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The catalogue of the manuscripts

The preliminary catalogue (see navigation to the left) is prepared after the model of the British Library manuscripts catalogue contained in Salomon 1999 (42-53) with the same sort of reservation due to its preliminary character (ibid.: 42-43). Accordingly, the following information will be included:

1. General condition: Information about the general form, state of preservation, special features.
2. Measurements: width x height, lines, Aksharas per line (a/l) (approximate value).
3. If the scroll is divided into several parts we will give the measurements and line figures of the entire scroll. The data of the single parts can be drawn from the accompanying table. If the original width or length of the scroll is preserved the figures are underlined.
4. Hands: The script used is ascribed to a particular scribe.
5. Contents: Short description only. A more detailed description is given just below this summary.

In the cases of long scrolls the fragments are divided into several parts, which are numbered according to the sequence of their documentation. In the process of reconstruction they will be arranged in the correct order while the numbers given here will remain unchanged.

The data presented on this homepage are extracted from the catalogue and survey contained in Strauch 2007.

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download table (May 2007, 51 KB)

Fragment		Frame	Size (max.) (hxw)		Aksh. per line	Lines	Size Aksh. (mm)	Contents	Scribe
1	Part 1	1	16,5 x 23	r	42	27	6	Dakṣiṇāvibhaṅga-/ Gautamīsūtra (MĀ)	1
				v	20	10	10	Dhāraṇī (?)	2
	Part 2	16	17, 5 x 20,5	r		21		Dakṣiṇāvibhaṅga-/ Gautamīsūtra (MĀ)	1
				v		12		Dhāraṇī (?)	2
	Part 3	12	17,5 x 27	r		27		Dakṣiṇāvibhaṅga-/ Gautamīsūtra (MĀ)	1
				v		1		Dakṣiṇāvibhaṅga-/ Gautamīsūtra (MĀ)	1
2	Part 1	2	18 x 22	r	49	41	4-5	Mahāyānasūtra, with parallels to the Akṣobhyavyūha	3
				v	39	28	5-6	=	3
	Part 2	3	18 x 26	r		45		=	3
				v		29		=	3
	Part 3	4	17,5 x 28	r		45		=	3
				v		35		=	3
	Part 4	5	17 x 31	r		49		=	3
				v		39		=	3
	Part 5	6	18 x 28,5	r		47		=	3
				v		33		=	3
	Part 6	7	17 x 26	r		40		=	3
				v		40		=	3
	Part 7	8	18 x 33	r		58		=	3
				v		39		=	3
	Part 8	31	17,5 x 8,5	r		14		=	3
				v		6		=	3
	Part 9	34	17 x 13,5	r		8		=	3
				v		11		=	3
	Part 10	35	17 x 7,5	r		10		=	3
				v		blank		=	blank
3	Part 1	17	16 x 18	r	30	18	5-7	Rakṣā text containing a spell called Manasvi-Nāgarāja-Vidyā	4
				v		blank			blank
	Part 2	9	17 x 21	r		21		Rakṣā text containing a spell called Manasvi-Nāgarāja-Vidyā	4
				v		12		=	4
4	Part 1	10	25 (?) x 19	r	60 (?)	ca. 22	5	Scholastic text, undetermined (similar to 6,11)	5
				v		ca. 18	5	=	5
	Part 2	18	25 (?) x 17	r		ca. 21		=	5
				v		ca. 4		=	5
5		11	11 x 37	r	20	40	6	Buddhist verses  in Arapacana order	6
				v		41		=	6
6	Part 1	29	15,5 x 7,5	r	32	ca. 7	5-6	Scholastic text, undetermined (similar to 4,11)	19
				v	32	ca. 8		=	19
	Part 2	30	15 x 9,5	r		11	5-6	=	19
				v		9		=	19
	Part 3	32	16,5 x 9,5	r		ca. 8		=	19
				v		ca. 4		=	19
7		13	16 x 6	r	ca. 40	ca. 7	6-7	Karmavācanā (śayyāsanagrāhaka)	7
				v		ca. 5		Karmavācanā (varṣopagamana)	7
8		14	21,5 x 19	r	41	4	5-6	Buddhastotra (?), metrical	8
				v		blank
9	Part 1	15	16 x 39	r	29	39	5-6	Nīti text in Kharoṣṭhī-Sanskrit	9
				v	27	33	7-10	Scholastic text, undetermined	10
	Part 2	24	16 x 16	r		14		Nīti text in Kharoṣṭhī-Sanskrit	9
				v		14		Scholastic text, undetermined	10
10		19	16 x 23	r	32	17	5-7	Buddha praise, non-metrical	11
				v		blank			blank
11	Part 1	20	15,5 x 15,5	r	40	26	5-6	Scholastic text, undetermined (similar to 4, 6)	5
				v	40	19		=	5
	Part 2	21	15,5 x 22	r		35		=	5
				v		18		=	5
12		22	15,5 x 14	r	29	16	6-9	Scholastic text, undetermined	12
				v	29	14		=	12
13		23	16 x 23	r	34	25		Prātimokṣasūtra, Naiḥsargika pācittiya 1-9	13
				v	31	22		Prātimokṣasūtra, Naiḥsargika pācittiya 1-8	14
14		33	10 x 7	r	28	10	5-6	Scholastic text, undetermined (similar to 16, 18)	18
				v	22	7		=	18
15		25	21 x 19	r	60	15	3-5	Letter/document	15
				v		blank		blank	blank
16	Part 1	27	12 x 10	r	15	10-11	5-6	Scholastic text, undetermined (similar to 14, 18)	18
				v	15	10-11		=	18
	Part 2	28	12 x 10	r	15	10-11		=	18
				v	15	10-11		=	18
17	Part 1	26	23 x13	r	36	ca. 5	5	Buddhist verses (?)	16
				v	?	ca. 3	7	=	17
	Part 2	25	10,5 x 2	r		ca. 3		=	16
				v		ca. 2		=	17
18		32	17 x 19	r	40	20	5-6	Scholastic text, undetermined (similar to 14, 16)	5
				v	40	19		=	5

Survey of the manuscripts of the Bajaur collection.

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