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1 Gilgit Raghu V ra Lokesh Chandra atapit aka Series Trimfl±ikÅ Sthiramati Avikalpa-prave±anÅma-mahÅyÅna-su tra Gupta Round Gupta BrÅhmi script 16 sandhi Nirvikalpa-prave±a-dhÅraœ izew - s k sdw pnu Nirvikalpaprave±adhÅraœ - wgr s s Raghu V ra & Lokesh Chandra, Gilgit Buddhist Manuscripts ( atapit aka Series, vol. 10) 10 parts (New Delhi, ) / 73 Bibliotheca Indo- Buddhica Series, Nos

2 No. 421, 12 folios, Unidentified su tra (Fragment) No. 422, 1 folio, BuddhÅvatamflsakasu tra (Fragment) No. 423, 8 folios, Third BhÅvanÅkrama (Complete) 39 No.422 No.423 No E. Obermiller No Dorjief bli bzang rdo rje Oldenburg mtshan nyid mkhan po Ngag dbang S. F. Petropoli Obermiller Obermiller N.D.Mironov 1914 Petropoli 38 Ms. Ind. VII 23 Ms. Ind. VII Mironiv 42 YogÅcÅrabhu mi Vini±cayamgrahaœ No. 420, 3 folios, Unidentified su tra (Complete) Qoeoj13 k k,ï. izew N. D. Mironov, Catalogus codicum manu scriptorum Indicorum qui in Academiae Imperialis Scientiarum Petropolitanae Museo Asiatico (Petropoli 1914, Rep., New Delhi 1984) 39 Mironov E. Obermiller, A Sanskrit Ms. From Tibet - Kamala± la s BhÅvanÅkrama, The Journal of the Greater India Society, Vol. II-1, 1935, pp E. Obermiller, Kamala± la BhÅvanÅkrama - Traktat o sozercanii (Moscow 1963) Tucci G. Tucci, Minor Buddhist Text (Part III) - Third BhÅvanÅkrama (Roma 1971)

3 recension 3 823C.E. ldan dkar chag 196 'Phags pa rnam par mi rtog par 'jug pa'i gzungs 44 Bu ston chos 'byung gsung rab rin po che'i mdzod dpal brtsegs 810 'Phags pa rnam par mi rtog par 'jug pa zhes bya ba'i gzungs Aμryaavikalpaprave±a-nÅma-dhÅraœ The Stog Palace Kanjur 48 satva dharma, sårddha, suvarnna, tatva, 44 Yoshimura Shyuki, The Denkar ma. An Oldest Catalogue of the Tibetan Buddhist Canons with Introductory Notes, Kyoto: Ryikoko University, 1950, Bu ston Rin chen grub ( ), Bu ston chos 'byung gsung rab rin po che'i mdzod, rnam par mi rtog pa la 'jug pa'i gzungs sho lo ka brgya nyi shu rtsa gcig dpal brtsegs kyi 'gyur The Tibetan Tripit aka. Peking Edition. Reprinted under the supervision of the Otani University, Kyoto. Edited by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki. Tokyo, Kyoto , 32, no. 810, (1a-6b). 47 Hakuju Ul et al. Chibetto Daizokyo Somokuroku/ A Complete Catalogue of the Tibetan Buddhist Canons (Bkah-hgyur and Bstan-hgyur). Seidai: Tohoku University, No. 142, pa. 1b-6b. 48 Tadeusz Skorupski, A Catalogue of the Stog Palace Kanjur, Tokyo: The International Institute for Buddhist Studies, 1985 (Bibliographia Philologica Buddhica), Dza 286b2-298a )

4 The Tibetan Tun-huang Manuscripts Catalogue of the Stein Collection btsan ral pa can Ye shes sde bcad Khri gtsug lde Cog ro Klu i rgyal mtshan skad gsar Khri srong lde btsan 51 Jinamitra Dana± la dka' ba dpal brtsegs rgya gar gyi mkhan po 'dzin na mi tra dang/dva na shvi la dang/zhu chen gyi lo tstsha ba dka' ba dpal brtsegs kyis bsgyur te gtan pa [la] phab pa 49 Vladimir L. Uspensky, The Tibetan Equivalents to the Titles of the Texts in the St. Petersburg Manuscript of the Mongolian Kanjur: A Reconstructed Catalogue, Transmission of the Tibetan Canon, Papers presented at a panel of the 7 th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Graz 1995, edited by Helmut Eimer, Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1997, Louis de la Vallee Poussin, Catalogue of the Tibetan Manuscripts from Tunhuang in the India Office Library, London: Oxford University Press, 1962, Eastman Broughton Jinamitra rgyal ba'i bshes gnyen Dana± la 53 stag tshang rdzong pa dpal 'byor bzang po, rgya bod yig tshang, rnam dag khrims khang gling khrims phog? Janos Szerb, Bu ston s History of Buddhism in Tibet, Wien: Verlag der Oestereichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1999, pp , Pasang Wangdu & Hildegard Diemberger 90 Szerb Khri lde srong btsan MahÅvyutpatti 'Khon Klu'i dbang po

5 rnying ma rgyud 'bum 56 (Sed mi mi bdun) Ka cog rnam gsum sgra bsgyur grwa mdo sde sna tshogs las btus pa gsung rab rin po che'i gtam Phyi'i yul dran rgyud du yod par 'dod pa sel ba mtshan nyid gsum mdor bstan pa lta ba'i rim pa bshad pa Ka ba yul sna 61 the radical 58 'dzin chos grags Gangs ljongs lo rgyus thog gi grags can mi sna Klu'i dbang po mtshan byang, bam po slo ka Szerb Don rdo bstan 59 Tulku Thondup, Master of Meditation and Miracles, The Longchen Nyingthig Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, Boston & London: Shambhala, 1996, 106 Herbert Guenther, The Teachings of Padmasambhava, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996, 6, 8 60 Pasang Wangdu and Hildegard Diemberger

6 38 39 Tantrist bya byed grong yul gtam mi glang/ sbyin dang cho ga'i las mi bya dge ba'i las kyang g.yeng 'gyur na/ sdig las mi bya smos ci dgos sgom pa'i rim pa pa bsgom pa'i rim pa la rdzogs bsgom lung bshes sngags kyi dge G. Tucci, Minor Buddhist Texts, Part II, First Bha vana krama of Kamala± la, Sanskrit and Tibetan Texts with Introduction and English Summary, Roma: IsMEO, 1958, p. 114; Guenther 8 63 Tucci 139 Gomez Pasang Wangdu and Hildegard Diemberger sngags kyi dge bshes pha cig [ska ba dpal brtsegs kyis bzheng] ma hva yo ga'i lta ba bdag nyid chen por lta bar bzheng de/ chos [rig pa] phung po khams 'byung ba cir snang cir srid kyang/ ye nas bdag nyid kyi rig pa byang chub kyi sems yin te/ de ci'i phyir zhe na/ thams cad du rang rgyud pa med pa dang/ bdag las gzhan pa ma yin pa dang/ gnyis pa ma yin pa dang/ bdag nyid yin pa dang ngo bo gcig pa'i phyir/ 'jig rten thams cad yongs btang ste/ rdul tsam 'dzin pa'i sems med pas/ sbyin pa'i pha rol phyin pa rdzogs/ nyes pa rdul tsam mi 'byung bas/ tshul khrims pha rol phyin pa rdzogs/ chos kyi dbyings la bzod pas na/ bzod pa'i pha rol phyin pa rdzogs/ de nyid don las mi g.yo bas/ brtson 'grus pha rol phyin pa rdzogs/ mnyam nyid mi g.yo bdag med pas/ bsam gtan pha rol phyin pa rdzohs/ dmigs med don la rang rig pas/ shes rab pha rol phyin pa rdzogs/.

7 chub sems dpa' dpal brtsegs Byang Lo tsva ba ska ba dpal brtsegs kyi bsgom lung las kyang/ cig car 'jug pa'i rnal 'byor pas/ ci la'ang mi rtog mi gnas shing/ mi rtog pa la'ang mi gnas par/ so sor rtog pa'i shes rab kyis/ don dam chos la mnyam par bzhag/ yang/ chos rnams stong par yi ches pas/ rnal 'byor nyid du gzhag pa'i tshe/ chos rnams rang bzhin dmigs med phyir, mi gnas mi chags mi rtog cing/ mi rtog pa la'ang mi gnas pa/ de ni don dam dbyings yin zhes/ gsung rabs pha rol phyin las bshad/ yang/ gang gis ma bcos mnyam gzhag pa'i re dogs sems la mi gnas par/ yang dag dmigs med don bsgom pa/ de yi theg pa chen po mthong/ zhes gsungs te/ kun nas nyon mongs pa dang/ rnam par byang ba zhes bya ba de ni gnyis te/ kun nas nyon mongs pa yongs su shes na rnam par byang ba la rlom sems su mi 'gyur zhing/ rlom sems thams cad legs par 'joms pa dang/ mthun par grol ba'i lam ni/ gnyis su med pa 'jug pa'o/

8 42 43 Kun dga' rdo rje Tshal pa po rnam par mi rtog snang ba Byang chub sems dpa' chen 1310 snar thang 70 de yang de'ang thob 'thob dpyod spyod dpyad 231 rigs kyi bu de dag la byang chub sems dpa' sems dpa' chen po rnam par mi rtog pa'i dbang du bya ba'i chos thos te/ rnam par mi rtog pa la bsam pa bzhag nas rnam par mi rtog pa'i mtshan ma thams cad yongs su spong ste rnam par rtog pa'i mtshan ma thams cad yongs su spong ste mi 231 Byang chub sems dpa' chen po rnam par mi snang ba 70 Helmut Eimer, Ein Jahrzehnt Studien zur Ueberlieferung des Tibetischen Kanjur, Wien: Arbeitskreis fuer Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien Universitaet Wien, 1992 (Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde, Heft 28) 231 de rnam par mi rtog pa'i dbyings la shing du brtson pa yin te/ re shig rnam par mi rtog pa'i dbyings la ni ma reg mod kyi rnam par mi rtog pa'i dbyings la ni ma reg mod kyi/ rnam par mi rtog pa'i dbyings la shing du brtson pa yin te/ re shig rnam par mi rtog pa'i dbyings la ni ma reg mod kyi rnam par mi rtog pa'i dbyings la ni ma reg mod kyi 232 rnam par rtog pa thams cad kyis gang rnam par ma brtags pa de rnam par mi rtog pa'i dbyangs so zhes rnam pa thams cad pa'i rnam par rtog pa thams cad kyis/ gang rnam par ma brtags pa de rnam par mi rtog pa'i dbyings so zhes 232 rnam pa thams cad mkhyen pa'i rnam par rtog pa thams cad kyis gang rnam par ma brtags pa de rnam par mi rtog pa'i chos kyi dbyings so zhes rnam pa thams cad pa'i rnam par rtog pa thams cad kyis/ gang rnam par ma brtags pa de rnam par mi rtog pa'i chos kyi dbyings so zhes

9 Eastman Broughton Jonathan A. Silk, The Heart Su tra in Tibetan, A Critical Edition of the two Recentions contained in the Kanjur, Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde, Heft 34. Wien: Arbeitskreis fuer Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien Universitaet Wien, Eastman Broughton Daiban koku daitoku sanzo hoshi shamon Hojo no kenkyu 38 (1967) (1968)

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12 50 51 A. Steal-Holstein, Sino-Indian Research Institute Alexander Freiherr von Stael-Holstein, The Kaçyapaparivarta, A Maha ya nasu tra of the Ratnakut a Class, edited in the original, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Baron A. von Stael-Holstein, A Commentary to the Kaçyapaparivarta, Edited in Tibetan and in Chinese, published jointly by the National Library of Peking and the National Tsinghua University, Peking Lin Li-kouang, Introduction An compendium de la loi Dharma-samuccaya- L aide-memoire de la vraie loi, Paris: A Maisonneuve, 1949; Dharmasamuccaya, Compendium de la loi; recueil de stances extraites du Saddharmasmrty-upsthana-sutra par Avalokitasimha, Chapiters I-V, Texte sanskrit edite avec la version tibetaine et les versions chinoises et traduit en francais, Paris: Adrien Maisonneuve, 1946, 3 vols. Lin Li-kouang, A Barean, P. Demieville and J. W. de Jong, Dharmasamuccaya: Compendium de la loi, pts. 1-2, Paris: Adrien Maisonneuve ; pt. 3, Paris: Adrien Maisonneuve

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