A 963-6 Mantrakaumudī
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 963/6
Title: Mantrakaumudī
Dimensions: 34 x 4.5 cm x 107 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mantra
Date: NS 476
Acc No.: NAK 6/3
Remarks:
Reel No. A 963-6
Title: Mantrakaumudī
Author: Devanātha
Subject: Mantra, Tantra
Language: Sanskrit
Text Features: The date of composition is stated in the colophon as Lakṣmaṇa Samvat 200.
Manuscript Details
Script: Maithili
Material: palm-leaf
State:
Size: 34 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole: 1, left of the centre
Folios: 107
Lines per Folio: 5-6
Foliation: figures in the left margin of the verso
Scribe: Gaṅgārāma
Date of Copying: LS 476 (28 October 1595, Saturday)
Place of Deposit: NAK
Accession No.: 6-3
Manuscript Features
Three folios which do not belong to this manuscript are added at the beginning. The first two of them are illegible because the script is rubbed off, the third is half broken. It begins:
aupālambhamātravyāpāratvaramāṇasahacarī sārthavivacito panītakamalinīdalajalārddraśamanīye tannidrakeṇa rajaṇīṅ gamayati , katham apy u⁅palabdha⁆ ++///
On top of the folio the following is written:
calavīcirāgavacanāpaṭavaḥ |
Excerpts
Beginning
‥‥‥maṇitaśrutair mṛgadṛśāṃ mālāvadāne valat
pañceṣor nniśitaḥ śaro nidhuvanakrīḍātaror aṅkuraḥ |
ātodyadhvananaṃ manobhavamanorājyābhiṣekaḥ śriyaḥ |
svānte śātasurī kariṣyati cirāt kaṃsārivaṃśī varaḥ
adharanihitavaṃśī nādapīyūṣasārair
vrajayuvatijanānāṃ mohayan mānasāni |
hṛdayakamalamadhye yogibhir bbhāvanīyo
haratu duritajātaṃ devakīnandano naḥ ||
yo bhūt purā ravikaraḥ sakalāgamajñas
tasyātmajo (vuṣi)(?)karo sya ca keśavo pi |
tasyātmajaḥ sakalatantrasarojabhāsvān
govinda eva bhuvane viditaś cakāsti ||
End
maukunde pādapadme sarabhasam adharībhūtacetāḥ purastād
ārād āliṅgya pādāmbujayugalarajogauravaṃ gauraveṇa |
mātuḥ pādāravindopari luṭhitaśirāḥ sādaraṃ śūlapāṇeś
cūtāpītāvalambī vidhur iva vidadhe kaumudīn devanāthaḥ || (103v6-104r2)
Colophon
yas tarkkatantraramaṇīkamanīyakānto
⟪yo⟫ govinda eva bhuvane viditaḥ sukīrttiḥ |
tasyātmajena racitā khalu kaumudīyaṃ
śrīdevanāthavi(bu)dhena satāṃ mude stu ||
abde lakṣmaṇasenasya viyacchūnyā(!)(dvi)lakṣite |
akarot kaumudīm etān devanātho jagaddhitāṃ ||
iti śrītarkkapañcānanamahāmahopādhyāyaśrīdevanāthakṛtā mantrakaumudī samāptā || || lasaṃ 476 kārttikavadi daśamyāṃ śanau (simaravālū)bhrāme karaṇa(?) śrī[[gaṅgārāmasya likhitaikhā(!)pustakam iti]]<ref> Addition in the right margin of the last folio.</ref> (fol. 104r2-4) <references/>
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 963/6
Date of Filming: 15-11-1984
Exposures:
Used Copy: Berlin
Type of Film: negative
Catalogued by AM
Date: 12-07-2010
