A 9-2 Brahmapurāṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 9/2
Title: Brahmapurāṇa
Dimensions: 33 x 5.5 cm x 136 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/1634
Remarks:
Reel No. A 9-2
Inventory No. 12561
Title Brahmapurāṇa
Author Vyāsa
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete and damaged
Size 33 x 5.5 cm
Binding Hole 1
Folios 136
Lines per Folio 5-6
Foliation figures in the right and letters in the left margins of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4-1634
Used for edition No
Manuscript Features
Folios 1-40, 43-44, 47, 54, 56, 61-62, 64-65, 74, 129-131, 133-138, 140, 150-151, 182-184, 186, 189-210 are missing. Two extra, almost blank, folios are placed between 119 and 120.
Excerpts
Beginning
raṇo nayate kva †gavanyathā |
sadṛśāpādayaṃ megha (!) tathā cintaya gopate ||
ravir uvāca ||
asaṃśayaṃ putra mahad bhaviṣyaty atra kāraṇaṃ
yena svām āviśat krodhe dharmmajñaṃ dharmmaśālinaṃ ||
sarvveṣām eva śāpānāṃ, pratighāto hi vidyate |
na tu mātrābhiśaptānāṃ kvacic chāpanivarttanaṃ || (fol. 41r)
Sub-colophon
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisaṃvāde sūryanāmāṣṭaśatakaṃ samāptaṃ || (fol. 47r)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisaṃvāde umāśaṅkarayor vvivāhaḥ || (fol. 72r)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde umāśaṅkarayor himavatparityāgaḥ || (fol. 78r)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde dakṣayajñavidhvaṃsanaṃ || (fols. 84v-85r)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe, svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde dakṣastavo nāma || (fol. 92v)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe, svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde ekāmrakṣetravarṇṇanam || (fol. 98v)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe, svayaṃbhūriṣisamvāde utkalavarṇṇanam || (fol. 102v)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde avantīvarṇṇanam || (fol. 108v)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde kṣetravarṇṇanam || (fol. 114r)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde pūrvvavṛttāntavarṇṇanam || (fol. 120v)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde kṣetravarṇṇanam || (fol. 122v)
ity ādibrahmapurāṇe [svayambhūṛṣisaṃvā]de prāsādakaraṇaṃ || (fol. 128rv<ref name="ftn1">This folio is wrongly placed at the end.</ref>)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde puruṣottamavarṇṇanam || (fol. 145v)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde mārkkaṇḍeyapralayadarśanam || (fol. 147r)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde mārkkaṇḍeyasya pralayadarśanam || (fol. 151r)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde bhagavatstavaḥ || (fol. 153v)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayambhūṛṣisamvāde mārkkaṇḍeyena puruṣottamadarśanam || (fol. 161v)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde śrīkṛṣṇadarśanamāhātmyaṃ || (fol. 166r)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde narasiṃhavarṇṇanaṃ || (fol. 171v)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde śvetamādhavamāhātmyaṃ || (fol. 178r)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde pūjāvidhiḥ || (fol. 188v)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde viṣṇulokakīrttanaṃ || (fol. 215r)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde puruṣottamadharmmamāhātmyaṃ || (fol. 217v)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde anantavāsudevamāhātmyaṃ || (fol. 223v)
ity ādibrahmāpurāṇe svayaṃbhūṛṣisamvāde kṣetramāhātmyaṃ || (fol. 226r)
End
ye paśyanti vibhuṃ stuvanti varadaṃ dhyāyanti muktipradaṃ
bhaktyā śrīpuruṣottamākhyam ajaraṃ saṃsāraduḥkhāpahaṃ |
te bhuktvā manujendrabhogam amalāḥ svargge ca divyaṃ sukhaṃ,
paścād yānti samastadoṣarahitāḥ sthānaṃ harer avyayaṃ || ഠ ||
ity ādibrahmapurāṇe svayambhūṛṣisaṃvāde ka.. .. .. (fol. khaṇḍaṃ) samāptaṃ || || ity puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmyaṃ samāptaṃ || ۞ || (fol. 240r–v)
Colophon
dīnaughaprabalapracaṇḍabalavad vairitra(! ) sadvikrama(! )
vyāhavyāvṛtasāṃyugīnamadavatmātaṅgapañcānanaḥ(! ) |
mārttaṇḍābhijanāravindanikaraprodbodhanāhaskaraḥ
sa śrīmān kṣitimaṇḍale vijayate śrīviśvamallaḥ prabhuḥ ||
tasya vijayarājye ||
doḥśailartubhir aṅkite hy ayanage mārgge tamisre tithau,
vīṇāpāṇibha aryamāhani tadā sadbrahmapaurāṇakaṃ,
māhātmyaṃ puruṣottamasya ca pumaḥ(! ) kṣetrasya ca prālikhad
draṣṭuṃ gantumanā mudāmaraharir vvaidyaḥ satatvārṇṇavaḥ ||
aśuddho pi ca saṃkhidya bhatkamūlena cetasā || (fol. 240v)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 9/2
Date of Filming not available
Exposures 162
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks Folios about the end are in disorder.
Catalogued by DA
Date 2002
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