Dear Guy, Samuel, and Péter-Dániel,

Thank you all very much for your help.

I've requested a PDF scan of chapter 7 from the Isaacson & Sferra book via worldcat. I am also currently conducting research in Kathmandu, so I will see if the MS/microfilm is still available directly from the Kaiser Library. Thank you Péter-Dániel for this lead.

For the sake of thoroughness, I will also follow up with the University of Calgary Library, as it appears they too have some or all of the IASWR collection. Thank you Guy St Amant and Samuel Grimes for this suggestion.

Mangalam.

On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 1:10 PM Péter-Dániel Szántó <szantopeterdaniel@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Westin,

Please see pp. 421-430 in Harunaga Isaacson & Francesco Sferra. 2014. The Sekanirdeśa of Maitreyanātha (Advayavajra) with the Sekanirdeśapañjikā of Rāmapāla. Critical Edition of the Sanskrit and Tibetan Texts with English Translation and Reproductions of the MSS. Manuscripta Buddhica 2. Hamburg: Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg & Napoli: Università degli studi di Napoli ‘L’Orientale’.

These pages contain a re-edition, translation, and a reproduction of the ms. (Kaiser Library 142, b/w but very legible).

Best wishes,
Peter

On Sat, 8 Jan 2022 at 00:22, Westin Harris via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Greetings Indologists,

Happy new year.

Does anyone know where the microfilm of the so-called Shamsher Manuscript (alternative titles: Sham Shere Manuscript, Amansikārakrama, or Amanasikārāmnaya) is presently held?

Citations in secondary sources suggest that it was originally catalogued as MB II-144 in the collection of the now-defunct Institute for the Advanced Study of World Religions at Stony Brook University, NY. The librarian at Stony Brook said the IASWR collection was donated to the Woo Ju Memorial Library in the early 1990s. In turn, the representative of the Woo Ju library said that they transferred the IASWR collection to UVA in 2006. However, the librarian at UVA came up empty handed.

Does anyone know where I can find the original microfilm? Or better yet, does anyone have a PDF of the original MS that they can share? I already have access to at least three different editions (Tucci, Levi, and Pandey), but I wish to examine scans of the original MS itself.

I have searched worldcat using several titles and keywords but I have had no luck.

Thank you for your help.

Sincerely,

Westin Harris
Ph.D. Candidate
Study of Religion
University of California, Davis
https://religions.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris

2021 Dissertation Fellow,
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies

Sarva Mangalam.

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