A 266-6 Brahmavaivartapurāṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 266/6
Title: Brahmavaivartapurāṇa
Dimensions: 38.5 x 8.5 cm x 95 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/944
Remarks:
Reel No. A 266-6
Inventory No. 12742
Title Brahmāvaivartapurāṇa
Remarks
Author
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari, Maithili, Newari
Material paper
State complete
Size 31.0 x 16.5 cm
Binding Hole(s)
Illustrations
Folios 112
Lines per Folio 13
Foliation figures on the verso, in the left hand margin under the abbreviation brahmā. and in the right hand margin under the word rāmaḥ
Scribe
Date of Copying’’’
Place of Copying
King
Donor
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/987
Manuscript Features
Upto fol. 25 the script is Newari, upto 35 it is Maithili and after that proceeds with Devanagari scipt.
Excerpts
«Beginning »
❖ oṁ namaḥ śrīmahāgaṇapataye ||
bhavānītanayādyādyatanayānandadāyaka |
kāśivāsajanāghaughahārin ḍhuṁḍhe namo [ʼ]stu te ||
jayati jayati kāśi kāśitajñānarāśiḥ
śivahariharadhātṛśrīgaṇeśāṃvikānāṃ |
nivasatir iyam ādyā tāṃ bhajadhvaṃ bhajadhvaṃ
smarata namata śuddhāṃ śuddhaye kīrttayadhvaṃ || ||
ṛṣaya ucuḥ ||
yugāni gugamānaṃ ca yugadharmās sanātanāḥ |
yugeṣu lokacaritaṃ śrutam asmābhir ādituḥ |
punaḥ kaliyugasyāsya svarūpaṃ varṇayāditaḥ |
kalinā dharmamitreṇa vañcitā api sajjanāḥ || ||
sūta uvāca ||
saṃhṛtya sarvvaṃ suptyāṃbhasy advayo harir avyayaḥ |
prabuddho budhasaṃsevyas tadā nābher ajāyata |(fol. 1v1–4)
«End »
sūta uvāca || ||
ādau kāśyāṃ dharmamārgeṇa vāsaḥ
pāpatyāgtaḥ kāśimāhātmyadṛṣṭiḥ |
dehaṃ gehaṃ vittaputrādi yasya
sarvaṃ tuṣṭhaṃ so[ʼ]dhidkārī mahātmā ||
jīvan dehaṃ kāśikāṃ kartum icchan
kuryyād devai(!) tan na citraṃ nṛṇāṃ hi |
dehaḥ kāśī kāśikādeharūpā
tasya proktā yo viraktaḥ sadāste ||
tathāpi munayo vacmi guhyād guhyataraṃ paraṃ ||
liṃgatīthāny anekāni yathā bhāti śarīrake ||
tathā śṛṇudyam āścaryaṃ kva meruḥ sarṣapodare ||
āścaryakārimananaṃ nānākhyānais tatho((tta))re |
sthūlād api sthūlatarā kāśikā brahmarūpiṇī ||
yathā manuṣyadehe [ʼ]smin śodhite nātivastutaḥ || ❖ |(fol. 95v7–10)
«Colophon »
iti śrībrahmavaivarttatṛtīyavibhāge ṣaḍviṃśo((dhyā))yaḥ samāptaḥ || iti tṛtīyavibhāgaḥ || || saṃvat 810
caitravadi dvitīyo citrārkke taddine samāptāḥ ||| (fol. 95v10)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 0266/06
Date of Filming 24-02-1972
Exposures 97
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by MS/RA
Date 24-11-2011
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