B 36-34(1) Devīmāhātmya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 36/34
Title: Devīmāhātmya
Dimensions: 20.5 x 5 cm x 48 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date: NS 262
Acc No.: NAK 1/1608
Remarks:
Reel No. B 36-34
Title Devīmāhātmya
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 20.5 x 5.0 cm
Binding Hole 1
Folios 52
Lines per Folio 7
Foliation letters in the left margin of the verso
Date of Copying NS 262 (~ 1142 AD)
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1-1608
Manuscript Features
The bundle consists of two manuscript, the Devīmāhātmya with 42 folios and a Mālinīstava with 6 folios. A couple of prakīrṇapattrāṇi have been attached at the end, most of them with the script rubbed off.
The number 17 has been skipped in foliation.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namaś caṇḍikāyai ||
mārkkaṇḍa uvāca ||
sāvarṇṇiḥ sūryatanayo yo manuḥ kathyate 'ṣṭamaḥ |
nisāmaya tadutpattiṃ vistarād gadato mama ||
mahāmāyānubhāvena yathā manvantarādhipaḥ |
sa babhūva mahābhāgaḥ sāvarṇṇis tanayo raveḥ ||
svārociṣe ntare pūrvve caitravaṅśasamudbhavaḥ |
suratho nāma rājābhūt samaste kṣitimaṇḍale ||
tasya pālayataḥ saṃmyak(!) prajāḥ putrān ivaurasān |
babhūvuḥ śatravo bhūpāḥ kolāvidhvansinas tathā ||
tasya tair abhavad yuddham atiprabaladaṇḍinaḥ |
nyūnair api sa tair yuddhe kolāvidhvansibhir jitaḥ ||
tataḥ svapuram āyāto nijadeśādhipo bhavat |
ākrāntaḥ sa mahābhāgas tais tadā prabalāribhiḥ ||
amātyair balibhir duṣṭair durbbalasya durātmabhiḥ |
kośo balañ cāpahṛtan tatrāpi svapure tataḥ |
tato mṛgayāvyājena hṛtasvāmyaḥ sa bhūpatiḥ |
ekākī hayam āruhya jagāma gahanam vanam ||
sa tatrāśramam adrākṣīt dvijavaryasya medhasaḥ |
praśāntasvāpadākīrṇṇaṃ muniśiṣyopaśobhitam || (fol. 1v1-2r2)
Sub-Colophons
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike devīmāhātmye mahāmāyotpattiḥ || (fol. 6v6)
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe mahiṣāsuravadhaḥ || || (fol. 14r4)
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike devīmāhātmye ..tānugamano nāma (fol. 22v6)
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike devīmāhātmye caṇḍamuṇḍavadhaḥ || || (fol. 26 r1)
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe devīmāhātmye nisumbhavadhaḥ || || (fol. 32v3-4)
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike devīmāhātmye sumbhavadhaḥ || || (fol. 34v2)
mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike devīmāhātmye sumbhanisumbhavadhaḥ samāptaḥ || || (fol. 41r1-2)
End
devy uvāca ||
svalpair ahobhir nṛpate svarājyaṃ prāpsyate bhavān ||
hatvā ripūn askhalitaṃ tava tac ca bhaviṣyati
mṛtaś ca bhūya saṃprāpya janma devād vivaśvataḥ ||
sāvarṇṇiko nāma manur bhavān bhuvi bhaviṣyati ||
vaiśyavaryaḥ tvayā yac ca vṛtaṃ matto bhivāñchitam ||
tam prayacchāmi saṃsiddhyai tava jñānaṃ bhaviṣyati ||
mārkkaṇḍa uvāca ||
iti datvā tayor devī yathābhilaṣitam varam ||
babhūvāntarhitā sadyo bhaktyā tābhyām abhiṣṭutā ||
evan devyā varaṃ labdhvā surathaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ ||
sūryāj janma samāsādya sāvarṇṇir bhavitā manuḥ || (fol. 42v2-6)
Colophon
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike devīmāhātmye sāvarṇṇikākhyānaṃ samāptam || samvat 262 aśvinikṛṣṇatrayodaśyāṃ likhitam idaṃ || || (fol. 42v6-7)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 36-34a
Date of Filming 07-11-1970
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive (scan)
Catalogued by AM
Date 30-04-2012
