A 1033-2(2) Malamāsamāhātmya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1033/2
Title: Malamāsamāhātmya
Dimensions: 35 x 11.6 cm x 41 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/968
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1033-2
Title Malamāsamāhātmya
Remarks assigned to the Padmapurāṇa / Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa
Subject Māhātmya
Language Sanskrit
Text Features about Aśokavṛkṣa and Āśvinamāsa
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 33.5 x 12.3 / 35.0 x 11.6 cm?
Folios 41
Lines per Folio 10–14
Foliation figures in lower right-hand margin of the verso under the word rāma
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/968
Manuscript Features
Stamp: Vīrapustakālaya.
The first text in this manuscript is Aśokavratamāhātmya.
Excerpts
Beginning
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
atha malamāsamāhātmyaṃ likhyate ||
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ||
devadeva jagannātha bhuktimuktipradāyaka
kathayasva prasādena lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā || 1 ||
kathayaṃti muniśreṣṭhāḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanādayaḥ ||
adattaṃ naiva labhyeta dattam evopatiṣṭhate || 2 ||
yathā baṃdhyāgṛhasthasya pativaṃśavināśini (!) ||
tathā dānavihīnasya janma sarvaṃ nirarthakam || 3 || (fol. 38v5–7)
End
kadācin na kṛtaṃ pāpair malamāsavrataṃ naraiḥ ||
teṣāṃ pāpiṣṭhatā nityaṃ brahmahatyā pade pade || 22 ||
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ||
etat te kathitaṃ pārtha guhyād guhyataraṃ paraṃ ||
vājapeyāyūtaphalaṃ (!) śrotā vaktā labhet dhruvam iti (fol. 41v13–14)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1033/2b
Date of Filming 04-11-1985
Exposures 5
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks retake of A 328/23; two exposures of fols 41v–42r
Catalogued by JU/MS
Date 1-04-2004
