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Book/Printed Material The Noble, Great, and Cleansing Liberation from All Sins through the Buddha.

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Title

  • The Noble, Great, and Cleansing Liberation from All Sins through the Buddha.

Summary

  • This marvelous manuscript contains a Mahayana Sutra text from the Kanjur (Translation of the words of the Buddha), i.e., the scriptures of Tibetan Buddhism. It is especially remarkable because it was not translated directly from Sanskrit, like so many other works of the Kanjur, but from Chinese. The translators obviously had no original text from which to work. Accordingly, they did not give the work a Sanskrit title, as was usually the case. Manuscripts containing only this text are very rare, and even in this case a further work has been added, with the second manuscript starting at folio 214. The second work, consisting of 13 folios, is 'Phags-pa bzang-po spyod-pa'i smon-lam-gyi rgyal-po (in Sanskrit, Bhadracaryapranidhana-raja) or, "The King of Vows of Good Conduct." The manuscript is magnificently crafted with writing in gold on black lacquer paper. The cover is made up of several layers of paper coated with a textile tissue material. The front leaf has been inserted into the cover. The text is protected by three differently colored silk curtains. In the center of this leaf is a small miniature depicting Buddha Shakyamuni. The leaves repose in a readers' receptacle wrapped in red cloth. The whole is tied together by a band with a metal fastener displaying the head of a demon.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1800 to 1899]

Headings

  • -  China--Tibet
  • -  563 B.C. to 400 B.C
  • -  Buddhism
  • -  Kanjur
  • -  Mahāyāna Sūtras
  • -  Miniatures (Illuminations)

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "BSB Shelfmark: Cod.tibet. 922"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 226 sheets, paper : illustrations (miniatures) ; 32 x 8.5 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Bavarian State Library.
  • -  Content in Tibetan.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • World History

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667771

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

The Noble, Great, and Cleansing Liberation from All Sins through the Buddha. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1899, 1800] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667771/.

APA citation style:

(1800) The Noble, Great, and Cleansing Liberation from All Sins through the Buddha. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1899] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667771/.

MLA citation style:

The Noble, Great, and Cleansing Liberation from All Sins through the Buddha. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1899, 1800] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667771/>.