György Kara (descr.): The Mongol and Manchu Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

The Mongol Collection

-s tungyalay oréiyuluysan ene buyan-iyar : töröl tutum qamiy-a töröbesü ber: todorqay-a nom-un yeke dayun-iyar : tüidügci ters cidküd-i daruyéi bi • ene sudur-i qamiy-a orosiysan yajar-tur : emgeg mayu iro-a beiges tlgei boluyad : egtlride engke amuyulang-iyar jiryaju : ecüs-tür Sukavadi-yin oron-tur törötügei • [f. 10a, verse fragments, rest of 17 lines + dhâranî] [...]a bundariga-yin ayimay sudur-tur [...] • qamuy jüg-tíir masi aldarsiysan : [...] manglay-yin éimeg: yajar degereki [...] oron : yayiqamsiy juu süm-e-tür [...] [...] buyan-iyar qamuy töröl tutum-tur: [...] End "cover": yellowish brown textile bearing fragments of paper with traces of a drawing. Translation of the canonical sûtra by the Siregetü güüSi corji and his aid, Sigüge gingli, for Secen qayan, Jünggin qatun, and Ombu qungtayiji; different from both Mergen Dayicing tayiji's version and the Kanjur print; cf. Vladimircov, Nadpisi na skalach, p. 228, and Heissig, PLB no. 16 (pp. 27-28), no. 178. Mong. 123 The 29-chapter Suvarnaprabhâsottama-sûtra the Bhadracarya-pranidhâna, and the Buddhakamala-saptamangala-gâtha Peking blockprint, PLB no. 177, late 18th century pothi, Chinese paper, 43 : 12 (37 : 9.3) cm, black and red print (red are ff. l-2a of each volume; the Maharâjâs in the end of the book); Mongol and Chinese pagination (recto: in the left "ear"; verso: only in Chinese, left, within frame; Chinese pagination continuous, Mongol pagination by volumes, also marked by the letters of the Tibetan alphabet, from ka to da, and by Mongol numerals), Chinese marginal mark // stands for geli, as in the right "ear" of f. la, rendering Mong. gerel; 30 lines/recto, 31 lines/verso. Vol. I, f. 1: edges damaged; ff. l-2a: frame of wave ornament, f. 1 with the printed figures of ââkyamuni and Ananda in the left and right boxes of the frame, respectively. Title on the cover in rectangular, double-lined frame (14 : 3.5 cm): O qutuy-tu degedü Altan gerel-tü sudur orosi=ba; full Mongolian title as quoted below. 178