György Kara (descr.): The Mongol and Manchu Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Mongol Collection
dge-slon Blo-bzan őhos-kyi rgyal-mchan-gyis smras-pa'o 11 na-mo gu-ru Maflju-gho-sâya I 'dir 'őhi-dus-su nes-par dgos-pa | dpa'-bo g-yul-du 'jug-pa'i go-cha'i gr[u]bs byed-pa ltabu 'pho-ba bsdus-pa flams-su len-chul ni, etc. = [Mong.] ene [14a] yosun-i ber süsiig kiged ögküi erdem-lüge tegülder Güge=yin qatun Mani-yin ungsil=yan-tur ayay-q-a tegimlig Su[ma]di-darm-a-duvaja ber ügüle=bei • namő gtlrü Maflju=ghó-sa-a-ya: egün-dür üktiküi cay-dur mayad kereg-tü : bayatur bayilduyan-tur oroqui quyay=i beledün üiled'küi metü quriyangyui 'pő=va dotara=ban abqu yosun inu :, etc. End and colophon of the second text, ff. 17a3-17bl: [Tib.] chul 'di Sdig-can bcan-thabs 'chah-rgya'i thabs 11 ma sgom [17b] 'chan-rgya 'pho-ba'i man-nag ces | bla-med rgyud-sde'i sflin-po bsdus-pa yin 11 zes-pa 'di yan 'gro-ba man-po-la phan-pa'i phyir; bcun-pa Blo-bzan őhos-kyi rgyal-mchan-gyis smras-pa'o 11 = [Mong.] ene yosun kilinca-tan "LYBD' [read nebte?]=leküi ary-a-bar burqan bolqu ary-a : bisilyal ügei [17b] burqan bolqu pő=wa-yin uu=dis [= ubadis] kemen : tengsel ügei ündüsün=ü ayimay-un jirüken=i quriyay=san bolai • kemegsen egün-i ber olan amitan=dur tusala=quyin tula . toyin Sumadi=darm-a duva=ja ber ügüle=bei • Two 'pho-ba-instructions by the same author, Sumatidharmadvaja or Blo-bzan chos-kyi rgyal-mchan, presumably the first pan-chen (1570-1662). The first treatise, a brief method of how to learn 'pho-ba, was written for Nor-bu, queen of Guge. The second is "The Sinners' Intensive Method (bcan-thabs), the Method of Becoming Buddha, a 'Pho-baInstruction of How to Become a Buddha Without Meditation." Cf. Sendai no. 5896: Bcom-ldan 'das 'Od-dpag-med-la brten-pa'i 'pho-ba bsdus-pa, an explanation of the Amitâbhajâtiparivartta-vidhi. Mong. 283 Mangalakûta Blockprint, cf. PLB no. 201, ?18th century pothi of Chinese paper, 27 : 8.6 (23.8 : 6.6) cm, Mongol and Chinese pagination on the recto (in the left-hand "ear" of the frame), Chinese on the verso (in the left lower corner of the frame), both following Chinese ni; 16(r°) and 17(vo) lines/page, black print. No diacriticals; final S in the transcription of the Tibetan title; final and medial M with two "horns/teeth", medial j = 6; handwritten diacriticals added on ff. 1-2. Cover-title in double-lined frame (7.9 : 4.4 cm) black on the yellow cover (edges torn, surface rubbed; four red round seals on the four sides of title-frame, handwritten morin on the right side below): [Chin.] ni [Mong.] Qutuy=du / öljei/qutuy/ orosiu-a [= °ba]: "[Here] is the Holy [Sûtra of] Beatitude." (-yin is inserted by hand after the first word.) See the Sanskrit, Tibetan, and full Mongolian titles below. Inc. f. la (nigen, shang yi = cover verso): namo [with "tailless" waw] buddhay-a • namo dharmay-a • namo sangghay-a • Hindkeg-ün keleber : Ary-a mangghala=kudr-a na-a-ma 353
