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NAYEV COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS IN THE STATE
,
PUB
LIC LIBRARY IN ST PETERSBUG (LENINGRAD)
,
Pro
f
essor
Ivan Pavlovich Minayev (1840-1890), whose death centenary was
co
J
e,
orated in Lenin
g
rad at a seminar held at the Oriental Institute of the Academy
. of
Sci
ences fro1
May 16th - 18th, 1990
,
to discuss Problems of Interpretation in
Traditiona 1
IndIan Texts, ,a,5 an outstandIlg Russian Orientalist of the nineteenth
cen
tu
y,
A
talented and brIll
,
Iat s
Ceylon and India.`l he visited Buddhist monasteries and made contact with lear
monks from whom he gained .uch information which he could not get in any @
way or from other persons. The distinguished Russian ethnographers. Alexan
Mikhailovich Meerwarth (1884 '31} and Ludmil a Alexandrovlla Mec)'warlh (J
- 1965), who visited Sri Lanka in lnc ycar: ll4 1915 on a special ethnograp
expedition of the Russian Academy of Sci ences_ considered Ihemseives followers
Minayev. In the preface to their book, In U Remole Comer of Cfylon, 4 the M
warths recorded their ildebtedness lo Minayev s excellent work, Sketches Uf
Ceylon
india. in their understanding of Ceyl on, and hoped that their own work would 50
as a supplement' to his work.
Minayev's many publications ncIudc a major study entitl ed Buddhism: Researe
ad Materials, published in two issues,5 the frst cont ai ning an introduction to
sources, and the second a few' Sanskrit texts having a bearing upon the history
Buddhisn1. Available in a French iranslation,f this work. which in t he words of t
author "must be regarded as an introduction to the exposition of the Buddhist doctri
in its historical sequence," contains an examination of the history of ancient Buddhi
it s institutions, doctrines, organization and basic religious and philosophical conceptio
and inter alia, a study of the ancient monuments of Buddh.ist art such as the Bhal
stupa and the inscripli ons of Asoka. Some of his other works dTU H carefully prepar
text and the transtation into Russian of the Pratimoksa .wtrU. with an extensive prefa
3. Minayev, l.P. Otcherki Tseylol/(J i India (Sketches oj' Ceylon and India)
It St. Petersburg. 1878. Parl 1. V and 284 pages. Part TT, 238 Pages
4. Meerwarth, A.M. Meerwarth, L.A. V glushi Tseylo!7(/. Leningrad l2.
5.
Vol. J. issue r. introduction . About sources. 280 pages. Issue IT. XII. 159 pa
St. Petersburg 1877. This work remained incomplete owing to the untimely
of Minaycv. AfLer his death some portions of the exisling Jl1aterials were publiS
by his puoil, Academician S.F. Oldenburg. under the title M,?terials and N
DH Buddhism, Vide Minayef, Travels .... . . . .. op. cit. p. J I.
6.
Recherches sur Ie Bouddhisme. Traduit du Russe par R.tl. Assier ee Pompi
Annales du Musee Guimer. Bibliotheque d' Etudes Tome IV, Paris 1894. A c;
of this was not avail able for consultation at the time of writing.
THE MINAYEV COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS
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,
on the
,
thrteenth CCl1tuy Pali grammar,
R
tlp
dSiddhi, he was edl lllg and prcanng tor publIcatIOn,S whIch was soon translated
into Fr
e
nch9 <nd Engl1sh;lo ( treat
.
lsc on Declensions Lind C
onjugatiolls of Sal/skrit
G
rammar,l1 whIch was fOI' :1 IOilg tlm
the only means of studying Scl11skrit throllgh
he
medium
of Russian; an cdlflon ()\ the ;ahavyutpaJti, the famous Sanskrit-Tibetan
:
cino
lOgical dictionary comiled ill. Tibet at
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20 RATNA HANDURUKANDE
=. ,..~~--
3. BRAHMAJALA SUTTA 916 - 72-
52 folios. 58x5.S em 7 lines_
fI0S/u!| Ii||I/I 6a7; /I.I]j|1SiII h|hutI| 9b2; I?IJl1S|ii; li |II|| !ti1II
12b6
].HuhG/U0luI|.I1'uI'c|III J aS; 0I'.1I/I1u/.iSiIII.1 /t!l.lii| 5L. J; |I|Iui! Rl|.]`ulIl|
cIj
I/(l1(D tI1i:S(!II k :1IU I Ilu]` I )'a S/|'0/IcS0 G / | I h.|iI: | Sti.|i. (lk k huIu|) e..|)[_
'
)'0 0Id0hd|IUSuI|!!l|I S| /SII.I hi ]0Ih!u uSu |'lic]|/ |l`U!,.:I|| ,,
.
g
(|IiO dhuIl1II|OI|) l|t 'u/ | ! Iso lCSS .I|| / appam J/ / ll/:.I|cI!)u ('uk /,-,)1',/ l'U I / Dj |'|
(111 Sjnhala: SI c|udhud ]'.1iIc.lO|.11/1!utn l|u ]|unu!'ci '!i/c!, (i1t/|Itt'u; u (t|/
u0
1/jQQDDIu:j)P |n!uc ttJIItl]I|/ lhlP .1.I/:. (/(''.].`'J u!\'u it
}
,
u/|u0SSu SIII|uIII| dhuI||I||I|| siddlir :I.lIl Si/hcIIIt I/Sfu c!:JI!I .:SI|| . \2a2 - 52a4,
4. CAKKAVALA DJPANl - TIKA 916 - " .
J04 folios numbered ill SinhZI,: letter': J<;-chr 61x5.5 CHI. 7 lillCS.
! cu!tI1't!/./uuII|'.IIi1 (.I/t1'.ItiIII|1|I|d1'cSu /|uI||.! .Ih.1||| ltuU0 J b2;..
]uDDuIOh!J0S0 /ltI||I| O|!]0 1U0 J| u - .uJSt.`/|IudSu u.I!1tl !tI.'r !I|
kh I b7;- dciI|OJcS0 |UlI|.I c'!uIIl luudO ge a J :-- l|i/I|I|d1'cSr iI.lI||tl jAlliClll/a
OH06 c a6;- [:1I|I/.1||td|ti0 IIdma t/|(II||O ,1d: (lii b: ;--- tu/.J '.I.||q
I|KC ehr a6.
5. JINALAMKARAVANNANA 9[6--62.
117 folios 47xG em. II lines.
iIi SJO|I]0II.|IIJ/dudc|IIuu |uIIc ./ Iit! u// or |'uI /hIS0dlu
nUlJDluI't 1'duDt/ddlulKt/:l\':I||/|:|II |!Ih!|u 39bJ ;-- iI5I0h0I||/Iu1II\`u:|I|./00 .
44b 11;- ]|IDD0|||/:|I':!J'0IllI0II.1 - 50a 1;- l'}u/II.i/I'tIIlII./|cl- 52a 10;---- D0$
S0DDhUlu\'GI||ItII|t/ - 56 b I 1 ;-- .1l10|l eml i1'O I!ll (l1ll 59-a4 ; - l' ij" I a |l/||0JI\
hII!0 64a2;- :!_uI|/u:I'!..II.0I|I|:I/d -67<5; - Ii|:|Ou/|II\J/|I|t|Iil --84i
- uDS7lHuuh\'tiImuI|tl - 95bJO;- dc'(tIlII|uI|.|1'u:I|ltti.+ 97bJO;-- ]uIi|]'
I'u)ll)nt| -- - 103 b8 ;
.
- |/. 'u_IIu!`/Il!t1i/.J 116.3 ;- /Iudhu|i].t l'|JuII.\`:/il|:i|
117a9 ;-- I| .I/:|I|/:|!'./\`.. lII|tiII0 lII/Iu 117b9
6. KALYANIPPAKARANAVINTCCHAYAKATHA 916-63 I
20 folios_ 48x6 em.
/JH0hHu0CSufUII0||uu|i1i7d[uI//tI . n:ISUSJJSuDS|.u7hICh ]u1JIIIm kul/lJy|
Ib2; 01JD Su|/|!lI/SumD|Iudh0II1hIDDunt|!6 dI`/llItIm \'!SSJ!0uOh ||jJ/I ch0lImSJl|
\'0SS0 |ll'uI!P uuSu /ununIIudPSP . . , . SJSJlI0n ])|lllIhuQ6\IhI d0huDDum 2b1
OmKO0dl0 S(/St!lIuIII cICI|l1C [|uydt|iGI|u_u|c ]tll!!/|IIi uJ!|0DD0h 3b8;
tI'
[Oh0 0hI/l!ISu/I}_ln 'IJJdfUIU 0Jl0SJSt!!|upHi'cn|y0It1 Iu S|hJu0h/ h|ISJ0{
]OCChIm0Kul0[0IulI| ]uchOJl|..huSu)/|r Clt 10u/tIuI 4b8; I(Il0 patthJ
0lO!uhGI`|u/d1`JSt/t'! hI l lzu maia Ihurd1(S/k0hI (Il/h):l_l | |'/bl.I1`uSI/P|| Dh|^^"'
|
fa DHhO|l1'0 97; lI| /J)On "'ma JS0hukhukhu nIIhI/tl J 8b7 ; luhUdn|Ul
//
KGl)Uh! 0umO ]0SiII/u0/ hu U| Il il /u J 9a2; /J\:||h.!/tlIil I|!I lu 20bG; kil,
n l]0KG/Ju\I/thdu/ullO I| |I ll /I a 20 b8.
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THE MINA YEV COLLETIONOF MANUSCRIPTS
'MAHABODHIVAMSA 9
1 6-1 5
102
fol
ios. 4
5x5 cm. 7 lines.
201
ab
hisam
bodh
ikath({ 23a8 ; anandabodhikatha 56b 1; ,dasabalapm:inibbullakatha 58b2;
patham
CSa
ngitikalha 65a6; dutiyas(l/gitikatha 66b3; , latiyasangitikalha 75a2; ,
l
ankavata
ranakclfha 79a5; mahavihCrap{tiggahanakat/i1 92a6; retigiriviharapatiggoha- '
lla
katha
93a3;
dhatl'agamawtkatha 95b6; dhatvagCt((llakal ih7 99h 1; cetiyagiril'ihora
p.if
igga!anakatha 101 a3; mahabodhil'amso nitthito I 02b2;.
an
aspir
ation 0! the' copyist is .expressed here in Sinha1" verse:
metwi balen matu" J1oyipada dlljutiye
la
t
anill tanama pilisinda gena setuve
hi
upan upall tanakama nibanda sil /,,/
ka
"ivan d
akim mam met mUl1irajull dJ ka (l02lJ4)
l'ijOstu istarthclsiddhir ({stu 102b5
.
MAHASATfPATTHANASUTTA see No. 15 below.
9, MANORATHAPURANI commentary on lhe AngultarallikLlya 916-63 (II) 55,
folios. 60x6 em. Incomplete. Beginning missing. Numbering in Sinhala Ictlei"S
IS not con6nuous.
manorathapuraniya anguttarL7l1ikayaUhakathaya I1Qvonipul(fl',1I1l1Ulhl - l!illhitu 55a3
1. PANCASATABHIKKHUNAM VATTHU 916-25 (II) A storr Fum RaSd)'';lhini
see no. 16 below
,
2 folios. 30x5.5' em., 8 lines.
pancasatabhikklnl11(/nl vatthum dutiyar. folio 2.
II. PARAMATTHADIPANI Commentary on the Petavutthu 916--20 (TU) 108 folk:.
"52x5.5
'
em 8/9 lines. '
idam hi petavatthum duvidheJla pOl'alfam d!fhIlPPtlttivu.;tIILI eJ JllIcchJl'isst1jja/lu
l'<!sena' C'I talthu yam atthl1Ppattivasena pav(tlam tam bhagdl'utu tLl\,l bhasitam 2;13:
on 'Ieft margin of, UJ0 4, in Sinha1a: pN.tavtlstu atlll'ova; pJrL}mafThadipClli,1u'
petll\'Jthusam)'{//lJlaI/Cya khettupama petal'utlllllPt:: mfldfd lIilthito 4b 1. ;-- maiapeskara
-18b3;-u{'agajatt.ka -:- 26a2; mattaklilldali - 36a6;' IIffaramotll -- 5'8;'
--bhusa nb8 serini - 76a8; - miga/adda -77b 1; - paLt1Jiputta
- 103a8;
'
- akkharukkha - 107a4; - satthikutasahassLi -- 108a6; poranatl 1m
kathanayam nissaya yo samc(/'(ua atthasUml'anniUl,.' maya yo fclLtha pardmatthallul1J
tLttha tattha vatharaham pt1kasuna paramathadipani nam. ... . . . sanwtta I 08b 1
12.
PARAMATHADIPANI ,commentary on the Petavatthti 916-20 (IV) 90 folios.
59x5 em. 8/9/10 lines.
paramatthadipani nama 90a5; petavatthusamvannana, surn.ttuti 90a8
13. (ARAMATTHADIPANI) PETAVATTHUSAMVANNANA 916-20 (I)
,19 folios. 45x5.5 cm. 8 lines. Author: Acariya Dhammapala j'esident ,of' the
monastery of Badaratittha.
badamtitl hul'ii1ara vasin" munivarayatina bhLidanlc/w acariyadhanlllJapalena kutu
peta vi7tthusum vi11llana s.m,7t!a 19a3
202 KA1MA llAMLLRLKANOl
-~ ^ * "
. .
] 4, ( PARAMATTlAD[PANI) PETAVATTHUSA MVANNANA 9 1 6 -20 ( I )
' C fol ios , 56x5 , 5 cl11 . 9/ 1 0/ ] ' l i nes , Aut hor : /ca ri ya Dhammn paJ a. l:IU
u'
t he ' mona [ ery or Bad-a rat i t r ha ,
h, )doro fif rhl l l ' ihart l 1),'Sintr mlll1il' i'l't'lY{l f inll bhodall feno ,.lcV" i.l 'tvlltammapa/ena [
(l etal 'of lhusOml '(I1I10nO s(/?lOl hl l o b ' |
| '. (PAR]TTA) TEXT and M!\ HASATJ PATTHANA 5 OJJ/ 976-78
,9 fo l i os ` ` ` em. NumbereU | u om|u 0 l e| |ers as fol l ows
.
k a- kha ( kh:l b
| , ,i j, gu| i n | |\ 0 u uU0| | u | ud|C0IOS la l sOmO |O| | O> a re m| sst ng) g[
hu (fol i o ghu has a col ophon >l g n| |y ng | 00 c0d O' a ma nuscr i pt)'
^ ||t
u unbl | ny ko -kh i , H appcC ), s r l!R [ | vO W3uuSC!| p| s 0uvc 0c0n pur | n one
0U00
/n un n umhered rol i o r l aced , I t [ he end slou ld bc pl n ced u | l !c begi n
nii
j udgi ng I O | | :
buddhom .\"01'(//( 11/1
Opy | ' > n l lll c :
COnI c n ' ' | / . 1 I 'lmo . fossa bhag(i l' tl/IJ droh{i l()
g, lcclJ{!mi Cl c. rormi ng | hc So ron . ty.1111 ,'""r
A i g. i' c Dha mmaj ot i ,
Sl7l11maSCimbllddhaJ
O' l h` j!{/I' if fll I e:
d<JSO sik
.
/hopudli l l i ku a | . slllnonerLjJtll1lidl11 ku a J , (lal l ims",/u":Ll tI/ -u u ; , p,7ccli
I ' ekkh.a kd a | . nllsodhummaSl l ffom k b6 : lrah(lI11dl /ga/aslI l hlll1 k i u4 , J't 7ItIlll/Slllt
ku u 4,
kJruniYlimPl loSUf fat/1 ku o , khandhop"I' illam u 4 , fl /pf fuSlll fam k|
mellanisomsoJ11
.
| OJ . mOJ'(/poJ'i I ftlil'l kr b6 : cellldaptl/'; f fam |I' ` . suriyoparil14
k b5 ; dhajuggoj)"riflam palhUlnakobhan(! l'CIJ',I!l1 kl a 6 ; malw/, ({sSc:poffhel'oboij
hangq
k0 o, , . ma/wl11ogg, t lklT1 of tberob(jj/(ngtlm ku| u J , /JIo/'ucwldllll//Pl'tl-hojjh(il1gall l Ko 3
girimOlwnd(lsIIl itlm |I | o , isigi/isI I l / al l dutiyoka-hhol/(ll\ 1 1'(i11l siddhil' (Islu
suhha
[ /stU (f/,ogyliln ,lsI" islol' lhasiddhil' tUIU kha a ( ; ( Fol i os cOnl | n ny ' l he Alol/oliyasu
a n d | ht
I
,_
i
lh
_phl u)'III1 (!lIu)ulh':7/l/ 0J8V . /I1l_)0/00|'6_0 ]'|llC.lU| 74b4; u/ /uru/,t-
I__
;tI
llhu
':D+ , )0dh! | 'u_0 Sd/ /c!lI! 1 1 9b l ;
.
d/l / /]'tl)' 0dhu|'d__0 ul /hulno 1 35b8 ;
S/
l /
l lu
i'_
u lluvt/IIl 6
/ia+s
+
t ?di l/j. /
l
j/mK
l
RUPASfODHl 9 1 6-28'
I ! 8 ['01 i os of which 95 a re numbered in Roman nutnrals Th rs ( re I l ot
nUJ
nbl
rcd. + 2X,
ilit i
dS/ddh/]u//l.1!i/lI S. l i I ul/c/!/ I l ast fo i i o b8
SAMANTAK UTAVANNANA 9 1 6 . 58 ( 1 1 )
:4 fol ios . 3 5XS em. 7/8/9/ l i nes .
'// Su!IIun/(IKul0Iun!/: u(! nl//h/lu '+u I
i l.
SAMPINDITAM NAMA MAHANI DANA 9 1.6-45
1 70 fol ios . SOxS em. 9/ 1 0 l i nes. S I/nu/n/djun sic on wooden CO \'1:1 ' . Ntllnbo, ' cd
I I I Si nhal a l et ters : ka t l u Incompl ete.
lul
]
l0ltluuuiI /lrn tlu/` / / /d:lt|I/!| il.:l.iu
lJ/hun qv/durc l l /duh(/n1 l'eSS{I!1 taram ld/m /01 1'0 Ye'O uuh/S.|' nOuudl|u (;7 1'(/ .ilh/u
/t tudhud!m K.l/|'ci )0u ul/h/u/uh.1 cl /huulurc . l ll 11..1 la1 /hti hh;_icl
.
l'ihara/i' /.i '( /
I, J/hc/quqn//. opCre ((u/l)u (luuuld:1l l ! / ! /0:| lIIiI1 /c(hu! / / . /l/d|1/' ( /Iluu/ / c/l1l du/!
l' |dulum u/duIc n/d!lum S.!lI//Kc !I /duhu0 t!//du|0 /l /dnn 0|uhncdcPuuud/llud/nj
.
.
I, d/ l'd )u|u dipLlmk.lr,7buddham ka b4-ka b9 ; K//h|lU dul !l ld0l1u . Iu/tilHdt:lj
/
I I I . b3 . /J(;
sanlik
.
e nidan{l1 /lti/l | tl I)`t1/l | iIdllu p{whaya t1l l l1)| l0llulh. t n l b4 ; bodhip(' /!'iI)fka
uUllya
J'111I1 u.Ill| Su/kat l'd _i!r|l0l'U /ljonisstlYJ r/hqrc]ul | / / | 1 5-6 ; ull|u nul]/./|01
Ju/tum)ull 0h.|_uu/r} jluralo uuluhuS/ HO a7 ; }.//l /l, dlui iiIniiiI uhut` t/ |(t
|
" desetukamo t !l/(Sl i1 am b7 ; kass(I . l|i1 kio ullin jull| i?lI|1I desey.n \d a6 ; dhrlll1/i/j,
(:akkcm pavllf lel /llll cCtht|l1 I l luS)un j| /lun ca b9 ; isip.J /al1e m/_.1u,!)6 S:1Ith/` . | / /
0Jt
ci a4 ; 6ruIi 0lltItI '/l!Il]JSu(t/hl /0m6I|./ H/l /hOcol CH b5 ; lcllti ll| 0 Jl/0S: t . : |
ulunuSl]un |tISu Il|UO iIuhuSc/ /hl]u// o ..lluS/ cr
.
a 5 ; ,', /lill Y",50 ///luj| /0
(' /ad t/l'0cu /0hcl ' )'/II ulhn/ bll_'0l0 SJnlllc : b0:Iii c l b8 : lc/ lu oOI | t i
chJ
. . _ cuSullh ur:lh.ul. h0/ l /l c i bi L lhu_|ct . . . llruicl:!.It pl | lu/.DHu l1ikldunnJ / l " C / Q
a3 ,
0l'lrll0:I]l /ult.lum uil/l/l00ll./ lhu chah al ; / | /00ui / (1;)lhq l | |/lh//:/ j ilu bl ; s,lIllgi'
l ikathl h///h/lu H0 as; nlull/uSSuu/lhtlJSSu )u/lnl00unuk,/htI nillhilU U' a4; i
iI0_ul0SllI SuIl | 0| luuhu tnPl t eyyo numu l|tt]uK.u luSSCI'U Obhlnih:II!H P<I'"kkI11/;!
sunotha I0l! uu <1 5 ; . 'luydl ul ' ll|.1 ni/1hllu (ham wrongl y for UU a7 u.]J||
;
Chc0ultI lhu nl/Iht/u ti b 1 :
. SATIPATTHANAPADA - ATTHAVANNANA 9 1 6- 90
|
43 fol ios 43. 5x5. 5 CD Numbered i n Sinha l a l etters : ka-gl ; Date of copy 238 1 1
of t he Buddhist era . Copyist : Wal pal a Sohhi la ' of the Jayawardhana Kotle !
.
monastery.
.
ekayano. ayal1 0h!Kl| ' (' l !u__u Sul / dnu0 \lSuddhl)u ka b3 ; ]u0ldJH Cu/luru \.ll|{`
Ilhunu ka b4; uddcSu Iuium ka (\4; unuQundSuI/kdnddm ki a7 ; l/l)'uQulhOKuhd0m ki al ii
dh0lumunuSlKul0/JudlIl ku b2 ; cr0m nO\0I/0hur6dJnuhti;1SSunu uIlu ke b6 :
.
ru:Ili08' '
passonG
satip<7 tthanam
_
kc b7 ; !llunu)uSSJnu ko
.
b7 , huq[lhn_.l/t/ducS.ut ].)l/irl'
Iai
nin
g
the for.
of .editatI On csuhhabhavana. asubham bhavayeti 1 4M;
:subho
kam
atahan nimi 1 6b l .
16b
2-1
8a4 :
MA
RANANUSMR TI. A Si nhal a conunentary on the form of
J
itation
maran
anusmrtibhavana !UIaHnumlli 1 8a4.
1 8a
4-1 9
a3 :
SA
TARAKAMATAHANPAD
ARTHA. A Sin| ' a cOJ mentary
with
Pal i quotations explaining the four kammatthanas (subjects of mcd; taiicn}
b
h
l'et va
calurara
kkha avajjeyya 1 8a4 ; atamahaudvegavastuyi l S b4 ; saiarakamata
hanpadJrthavi 1 9a3
19a4-
20b3 :
the
Paii text cnly of METTANISAMSA. met lhal1isamsum 20b3
20b4-21 a5 : ATAVISJSUGATAVANDANA Pal i
do!at ion of the twenty-eight Buddhas. Begins :
vande mdehamkaram munim 20b4 ;
lex! , contai ni ng stanzas of
vande ral1hamkaram buddham
21 a5-2l b6 : ATAVISTBODHI VANDANA. Pal i text , conta ining ' verses of dcra -
ti on of the twenty-eight bodhi trees ime ete Uahabodhi lvkanathehi pujita aham pi
ca namassami bodhiraja namatrhu Ie 21 b5
22al -22b2 ATAVISIPIRITA. The Pa l i text onl y cl twenty-eight paritta pi rit
texts. atavisipiritayi 22b2.
22b2-24a5 : The Pal i text onl y of the HNAPANJARA. )/na]an)araiui 24a5 .
24a5-28b4: The Pali text onl y of the JA YAMANGALAGATHA. mahakaru
niko na//o hitaya :abbaau|nam U|etvU pat'ami sabba pattho samhhodhim utthamam
etena saccavajjena hotu me }ayaUUngUlUm 28a4.
2Sb5-30b2 : a PALl TEXT givi ng the names of the twenty-eight buddhas, the
names of thei r parents and the bodhi t rees. Col ophon in Sinhala : atavisi "udlmge
. nam ha ' marru pitru dedenageda )ayaNahahodhida kiva nimavUnU ladi 30b3
30b3-3 1 bl : a PALL TEXT givi ng the auspici ous characteri stics of the Buddha .
atorasiyak mangul lokunuyi 31 b]
. 3 1 bl -32a5 : a PALl TEXT glVlng the thirty-two characteri sti cs of a Buddha.
Colophon i n Sinhala : detismahapurusalcksanavi 32a5.
32a6-33a3 : a PALL TEXT descri bing a form of medi tati on on 'characteristics',
Colophon in Si nhaJ a : lakunu bhQVnayi.
34a2-35b6 Pali text onlY of BUDDHAVANDANAGATHA. This text is continued
on f(lio 36 kept i n the packet marked TIl. See below. Colophon on 36a4 :
buddhavandanagatha nitthila.
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3 . Fol i os jho-dam renumbered i n Roman numerals as 361 04, packeted and marke
IT l .
3 Ga4-44b6 : DHATUVANDANA. Pal i t ext onl y dia till 'LlI1dallll lIitt;';/(I 44b6.
45a l -46b3 : SOLASAMAHASTHANAVANDANAGATHA. Pal i [ ext onl y Begin!
lamkaya yuf tla pathomam sllgol a nisajjo vnkkhe damesi I1Ij{/slsUnil
p
(illlJ1{t l'(/
45al
abhuyCgirivih.rc corlfl/ltIpctm /1(1momi 46a3 ; namumi aham sofmll t fldnam ul tar
al
4 Ga 7 ; col ophon in Si nhal 8 : solosol11aiJ asthcnal'ondllJ1agat/T(, Ii.
46b3 -4Rb6 : BODHIVANDANA. Pa l i text onl y. bodilil' (lIulc.no nil/ilihl 48b6.
"49al-50b5 : PARAMITARATNAMALA. So accordi ng to a not e i n i nk 0
t h .e folder of t he pac ket . LanguGl ge Pal i . The co ! or hon reads : ((lromis{/J
'{Is(
)ral
sam{lItha 50h5.
) 1 al -52a5 : ATU VAPRA RTHANA. Language
al ul'Opr(J'lhol1ct ll(Iyi 52a5.
Po l i . Col ophon
Si nhal:
52a5- 55b6 : ATUVAPRARTHANAGATHAPADARTHA. A word to wo
commentary 1 1 1 Si nhal a 01 1 A tl/ l 'iprarl hrlnt''i. Col ophon I n Si nh a l a : t l l u l'aprarthan
gatlwpodorthayi 5506.
56a) -5602: PRA RTH A NAGATHA. Language Pa I i . Co l ophon 1 /1 Si nha:
prart hanagat/1( vi 56b2.
56b2-57b3 : HHAVA VJ RATIGATHA. Language PaJ i . Col ophon 1 11 Si nha
bhl.l F.l FirCItigathCl Fi 57b3
57b3-57b6 : ARADHA NA. Language . Pat i . Col ophon 1 I l Si nha l a : aradha
57b6.
57b6-60a3 : SOLASA PU.l AGATHA. Pal i stanzas wi th Si nhala phrases i nter:
rsed e. g. lei vadanu 58al ; diYQ vadanu 58b1 ; sivurujujayi' 58b2 ; (\lIllarapujJyi 5
ma/pujayi 60a l : kSJmakiril11uyi 60a2; col ophon : so/tsujujagalhayi 60a3 .
60a3- 62a5 : CATU PARIS UDDHISILAYA. A Sinhala text wj Lh Pal i quotati
sUa nam saMra s,7n1 varsilaya. he keseda Y,l t : pratirnoksJs(?I11 l'LII'L1s;/ayc indriya:
l'arasil:va uil'akrlparisuddhasi/uya jrat thyaYLI sannisritasilaya 60a3 ; pratimoksa:
varasifa 170m Fe 60bG : ind1' ira san1V<7rasila num l'e 6 1 a3 ; ajivapar;suddhisila nan
6 ) a6 ; pratyayasolll1isritasi/(l . 11<1/11 re G I b2; catuparisuddhisi/oya lIimi 62a5.
62a5-65b3 : SEKHIVA DHAM MA. Language Pa l i ime ko panaJhlSn
sekhiya dhamma 623 5 : col ophon 1 11 Si nhal a sekhiya l1imi 6,5b3.
65b4-67b2 : HERA NASIKHA. A Si nhala text wi t h Pa l i quotations. hi
haro dasosil fltm klll'(JI'Llha Ytll 65b4; her(.i/1({sikha nimi 67b2.
THE
MINAYEV COLl ECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS
.V
.
67b
2-7
0b
3 :
MAITRIBHA VANA. Language Pal i . (ti0/1i UltO homi
ho
mi
67
b2 ;
imasnl ll71 rajje iss(trajJ1 U avel'i honlu 68a6 ; COl ophon | ! J
(vyapujjhv
Si nh31 a :
mtl)!il rihh
Ol'OI lV/.
70b
3-7
4b6 :
E
LUSOLO. Language Sill hal a . IUI1 /orumaliLim l'ill1d;m fI1dll/
e li/ana
l' DJIim H/U 74<13 : e/usO yi 74b6.
70[)j ;
75a l -79b6 :
DETISK U NAPAKOTTHASAYA . A Si n hel l e, CA| wi t h Pil l i quol al i ons
ollhi
ima
sm;1I/
kaye . . . yana D|c del islwIIu]J. kotr/, ISOY, / lI.Dl 75a l ; d(liskuJ lopa
kolf!asilyoyi 79b6.
80
a l -8
8,1 l : DANASAMVJ B HAGAYA. La ngllC ge Si nha l a . )hi/.. llI1l!kotL dUlltI
s
utn
v
ibhu
g
oya dl ll 'aUha. he mese dala yul
u. 80a2 , . . . . d/lJIIT/Wdu/lliY[1 Ilum V(l lII teYiJ
.
he
me
kotialen as.1 dahl yut tlya 80b I Ends : SdSLll'd dukill midi ni l' ,ill dokil / <1
!psa ulsa 1(1 kalo), utu 87b6-88a 1 .
88al -9932 : PR ATHAMAGAMANAKATHA. La nguage Sill lwI L! An CCO!1 |
of the Buddha's frst vi s i t to Sri Lank< . prulliamagamorlcl'\ ath.1Y; 99:1 2.
99a2-- 1 Oa4 :
DV1 TI YAGAMANAK ATHA. Langu2. ge Si nha l a . A i l \ CUOl\ H : or
t he
Budd ha' s second vi s i t t o Sri LlI n ka . ch' iti vagamali/{ huvi
1 0034.
I OO84L 04al : TRTIYAGAMANAKATHA. La ngU<gc. Si nhal a. AI1 .llCOI| |1 | or
the
Buddha ' s thi rd vi s i t t o Sri L8nk. I ril iyagamanakat hayi I 04a l .
4. Fohos dah l U dhi relTli mber i n. RoDR n numends a s 1 05- 1 89, racketed and
mar ked IV.
1 053 1 - 1 89b4 : DHATUVAMSA. A Sinhal a ( cxl with Pali qll otiJ lions . dhuhWISO
kalOl'ehi buduiige ( ull th,7ragamano /j/Il |Il pu/o)}IL! ;' cni /hl l'icchcd{ \ 'u l I iiil i I l Ob5 :
dhUfI l V(ff/1Saye I,dun piril1if'\'tlnaY
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204a 1 -2 l Oa7 . DHAMMACAKKAPAVATTANASUTTA. Language PaJ i . .
D{ sutham ekam samayam bhagal'a baranasiyam viharafi isipaTane migadaye 2(
dhummacakkapCl'of fanasutfam. munisLlrmia 21 0a7.
21 Obl -245b l : PARl TTA. Pal i t ext aiid Si nhal a commentaries puriltham
bhanamahe 2 1 2a6 : rrkmgalasuttham 21 3a4 ; ratanasutrham 2 1 Sa 2 ; karaniyamf
suttham 21 Sb6 ; khal1dhapariftam 21 6a5 ; l110raparit tClm 2 I 6bS , d/lLIjaggapar,
2 J 8b7 ; atanl7tiyasuttam 2 1 9b6 ; angulimClloparittam 220: 1 2 ; concl udi ng s tanza s cll,
after paritta from 220a2-220b6 : boj)hango sot;samkhulo dhammanam vicayo 2:
rakkham vandami sabb UU 220b6 ; Si nhala commentaries begin at
22 1 d1 . UG
asutrapadartha nimi 234b2 ; kat"tftliyamerthasu. padartha l1im; 243a5 ; alutl'U padl
nimi 245b 1 .
.
24Sb2-2S l a2 : DHAM MASANGANI MATIKA. Language Pal i dl'ivisatl
246bl ; hptugo(' chakdl11 246b4 ; culaduttharadukam 246b6 ; osol'(tgocchu"clm 24
sannojt1nagocchakmn 247a6 ; gdnthagocchakam 247b2 ; oghagocchaklim 24
yogagocchakam 248a l ; ll1uhu f thadukjm 248a3 ; upadallagoccbakam 248b I ;
k;,
gocchakam 248bS. ; ni varctna'gocchakam 249a2 ; poronwsago("chakall 249S ; ubhi,
rmamatika 2502.
( l . DHAM
.
'MAcA . . KKAPAVArTA. NASUTTA 9.1 6-87. 30 fol i os uaioorcd ka
.l Sinhal a l etters . 45x5. 5 C1. 7 l i nes. ka bl-ko ,2 : Pali text . kau al -kho
Sinhal a comment ary. dhamm" cakkapal'uttonasuffam ko a2 ; HC^C UC dhamsa
I'atun sutrctyehi . . . pad{/rtha nimi kho b3.
?HAMMACAK KAPAVATTANASUTTA 9 1 6-1 03. fol i os 1 aud 2. 9 1 6- 1 03 cons
of four folios oi manuscri pt s flamed under glass. Of these fol i os
I and 2 U
:,ered ,kha and khi i n Si .a| a ' c|te|s appear lO be part of H Si nha\ a comment:
1 the Dh,11l11ockkapl1 l'attana.<tta. 43x6cI. 7 l i nes . elam dhammacakkam .
, /armmacakkaraya pavattitanfi p(lvu{val1aladdeyayi 1 a3 ; bhikkhal'e mahoneni Oc i
1 ' ;Si71 idam dukkhoari ) 'L7S,l ccl7l1 ti 2a1 ,
visnlt
mandalayayi. siyalu arokscl 'liyi 2a ; su/,yamand'llayayi aruksu ktJrcl1lt 4b ;
Ctlkk
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.
hdnk ]uu/ru duruveyi 6b ; candrlmandalaYlyi. araksavata
lt]u ata badhinH 7b.
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!1!I!LI 1EXT 9 1 6.86 28 fol i os . 25x5 em. 5/6/7/8 l i nes . Incomplete.
The begi n ning of l he UA +ad co opou are missi ng. The fol i o:; uTU numbered ;
khah - gI ; go gam; I ! d HT aud 'nah I1 Content indica's that the .ol io
are a sect i on of U medic,l I i CXI gi vi ng i nstruct i ons on rhe prepJ!Ht i on of medicinJ
. tablets
and oi J 5
and |lc r lse. humu UHOli nik,l inguru }cIklnClult yu sihdL7 tUiIli .
' luh denu kha h a6
;
jalasanniyata khah a8 ; hamo jvar.:t guna l'e ga b7; budal'U
jOl'ata 'u00Kuhu gi as ; mi]:1dn _u/l}:/ nimi gi 8.6-7; diyavudlyU\UlH elakirenda
gi a7 ; meki roga stlf1hindimata HlUl7 !Unneyuyi yanG arth,) )Ji siddhir astu g
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in Sinhala .
34. An UNIDENTIFIED TEXT 9 1 6. 25 I V 1 fol i o l i sti ng H!C or UXl S . diksangiya
sumangalavilasiniya etc.
Sanskri t Manuscripts (Script Sinhala unless stated otherwise)
3. ASTANATHASYA DHYANA 91 6. 70 III 16 fol i os . 28. 5x5. 5 CU 7 J i nes . Contai ns
decriptions of diferent forms of the ei ght . dcitcs . Sivanatha, Brahmanatha,
Vismnatha, Gaurinatha, Macchendranatha, . Bhadranatha, BUudhyHnUtha and
Gananatha. Begins : namas \OrlajhUya 1 b l ; astanathasya dlyanam aha 1 b4-5 ;
siVanatham brahNUHalhaD CU Vlshunutham gaurinathakam muCCh0h0luhulhu0u0lu-
hathan
.
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ahom 1 b5-7 ; sUmUkhutrinayanah vI'sabharudham sivanathasya luKsanum;
culur
muKh0h - . . . hamsam arudhom 0rahmanathasya laksanam 2a2-4 ; dvihastah
uIuhd/I vahanan Cu] vt$huhdlhGSju l.7KSu/I0h 2a4 ; dviltastam . . . . . kesariva-
hallam totfa aHlinatha visuddhena laksanena prdkirtitah . 2a5-6 ; Cutur0hujam
Y'lgamacchasamarudham maCCh0ndlanatham eva Cu 2a6-7 ; . dv;bhUjUm . . . . mayurU
. vahanan Cutr:1 bhUdlnathasya laksanam 2bl ; dVibhujan padmusanam lulhJ
vapi baudhyolh7thasya !uksunam 2b2 ; caturbhujam musik;lI' IHlhJ.'n (papi g{lI1dl1alliasyu
klksLl1ah 2b3-4 ; the $i n hal a phrase min dos . hare O\L\lS OH \ S b6.
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