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The provided fragment of the Triratnamangalastotram (Dkon mchog gsum la bkra shis kyi bstod pa) initiates a formal praise directed toward the Three Jewels. The text employs a traditional devotional structure, beginning with a salutation and proceeding to a descriptive characterization of the Buddha, specifically highlighting his physical attributes such as a complexion resembling refined gold. By utilizing the imagery of the Sage's purity and brilliance, the text seeks to establish an auspicious spiritual environment. The reader is committed to a meditative focus on the idealized qualities of the Three Jewels, transitioning from a general homage to a specific, detailed visualization of the Buddha's form. The fragment indicates a movement toward a comprehensive laudatory sequence intended to invoke auspiciousness through the recognition of enlightened qualities.
Provenance
About this text
A praise of the auspiciousness of the Three Jewels, the Triratnamaṅgalastotra is a work of the Indo-Tibetan tradition attributed to the Indian author Mātṛceṭa. The text entered the Tibetan language through the efforts of the translators Vidyākarasiṁhaprabha and zhu chen gyi lo tsa ba ban+de dpal brtsegs rak+si ta. It is preserved in the Tengyur, specifically within volume ཀ, where it comprises two pages and is situated within the Eulogy collection of the classical Tibetan corpus. In its enactment, the work initiates a formal devotional sequence, beginning with a salutation to the Three Jewels and proceeding to a detailed visualization of the Buddha. It characterizes the Sage through idealized physical attributes, such as a complexion resembling refined gold and eyes like blooming lotuses, to establish an auspicious spiritual environment. A scholar or serious reader consults this text today to examine the traditional laudatory structures used to invoke auspiciousness through the recognition of enlightened qualities, moving from a general homage to a specific, meditative focus on the brilliance and purity of the Buddha's form.
Sanskrit title
Triratnamaṅgalastotra
Indian author
Mātṛceṭa
Tibetan translators
Vidyākarasiṁhaprabha, zhu chen gyi lo tsa ba ban+de dpal brtsegs rak+si ta
Cite thisAnuvāda, “Praise of Auspiciousness to the Three Jewels” (Toh 1139), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh1139
Summary & commentary
Significance
This work serves as a standard liturgical tool for invoking auspiciousness within the Indo-Tibetan tradition. Its significance lies in its role as a bridge between Indian Sanskrit poetic forms and Tibetan translation practices, reflecting the transmission of Buddhist iconography and praise poetry.
Structure
Passages
Section
Description
1
Homage and Description
Initial salutations to the Three Jewels followed by the beginning of a physical description of the Buddha.
Themes
The Three Jewels (1)
Auspiciousness (1)
Iconography of the Buddha (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
AnuvādaPraise of Auspiciousness to the Three Jewels·
In the language of India: Triratnamangalastotram. In the language of Tibet: Dkon mchog gsum la bkra shis kyi bstod pa (A Praise of the Auspiciousness of the Three Jewels). Homage to the Three Jewels!
To the Sage, whose complexion is like the color of perfectly pure refined gold, who possesses a maṇḍala of light the span of an arm, whose eyes are like a blooming lotus, whose face is like the moon, and whose hair is the color of a bumblebee; to him whose lotus feet are touched by the crowns of Brahmā, Śakra, Kuvera, and Māra—to the Buddha-sun, from whom the stainless rays of the sublime Dharma emerge, I pay homage.
From that very Buddha-sun, which radiates the rays of reasoning, the rays of the sublime Dharma have emanated, illuminating all directions. To that sublime Dharma, through the realization of which the Sages have gone to peace, and which awakens those in the world who are perpetually asleep, I pay homage.
The fame spread by those very rays of the Tathāgata-sun is a pond of learning, beautiful with the stalks of the branches of awakening and the fragrance of discipline. With the cool, pure water of the formless concentrations, it possesses the excellent heart of nirvāṇa. To the Saṅgha-lotus grove that flourishes upon the earth, I pay homage with devotion and offer worship.
The Praise of the Auspiciousness of the Three Jewels, composed by the master Maṭricita, is complete. It was translated, edited, and finalized by the Indian preceptor Vidyākarasiṃhaprabha and the chief editor and translator, the monk Paltsek Rakṣita.