Terjék József: Collection of Tibetan MSS and Xylographs of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös.
Catalogue
73 12. Dge-slon-ma Dpal-mo'i lugs-kyi Thugs-rje chen-po'i sgrub-thabs "The theophany of Avalokitesvara according to the vision of the nun Bhiksuni." Pothi, Tibetan paper (9.5 cm x 51 cm), Xylograph (5.7 cm x 45 cm), ff. 1-9, 6 lines. Marginal title: bsnun-gnas. Volume signature: ca. Introduction (l v): 'dir Thugs-rje íhen-po'i 2al biu-giig-pa'i sgrub-thabs bsnun-par gnas-pa'i cho-ga dge-slon-ma Dpal-mo'i lugs-b2in nams-su len-pa Colophon (9 r): 'phags-pa Spyan-ras-gzigs dban sgrub-pa'i thabs I rgyud-sde'i dgons-pa-rnams-dan mi 'gal-áin | dpal-ldan Dpal-mo'i dgons-pa ji-lta-bar j bkod-pas 'gro kun mans rgyas nid thob-äos | íes-pa 'di don-gner-ian man-po dan | khyad-par klu-'bum dka'-biu-pa Samgha'i min-can-gyis bskul-ba-la brten | Dge-'dun rgya-mcho'i dpal-gyis sbyar-ba'i yi-ge-pa ni Phyogs-las mam-par rgyal-ba'o | The author is Dge-'dun rgya-mcho, the second Dalai Lama (14761542). The book is the c a volume of his collected works (gsun—'bum). The central figure of the work, belonging to the domain of sadhona, is the eleven-faced aspect of Spyan-ras-gzigs (Avalokitesvara) which was described by the author on the basis of the vision of dge-slon-ma Dpal-mo (Bhiksunl-sri). The author feels it necessary to stress the point that his work is not in conflict with the opinion of other tantrist thinkers. The book was written on the inspiration of Klu-'bum dka'-bőu-pa Samgha. There is also a Mongol version. Cf. Sendai No. 5559; SB No. 379/7. - Blockdrucke No. 180 (p. 157); Landkarten No. 390 (p. 217).
