G. Orosz (comp.): A Catalogue of the Tibetan Manuscripts and Block Prints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Vol. 1.
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Tib. 6.2 3 MANUSCRIPT , stitched booklet, pp. 45, 25 x 12,5 cm, 10 lines/page, Indian paper. NOTE: Provenance: Csoma-bequest. C.T., T.P.: Dris lan Grub mtha'i rgya mtshor 'jug pa'i gru rdzings CONT.: This is a so-called Alexander-book, i.e. a book written upon the request of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös (here named Sken-dher-bheg, 1784-1842) by his Tibetan teachers. Its author is Tshul-khrims-rgya-mtsho (born around 1760), who composed this work as a reply to Csoma's questions in 1824. The twenty-some questions put by the Hungarian scholar are grouped into the following six sections: 1. What is the etymology of the word sangs-rgyas and why Buddha has been given this name? (p. 7), 2. Have linguistics, logic, technics, medicine, the inner sciences and the minor sciences (metrics, drama, astrology, etc.) originally existed in Tibet or did they come from other countries? (p. 19), 3. What is the origin and the history of logic, who were its first teachers, and who were the Lotsavas at its apperance in Tibet? (p. 22), 4. Which heretical sects are incompatible with Buddha's teaching? (p.40), 5. Which philosophical teachings are presenlty taught in Tibet? (p. 42), 6. What kind of arts and knowledge (sgyu-rtsal dang yon-tan) can be found in Tibet more developed than in India, China, and Mongolia? (p. 42). NOTE: A facsimile edition of this book was published by J. Térjék, in Tibetan Compendia written for Csoma de Koros [.vie], by the Lamas of Zahs-dkar. Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Sata-pitaka series, Indo-Asian literatures, vol. 231). New Delhi: Society of Csoma de Koros [.vie] and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1976, pp. 1-46. BEG. : [3] /na mo gu ru manydzu gho $a ya? /smra ba zla med kun mkhyen zas gtsang sras/ COL.: [43] <c.t.> zhes bya ba 'di ni/ dad brtson phun sum tshogs shing rig gnas la mam dpyod mkha' ltar yangs pa mm pa sken dher bheg zhes bya ba'i shar phyogs rgya mtsho chen po nas/ stod ja ti me tog mngon par bkra ba'i bar rang don cig pu ma yin par sems can thams cad kyi don du thos pa tshol phyir nye char bzang lar sleb tshe/ smon lam dbang gyis bdag ming thos pa'i tshe gsung rab kyi bka' gnang kyi dri ba mang yul sa yi thig le chos rgyal gyi gnas mchog bzang la nas bdag la skyes bzang dri tshig dang bcas pa skur nas/ don gnyer chen pos bskul ba'i ngor/ thub pa'i dbang po kun mkhyen nyi ma'i gnyen zhi ba chos kyi dbyings su mya ngan las 'das nas lo du song dang bcas pa dgos zhes pas na/ de dag la zhib par bstan rtsis bzhin dgos na yang / bstan rtsis nyid bdag gis mi shes pas 'on kyang deb ther chos 'byung sogs la zhib tu dpyad pas/ bsam tshe kun mkhyen nyi ma'i gnyen zhi ba chos kyi dbyings su mya ngan las 'das nas lo gsum stong don gnyis song ba'i rab byung bcu bzhi pa nyi sgrol byed kyi tshes bzang por sde snod gsum dang rgyud sde bzhi la sbyangs pa rang Idum mkhan ming du 'bod pa rab 'byams pa tshul khrims rgya mtshos rang gi gnas gzhi nyi 'od du tshes dge bar sbyar/ CF.: Térjék 3 4 MANUSCRIPT , consists of four separate booklets, pp. 1-62, 63-110, 111-174, 175-189, 12,5 x 25 cm, 7 lines/page, Indian paper. NOTE: Provenance: Csoma-bequest. CONT.: An Alexander-book written by Kun-dga'-chos-legs-rdo-rje, a relative of Csoma's main teacher, Sangs-rgyas-phun-tshogs, at Rdzong-khul monastery around 1824. Similarly to Tib. 3, this book contains replies to Csoma's (here named as "Indo-European Sken-dha") 2
