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

The Mongol Collection

erten-íl irüger-ün buyan-u küéün-iyer törögsen : erdeni Mangyus qolaői bayatur tayiji éing ünen-iyer: erdeni-tü Badm-a sambau-a baySi-yin ene delgerenggüi öadig-i: erkin Mongyoljin ayalyubar orciyul kemen duraduysan-tur • eöige eke-te edügüldejil: ene bey-e-yi oluysan-tur: erdem-ten sayid-i dayaju: edüi tedtlyiken ayalyu-yi suruysan • saőalal ügei uridu kelemüőid-i dayuriyaju : saca bügüde-yi tokiyalduyul-un nayirayuluyad : Sagiy-a Dörub [= Donrub] kelemürői orőiyulju : sayitur orosiyul-un tegüskebe • : • ene buyan-iyar qamuy töröl töröl tutum=tur : ende öglige-yin ejen ba qamuy amitan : erdeni Sasin nom-un yosuyar yabuju : eőüs-ttlr burqan-u qutuy-i oltuyai • kei qura kereg éay-iyar ori[=o]ju : kereg-iyer tariyan temüs-ün uryutuyai: késig ebecin terigüten amurliju : kelkü ulus-un törö töbsin boltuyai • : • [verso: blank] Translation from Tibetan by Sâkya Don-grub for Mangyus qolaci bayatur tayiji in the time of the 4th Dalai Lama (late 16th or early 17th century). Cf. Heissig-Sagaster, MHBL no. 489. Mong. 129 Mani bka

'- 'bum, vol. II Peking blockprint of 1736, PLB no. 87, vol. II, pothi, Chinese paper, 61 : 20.5 (50 : 14.3 cm on f. 3 a), Mongol and Chinese pagination in the left "ear" of the frame of recto, Chinese marginal-mark ni [of Mani] between the two paginations; Chinese pagination on the left side within the frame of verso; 30 lines/recto, 31 lines/verso; upper cover = f. 1 is replaced by a hand-written copy, red title-frame is unwritten, brown stain spots. Vol. II contains parts VI (ff. 1-155), VII (ff. 156-207), VIII (ff. 208- 225), IX (ff. 226-241), X (ff. 242-264), XI (ff. 265-275a23, including colophon); there is no strict relation between the units of the content and these parts. Title: [Manigambu nököge bölüg, see PLB]; Ma-ni ganbu (col.); the hand-drawn, doublelined red title-frame (with side-boxes) is empty. 197