Anavataptagāthā
Haḍḍa?, Kharoṣṭhī ∙ RS 14
BML edition (version 1, May 2026)
Based von Salomon 2008. Reconstructions based on Baums (gandhari.org). Translation based on Salomon 2008 and the Gandharan Buddhist Texts version (2022).
The text is written on the recto only, with the verso left blank. Only the right half of the scroll is preserved.
Introductory Verses
§ 1
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v. 1 … (in Śrāvastī) …
v. 2
2 viaḍayakṣacariḏo maṇorama
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v. 2 Frequented by fierce yakṣas, charming … [whence] the waters reach ... (in four directions).
v. 3
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4 añatra ya i[dh]ri[bala]sa laviṇa
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v. 3… except [those] who have attained supernatural power. Come now, we will go to that
(lake) ...
v. 4
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5 mahirṣ[i]ṇa apraḏimasa taḏiṇo
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v. 4... of the Great Sage, the Incomparable Saviour …
v. 5
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v. 5 Having gone there, he …
Mahākāśyapa's Recitation
§ 2
v. 6
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8 [so ka]śave apaḏimasa śavao
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v. 6… That Kāśyapa, a disciple of the Incomparable One, (told of his) previous births ...
v. 7
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9 pracekabudhasa aḏa[s̱]i [da]kṣiṇa
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v. 7... “I gave a gift to a pratyekabuddha. The pratyekabuddha …
v. 8
10 [tasp]i [ci okapa]e dh[a](r)m[a] u[ta]me
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v. 8 And through him I came to believe in the supreme Dharma and f(ixed) [my mind] on
that Dharma … And my lifetime among the Kurus ...
v. 9
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v. 9… (among) the long-lived, …
v. 10
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[sa](ha)[sa](kh)[u](t)[va tri]triśe puṇapuṇa
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v. 10... one thousand times [I went] to [the realm of] the thirty-three, again and again,
with beautiful garlands, or(naments) …
v. 11
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v. 11 [With] the ripening of that same karma … very wealthy, [but] indifferent to the types
of five sensory pleasures.
v. 12
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v. 12... (ever) by me. [Then] the robe of a disciple of the Conqueror was seen [by me].
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v. 13
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v. 13Having renounced the world, I saw the Teacher … I honored [him]: ‘Venerable Sir, you
are (my) Teacher; I am [your] student.’
v. 14
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ṣuṇoi dharma masuro bhaṇami ḏe
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v. 14[The Buddha said:] ‘Just so, as … Listen to the sweet Dharma; I [will] tell [it] to
you if you wish ...’
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sataḵam eva a[v]u śeg̱e pugala
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v. 15... for just seven days, I was a person under instruction. During that time …
v. 16
21 tas̱evi vivaḵe utamo
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v. 16 [With] the final ripening of that same [karma] Śākyamuni, the Greatest of Men, was
encountered … (as he de)sires. 16
v. 17
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[vimu]tacito akhilo [a](ṇasavo)
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v. 17[with] the final ripening of that same karma, [my] mind is liberated, [I am] free
of mental harshness, free of (the depravities) … my (encounter) with those who are
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v. 18
suvutam eḏa agileṇa taḏiṇo
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v. 18This was well said by the Saviour, [who is] free of mental harshness. Thus, the Saviour
… (the Tathā)gata. An excellent deed was done in previous births.
v. 19
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v. 19Greatest of all, uncon(quered) … for one maintaining (proper behavior), as he desires.
As was properly considered with my mind, all ...