A 1174-24(17) Sudarśanapradāna

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1174/24
Title: (Nārāyaṇasya)Sudarśanapradāna
Dimensions: 38.5 x 13 cm x 77 folios
Material: thyāsaphu
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kathā
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/40
Remarks: subject uncertain;

Reel No. A 1174/24

Title Sudarśanapradāna

Remarks ascribed to Ādityapurāṇa

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 ||

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ ||
sudarśanākhyaṃ yac cakraṃ labdhavāns(!) tat kathaṃ hariḥ |
mahādevād bhagavata(!) sūta tad vaktum arhasi || ||

sūta uvāca ||
devāsurāṇām abhavat saṃgrāmo dbhutadarśanaḥ |
devāś ca nirjjitā daityair vviṣṇuśaraṇam āgatā ||
stutvā taṃ vividhai stotraiḥ praṇamya purasasthitāḥ(!) |
bhayabhītāś ca te sarvve dānavaiḥ kleśitā bhṛśaṃ ||
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā prāha bhagavān devadevo janārddinaḥ |
kimartham āgatā devā vaktum arhatha sāmprataṃ ||
vacaḥ śrutvā harer ddevāḥ praṇamyocuḥ surottama |
nirjjitā dānavaiḥ sarvve śaraṇaṃ tvām ihāgatā(!) ||
gatis tvam eva devānāṃ trātā tvaṃ puruṣottama |
hantum arhasi tān kṣipram avadhyān vārijekṣaṇa || (fol. 58r1-4)

End

aśvamedhasahasrasya phalam bhavati niścitaṃ |
paṭhate sarvvabhāvena vidyā ca mahatī bhavet ||
jāyate mahad aiśvaryyaṃ śivasya dayito bhavet |
dustare jalasaṃghāte taj jalaṃ sthalatāṃ vrajet ||
hārāyante mahāsarppāḥ siṃhakrīḍā mṛgāyate |
tasmān nāmnāṃ sahasreṇa stotavyo bhagavān śivaḥ ||
prayacchate khilāt[[kā]]mān(!) dehān te ca parāṃ gatiṃ || || (fol. 58r1-3) <references/>

Colophon

ity ādityapurāṇe mānavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ nārāyaṇasya sudarśanapradānaṃ nāma ekonacatvariṃśatitamo dhyāyaḥ || || śrīsadāśivaprītir astu || || śubhaṃ bhūyāt sarvvadā || || (fol. 62r3-4)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1174/24q

Date of Filming 20-01-1987

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive (scan)

Catalogued by AM

Date 06-12-2013