A 974-9 Agastyakathā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 974/9
Title: Agastyakathā
Dimensions: 22.5 x 6.4 cm x 6 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date: NS 796
Acc No.: NAK 1/505
Remarks:
Reel No. A 974/9
Inventory No. 14903
Title Agastyakathā
Remarks according to the colophon, extracted from Kulālulikāmnāyatantra
Author
Subject Stotra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 22.5 x 6.4 cm
Binding Hole(s)
Folios 6
Lines per Folio 5–7
Foliation figures in the middle right hand margin on the verso
Scribe
Date of Copying NS 796
Place of Copying
King
Donor
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/505
Manuscript Features
The text begins with the foliation no. 56. So it looks that this is a section of MTM.
Missing folio : 58
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṁ namo nārāyaṇāya ||
athāgastyakathā likhyate ||
dharmmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ dāyine kumbhayonaye |
sarvvadevasvarūpāya jagato gurave namaḥ || ||
devy uvāca ||
ataḥ paraṃ samācakṣva kārttavīryyasya bhūpateḥ |
cakravarttipadasthasya kiṃ vṛttāntaṃ maheśvara || ||
śrībhairava uvāca ||
śrūyatān devi vṛttāntaṃ kārttavīryyasya bhūbhujaḥ |
vindhyopakaṇṭhavipinaṃ tapasyantaṃ ca haihayaṃ ||
pitaraṃ draṣṭukāmo ʼsau jagāma kṛtavīryyasūḥ ||
tapovanaṃ samāsādya pitroḥ pādāmbunā(!)rccanaṃ ||
kṛtvā tatraiva tasthau sa harṣanirbharamānasaḥ ||
dattātreyo muniś cāpi tadā tatrāśramasthitaḥ | (56r1–6)
End
kārttavīryya uvāca ||
bhagavaṁs tvanmukhodgīrṇaṃ agastyasya mahāmuneḥ |
śrutaṃ śreṣṭham upākhyānaṃ mahāpuṇyaphalapradṃaṃ |
aham apy ācariṣyāmi kumbhayonivrataṃ guro ||
ity uktvā taṃ namaskṛtvā dattātreyaṃ mahāguruṃ ||
nijarājyaṃ yayau so tha bubhuje dharmmato mahīṃ ||
īśvara uvāca ||
etat te kathitaṃ devi mahātmyaṃ kāṃbhasaṃbhavaṃ |
yan na kasya cidākhyātaṃ tava snehavaśān mayā || ○ || (fol. 62v5–4)
Colophon
iti śrīkulākalikāmnāye mahātantre ʼgastyakathā samāptā || ❁ || śubham astu || saṃ 796 kārttikamāse kṛṣṇapakṣe girijātithau śubhadine manoharātmajaśrīviśvambharabhūdevo vyalikhad idaṃ || śubham astu sadāsmākaṃ || (fol. 62v5–6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 974/9
Date of Filming 06-01-1985
Exposures 9
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by AP
Date 10-07-2012
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