A 1174-24(6) Nīlakaṇṭhāṣṭaka

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1174/24
Title: Nīlakaṇṭhāṣṭaka
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 Nīlakaṇṭhāṣṭaka

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.

Excerpts

Beginning

oṃ namaḥ śivāya || ||

himāṃsugaṃgāparibhūṣaṇāya kṛśānucandrārkkatrilocanāya |
yakṣendranāgāsuravanditāya śrīnīlakaṇṭhāya nama(!) stu nityaṃ || 1 ||

manobhavasyāṅgavilocanāya cakrīphalā(?)kuṇḍalamandarāya |
śilātmajāvaktravilocanāya śrīnīlakaṇṭhāya nama(!) stu nityaṃ || 2 ||

khaṭvāṅgabrahmāśiradhāraṇāya vibhūtisarvvāṅgavilepanāya |
triśūlaśastrākṣadharāyavāya(?) śrīnīlakaṇṭhāya nama(!) stu nityaṃ || 3 || (fol. 17r7-9)

End

trailokyapuṣpā(ṃ)jalipūjitāya jyotisvarūpāya surādhipāya |
rogādiduḥkhā(!) bhayanāśanāya śrīnīlakaṇṭhāya nama(!) stu nityaṃ || 7 ||

śrīnīlakaṇṭhāṣṭakam ātmaśuddhe paṭhanti mānuṣyavicakṣaṇenaḥ(!) |
prātaḥ sadā kālaśivālaye vā gacchanti lokaṃ khalu dehamu(ktā)n(!) || ○ || (fol. 17v2-4)

Colophon

iti śrīnīlakaṇṭhāṣṭaka(!) samāptaḥ || || śubham astu || || (fol. 17v4)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1174/24f

Date of Filming 20-01-1987

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive (scan)

Catalogued by AM

Date 29-11-2013