A 1174-24(14) Aṣṭaṣaṣṭiliṅga
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1174/24
Title: Aṣṭaṣaṣṭiliṅga
Dimensions: 38.5 x 13 cm x 77 folios
Material: thyāsaphu
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/40
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1174/24
Title Aṣṭaṣaṣṭiliṅga
Subject Stotra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material Thyasaphu
State complete
Size 38.5 x 13 cm
Binding Hole -
Folios 80
Lines per Folio 10
Foliation none
Illustrations In the middle of the manuscript there are more than 50 pages with drawings of various deities and a maṇḍala with Nāgas around the edge. The drawings are vivid, of good artistic quality and with many details.
Date of Copying
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3-40
Manuscript Features
The manuscript contains 32 Stotras, see A 1174-24 Stotrasaṃgraha for a complete list.
In many places a and e are indistinguishable, likewise ā and o.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namaḥ śivāya ||
kailāsaśikhare ramye nānādhātuvicitrite |
nānādhūmalatākīrṇṇe nānāpuṣpopasobhite ||
haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇṇe cakravākopasobhite ||
taruṇādityasaṃkāśe taptakāñcanasannibhe ||
śuddhasphaṭikasopāṇe(!) bhadrapadmaśilācale |
mandirasthaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ brahmā pṛcchati śaṃkaraṃ ||
abhivādya yathānyāyaṃ śivaṃ paramakāraṇaṃ |
stute kasmin stuteś(!) caiva kena vā dhāryyate jagat || ||
iśvara(!) uvāca ||
sarvvabhūtātmako rudraḥ sarvvarudraśivātmakaḥ |
umārudrātmakaṃ sarvvaṃ trailokye sacarācaraṃ || ||
brahmovāca ||
kuta sthānāni guhyāni devadeveśa bhūtale |
eva(!) me saṃśayo deva brūhi tatvena śaṅkara || ||
īśvara uvāca ||
vārāṇasyāṃ mahādevaṃ prayāge tu maheśvaraṃ |
naimiṣe devadeveśaṃ gayāyāṃ prapitāmahaṃḥ(!) ||
kurukṣetre viduḥ sthānuṃ prabhāśe śaśibhūṣaṇaṃḥ |
puṣkare tu ajogandhaṃ viśve ca vimaleśvaraṃ ||
aṭṭahāse mahānādaṃ mahindre(!) tu mahāvrataṃ |
ujjenyāṃ tu mahākālaṃ marudaṅge mahotkaṭaṃ || (fol. 22r8-22v4)
End
idaṃ guhyaṃ śucībhūtvā yaḥ paṭhec chivasannidhau ||
deśāśvamedhayajñānāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ ||
saṃvatsalaṃ kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ śrūyamāne vinaśyati ||
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭisatāni ca |
kāñcanena vimānena rudraloke mahīyate ||
rudra rudreti rudreti trīśaṃ kuryyād dvijottamaḥ |
kīrttanād eva deveśaṃ sarvvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 28 || || (fol. 23r3-5)
Colophon
iti aṣṭaṣaṣṭiliṃga saṃpūrṇṇaṃ || śubha || (fol. 23r5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1174/24n
Date of Filming 20-01-1987
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive (scan)
Catalogued by AM
Date 05-12-2013
