B 13-35 Svargārohaṇakathā

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 13/35
Title: Svargārohaṇakathā
Dimensions: 23 x 5.5 cm x 50 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kathā
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1584
Remarks:

Reel No. B 13-35 Inventory No. 73659

Title Svargārohaṇakathā

Subject Kathā

Language Sanskrit

Text Features

Manuscript Details

Script Maithili

Material palm-leaf

State incomplete and damaged

Binding Hole 1 in the centre left

Folios 51

Lines per Folio 5-6

Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso

Scribe Sūryaka

Date of Copying LS 187 śrāvaṇaśukla 9 ravivāra

Place of Copying Navitagrāmapattana?

Donor Bhānukara Tripāthi

Owner / Deliverer NAK

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1-1584

Used for edition no/yes

Manuscript Features

Two extra folios and wooden covers are found in the end.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ siddhiḥ oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya || oṃ namaḥ ||

nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṇ caiva narottamaṃ |

devīṃ sarasvatī(ñ cai)va tato jayam udīrayet ||

bhāti savveṣu vedeṣu ratiḥ sarvveṣu ja(ntuṣu)

tara(ṇaṃ sa)rvva(pāpānāṃ) tena bhāratam ucyate ||

pā(rāśarya)vacaḥ sarojam amalaṃ gītārthagandhotkaṃ

nānākhyānakake(sa)raṃ harikathā(sambādhanodbādhitaṃ |

loke sajjanaṣaṭpadair a)harahaḥ pepīyamānaṃ mudā

bhūyād bhāratapaṃkajaṅ kalima(lapradhvaṃsi naḥ śreya)se || (fol.1v1–7)

mahāvīryā mahākāyā (mahā)balaparākramāḥ ||

mahārāstradharā (!) vīrāḥ śastraśāstravisāradāḥ |

kathañ ca muniśre ///

ṇyaṃ tyaktvā (divaṃ gatāḥ) ||

pāṇḍavānāṃ mahākīrttiṃ śrotum icchāmy ahaṃ mune | (fol.3r1–3)

End

viṣṇur uvāca ||

yāvad viṣṇum(!) ahaṃ svargge tāvat tvaṃ pāṇḍunandanaḥ

bhuṃkṣva tvaṃ vi⟪śva⟫nāna (!) bhogāna(!) sarvvaiḥ parivāraiḥ yudhiṣṭhira ||

ye paṭhanti śṛṇvanti te brahmahatyādipāpaṃñ (!) ca muñcanti svarggalokam abhitasaṅgamaḥ(!) || (fol. 50v3–6)

Colophon

iti svarggārohaṇakathā samāptaḥ(!) || śubham astu sarvvajagatāṃ,

navitagrāmapattane tripāṭiśrībhānukaraṇāṃ kṛte upādhyāyaśrīsūryaka /// mabhi vibhramāt yathādarśa likhitam iti lasaṃ 187 śrāvaṇaśuklanavamyāṃ ravau…

(fol. 50v6-51r2)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 13/37

Date of Filming 24-08-070

Exposures 57

Used Copy Hamburg

Type of Film negative

Catalogued by DA

Date Summer 2002

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