Identification
Located in (Site)
Accession number
ON. 116, ON. 117, ON. 118, ON. 118, ON. 118
Serial number
266
Stored in (Institution)
Currently collected in (Collection)
Basics
Works contained (5)
Incomplete (Folia 122, 266 missing)
It stands apart by being composed in prose and by lacking the Jinaśrī-Jayaśrī and Upagupta-Aśoka narrative frames.This mss has 8 chapters, from folia 286b1- 294a6
The Vyāghrīkathā (or the Vyāghrījātaka) is the tale of a bodhisattva who had thrown himself off a cliff in a previous life to feed a hungry tigress and her cubs. fols. 295-300, 3 leaves (fols. 301-303) are missing.
Samvat 1025 (c.e.1904), Folios 304–309 contain a text with a name inscribed on the edges of two papers.
These are sections of the larger Mahāvastu (avadāna). Fols. 309-312.
Script
Devanagari
Scholarship and Resources
Scholarship (1)
Resources (1)
Also collected in (Collection)
Physical
Width
6" (≈15.24cm)
Height
12" (≈30.48cm)
Material
Paper
Condition
Good
Physical completeness
Incomplete
Number of folios
312
Lines per page
14
Letters per line
46