György Kara (descr.): The Mongol and Manchu Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Mongol Collection
Yunli (1697-1738), Manchu Statesman and Tibetan Buddhist. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo 1997. Mong. 7 The Little Dictionary called The Light of One Thousand Suns That Disperses the Darkness of the Heart to Be Quiesced Peking blockprint of 1718, PLB no. 47, pothi, 104 ff., 56.8 : 11.9 ([3a] 52.3 : 7.8) cm, 3 Tibetan lines/page with interlinear Mongol text. Pagination with volume-marker: Tibetan (in the left "ear") and Chinese (in the right "ear") within the double-lined frame. Volumemarker = marginal title, Tib. Ni- 'od, Chin. Ming hai san juan "The Clear Ocean, Vol. 3," where ming "clear" is perhaps for the homonymous ming "name" and thus it is for "The Ocean of Names," Mong. Nere-yin dalai, Tib. Min-gi rgya-mcho. Ff. la-2b are printed in red in a double frame with two icons on ff. la and 2a (jo-wo AdiSa [= jo-bo Atisa] and 'Brom baySi; Bancin boyda and ?Rje-bcun dam-pa [x: 'y cwq b'jun damba]; their names in the inner "ears"). A garland of nine monster heads adorns the text from above and a band of lotus petals forms the foot of the text space. F. 2b has no icons and ornaments. From 2b on: black print. Last page f. 104a, printed in red, with ornaments like those of ff. l-2a and with icons: Ulân Maq-a-gala/Beg-che and Bisman tngri/Nam-sras. Wei "end" is added to its Chinese pagination. Title printed in black in double-lined frame (24.2 : 3 cm) with "ears" on the yellow cover: [Tib.] Dag-yig chun-nu Gdul-bya'i shin-mun sel-byed hi-ma ston-gi 'od-zer zes bya-ba bzugs-so [Mongolian under the Tibetan title] Ücüken üsiig Nomoyadqaly-a-yin JirUken-U qarangyuy-yi aril yan üile=tügä mingyan naran-u gerel kemekii orosi=ba • [Chin.] quan ["full"]; the title is full of wrong forms, e.g., ['] uqug for üsiig, ayila= for üile=, etc. Inc. f. la (Ni-'od gcig; Ming-hai san juan shang yi): [Tib.] |bla-ma yi-dam mchog gsum dan 11 dpa'-bo dpa'-mo-la btud-nas | bdag-gis sna sor bcos-pa-yi 11 dag-yig chen-po rgyab-gnonder 11 yi-ge rkyan-pa brcegs-pa sogs 11 dbyans-yig bzi dan snon-'jug Ina 11 rjes-'jug bcu dan yan-'jug-gi I yi-ge de-dag sbyar-ba kun 11 [2a] chig dan min-du re-rer ni 11 dug-pa bSad-pa de-las ni 11 gzan yan yi-ge de-dag kun 11 'ga'-zig gcig dan 'ga'-zig ni 11 du-ma 'jug-pa byedpa'i chul 11 chan-pa sum-cu btu-ba dan 11 de-dag kun-gyi mgo-bor ni 11 smon-lam chigs-bcad re-rer bőas 11 yon-ba byas-te btu-bar bya 11 [2b; Ni-'od 'og gflis; san juan xia er] ka-yi srid danbzi'i chos gfíis-po 11 dbyer-med gcig-tu ma rtogs-par 11 sa lam mthon-por 'jog-pa dka' I de-bas dbyer-med rtogs gyur-cig [beginning of the dictionary entries, see below, with the Mong. text:] blam-a yidam degedil yurban kiged : bayatur bayatur eke-tiir sögödil=ged : bi ber urida jasay=san-u : yeke day=yig darul=yan tegiln=tür : üjüg yayca dabqur terigü=ten : keseg üjtig dörben kiged uytu=qui tljilg tabun : dayan oroqu arban kiged jici oroqu=yin : üjüg tedeger=i nayirayu=luysan bügüde : [2a] üges kiged neres nijiged nijiged=tür anu : oroquy=yi nomlay=san tegün=ece anu : busu basa üjüg tedeger bügü=te : jarim=ud nigen 20
