Collection British Library Responsibility Stefan Baums
Contents Nid-GL2 Parallels Scribes BLS04
Frame 17 Fragment 7 Other ID J4.3
Type Date 0-100 Basis for date content, paleography
Medium Birch bark Findspot Hadda (Afghanistan) or Swat (Pakistan)? Last known location British Library, London, UK
Dimensions (cm) Lines (r) 10 Lines (v) 4
Editions Baums 2009 Other refs. Salomon 1999
Comments

Ancient Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhāra: the British Library Kharoṣṭhī Fragments
A Gāndhārī Commentary on Early Buddhist Verses: British Library Kharoṣṭhī Fragments 7, 9, 13 and 18
A

Aa1. (1) a[p]ramata s[pa]divata sutro tatra ṇideśo apramado baho­pragaro [ñadav]‍(*o) [kame]ṣu a [pa] .[o] va ja ṇa aprama///(*do)

Aa2. + + /// ? vuca[d]‍(*i) ? + ? da cito na d[o] ? ri a [ṣ]. ? [go] aprama[to] viharadi · apramado aśukra[ṇa dhama]///(*ṇa)

Aa3. + /// a ri ca ṇa + + ? ? ṇa · apramado vuc[a]d[i] ma g. ? ca · a ? da ga r[o] d[a] · apramado · yasa vu[ca]///(*di)

Aa4. + + /// ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? + + + + + + + + + + ? [t]. [do a]. [v]. [di] /// + + + + + + + + + + + +

Ca1. /// + + + + + + + + + + + ? ? ///

Ca2. /// d[i] śa [ṇo] ? ? ? [vo] · bhuda­k(*oḍ)‍[i] tasa ? ///

Ca3. /// ṇ. [ri] bh. [t]. ? ? ? ? ///

Da1. /// bhagavado tasagadasa ? ? ? ? [b]u[dha] ? ? ///

Da2. /// [sa] śa[sto deva­maṇu]śaṇa budh[o] ? ///

Da3. /// ? ? ///

B

Eb1. /// ṇ[u] dha [vo] samasikadho ? ///

Eb2. /// + + + + + + + + + + + ṇ. ṇa ? ? ///

Fb1. /// ? [yo] ? ? ///

Fb2. /// ? ? ? ? ///

Source: Stefan Baums


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