[RAS Hodgson MS 18] Mahat-svayambhūpurāṇam

language : Sanskrit
date : [1800?]
Paper; 6 lines on each page. No date on the manuscript, but Cowell and Eggeling note that the writing is “modern’, i.e. 19th century. Text is in eight adhyayas, corresponding with the chapters of RAS Hodgson MS 17. Text begins: śrīmatā yena saddharmastrailokye saṃprakāśitaḥ | śrīdhanantaṃ mahābuddhamvaṃde ‘haṃ śaraṇāśritaḥ A1 ends f.31v: iti śrīgośṛṅgaparvate svayambhucaityabhaṭṭārakoddeśe dharma dhātūtpanno nāma prathamo dhyāyaḥ || A2 ends f.59v; 3 ends f.67v; 4 ends f. 113v; 5 ends f.140v; 6(?) ; 7 ends f.167v. Manuscript acquired by Hodgson in Nepal. See p. 15 in Cowell, E. B. and Eggeling, J. ‘Catalogue of Buddhist Sanskrit manuscripts in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hodgson Collection)’, published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1875, Pt. 1, pp.1-56. Brian Houghton Hodgson, gift, 1835-6. Text in Sanskrit. Digitizing sponsor: Byoma Kusuma Buddhadharma Sangha