPI'!1 abhin ihtlrtim · P<1I'"kkIt.11/J;! sunotha va/i nu <1 5 ; . l71lOgdlak,!1/ll1 ·nifthila (jham wrongly for n a m a7 kajijit·,pari. ; ccliedak(ltna nif/hifa ti . b 1 :

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. o f the Buddhist era . Copyist : Wa lpa la Sohhila ' o f the Jayawardhana Kotle ! . monastery. ' . � ekayano . ayal11 bhikklw l'f! I llaggo solfanam . visuddhiya ka b3 ; yadidmn cattaro s(l/ip�' ; fthana ka b4 ; uddesa voram ka (\4 ; anapanasatikandam ki a7 ; iri}lapathakandam ki a l ii dhatumanasikarakandal7l ku b2 ; e Fom nava vidhavedananllprlssana vulla ke b6 : . ved,1Ilul/u' ! passonG .

satip<7 tthanam .

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na me and his aspi ration to bCC0111� d. B uddha stated ; 1\ S i nhala ni P pot l 'o/wnSI! liya . t indulaJ/a sri buddha l'onayen dedas I ul1siya aSl! eka/{( pamini memo vnrsoyehi l'rabhasam h([ I'(ll'i :i tabhagayoto pmniJ Ji simi dilhl dil\?bh'Jgayedi jcryo l l 'Ltrd/W/hl kotte vih(/rasthal1oyehi nilyal'c/S;w/ I I 'ci/pa/u sobhitCi tel'lll1nase ;' i.l'inu budll l'em r{! /o VUI"ra

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Auth.or or the commen tary : B h i ksu Dhanun:i.jol i res ident K c\ ndapola ,

ba/(Il'at(frcim bhasissam ba!anam buddliivuddhiya . yat/a tnt! granti1apruf(l l Ikiw balLlva/UI'LI nam I'll' prakarallaya I b2 ; kcJlIddjJo!a · orama Fusi HI dhammajoti f!OI!? ' !JIli/':' Stl kelielcu

. V1Sll1 sandh ikapparupasiddhyadiyeh i pCldasiddhikramayadLl l'imas(J bo/a S{fs(ri/lIl1ku!,/ kota . merna l'yakhyanava /(irimoto · . praramb/)(l kale Jb7-8

24 . ACOLLEf::TlON of teXt s . 9 1 6-70 (II) 9 fol ios . 34x4 . 5 e m , 7/8/9 l ines. Nu)Ubered 111 Si nhal a le tters : ka-k l (a J kn : \ 1 -

ki a3 : Pal.i form ulae with Si nhaill phrases i n d icating t heir usc in t h� ct:remony of ordi nation (pabnoj/CI) , , , . okasClkarvl1nam kutl'(! pabbajjLl111 ciUlla me bhui//e uholl/ bfwnte pabbajjam yacami ka b l ; imam' c/asl7sik klhlpadCll1i .Wtnddiya/ili . dJsosil "iln! ka bI ; jJal'idi kaf'{ll'(ll1Li l 'idhirllyi ka b2 ; ksamakaru l'(/ gnnimoyi ka b3 ; Sil'Ui'lI l'ulondimayi lea b5 ; ahtl/ upas l 'ika I 'a!andimayi ka b7 ; sel'l(lyup(lsl'ika va/andirnayi ki a2 ; giJanp,1stip,1S l'illgu ' I'Ci !ntld;mayi ki a3 ; (b) ki a3-ki a5 : PR A TT K U LABHAVANA L.nguage Pa t i o atthi imasmim kaye keSLI ki a3 ; prlltikuia bhct l'ana vlIyi k i a 5 (c) ki a5 - ku as : SOLASAP UJA Pa l i with Sinha l a phrases i nkrSpel'seJ

so!ast;lpuja !lim; ku a8 ku al � kr a7 : HERANASIKHA Language Sinhal a . heranasikha nirni kr a7 (d\ kr a7 - kl a2 ; DINACA RIYAVA Language Sinllit l a . dinacariYLlvaya k l a2

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1 . Folios ghau - j l renumbered i n Roman numerals as ] -44, packeted and mar 1 . The fol lowing entry is found on the paper wrapping or the packet. Ma/u. ipallhanam f01 1 -3 2 PaticcLlsamuppadam fo1 . 38-4 1 . However this information inaccurate. The Mahasatipatthanasutta is found on folios 1al- 2b2, contin on 1 4b6 - 32a6, as noted in the analysis of the content of the manusCJ given bel.ow . I b l -2b2 a nd 1 4b6-32a6 MAH ASATIPATTHANASUTTA. Language

yad idam cattaro S41ipatlhanu, katame cafl,lro, idha hi bhikkha ve bhikkhu k, kayanupassi I'ihumt; ] a 3-4 ; iti ajjhattam I'a kav€ ka vam.passi viharati bahiddha 1 4b6- 1 5aJ ; mahasalipaflhanasultam nitthitam 32a6

2b3- l Ob2 : R U VAN SU TRAPADARTHA. Commen ta ry on the Ratanasr, La nguage. Pal l and S i n ha l a . I ncomplete. Beginning of the text missing.rUVQI/Sl apadartha l1imi I Ob2

l Ob3- 1 4b6 : M ETS UTRAPADARTHA. Commentary on Language. Pal j and Sin hala. l ncomplete. End of the ruvansutra anusas kiya pirit bema dun metsula padarthava l Ob3

the Kuruniyamella,n text mlssm�. m anusas dakvanu ph

32b2-38a6 : SATYAKRIYA. Language Sinha la wil h a conclud ing stanza faulty Pal i . saddharmarajottamayanan vahansege unubhavuven do stltyayen 34b3-4 ; partlmitadharmayange 34b6 ; sL4rJ1aroga sl!rvadunnimit ta atanuvak r( navanu vunak vyadhidetisvanak antaravam gasi gasi dllrin duru viya 37b4-5 ; namoy kine': lake I'ljjClcJrana svahCl. namo muni muni mahamuni srimuni jayamuni all imalamunimuniye svahah ni(yam jivita raksantu kure kure svaha 3 8 a4-5 ; salyakr;; 3 8a6

38bJ-4 1 a 3 ; PATICCAS A M U PPADA. Language. yanam paliccasomuppado anulomam patilomdm khayamajjhugctti. paticcosamuppctdam 4 1 a3

Pal i . tassu rall iya puthom munasakilsi 38b2-3 : ' tanhan

4 1 a4-44 b l : PATTCCASAM U PPADASANNAYA S i n ha l a commentary o n paficcasamuppoda pnticcasamuppadasannayayi 44b I .

2. Folios j l -jha i renumbered i n Roman numerals as 1-35, p acketed and marked The' content IS as fol lows :

l a5-9b4 : NAVAG UNASANNA YA.A Sinhala commentaria l text explaining nine epithets of the Buddha . viz arhat, vlJJacaranasampanna, sugala, lokavl anuttara, purisadhammasaralhi, sattha, buddha and bhagava. navagunasannayayl �

l Oa l -1 3a3 : - B UDDHANUSM RTI. A Sinhala commentary -w ith Pa l i quotati. explaining the form of m editation cal led buddhanusmrti. buddhanusmrti Da3

1 3a3-1 4b4 : MAITRIBHAVANA . A S inha1a commentary· w ith Pali quotati, explaining the fonn of med itat ion cal l ed maitribhavana . maitrib/w vanavi 14b4

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14b4-1 6b I : ASUBHAKAMA�A�AN. A Sillhala commentary with, Pali quotations

�Iaining the for.m of .meditatIOn ctsuhhabhavana. asubham bhavayeti 1 4M ;

:subhokamatahan nimi 1 6b l .

16b2- 1 8a4 : MARANANUSMR TI. A Sinha la conunentary on the form of J,Ileditation marananusmrtibhava na marananusmrti 1 8a4.

1 8a4-1 9a3 : SA TARAKAMA TAHANPADARTHA . A Sinha la cOJU..mentary with Pali quotations explaining the fou r kammatthanas (subjec ts of meditaiion) . bha l'etva calurarakkha. avajjeyya 1 8a4 ; atamahaudvegavastuyi l S b4 ; saiarakamata ­

hanpadarthavi 1 9a3

19a4-20b3 : the Paii text only of METTANISAMSA . metlhal1isamsum 20b3

20b4-2 1a5 : A TAVISJSU GATA VANDANA Pa l i

adorat ion of the twenty-eight Buddhas. Begin s : vande mdehamkaram munim 20b4 ;

lex! , containing stanzas of vande ral1hamkaram buddham

2 1 a5-2 l b6 : ATAVISTBODHI VANDANA. Pa l i text , conta ining ' verses of adora ­t ion of the twenty-eight bodhi trees ime ete mahabodhi· lvkanathehi pujita aham pi ca namassami bodhiraja namatrhu Ie 21 b5

22a l -22b2 ATAVISIPIRITA. The Pa li text only of twenty-eight paritta pirit

texts. atavisipiritayi 22b2 .

22b2-24a5 : The Pal i text on ly of the HNAPANJA RA. jinapanjarayayi 24a5 .

24a5-28b4 : The Pali text only of the JA YAMANGALAGATHA. mahakaru­niko natho hitaya sabbapaninam puretva pat'ami sabba pattho samhhodhim utthamam etena saccavajjena hotu me jayamangalam 28a4.

2Sb5-30b2 : a PALl TEXT giving the names of the twenty-eight buddhas, the names of the ir parents and the bodhi t rees. Col ophon in Sinhala : atavisi "'udlmge

. nam ha ' marru pitru dedenageda jayamahahodhida kiva nimavnna ladi 30b3

30b3-3 1 b l : a PALL TEXT givi ng the auspicious character istics of the Buddha . atorasiyak mangul lokunuyi 3 1 b ]

. 3 1 bl -32a5 : a PALl TEXT glVlng the thirty-two characteristics o f a Buddha . Colophon in Sinhala : detismahapurusalcJksanavi 32a5.

32a6-3 3a3 : a PALL TEXT describing a form of meditat ion on 'characteristics', Colophon in SinhaJa : lakunu bhavanayi.

34a2-35b6 Pali text onlY of B U DDHAVANDANAGATHA. This text is continued on f('lio 36 kept in the packet marked TIl. See below . Colophon on 36a4 :

buddha vandanagatha nitthila.

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3 . Fol ios jho-dam renumbered i n Roman numerals a s 36- 1 04 , pac keted and marke I T l .

3 Ga4-44b6 : DHATUVANDANA . Pal i text o n l y dila till 'LlI1dallll lIitt;';/(I 44b6.

45a l -46b3 : SOLASA MAHASTH ANAVANDANAGATHA. Pa l i [ext on l y Begin! lamkaya yuf tlia pathomam sllgo la nisajjo vnkkhe damesi I1Ij{/s�lsUnilp(illlJ1{t l'(/ 45a l abhuyC/girivih.:.r.rc corlfl/ltIpctm /1(1momi 46a3 ; namumi aham sofmll t fldnam u l tarnal 4 Ga 7 ; col ophon in Sinhal8 : solosol11aiJasthctna l'ondllJ1agat/T(, �Ii.

46b3 -4Rb6 : BODHIVAN DAN A . Pa l i text only . bodilil'(lIulc.Jno nil/ilihl 48b6.

"49a l-50b5 : ') PAR A M ITARATNA MA LA. So according to a note in ink 0

t h .e folder of t he pac ket . LanguGl ge Pal i . The co ! or hon reads : (J(lrom is{/J'{Is()rnal . sam{lItha 50h5.

) 1 a l -52a 5 : AT U VAPRA RTH A N A . Language alul'Opr(/J'lhol1ct ll(Iyi 52a 5 .

Po l i . Co l opho n Sin hal:

52a5- 55b6 : AT U VAPR ARTHANAGATHAPADA RTH A . A word to wo

commentary 1 1 1 S i nh a l a 0 1 1 A tl/ l 'ifprarlhrlnt''i. Colophon I n S i n h a l a : t l lu l'aprarthan gatlwpodorthayi 5 5 0 6 .

56a) ·-5602 : P R A RTH A NAGATH A. Language Pa I i . Co l ophon 1 /1 Si nha:

prart hanagat/1(l vi 56b2.

56b2-57b3 : HHA VA VJ RATIGAT HA. Language PaJ i . Col ophon 1 11 Si nha bhl.l F£.l FirCItigathCl Fi 57b3

5 7b3-57b6 : ARADHA N A . Language . Pa t i . Co lophon 1 I l S i n ha l a : aradhar, 57b6.

57b6-60a 3 : SOLASA P U .l AGATH A. Pa l i sta nzas with S i n hala phrases i n ter: rsed e.g. lei vadan u 58a l ; diYQ vadanu 5 8 b 1 ; sivurujJujayi' 58b2 ; (\lIllarapujJyi 5� ma/pujayi 60a l : kSJmakiril11uyi 60a2 ; colopho n : so/usujJujaga lhayi 60a3 .

60a3- 62a5 : CATU PA RIS U D D H ISILAYA . A Sinhala text wj Lh Pa li quotati sUa nam saMra s,7n1 varasilaya . he keseda Y,l t : pratirnoksJs(?I11 l'LII'L1s;/aycJ indriya: l'arasil:lva ujil'akrlparisuddhasi/uya jJratthya YLI sannisritasilaya 60a3 ; pratimoksa: varasifa 170m Fe 60bG : ind1'ira san1V<7rasila num l'e 6 1 a3 ; ajivapar;suddhisila nan

6 ) a6 ; pratyayasolll1isritasi/(l . 11<1/11 re G I b2 ; catuparisuddhisi/oya lIimi 62a5.

62a5-65b3 : SEKHIVA DHAM M A. Language Pa l i ime ko panaJhlSn sekhiya dhamma 623 5 : col ophon 1 11 Sinhala sekhiya l1imi 6,5b3 .

65b4-67b2 : HERA NASIK H A . A S i n hala text wi th Pa l i q uotations. hi haro dasosil fltlm klll'(JI'Llha Ytll 65b4 ; her(.i/1({sikha nim i 67b2.

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67b2-70b3 : MAITRI BHA VANA. Language Pal i . (ti10/1i a verQ homi

homi 67b2 ; imasnl ll71 rajje iss(trajJ1U avel'iA honlu 68a6 ; CO l ophon I I i (Jvyapujjhv

Sinh3 1a : mtl)!il rihhOl'O I iCiVi.

70b3-74b6 : EL U SOLO . Language Sill ha la . IUI1 /o rumaliLim l'ill1d;m fI1dll/

e li/ana l'DJI{/im nwm 74<13 : e/us% yi 74b6. 70 [)j ;

75a l -79b6 : D ETIS K U N APAKOTTHA S AYA . . A Sin hel l e, t e x l w i t h Pil l i quola l i ons ollhi imasm;1I/ kaye . . . yana fne del is/wI/a]);) kotr/t, ISOY,/ I/onl 75a l ; d('liskuJlopa kolf!1asilyoyi 79b6.

80a l -8 8,1 l : DANASA M VJ B H A G AY A . La ngllC1 ge S inha l a . )hi/.. llI1l!kotLl dUlltI­sutn vibhugoya dlrl. l'amha . he mese da la yulu . 80a2 ; . . . . d/lJIIT/Wdu/lliY[1 I1lum V(llII teYiJ . he me koti1al'en as.1 dahl yuttl>ya 80b I Ends : SdSLll'd dukill midi ni l',ill dokil / <1 !psa ulsa 11(1 kalo),utu 87b6-88a 1 .

88al -9932 : PR AT HA M A G A MANAKAT H A . La nguage Si-ll lw I L! An :l CCOUil l ·of th e B uddh a's fi rst v i s it to Sr i L a n k <l . prulliamagamorlcl'\ a th.1Y; 99:1 2 .

99a2-- 1 OOa4 : DV 1 T I YAGAM AN A K ATH A . Langu2.ge S i n ha l a . A il (l CCOlln , o r t h e Budd ha's second v i s i t t o Sri LlI n ka . ch' iti vagamalliJ/w { huvi 1 0034 .

I OO84--L04a l : TRTIYAG A M ANAKATH A. La ngU<lgc. S i nhal a . A I1 :1 ceo lI ll l or the Buddh a 's th i rd vis i t t o Sri L8 nkll . I ril iyagamanakat hayi I 04a l .

4 . Fohos dah ( 0 d h i relTlimber� i n. R oma n num end s a s 1 05- 1 8 9 , racketed an d

mar ked IV.

1 053 1 �- 1 89 b4 : D H ATUVA MSA. A Sin h a l a ( cx l with Pali qll otiJ lio n s . dhu hWISO kalO l'ehi buduiige (ull th,7ragamano IWIII VlI pu/o)}IL! ; 'cni /hll'icchcd{) \ 'u l Iiiil i I l Ob5 : dhUfIl V(ff/1Saye IN.,dun piril1if'\'tlnaY�hi puja /ada df l 'ClIIU jJuricchedoY,1 III II 0 1 23 ti2 ; IUI1Vill1u J 33b6 : salar.1 VllnLl 1 49 b4 ; me kavolltissel rajahu I'isill k ,I/ a l' l I l'i/hi",I trlese dala yutu I S 8b I ; tissdnwho vc/1era dhLi ll i pi/iFe/" km,IFJ vi 1 89 b4 ; .

Fol i os ka - gho renumbered i n Roma n numer8 1 s a s 1 90-25 1 packeted a n d ma rked V. The co ntent J S as fo l l ows .

1 90a l-1 97a6 : NAMASKARAPADARTHA Y A. An exp l a nat ion 111 Sinha la o f l he Pali formu la of paying homage t o the ' Buddha . l Iamo It:ISSd bhaguvoJlo araha{o sommasambuddhasS,J tavuda me 11(lmt1ska ra),LI lema ka vara karall(]yekin namaskara vida yat . J 90a 1 ; ese heyin me l1umaskarapujayehi (Ila/os akso/'uyangen pa/Ol11u/(ofa dakvu l1amaskara),ll {ema 1 90b7 ; de ven i akureh i InO yanna 1 9 1 a J ; I Ull veni samksepayeh i blwgav{J )lana varonayen .1 92a3 ; satara vana Idmksepa veh i arahato yanneh i 1 92b4 ; pasvana s,7m ksepllyehi .winmasJmbllddhassa 1 95a6 ; . me numaskujJoda/'lhcl)'d genahartl dClk l'" kiyanuludi 1 97<1 6.

1 9 7a6-20 3b6 : P AN CAPATlTT HITA NA ivl ASK AR A S A N N A Y A . L a ngUa ge \inhaL l wit h Pa l i · quo l at ions . pt1l1capli fitth il';/I7Jmaskal'osuJJlw sUiIlJpiham 203b 6 .

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204a 1-2 lOa7 : DHAM MACAKKAPAVATTANAS U TTA . Language Pa J i . .

me sutham ekam samayam bhaga l'a baranasiyam vihara fi isipaTane migadaye 2(

dhummacakkapCll'of fanasutfam . munisLlrmia 2 1 0a7 .

2 1Ob l -245b l : PARl TTA. · Pa l i text aild Sinhala commen taries puriltham bhanamahe 2 1 2a6 : rrkmgalasuttham 21 3a4 ; ratanasutrham 2 1 Sa 2 ; karaniyamf suttham 2 1 Sb6 ; khal1dhapariftam 2 1 6a5 ; l110raparit tClm 2 I 6bS ; d/lLIjaggapar, 2 J 8b7 ; atanl7tiyasu ttam 2 1 9b6 ; angulimClloparittam 220:1 2 ; concluding s tanza s cll,

after paritta from 220a2-220b6 : boj)hango sot;samkhulo dhammanam vicayo 2: rakkham vandami sab b uSO 220b6 ; Si nhala commentaries begin at · 22 1 a 1 . rna asutrapadartha nimi 234b2 ; kat"tftliyamerthasu. padartha l1im; 243a5 ; alu.tl'U padl nimi 245b 1 . .

24S b2-2S l a2 : D H A M M ASA N GA N I M ATIKA. Language Pa l i dl'ivisatl

246 bl ; hptugo('chakdl11 246b4 ; culaduttharadukam 246b6 ; oso l'(tgocchu"/(clm 24 sannojt1nagocchakmn 247a6 ; gdnthagocchakam 247b2 ; oghagocchaklim 24

yogagocchakam 248a l ; ll1uhu fthadukjm 248a3 ; up adallagoccbakam 248b I ; · k;, gocchakam 248bS. ; · nivarctna'gocchakam 249a2 ; poronwsago("chakal1'l 249a S ; ubhi, rnmamatika 250�2.

� ( l . DH A M.'MAcA .. K K A PAVArTA. NAS UTTA 9 .1 6-87. 30 fol i os n u]nbered ka­;r. S inhal a l etters . 45x5.5 em. 7 l ines. ka b l-ko ,,2 : Pali tex t . kau a l -kho

Sinha l a comment a ry. dhamm" cakkapal'uttonasuffam ko a2 ; mese me dhamsa� I'atun sutrctyehi . . . pad{/rtha nimi kho b3.

?:>HAMMACA K KAPAVATTA NAS U TTA 9 1 6-1 03 . fo l i os 1 and 2 . 9 1 6- 1 03 cons

of four folios 0( manuscripts framed under glass. Of these fo l ios· I and 2 m

:,ered ,kha and khi i n Si rihala l etters appear to be part of a Si nha\a co mment:

.)11 the Dh,1I11l11ockkapl1 l'attana.<m tta. 43x6cID. 7 l i nes . elam dhammacakkam . , /harmmacakkaraya pavattitanfi p(lvu{val1aladdeyayi 1 a 3 ; bhikkha l'e mahoneni me i

1 ' ;Si71 idam dukkhoari ) 'L7S,l ccl7l1 ti 2a1 ,

� R,AJAS VAB HAVA 9 1 6-70 IV. 9 fol ios . 20xS cm. 7/8 l ines . Appears to

."' inhala commen Lary on · .. P:l i i . lext dea l i ng wit h the natu rG of kings.

;',uddhayu . pubbe · s(}bhan,�/kaml11ena sulilddham sukhasumpudum de vctta tividha . pubbe atitaka/eJ I a l: kal/wm kavara ka ranayakin rd)ono narottamayan vahatiJ

yamasadisopi yamaraju h<l sadist1dc/ 3a6 ; · bhanusadisopi sliryadi l'yarajaya · sadis 4a6 ; candimasadisopi CO 11 dradiI'yarajayasadisada 5a 3 ; raj(,s l'obhavQ 9a S.

) . V UTTODAY A and V U TTODAYAVIVAR ANA 9 1 6-25 11 ( 1 0 fol ios .

1 0/ 1 3 l ines. . iti vuttodaye chol7dasi sannaparibhasaniddeso nama pothamo parice

1 :1 6 ; The Pa l i text ends and t he Sinha l a commen t a ry begi ns a t 2 a 8 . l ' l lltpdll l ' ivuranam sCimaffam 9a 1 3 . The tenlh fo l io appea rs to belong [0 a not her t

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Slobala Manuscripts

MANDAI1\. 9 1 6 .42 8 fol ios . 3 1 x5 cm . Content : I l lu s t rations o f malJda/os with

formulae identifying them and indicating the,ir benefi t , Language faulty Sinhala . ' visnlt mandalayayi. siyalu aroksct l 'liyi 2a ; su/,yamand'llayayi aruksu ktJrcl11lt 4b ;

Ctlkk rumul1dalayayi. hdnkl upadhra duruveyi 6b ; candrllmandalaYlIyi. araksavata

liya ata badhinu 7b.

svAMIDARUVANVAHANSEGE QRASAMA 9 J 6.25 I 1 folded fo l ic a nd three fragments . Con tent : PE',r l of a Christian prayer. The Lord's Prayer . s vctmido/'u vanvahansege orasamLfyi

An UNIDENTIFIED TEXT 9 1 6.86 28 fol ios . 25x5 em. 5/6/7/8 l i nes . Incomplete . The begin n ing o f l he text arid co lophon are missing. The fol io:; arc numbered ;

khah - gI ; go - gam ; 1 1 a -. nr and 'nah - eu Content indica��'s that the fol ios are a sect i on of a medic,l I [ ext giving i nstruct ions on rhe prepa r at ion of medicimJ

. tablets and oiJ s . and the ir lise. hama unaflz nik,l inguru Yl7kinarull yu sindL? tUiIli . ' tuna denu kha h a6 ; jalasanniyata khah a8 ; hamo jvar.:t guna l'e ga b 7 ; budal'U­jO l'ata �ladokClha gi as ; mippitdu guliYLl nimi gi 8.6-7 ; diyavudiyavatu elakirenda g,i a7 ; meki roga stlf1hindimata utUI7 vanneyayi yanG arth,) )Ji siddhir astu g l a 7 ; vatataila nim i ni a6 ; kudakumara tailaya nimi . . mahakumara tai/oyola behet kiYlIf//I lahe m: a2 ; mall{:kumara tailay.; nimi. maharadata beht kiYL/nl l labe . nu b6 ; mahatoilava nimi ' nr b5 .

33. An UNIDENTIFIED TEXT 9 1 6 : 1 0 1 n 6 fol ios. 26x5 cm 4 l i n.es . Some verses in Sinhala .

34. An U N IDEN TIFIED T EXT 9 1 6.25 I V 1 fo l io l isting n a mes or l ext s : diksangiya sumangalavilasiniya etc .

Sanskri t Manuscripts (Script Sinhala unless stated otherwise)'

35. ASTANATH ASYA DHYANA 9 1 6.70 III 16 fol i o s . 28. 5x5. 5 em 7 J ines . Contains descriptions of different forms of the ei ght . deities : ' Sivanatha, Brahmanatha, Vismi.natha, Gaurinatha, Macchendranatha, . · Bhadranatha , Baudhyanatha and Gananatha. Begins : namas sar l'ajnaya 1 b l ; . astanathasya dlzyanam aha 1 b4-5 ; sivanatham . brahmunatham CiJ. visnunatham gaurinathakam macchendranathabhadra­nathan . ca baudhyanatham ganadliip,lm tat telt · devasarup�ln CD. bhedabheda vadamy

ahom 1 b5-7 ; sumukhatrinayanam vI'sabharudham sivanathasya laksanam ; . caturmukham . , . . . . hamsam arudhom brahmanathasya laksanam 2a2-4 ; dvihastam

. . . . . . garund<T vahanan capi visnunathasya ICtksariam . 2a4 ; dviltastam . . . . . . kesariva-hallam totfla gaurinatha visuddhena laksanena prdkirtitah . 2a5-6 ; . ca turbhujam

Y'lgamacchasamarudham macchendranatham e va ca 2a6-7 ; . dv;bhujom . . . . . . mayuru-

. vahanan caiV(l bhudranathasya laksanam 2b l ; dVibhujani padmusanam tatha vapi baudhyolh7thasya !uksunam 2b2 ; caturbhujam musik;lI'IHlhJ.'n e papi g{lI1dl1alliasyu klksLll1am 2b3-4 ; the $in ha la phrase min dos . hare occu rs u n \ S b6.

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"UtARATNA 916.58 III 59 1'c,lio,. 35,5 em. 8 lillo,; A rew Sinhal. arl.' inicrspcrs�d in lh(' text. The colophons or ch:l.plCrs b-."!ginni'lg with the .11·1.' gi\cn. According iO these colophons, th� author of the texl is Si',ldilan;;j 1 ncoIllpkic· iIi .\"/ i,�;dd//lillm lidl'iracife k all/t/i'llf lie l'ijaJ'L'lrlil'.I'tlglirnlli I'artlllum trJtiyoptldesdh 1 b2: S/(III/h/kUlllnl Iwnw cawI'l/wjJJldY(l.l'ah (In Sin hala : 1'i1fltr.1 viSitlttl),;) ,-ahtl mohan.lJlI 4b5:- kamal'Oll1e pt1l1camol'adest./h 9b I (T' I ' . .

) . 1'1 lie 0 the fifth chap:er IS not £I\'en :-. 1'II'J'm'a�CI,Jallam lIullltl .5tJstoptJrleStr/z 13a3' Otl1iJ.. .. mlllt/di /omtlgafllllGIII llama saplamopadesoh 16b3; - Slll1dhiJ.. ural/adi kall' 'k-..., . " .nna a 1"l1lW11/ lIamasl((lIlopades.1h 25a3; - aI'ISI(f}1(fSOI1.JStiSYOptld(,{/I'!IIIt7S<ll/t/ gomahisa� dUl'dht71'al'dhI7I1GIIl llama IItll'amOptldesah 28'3.8; The colophon of the t enth eh. ' . pier IS nlissillg. - IIlUlakautllk.1lwlIla ekt1&1$ojJt1destlh 33b8; tlllt/l'l't/stini)'(/ronam I dl"t'ldasah pOl'irchedtlh 39b2; IlillhfdarsallwIjOlmdblll'<lt,J'ltS(IIJ1jiIJorlil'idya :lIanltl IrdJ'O�:;: ptll'icchedah 43f,14;, - l'is.1IIi1'tlrtll/t1n1 (loma cMul'r/rrsopadesah. 51bl; - yaksi"i sadh. akalll lIal1l{/ l)(l1I(\/r/{tsoplu/es.l!1 54a4; rasadhisodlwIIUnh1},ClII((fJ/ IIlIma sodtlsojJtldesl1h 59a4.

? NAMASANGRAHA-NIGIIANTHUSASTRA 916.100 5 lines. Sc ript Nl!wari. Appoars to be a medical lext,

68 folios. 3? 4 -_x ,J em

1'''lft1gll1wl'ol'g.lh prtllhllm,ll1 S!1IIWpl.i/l 6a 1; piflag!1II(1l't1l'go ")",7111 dl'itiYdh 933;

I't1h.lglmomrgt1S nl iJ'tlh I I b4: rak t.lg/ma I'argall colurl hall 14b2; I'nllwl/og/ml1rargah ptlllcf.lI1wh 16<13 : l'il'£'c,1I111I'arg.-t/l stlstah 18 b I; ? somgrohill(»al'arga/t sapta11/(/h J 9a5: rt1St1)'C!II(Jrargo 'sltln/ah 21 a5; "ll1el'akaI'l1IlGl'al'gah flO I'tlmah 22b3 : ghllslikart1l1tll'urgo 'I'om dasamtl/t 23b I: l'id[ll1ghll</l'orgo 'J'om pkadas(lma ,15:11: ,. " .. . risod1ta dl'tid,lS-ll11u 29a5 : ? tlpllr(/I't7/'g�ls trayodaSt1mdh 35a4; c.1II1kll'orgo ".I'tllli ''tJfllrdilS((Il/tlh 300 1; la)'(fl/tll'argo j1t11lcod,-'sdmah 37:.i1; katul't1l'galt sodasamalt J8a2: likla!'(Jrgah stlplod­lIsomoh 39a I: k,1St1Yill·:1l'gdshulas,lIIwh 40al: ?rat/"(/)'(//'go "yam ekOlltil'ims.llih 41b2; /J.l1ral'OrgQ. yam ekt1l'imstlfimdh 44a,4; gandha\'Grgo "yam drtll'imstllimah 48<15; p/lSpm'orgo 'yam I rayol'imsdl il11ilh 51 a2: iIi l'iJ'idliosadhi catlln'ill/stu im.l/t 54a5; ptll/yah rarg,lh p(lJIcavimsatimah 5Ga2; bhaksabllOjul'argoh sadl'illlsalilllllh 57a4� ye dlili/'III/l hem· prahhal'a ... el'.11111,;;di mllh,/Sl'l.lnWllah 67b5; Imma"wlIg/',!ile lIigh,lIIll/,1I lI(lma 50sIre

samaiJfali 68a3- 4.

"38. SISUPALAVADHA 916.103 r folio being the third or four rolios framed in a

glass case. 45x3.5 em. 7 tines. Script qrantha. This is a folio from the Sallskril

kavya tex t Sisllpo/CII'adhu according to a notc' in En,?:Jish on the folio ibelf and

on . the frame .

. Sanskri� and Sinhala m"nuscr·ipts. Script Sin hula.

39. BIMBAMANAVIDHI SARIPUTRA . 916.70 r 41 folios. 28.5x5.5 em .7 lines,

Date of copy. 1874. .A SinhalH commentary 011 tHe Sanskrit text.

tllhedallim pramksami bimbul1Itllhll'idltim Srl1l111" nis,mJ'lIslhitas.lilell./ Irll'idh.1nl prakalp<.1yel. <1111.: ikbiltell idalli dall pnmlkslIli kiYtll1li. 1,eSO(�_1 Yfl/. . Stln',ljlldpr,lIimll pr,m/(II/(/ l'idhiy.J srIlIlllh t1sm'ti niscJlI)'LI IIl1l11wl'lIdtJ slhllIJ saitenCl seyyowi kalal'lula \'01111 me Iril'idham tril'itfiltfprllktlnH'1I 10m t m .. mJ prak..JlplJ,;et k,llthO'" � k(,/"<'IIl1eYII I b2-4; slhiwbilll/ll/l'itihih. ,)11111 kSllmi )·og(J�MlIlIl'ise"\·.lIt{h 20:12; yogasl1l1u,ra mese d.lII/I'1 I.uli 2;,,6:

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THE MINAYEV COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS Jl1mapll1m. �1I1l(1 IIrdlll'.:1 pl'al'aknmi l SQya/Ulllnl/, I k bimbama/hlnt somaplam 30a3; llkkhalaksanaln

II usa/101m 26a2- . akkhal k • Sll1lpUtrDJrute 3035: ll)'ama )';star�1 ntese kivonu labe 40 2. . .

a SGflOya l'l'Clkhyoyate kj"n.-. pl,'111 41a:li.. a . suldlllm 1874 7/27 __ '0' saripUltcnn lama. MANTRA rOTA 916.101 I (marked PA- 3 5/1 1973 .

A book of mantras word suddallge has

in Sinhala with mantras been written before the

.6) 4 fOlios. 2 6 5 x em. 8 lines

i� faulty Sanskril interspersed. tItle of the text and erased

The

SURYASTOTRASATAKA ARTHA-VYAKHYANA 91683 47 ' I · 37 . . . . 'Olm .�S em 7 tmes. The first foilO IS numbered 3. Hence 111C numbering goes t 49 Th I·d f h b

. . lip 0 . e l O t e ox III which the manuscript is kept has 1907 written on it.

A Sin.hala commentary on Mayur<l's Suryosalaktl. IWlvarkabtllldhul1l IldityasOI(lkM nijliblwsQYd l'imrt1llemi mayurokram pathasodharwpul"I'akam. arkaballdllllm suryOl'Il-msodbhuta heyin 3 a I: slll'ytlsatakam samapldm ...... lIil'(/cifa Sl'imaYllrelltl 48b4:

Colophon: sarhll<lSap41rameSI'01't1 fripitakol'Ogisl'oro sri rajagl/rt/ galalllrumll/a 11/01IOSI'o1m­ipadav(lI1ge pradhol1Q sisl'ol'l( sri PJrakramabalw lIi1ganmwlll mahorerasamin l'isin p,lhn'u mayura nom 11111hakt'll'ihu I'isill kala slIIyasloll'({s,uakaytlfll .WlIlflll'ell ktJlll arlhol'yukhyalla),ayi. mama da lovtura budul'eml'(J. siddhir aSl/{. slibliam {I.f/il. arogyt1ll1 astll kalYl1nam (lStll. iSICtrtlursiddhir astu. 49b3-4.

. . h 916 series listed above, the holdings of

Besides the manuscripts belongll1g to t e . L . . d include the the Manuscript Department of the State Public Library at cnmglfl

fOllowing:

. VYUHA_MAHAYANASUTRARAJA.

AVALOKITESVARAG UNAKARANDA I . Nepalese paper. Language Sausknt.

1nd.

N 310. 230 roJi�s. 3.5x�.5 �D1 .. �h 1I1e��rijayas,.;sambhaSitah srimadacorJ'QI·r.l/o Script Newari. iIi )1f1aSl'lr(f)ap�/'iPISlt:'itrircllllal'bJwj{/lIallus(fms.mukmam. :Jf�/�:: k i I es varag 1I1lok 0 rdllduvyuhora

(n';;/IJ; kaS(:ddha rmasra WIIIO/ sail(( sampran;�//lIJ�a���anam 'dhy 1yah 12bl-2;- SOJ')lOS{/ W 0 . . ',' srisiksosam1'ul'OSt/ll/lll eStlp,

. Ianl ' 'II ayah 2 08a2, I I l " lIlwmahu),dlltllUlrarll/'

pratigomollt1saptadaso . . {, IV {/ry{ll'alokitesl'Ul'aglillak(lrr.l��tlll�r.liSakha maSe suklapokse

smnaptam 220b4; If I . . . .. .

I utili slIblUlml/ SOIl/I'at 9 227aJ samaptam 226b5; ye dha l'l1Im�l.vt kal'ondm'Ylllw ". sampliTIIO ,.

·11 au sl'Iglmtl Il 'liya mohapullyalt, ". 'I'"

Indian Series (N.J.) LNos. 1 5-27

A text on cloth. Unidentified.

. Sanskrit A plank. Wit h some

A text in the '1Urdu script.

words on it. Perhaps the cover of a JJoOt.

214 RATNA HANDURUKANDE ---------:----------- -----.,-

1 8 . A bound volume with a handwritten note i n English accord i ng to which t fi rst 32 l eaves contai n the greater part of the origi n al Sanskrit text of Bhaskari LILA VATI , a system of algebra and arithmetic, a n English translation o f whil was published by H .T. Colebrooke in London in 1 8 1 7 . Leaves 3 3-40 a missing. Lilavati-tika , a gloss begins on lea f 4 1 a nd is cont inued. Leaves the end are wanting.

1 9 . A bound vol ume conta ining the 10th section of the Sribhagu vata Puruna BegiI1 atha srihhaga vate dasamaskamdabhasa liksa te. Ends : iti srihhagal'ate mahapura dasamaskamde 110l'a hi dhya sampuranam samaptam

20. A boo k of painti ngs of Indian gods l ike Krishna, Ganesa, Brahma and Skand) a nd gddesses I i ke K a J i and Laksh mi.

2 1 . A cardboard page conta i n i n g 1 2 min iature pai ntigs of Kr ishna episodes .

22. A min iature pai nt ing of Ranjit Singh , the ru l er of Punjab.

23/ J . A typed copy of Bhaga vadgita (Mahabharata VI. Bhisrnaparvc7l1. 830 - 1 5 37. wi a Russia n translat ion and Introduct ion.

23/2. A conti nuation of 23/ 1 with comments in Russian .

24. A fol io from a copy o f Can akya's Nitisamgraha contain ing the sta tement : canQi nitisamgrahe prathama sat aka samaptam

25. A paper l is t i n g 8 man uscripts with the corresponding numbers m M irona, cata logue referred 1 0 ear l ier in 1 his article.

26. A manuscr ipt of karnma v{l.('u, Langu age Pal i .

27. A bundle o f papers with the inscription Buddhisch Ms.

Ratna Handurukande