A 1354-21 Rudrākṣamāhātmya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1354/21
Title: Rudrākṣamāhātmya
Dimensions: 13.5 x 6 cm x 6 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari; Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date: NS 841
Acc No.: NAK 1/1378
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1354-21
Inventory No. 101008
Title Rudrākṣamāhātmya
Remarks assigned to the Skandapurāṇa.
Author
Subject Māhātymya
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari-Newari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 13.5 x 6.0 cm
Binding Hole
Folios 6
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation figures in the upper left-hand and lower right-hand margin of the verso under the marginal title ru.maṃ is in fol. 1 and 2 only
Date of Copying [NS] 841
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/1378
Manuscript Features
Rudrākṣamāhātmya is available on the exposures 1, 2 and 3a is in devanagari script and on the exposures 3b, 4–7 is in Newari script. it seems incomplete two different text books of the same text.
Excerpts
Beginning
saptavaktro mahāsenopyanaṃto nāmanāmataḥ
suvarṇa śu(2)bhadaś caiva daridro bhavet || (!)
rudrā[kṣa]ścāṣṭavaktraś ca kārtti(3)keyo vidhānataḥ
jīved varṣaśataṃ sāgrāṃ bhṛtyo bhavati (4) śūlabhṛt ||
bhairavo navavaktras tu kapilaḥ sa munismṛ(5)taḥ
dhārayed vāmahaste ca mama [[tu]]lyo bhavadbhūvaḥ (!) || (fol. 1r1–5)
Sub-colophon
iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe kārttikasaṃvā(6)de mamtraḥ (!) īśvaraproktaṃ rudrākṣāmāhātmyaṃ samāptaṃ || || śubhaṃ (fol. 2v5–6)
End
kāmadevaṃ ca rudrākṣaṃ sadā kaṃṭhe (5) hi dhārayet |
siddhyanti sarvvakāryāni (!) bhāgya(1)hīnasya sarvvadā ||
caturdaśamukhaṃ caiva rudrākṣaṃ (2) prāpyate yadi |
dhāraṇāt satataṃ murddhni sarvvapā(3)paṃ praṇāśanaṃ (!) |
pūjyate satataṃ devaiḥ prapyate pu(4)ṇyasaṃcayaiḥ |
rudrākṣaṃ yo naro dhatte mad bhaktyā (5) vaiḥ (!) sadā kare |
śatārddhārdhapramāṇena, sa rū(1)dro nātra saṃśayaḥ || (fol. 5v4–6v1)
Colophon
iti śrīskandapurāṇe (2) kārtikasaṃvāde īśvaraproktaṃ rudrākṣa(3)māhātmyaṃ samāptaḥ (!) || || śubham astu sarvva(4)dā kalyānaḥ (!) || saṃ.841 śrāºº śuºº catu(‥) thva (5) khnu coya dhunakā dina juro || śubha || (fol. 6v1–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1354/21
Date of Filming 28-11-1988
Exposures 7
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by JU/MS
Date 18-10-2005
