György Kara (descr.): The Mongol and Manchu Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Mongol Collection
jobalang eliy-e ükügülkü ene nom-ud-i jigiir-e ungsituya i • dayusba : • mangghalam* bhvndhua [!] • sadhua[!] • edgü •// F. 41b: magic signs. Transcription ed. by A. Sárközi, Preklasszikus emlékek 4, Mongol Nyelvemléktár XV (1969), pp. 113-131; ead., A pre-classical Mongolian prophetic book. In: Acta Orient. Hung. XXIV (1971), pp. 41-50; ead., Political prophecies, pp. 28-32. Mong. 76 Maudgalyâyana Saves His Mother from Hell Manuscript, 17th century pothi, 44.5 : 12.2 (black double-lined frame: 38.2 : 9.8) cm, Chinese paper pasted of layers, now yellowish, fragile; Mongol pagination (recto, left margin, beyond frame; digits on upper left comers); 31 lines/page; calamus, black ink, dense calligraphy up to f. 41 bl 1, different hand with bigger and less calligraphic script from line 12 on; oval/pointed D, medial j = c (round/angular), final A/N slightly slanting and ending in a tiny left tum down; vertical final A/N-s on the first and last pages; mostly Uigur Z as final s; also medial Oirat T (f. ЗаЗ 1: nasutu, f. 4a2: sayitur); final M with two "horns"; orkica A and the "tail" of final B/G slanting; vertical final A/N-s on ff. 1, 70a; relatively little difference of width between D and O (waw); different initial signs; tngri and tengri; sporadical diacriticals; sophisticated calligraphy: mangghalam, last word on f. 70a. F. 1 left margin missing. No title on the cover. Left and right "boxes" (space for icons) on f. 1 left empty. F. 36 missing. Title in the text (f. 16a): Qutuy-tu Molon-u toyin bodi sedkil-iyer eke-tür—iyen aci qariyulqui sudur "The Holy Sutra [of] Monk Molon's Gratitude to His Mother", f. 29a: ... toyin eke-türiyen aci qariyuluysan sudur, f.40b: ... toyin bodi sedkil-iyer eke-tür-iyen aä qariyulqui neretü sudur, etc. see below. Inc. ff. l-2a: namo buddhay-a • : :, etc., O Hindkeg-ün keleber : Ary-a Bada bodi-cida Modgalyay-a-na[]m-a-di-siuda-kara sudr-a • [= Ârya [pâda] bodhicitta Maudgalyâyana mati[ ]kara sûtra] Töbed-ün keleber : 'Pagsba Bsdusba cenpö [!] byang-cub [!] sims-dpa-a Modgal [written moongal]-gyi bu mal-a pan-dags-pai mdo •> [= 'Phags-pa bsdus-pa chen-po byari-chub sems-dpa' Mod-gal-gyi bu ma-la phan btags-pa'i mdo] Mongyolun keleber : Qutuy-tu Yeke quriyangyui-tu bodistv Modgal [written bodisung moongal]-un köbegün ekedür-iyen aci qariyuluysan neretü sudur • eng terigün bölüg • qamuy burqan bő<d>dhisaduva-nar-a mürgümü • [2a] eyin kemen minu sonosuysan nigen cay-tur : ilaju tegüs nögcigsen burqan Qayan-u balyasun-daki Galandaga sibayun orosiysan Udm-a-yin oi-dur anu dayini daruysan: cuburil baraysan nisvanis ügei: erke-luy-a tegüsügsen:, ete. The end-titles of the 28 chapters (jüil) in the 5 books (bölüg): Book 1 I, ff. la-4b: ijayuri duradqu terigiln jüil bolai • II, ff. 4b-5b: todqoridcu ese cidaysan qoyaduyar j. b. •
