Avadānas
Haḍḍa?, Kharoṣṭhī ∙ BL 21
BML edition (version 1, July 2026)
Recto: Nīlabhūti stotra (+ BL 11 + BL 24). To be updated by Melzer.
Verso: Avadāna. Barely legible, little remains.; based on Lenz 2010: 117–122.
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Nīlabhūti stotra
§ 1
r r1 /// + + + + + + + .. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + r2 /// + + + + + + .. + + + .. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + r3 /// imeṣu
.. va ṇiṣe a
.. pra
[to] s
. khaya
[da] ṇeṇa
[ra sa] .. + + + + + r4 /// .. ca so ca sijata ṇasti maṇa
[c] . te sati muṇ
[e] parigra
[ha] ariya si s
. .. ṇ
[i] m
. .. r5 /// .. .. .. . i
[a] .. .. patra va
◦ ṇa
.. .. kama
[va] .. .. ṣa
[su] a
.. [bhaṃ] .. [pi a ya] .. .. /// r6 akama ṇa
[ma] thabh
[upekṣa] .. ṇa ca s
. ka
[romi] .. [citajñe] ◦ kṣa
[sa] jopama mag
. .. .. [ṇa] r7 su
[ru ki] da durasa
[ṇu] sa
[ṃ] .. .. [ṇ] . sa
.. .. śi
[kṣite] ya
.. [śa] vi
[k] . .. .. .. .. ka
.. .. /// r8 /// .. .. .. [ṇa aryakaṇa ci] .. .. m
. .. .. .. .. .. śa
[ṇa] .. .. .. .. .. .. .. /// r9 n
. ca
[ṇi] .. ṇuma
[ta] mahatma bho
.. pravivega
[do] thabhu
[naṃ] vaha praśamaya
[ti] va
[dha] .. .. /// r10 /// .. .. .. .. [de] vata
[ya] ṇa
.. [k] . .. .. .. .. [yato ki] .. .. [ṣa] .. [r] ma
[s] . [r] . . [u] .. .. .. .. .. /// r11 ṣ
. bhiṇa taṇa
[ca] sa
[ra dha] ti
.. va
.. .. .. .. prabhaṣa
[te] /// r12 .. .. .. .. .. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + .. .. .. .. .. r13 /// .. .. .. mu ṇ
. [ś] . r
. [vi] .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ṇ
. .. .. .. .. .. .. [ca] mi
.. .. /// r14 /// .. .. .. .. /// r15 bhagava sta sahate ṇa sa
[ṃkṣa] ti
.. /// .. .. .. .. /// r16 /// .. .. y
. te
.. [kh] . .. /// .. ṇ
. bhagava vu
[cadi] /// r17 /// .. .. g
. va
.. [t] . ṣa ma
.. g
[o ·] ṇa
.. .. .. .. .. [ta va] .. .. pa
+ + + + . u
.. .. /// r18 /// .. .. .. .. y
. [p] . .. bh
. .. ///
Avadāna
§ 2
v v1 /// .. .. .. + + + + + + + + + + .. .. .. .. .. . u
///
v2 ///
(eva me) .. [ś]
(ru) do
ekasamaye bha
[gava śava]
(stie viharadi) [je] (davane) ///
v3 /// (bhag̱ava) [bhikṣ] u
[a] matre
[di
bhi] (kṣavo bhada) te
(te bhikṣu) ///
v4 bhag̱avado praca
[ś]
(o) ṣ
(u) + + + + +
///
v5 bhag̱ava ṣu
.. c
. .. .. mi
///
v6 kṣava dharma
[hod] . + + + + + ///
v7 .. [ri] sa
[r] va sa
.. .. + bhikṣa
///
v8 [aha] .. .. .. .. [s̱a] g
. .. .. .. ..
v9 .. .. [a] c
[e] va dha
[r] maṭhidaga dha
.. .. gu
v10 [ci] .. bh
. .. .. .. .. .. .. di
.. .. ..
… (Thus have I) heard. At one time the Blessed One stayed at Śrāvastī in the Jetavana.
… (The Blessed One) addressed the monks: "Monks." The monks responded to the Buddha:
"Venerable." … the Blessed One … dharma … all … monks …