Meta tags:

Headings (most frequently used words):

2012, january, 2011, tuesday, friday, thursday, of, thor, bu, curiosia, indo, tibetica, about, me, blogs, homepages, nyer, mkho, bzhad, gad, 29, 2013, october, 19, february, 21, sunday, 15, 05, july, 28, june, 24, my, what, loose, robes, you, have, vilāsavajra, jñānapāda, quotation, traced, tsong, kha, pa, definition, man, ngag, upadeśa, indian, buddhist, biographies, mahāpratisarā, mahāvidyārājñī, hidas, papers, brian, hodgson, lost, and, found,

Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (81), and (33), this (18), that (16), for (13), 2009 (12), was (11), with (11), from (11), 2008 (11), have (10), not (10), 2011 (10), his (9), january (9), 2010 (9), posted (8), pdsz (8), you (8), #buddhist (8), 2007 (8), comments (7), their (7), who (7), here (7), but (7), sanskrit (7), indian (7), july (7), 2012 (7), tibetan (7), 2006 (7), february (7), labels (6), plate (6), one (6), are (6), september (6), studies (6), june (6), iti (6), jñānapāda (6), october (6), about (5), other (5), lost (5), kielhorn (5), what (5), there (5), some (5), very (5), tantric (5), elephants (4), after (4), many (4), eva (4), inscription (4), copper (4), manuscripts (4), india (4), biographies (4), became (4), tibet (4), blog (4), tsong (4), kha (4), rgyud (4), vilāsavajra (4), verse (4), project (4), digital (4), april (4), march (4), december (4), november (4), august (4), pāla (3), update (3), again (3), had (3), through (3), they (3), 1892 (3), interesting (3), collection (3), things (3), seems (3), book (3), read (3), text (3), off (3), devapāla (3), first (3), ever (3), something (3), well (3), has (3), hodgson (3), mahāpratisarā (3), early (3), yena (3), rim (3), chen (3), man (3), ngag (3), rnams (3), par (3), mahāyānalakṣaṇasamuccaya (3), issues (3), empire (2), epigraphy (2), whole (2), list (2), over (2), tears (2), young (2), pleasure (2), them (2), where (2), joy (2), translation (2), least (2), verses (2), perhaps (2), apparently (2), iveagh (2), losty (2), why (2), would (2), famous (2), few (2), place (2), get (2), image (2), good (2), now (2), will (2), seal (2), reads (2), monghyr (2), antiquary (2), can (2), given (2), publication (2), prof (2), introduction (2), nice (2), say (2), find (2), found (2), friday (2), wonderful (2), much (2), papers (2), brian (2), thursday (2), critical (2), edition (2), great (2), out (2), mahāvidyārājñī (2), hidas (2), thoughts (2), could (2), come (2), sam (2), same (2), extent (2), most (2), around (2), vīradeva (2), nagarahāra (2), today (2), biographical (2), went (2), monastery (2), done (2), knowledge (2), several (2), see (2), which (2), gauḍalekhamālā (2), estampage (2), article (2), yāvat (2), yad (2), iva (2), tathā (2), api (2), yaḥ (2), rarāja (2), śrīmān (2), literature (2), writing (2), buddhism (2), sngags (2), those (2), kyi (2), don (2), bshad (2), nas (2), shes (2), bar (2), bya (2), dag (2), definition (2), upadeśa (2), tuesday (2), already (2), noted (2), tribe (2), oxford (2), wrong (2), fragment (2), japanese (2), notes (2), jñātvā (2), journal (2), research (2), works (2), texts (2), canon (2), textual (2), quotation (2), traced (2), loose (2), robes (2), 2013 (2), zur (2), chag (2), befeo (2), 1901 (2), preservation (2), rare (2), library (2), may (2), thor (2), curiosia (2), indo (2), tibetica (2), site, counter, crying, sounds, forget, thing, known, resurfaced, 304, xviii, bhandarkar, familiar, course, conquest, roaming, own, vindhya, forest, met, kindred, shed, plentiful, crushed, power, kings, chargers, kamboja, last, saw, mates, hear, loudly, neigh, each, wilkins, esq, 1799, marching, countries, making, conquests, arrived, forests, mountains, beendhya, seeing, long, families, mixed, mutual, going, subdue, princes, horses, meeting, females, komboge, mutually, neighed, heṣāmiśritahāriheṣitaravāḥ, kāntāś, ciraṃ, vīkṣitāḥ, kambojeṣu, yasya, vājiyuvabhir, dhvastānyarājaujaso, uddāmaplavamānabāṣpapayaso, dṛṣṭāḥ, punar, bāndhavāḥ, bhrāmyadbhir, vijayakrameṇa, karibhiḥ, svām, vindhyāṭavīm, meanwhile, modestly, celebrate, resurfacing, favourite, edict, got, paraphrasing, even, earlier, somehow, made, into, photographed, earth, paintings, rembrandts, included, munghyr, idea, just, dozen, miles, away, called, hampstead, stay, tuned, more, kenwood, house, want, legible, paper, version, believe, yes, brought, notice, european, scholars, says, 253, issue, check, references, available, dli, śrīdevapāladevasya, akṣara, make, sure, below, all, small, rant, like, hats, witkam, especially, since, scanned, scroll, down, jeremiah, plates, left, caption, single, issued, 854, riveted, bequest, art, nepal, amṛtānanda, awaited, catalogue, pañcarakṣā, announcement, years, work, amulet, queen, spells, finally, 636th, volume, śatapiṭaka, series, bengal, earlytibet, kickstarted, top, head, assertion, namely, probably, correct, note, however, did, indeed, buddhists, exist, absolutely, fascinating, true, favourites, time, likely, 810, 840, usually, referred, ghosrawa, celebrates, life, endowments, career, native, nangarhar, afghanistan, remarkably, rich, details, know, father, indragupta, confidante, king, unfortunately, named, faithful, wife, rajjekā, rajjokā, son, proved, intelligent, boy, displayed, lack, interest, worldly, affairs, age, vedic, kaniṣka, peshawar, student, sarvajñaśānti, point, came, mahābodhi, bow, vajrāsana, meet, compatriot, monks, yaśovarmapura, toponym, still, unidentified, venerated, himself, later, appointed, high, office, nālandā, munificent, donor, important, buildings, editions, vol, xvii, hand, tsukamoto, inscriptions, tried, follow, possible, problems, remain, bear, until, hold, tāvat, kīrtir, jayatu, bhuvane, vīradevasya, śubhrā, snigdhā, lokāḥ, śiśiramahasā, yāmavatyaś, dhvāntadhvaṃsī, tapati, tapano, yāvad, evograraśmiḥ, kūrmo, jaladhivalayāṃ, bhūtadhātrīṃ, bibharti, saṃbodhim, etu, janarāśir, aśeṣa, kṛtvāditaḥ, sapitaraṃ, guruvargam, asya, etāṃ, vidhāya, kuśalaṃ, upāttam, asmāt, sopānamārgam, muktipurasya, kīrtim, svena, yaśodhvajena, ghaṭitau, vaṃśāv, udīcīpathe, atrasthena, nije, nijāv, iha, bṛhatpuṇyādhikāre, sthite, saṃbodhau, vihitaspṛhaṃ, saha, guṇair, visparddhivīryaṃ, sarvasvopanayena, sattvasuhṛdām, audāryam, abhyasyatā, kailāsamandaramahīdharaśṛṅgaśaṅkā, saṃjāyate, abhivīkṣya, vimānagānāṃ, vajrāsanasya, bhavanaṃ, bhuvanottamasya, tenaitad, atra, kṛtam, ātmamanovad, uccair, lokena, kalpatarutulyatayā, gṛhītaḥ, yaś, cepsitārthaparipūrṇamanorathena, dhanvantarer, hataḥ, prabhāvaḥ, cintājvaraṃ, śamayatārtajanasya, dṛṣṭyā, sādhu, sādhur, sādhujanaiḥ, praśastaḥ, udbhāsito, bahukīrtivadhūpatitve, śrīmadvihāraparihāravibhūṣitāṅgyā, nālandayā, paripālitayeha, satyā, śrāmaṇyavratasaṃvṛtena, jagataḥ, śreyo, rtham, utthāpitau, yenaitau, sphuṭam, indraśailamukuṭaśrīcaityacūḍāmaṇī, nālandāparipālanāya, niyataḥ, saṅghasthiter, sthitaḥ, bhikṣor, ātmasamaḥ, suhṛd, bhuja, śrīsatyabodher, nijo, pūṣeva, dāritatamaḥprasaro, prāptaprabhaḥ, pratidinodayapūritāśaḥ, śrīdevapālabhuvanādhipalabdhapūjaḥ, tiṣṭhann, atheha, suciraṃ, pratipattisāraḥ, śrīmadyaśovarmapuraṃ, vihāram, draṣṭuṃ, tato, gāt, sahadeśibhikṣūn, śrīmanmahābodhim, upāgato, sau, vajrāsanaṃ, vanditum, ekadā, tha, vandyaḥ, sadā, munijanair, vīradevaḥ, bālenduvat, kalikalaṅkavimuktakāntir, śiṣyo, nurūpaguṇaśīlayaśo, bhirāmaḥ, yaṃ, viśuddhaguṇasaṃbhṛtabhūrikīrteḥ, sarvajñaśāntim, anugamya, tapaś, cacāra, ācāryavaryam, atha, praśamapraśasyaṃ, śrīmatkaniṣkam, upagamya, mahāvihāram, vedān, adhītya, sakalān, kṛtaśāstracintaḥ, pravrajyayā, sugataśāsanam, abhyupetum, sarvopabhogasubhage, gṛhe, viraktaḥ, bāla, kalitaḥ, paralokabuddhyā, tābhyām, ajāyata, sutaḥ, sutarāṃ, vivekī, saṃkīrtanaṃ, prathamam, karoti, yasyāḥ, lokaḥ, pativratakathāparibhāvanāsu, yukto, kalayāmalayā, yathenduḥ, rajjekayā, dvijavaraḥ, guṇī, gṛhiṇyā, nāmnendragupta, rājasakho, babhūva, tatra, dvijātir, uditoditavaṃśajanmā, deśottamo, pratītaḥ, asty, uttarāpathavibhūṣaṇabhūtabhūmir, viśvam, aśeṣam, etad, avatād, bodhau, vajrāsanaḥ, ity, ālocayateva, mānasabhuvā, dūrato, varjitaḥ, lajjā, yadi, kevalo, balavān, asmi, trilokaprabhau, asyāsmadguravo, babhūvur, abalāḥ, saṃbhūya, hartuṃ, manaḥ, saṃsārasāgarasamuttaraṇaikasetuḥ, kleśātmanāṃ, duritanakradurāsadāntaḥ, sanmānasādhigatatattvanayo, munīndraḥ, asau, jayati, sattvahitapravṛtta, copy, published, vast, amount, autobiographical, produced, centuries, phenomenon, culture, pervaded, buddha, teaching, non, self, awful, lot, lives, individuals, interestingly, primary, source, entry, sunday, wondered, mysterious, oral, teachings, never, revealed, anywhere, think, phyir, rtsa, rjes, brangs, phyin, log, slob, bde, blag, skyed, thabs, zer, bas, zhal, las, lugs, kyang, ltar, bri, phangs, bkod, rna, khung, bzhin, brgyud, gzung, ngo, ganden, dga, ldan, mtsho, sngon, 436, yogatantra, vilās̄avajra, mañjuśrīnāmasaṅgīti, been, giving, headaches, while, anthony, thesis, 1994, quotes, best, woefully, behind, secondary, remains, untraced, question, ngmpp, 360, 58r, gone, terribly, fourth, quarter, call, match, extant, yoshiyasu, yonezawa, 1998, scholar, transcribed, sāṅkṛtyāyana, 1937, reading, adopted, these, publications, thanks, harunaga, isaacson, ryugen, tanemura, dhimucyate, society, cultural, heritage, zhes, mngon, brjod, chos, thams, cad, bdag, med, byams, sbyor, ste, byang, chub, yang, sems, bskyed, browsed, turns, looking, placed, among, madhyamaka, tōh, 3905, actually, opening, slight, correction, based, cambridge, add, 1708, 81v, rather, than, mahāmaitrīṃ, mahāmaitrī, sarvadharmā, nirātmāna, vimucyata, sambodhicittam, utpādya, mahāmaitrīprayogataḥ, coktaṃ, jñānapādaiḥ, śloka, nāmamantrārthāvalokinī, names, wisdom, annotated, chapters, commentary, nāmasaṃgīti, 2404, subhāṣitāvali, cauras, tvaṃ, dyūtahetoḥ, katham, asi, kitavo, dāsīsuto, smi, dattvārīṇāṃ, gale, ṅghriṃ, kimu, tava, ripavo, bhittibhettāsmi, yeṣāṃ, madyāvadaṃśāḥ, pibasi, madhu, samaṃ, veśyayā, yāsi, veśyām, bhikṣo, kanthā, ślathā, nanu, śapharavadhe, jālikaiṣātsi, matsyāṃs, links, academic, baking, swami, puppetji, greatest, master, our, times, bla, bhraṣṭaguravaḥ, dbyin, skad, bhraṣṭāṅglabhāṣā, bzhad, gad, geoffrey, flack, fine, stamps, postal, history, 2003, 1934, asiatique, 1822, 1935, documentation, mongolian, xylographs, asian, classics, input, toyo, bunko, books, archive, himalayan, resource, center, old, documents, online, int, dunhuang, clay, centre, nyer, mkho, csaba, dezső, elisa, freschi, sitahu, pebbles, kīli, kīlaya, rob, mayer, cathy, cantwell, bellezza, zhang, zhung, peter, wyzlic, indologica, adrian, cîrstei, daniel, stender, granthinām, altar, van, schaik, tibeto, logic, sancritist, kachmir, birgit, kellner, kei, kataoka, beautiful, images, dániel, balogh, homepage, makes, learning, hungarian, worthwhile, iain, sinclair, jinajik, sārasvataṃ, cakṣuḥ, desk, somdev, vasudeva, sanderson, international, indology, graduate, symposium, blogs, homepages, vidyādhara, help, numbers, woe, unto, scribes, view, complete, profile, kolozsvár, cluj, budapest, ibi, ubi, location, name, visual, odds, ends,

Text of the page (random words):
thor bu curiosia indo tibetica thor bu curiosia indo tibetica textual and visual odds and ends from india tibet and around about me name pdsz location kolozsvár cluj budapest oxford ibi ubi view my complete profile my what loose robes you have vilāsavajra s jñānapāda quotation traced tsong kha pa s definition of man ngag upadeśa indian buddhist biographies 1 mahāpratisarā mahāvidyārājñī hidas 2011 papers of brian h hodgson lost and found woe unto you scribes help with numbers nice verses on a vidyādhara june 2006 july 2006 august 2006 september 2006 november 2006 december 2006 january 2007 february 2007 june 2007 july 2007 august 2007 september 2007 october 2007 december 2007 february 2008 march 2008 april 2008 may 2008 june 2008 july 2008 august 2008 september 2008 october 2008 november 2008 december 2008 january 2009 february 2009 march 2009 april 2009 may 2009 june 2009 july 2009 august 2009 september 2009 october 2009 november 2009 january 2010 february 2010 march 2010 april 2010 july 2010 september 2010 october 2010 november 2010 december 2010 january 2011 february 2011 march 2011 april 2011 june 2011 july 2011 january 2012 february 2012 october 2012 january 2013 blogs homepages international indology graduate research symposium 2009 11 prof a g j s sanderson sārasvataṃ cakṣuḥ from the desk of somdev vasudeva iain sinclair s jinajik 2 dániel balogh s homepage which makes learning hungarian worthwhile kei kataoka s blog with beautiful images for those who don t read japanese in texts through thoughts with pleasure by birgit kellner a sancritist from kachmir tibeto logic sam van schaik s early tibet digital tibetan buddhist altar daniel stender s granthinām adrian cîrstei peter wyzlic s indologica de j v bellezza s zhang zhung preservation project kīli kīlaya by rob mayer and cathy cantwell sitahu pebbles from tibet elisa freschi s blog csaba dezső s blog nyer mkho centre for tantric studies the clay sanskrit library the int l dunhuang project old tibetan documents online the tibetan buddhist resource center the tibetan himalayan digital library toyo bunko rare books archive the asian classics input project digital sanskrit buddhist canon digital documentation and preservation of rare mongolian and tibetan manuscripts and xylographs journal asiatique 1822 1935 issues befeo 1901 1934 issues befeo 1901 2003 issues early buddhist manuscripts project geoffrey flack s fine stamps postal history bzhad gad dbyin skad zur chag bhraṣṭāṅglabhāṣā bla ma zur chag bhraṣṭaguravaḥ swami puppetji the greatest master of our times academic baking who links to me tuesday january 29 2013 my what loose robes you have bhikṣo kanthā ślathā te nanu śapharavadhe jālikaiṣātsi matsyāṃs te mī madyāvadaṃśāḥ pibasi madhu samaṃ veśyayā yāsi veśyām dattvārīṇāṃ gale ṅghriṃ kimu tava ripavo bhittibhettāsmi yeṣāṃ cauras tvaṃ dyūtahetoḥ katham asi kitavo yena dāsīsuto smi subhāṣitāvali 2404 posted by pdsz 9 39 am 0 comments friday october 19 2012 vilāsavajra s jñānapāda quotation traced this has been giving me headaches for a while as already noted by anthony tribe in his thesis the names of wisdom a critical edition and annotated translation of chapters 1 5 of vilāsavajra s commentary on the nāmasaṃgīti with introduction and textual notes oxford 1994 vilāsavajra quotes jñānapāda in his nāmamantrārthāvalokinī but the verse to the best of my knowledge but i m woefully behind with secondary literature remains untraced here is the śloka in question given by tribe on p 16 from his ms b ngmpp e 360 16 f 58r tathā coktaṃ jñānapādaiḥ sambodhicittam utpādya mahāmaitrīprayogataḥ sarvadharmā nirātmāna iti jñātvā vimucyata iti a slight correction based on the cambridge ms add 1708 f 81v mahāmaitrī rather than mahāmaitrīṃ i have browsed through most of jñānapāda s works but could not find this verse well it turns out i was looking in the wrong place this is not from jñānapāda s tantric works but from one placed among the madhyamaka texts in the tibetan canon the mahāyānalakṣaṇasamuccaya tōh 3905 this is actually the opening verse byang chub yang dag sems bskyed pa i byams pa chen po i sbyor ba ste chos rnams thams cad bdag med pa i zhes bya ye shes mngon par brjod something has gone terribly wrong with the fourth quarter but on the whole i would call this a good match update a fragment of the mahāyānalakṣaṇasamuccaya is extant in sanskrit see yoshiyasu yonezawa sanskrit fragment of the mahāyānalakṣaṇasamuccaya in journal of research society of buddhism and cultural heritage no 7 1998 36 65 the japanese scholar notes that the verse was already noted and transcribed by sāṅkṛtyāyana 1937 40 n 4 the reading adopted in these publications is iti jñātvā dhimucyate thanks to harunaga isaacson and ryugen tanemura for the article labels jñānapāda mañjuśrīnāmasaṅgīti manuscripts sanskrit tantric studies vilās̄avajra yogatantra posted by pdsz 12 33 am 0 comments tuesday february 21 2012 tsong kha pa s definition of man ngag upadeśa ever wondered what those mysterious oral teachings are are they things that are never ever revealed anywhere in writing apparently not at least that is what tsong kha pa seems to think de i phyir man ngag ni rtsa rgyud rnams kyi don bshad rgyud kyi rjes su brangs nas phyin ci ma log par bshad de slob ma i rgyud la go ba bde blag tu skyed pa i thabs la zer bas zhal las shes lugs kyang de ltar du go bar bya yi rgyud rnams su bri bar phangs nas de dag tu ma bkod par rna khung du rim pa bzhin brgyud pa la mi gzung ngo sngags rim chen mo mtsho sngon ed p 436 ganden dga ldan in 2006 labels sngags rim chen mo tantric studies tsong kha pa posted by pdsz 9 16 pm 7 comments sunday january 15 2012 indian buddhist biographies 1 this very interesting blog entry posted on earlytibet kickstarted some thoughts about indian buddhist biographies i could not come up with that many off the top of my head so sam s assertion namely that the vast amount of biographical and autobiographical literature produced in tibet over the centuries is an interesting phenomenon for a culture so pervaded by the buddha s teaching of non self there is an awful lot of writing about the lives of individuals and interestingly this is something that was not done to the same extent in india the primary source of tibetan buddhism is probably correct note however that he did say to the same extent in india indeed biographies of indian buddhists do exist and some of them are absolutely fascinating true there are not that many here is one of my favourites from the time of devapāla most likely around 810 840 ce the inscription is usually referred to as the ghosrawa inscription it celebrates the life endowments and career of one vīradeva a native of nagarahāra nangarhar in today s afghanistan copy of an estampage as published in the gauḍalekhamālā the text is remarkably rich in biographical details we come to know that vīradeva s father was one indragupta who became a confidante of the king who is unfortunately not named he had a faithful wife rajjekā or perhaps rajjokā their son proved to be a very intelligent boy and he displayed lack of interest in this worldly affairs from a very early age after his vedic studies he went to the kaniṣka monastery in today s peshawar and became a student of one sarvajñaśānti at some point he came to mahābodhi to bow to the vajrāsana after he had done so he went to meet his compatriot monks at the yaśovarmapura monastery this toponym to my knowledge is still unidentified he became so famous that he was venerated by devapāla himself later on he was appointed to a high office at nālandā and became a munificent donor for several important buildings for editions see kielhorn in indian antiquary vol xvii which i do not have at hand now the gauḍalekhamālā and tsukamoto s wonderful collection of indian buddhist inscriptions here i tried to follow the estampage as much as possible but several problems remain bear with me until i get hold of kielhorn s article śrīmān asau jayati sattvahitapravṛtta sanmānasādhigatatattvanayo munīndraḥ kleśātmanāṃ duritanakradurāsadāntaḥ saṃsārasāgarasamuttaraṇaikasetuḥ 1 asyāsmadguravo babhūvur abalāḥ saṃbhūya hartuṃ manaḥ kā lajjā yadi kevalo na balavān asmi trilokaprabhau ity ālocayateva mānasabhuvā yo dūrato varjitaḥ śrīmān viśvam aśeṣam etad avatād bodhau sa vajrāsanaḥ 2 asty uttarāpathavibhūṣaṇabhūtabhūmir deśottamo nagarahāra iti pratītaḥ tatra dvijātir uditoditavaṃśajanmā nāmnendragupta iti rājasakho babhūva 3 rajjekayā dvijavaraḥ sa guṇī gṛhiṇyā yukto rarāja kalayāmalayā yathenduḥ lokaḥ pativratakathāparibhāvanāsu saṃkīrtanaṃ prathamam eva karoti yasyāḥ 4 tābhyām ajāyata sutaḥ sutarāṃ vivekī yo bāla eva kalitaḥ paralokabuddhyā sarvopabhogasubhage pi gṛhe viraktaḥ pravrajyayā sugataśāsanam abhyupetum 5 vedān adhītya sakalān kṛtaśāstracintaḥ śrīmatkaniṣkam upagamya mahāvihāram ācāryavaryam atha sa praśamapraśasyaṃ sarvajñaśāntim anugamya tapaś cacāra 6 so yaṃ viśuddhaguṇasaṃbhṛtabhūrikīrteḥ śiṣyo nurūpaguṇaśīlayaśo bhirāmaḥ bālenduvat kalikalaṅkavimuktakāntir vandyaḥ sadā munijanair api vīradevaḥ 7 vajrāsanaṃ vanditum ekadā tha śrīmanmahābodhim upāgato sau draṣṭuṃ tato gāt sahadeśibhikṣūn śrīmadyaśovarmapuraṃ vihāram 8 tiṣṭhann atheha suciraṃ pratipattisāraḥ śrīdevapālabhuvanādhipalabdhapūjaḥ prāptaprabhaḥ pratidinodayapūritāśaḥ pūṣeva dāritatamaḥprasaro rarāja 9 bhikṣor ātmasamaḥ suhṛd bhuja iva śrīsatyabodher nijo nālandāparipālanāya niyataḥ saṅghasthiter yaḥ sthitaḥ yenaitau sphuṭam indraśailamukuṭaśrīcaityacūḍāmaṇī śrāmaṇyavratasaṃvṛtena jagataḥ śreyo rtham utthāpitau 10 nālandayā ca paripālitayeha satyā śrīmadvihāraparihāravibhūṣitāṅgyā udbhāsito pi bahukīrtivadhūpatitve yaḥ sādhu sādhur iti sādhujanaiḥ praśastaḥ 11 cintājvaraṃ śamayatārtajanasya dṛṣṭyā dhanvantarer api hi yena hataḥ prabhāvaḥ yaś cepsitārthaparipūrṇamanorathena lokena kalpatarutulyatayā gṛhītaḥ 12 tenaitad atra kṛtam ātmamanovad uccair vajrāsanasya bhavanaṃ bhuvanottamasya saṃjāyate yad abhivīkṣya vimānagānāṃ kailāsamandaramahīdharaśṛṅgaśaṅkā 13 sarvasvopanayena sattvasuhṛdām audāryam abhyasyatā saṃbodhau vihitaspṛhaṃ saha guṇair visparddhivīryaṃ tathā atrasthena nije nijāv iha bṛhatpuṇyādhikāre sthite yena svena yaśodhvajena ghaṭitau vaṃśāv udīcīpathe 14 sopānamārgam iva ṃ muktipurasya kīrtim etāṃ vidhāya kuśalaṃ yad upāttam asmāt kṛtvāditaḥ sapitaraṃ guruvargam asya saṃbodhim etu janarāśir aśeṣa eva 15 yāvat kūrmo jaladhivalayāṃ bhūtadhātrīṃ bibharti dhvāntadhvaṃsī tapati tapano yāvad evograraśmiḥ snigdhā lokāḥ śiśiramahasā yāmavatyaś ca yāvat tāvat kīrtir jayatu bhuvane vīradevasya śubhrā 16 labels bengal epigraphy pāla empire posted by pdsz 7 56 pm 6 comments thursday january 05 2012 mahāpratisarā mahāvidyārājñī hidas 2011 after many years of work the critical edition of the mahāpratisarā the great amulet great queen of spells is finally out as the 636th volume of the śatapiṭaka series labels announcement pañcarakṣā tantric studies posted by pdsz 6 00 pm 0 comments thursday july 28 2011 papers of brian h hodgson a wonderful much awaited catalogue labels amṛtānanda hodgson nepal posted by pdsz 10 34 pm 0 comments friday june 24 2011 lost and found make sure you read the update below first of all a small rant why can we not have something like this for sanskrit manuscripts hats off to prof witkam especially since he scanned this book as well the art of the book in india you will have to scroll down the list to jeremiah p losty the introduction of this very nice publication has a few things to say about copper plates as well and it is there that we find the image on the left of this text on p 11 the caption reads single copper plate issued at monghyr in c ad 854 with pāla seal riveted on iveagh bequest get the book if you want to read some of the text this image is not very good on and off some akṣara s are legible on the paper version for now you will have to believe me that the seal reads śrīdevapāladevasya yes this seems to be the monghyr copper plate of devapāla the first sanskrit inscription that was ever brought to the notice of european scholars as kielhorn says indian antiquary september 1892 p 253 ff this issue of the ia is available at dli you can check the references given there for the first publication and other studies what is interesting here is that as of 1892 the plate got lost again paraphrasing kielhorn here perhaps the plate was lost even earlier apparently it somehow made it into the iveagh collection where it was photographed by losty why on earth would this collection of paintings famous rembrandts included and other things have the munghyr copper plate i have no idea but it seems to be there just a few dozen miles away from me at a place called kenwood house in hampstead stay tuned for more meanwhile to modestly celebrate the resurfacing at least for me of this inscription here is one of my favourite verses from the edict bhrāmyadbhir vijayakrameṇa karibhiḥ svām eva vindhyāṭavīm uddāmaplavamānabāṣpapayaso dṛṣṭāḥ punar bāndhavāḥ kambojeṣu ca yasya vājiyuvabhir dhvastānyarājaujaso heṣāmiśritahāriheṣitaravāḥ kāntāś ciraṃ vīkṣitāḥ and here is kielhorn s translation 1892 in the course of conquest his elephants roaming over their own vindhya forest met again with their kindred who shed plentiful tears of joy and after he had crushed the power of other kings his young chargers in kamboja at last saw their mates and it was a pleasure to hear them loudly neigh at each other and that of wilkins esq 1799 he who marching through many countries making conquests arrived with his elephants in the forests of the mountains of beendhya where seeing again their long lost families they mixed their mutual tears and who going to subdue other princes his young horses meeting their females at komboge they mutually neighed for joy crying elephants that sounds familiar update ok forget about the whole thing the plate was known to have resurfaced cf bhandarkar s list and ei xviii pp 304 f and pl labels elephants epigraphy pāla empire posted by pdsz 11 58 pm 2 comments site counter