A 1311-18 (Saptaśatī)Devīmāhātmya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1311/18
Title: (Saptaśatī)Devīmāhātmya
Dimensions: 20 x 4.5 cm x 65 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date: NS 375
Acc No.: NAK 1/1559
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1311-18
Inventory No. 107265
Title Saptaśatī
Remarks also known as Caṇḍīstava or Devīmāhātmya, assigned to the Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa
Author
Subject Purāṇa / Stotra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State almost complete
Size 20 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 1 in the centre
Folios 65
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso
Scribe Udayaharṣa Varman, Bhalloka
Date of Copying NS 375 caitraśukla 13 soma
Place of Copying Bhaktapura
King Abhayamalla
Donor Jayatarāma
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/1559
Manuscript Features
Fols. 22, 43 and 53 are missing but there are there unrelated extra folios in the end.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namaś caṇḍikāyai ||
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ||
sāvarṇṇiḥ sūryatanayo yo manuḥ kathyate ʼṣṭamaḥ |
nisāmaya tadutpattiṃ vistarād gadato mama ||
mahāmāyānubhāvena yathā manvantarādhipaḥ |
sa babhūva mahābhāgaḥ sāvarṇis tanayo raveḥ ||
svārociṣe ʼntare pūrvvañ caitravaṃśasamudbhavaḥ |
suratho nāma rājābhūt samaste kṣitimaṇḍale ||
tasya pālayataḥ samyak prajāḥ putrān ivaurasān |
babhūvuḥ śatrvo bhūpāḥ kolāvidhvaṃsinas tathā ||
tasya tair abhavad yuddham atiprabaladaṇḍinaḥ |
nyūnair api sa tair yuddhe [[ko]]lāvidhvaṃsibhir jitaḥ ||
tataḥ svapuram āyāto nijadeśādhipo bhavat |
ākrāntaḥ sa mahābhāgas tais tadā prabalāribhiḥ |
amātyair balibhir dduṣṭair ddurbalasya durātmabhiḥ | (fols. 1v1–2r3)
End
devy uvāca ||
svalpair ahobhir nṛpate svaṃ rājyaṃ prāpsyate bhavān |
hatvā ripūn askhalitaṃ tava tatra bhaviṣyati |
mṛtaś ca bhūya (!) saṃprāpya janma devād vivasvataḥ |
sāvarṇṇīko manur nāma bhavān bhuvi bhaviṣyati |
vaiśyavarya tvayā yac ca vṛtaṃ matto bhivāṃchitaṃ |
taṃ prayacchāmi saṃsiddhyai tava jñānaṃ bhaviṣyati ||
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ||
iti datvā tayor devī yathābhilaṣitaṃ varaṃ |
babhūvāntarhitā sadyo bhaktyā tābhyām abhiṣṭutā |
evaṃ devyā varaṃ labdhvā surathaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ |
sūryāj janma samāsādyaḥ (!) sāvarṇṇir bhavitā manuḥ || ○ ||
iti mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye caṇḍīstavaḥ samāptaḥ || ○ || (fols. 64r5–65r1)
Colophon
mahārājādhirājaparameśvaraparamabhaṭṭārakaśrīmadabhayamalladevasya rājye | || śrībhaktāpurinivāśine jayatarāmasya pāṭhanimittena bhallokaüdayaharṣavarmeṇa likhitam idaṃ |
na me doṣa (!) guṇo vāpi anulekhaviparyayaḥ |
yathaiva likhitaṃ pūrvaṃ tathaiva likhitaṃ mayā ||
nepālasamvatsare bāṇaśailaharāṃnukaṃ |
māse caitraśuklatrayodaśyāṃ | somavāsare |
śubham astuḥ || (fol. 65r1–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1311/18
Date of Filming n
Exposures 69
Used Copy Hamburg
Type of Film negative
Remarks
Catalogued by DA
Date 24-11-2005
