Stotra
Gandhāra, Kharoṣṭhī ∙ BC 8
BML edition (version 1, March 2026)
Text based on Baums 2020 (online), updated by Schlosser (2024; line numbering and several readings). Image reconstruction: Melzer.
§ 1
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§ 2
v. 1r1 yeṇa karpa [a]saṃkhea at[u]lia daṇaća diṇo sa[da] ◊
śila kṣ[a](ṃ)[ti] [tas̱e]va viryo a[t](u)lo j̄aṇa sada bhavida
r2 yeṇa prañae d(r)iṭha k[a](ṃ)[dha] v[a]śi[a] sa(r)[va sama] .. .. .. [◊]
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + puyaraho
śila kṣ[a](ṃ)[ti] [tas̱e]va viryo a[t](u)lo j̄aṇa sada bhavida
r2 yeṇa prañae d(r)iṭha k[a](ṃ)[dha] v[a]śi[a] sa(r)[va sama] .. .. .. [◊]
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + puyaraho
v. 1
yena kalpān asaṃkhyeyān atulyān dānaṃ ca dattaṃ sadā
śīlaṃ kṣāntiḥ tathaiva vīryam atulam dhyānaṃ sadā bhāvitam
yena prajñayā dṛṣṭāḥ skandhā vaśikāḥ sarva-(?) ⏑ – – ⏑ –
– – – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ – – – ⏑ pūjārhaḥ ‖ 1 ‖
śīlaṃ kṣāntiḥ tathaiva vīryam atulam dhyānaṃ sadā bhāvitam
yena prajñayā dṛṣṭāḥ skandhā vaśikāḥ sarva-(?) ⏑ – – ⏑ –
– – – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ – – – ⏑ pūjārhaḥ ‖ 1 ‖
v. 1
Who through uncountable eons has always given immeasurable gifts,
[whose] virtue, patience, and bravery are unequalled, whose meditation is always cultivated,
who through [perfect] insightⓝMaking the six perfections complete, namely dāna, śīla, kṣānti, vīrya, dhyāna, and prajñā.Click to pin has understood that the factors [of existence] are void [and] that all (?) + + + +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + is worthy of honor,
[whose] virtue, patience, and bravery are unequalled, whose meditation is always cultivated,
who through [perfect] insightⓝMaking the six perfections complete, namely dāna, śīla, kṣānti, vīrya, dhyāna, and prajñā.Click to pin has understood that the factors [of existence] are void [and] that all (?) + + + +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + is worthy of honor,
v. 2r3 yeṇa jadamatreṇa ohas̱ida makh[i] trisahasa y[a]kaṃpida ◊
vaya [bhaṣ̱id]. .. .. .. .. śe ah[o] moyiśa satva [duhe]
r4 [y](e)[ṇa] uj̄ita {ka} ñativasadiś̱̄a nikhato aṇagario ◊
ta[s]a śakamuṇisa sarvaradan[a]pu(r)y[a] trime [dha]d[ue]
vaya [bhaṣ̱id]. .. .. .. .. śe ah[o] moyiśa satva [duhe]
r4 [y](e)[ṇa] uj̄ita {ka} ñativasadiś̱̄a nikhato aṇagario ◊
ta[s]a śakamuṇisa sarvaradan[a]pu(r)y[a] trime [dha]d[ue]
v. 2
yena jātamātreṇāvabhāsitā mahī trisahasrā cākampitā
vācā bhāṣitā(?) – ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ ahaṃ mocayiṣyāmi sattvān duḥkhāt
yenojjhitā jñātivāsadiṅ niṣkrāntam anāgāriyaṃ
tasya śākyamuneḥ sarvaratnāpūryās traya ime dhātūḥ ‖ 2 ‖
vācā bhāṣitā(?) – ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ ahaṃ mocayiṣyāmi sattvān duḥkhāt
yenojjhitā jñātivāsadiṅ niṣkrāntam anāgāriyaṃ
tasya śākyamuneḥ sarvaratnāpūryās traya ime dhātūḥ ‖ 2 ‖
v. 2
who, just born, illuminated the earth and made the three-thousand world tremble,
[whose] speech is spoken (?) + + + + “I will liberate the beings from pain,”
who has abandoned his relatives, abode and region, [and who] has gone out into houselessness,
with all jewels of that Śākya sage are to be filled these three realms.
[whose] speech is spoken (?) + + + + “I will liberate the beings from pain,”
who has abandoned his relatives, abode and region, [and who] has gone out into houselessness,
with all jewels of that Śākya sage are to be filled these three realms.