B 36-35 Devīmāhātmya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 36/35
Title: Devīmāhātmya
Dimensions: 20.5 x 5 cm x 62 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date: NS 389
Acc No.: NAK 1/1645
Remarks:
Reel No. B 36-35
Title Devīmāhātmya
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 20.5 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, in the left
Folios 62
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation letters in the left and figures in the right margin of the verso
Date of Copying NS 389 (~ 1269 AD)
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1-1645
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namaś caṇḍikāyai ||
mārkkaṇḍeya uvāca ||
sāvarṇṇiḥ sūryatanayo yo manuḥ kathyate ṣṭamaḥ |
niśāmaya tadutpattim vistarād gadato mamaḥ(!) ||
mahāmāyānubhāvena yathā manvantarādhipaḥ |
sa babhūva mahābhāgaḥ sāvarṇṇis tanayo ra+ ||
svārociṣe ntare pūrvve +travaṃśasamudbhavaḥ |
suratho nāma rājābhūt samaste kṣitimaṇḍale ||
tasya pālayataḥ samya+jāḥ putrān ivaurasān |
babhūvuḥ satravo bhūpāḥ ..lāvidhvaṃsinas tadā ||
ta+ +r abhavad yuddham atiprabaladaṇḍinaḥ |
nyūnair api sa tair yuddhe kolāvidhvaṃsibhir jitaḥ ||
tataḥ svapuram āyāto nijadeśādhipo bhavat |
ākrāntaḥ sa mahābhāgas tais tadā prabalāribhiḥ ||
amātyair balibhir duṣṭair durbbalasya durātmabhiḥ |
koṣo balaṃ cāpahṛtaṃ tatrāpi svapure tataḥ ||
tato mṛgayāvyājena hṛtasvāmyaḥ sa bhūpatiḥ |
ekākī hayam āruhya jagāma gahanaṃ vanaṃ ||
sa tatrāśramam adrākṣī(!) dvijavaryasya medhasaḥ |
prasāntaśvāpadākīrṇṇa(ṃ) muniśiṣyopaśobhitaṃ || (fol. 1v1-2r5)
Sub-Colophons
iti śrīmārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye madhukai+bhavadhaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 9v2-3)
ti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye mahiṣāsuravadhaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 20v1-2)
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike manvantare devīmāhtmye mahiṣāśuravadhaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 25v3-4)
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye dūtadarśanaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 33r2-3)
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye caṇḍamuṇḍavadhaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 37v3-4)
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye raktabījavadhaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 44r1-2)
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye nisumbhavadhaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 48r1-2)
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye sumbhanisumbhavadhaḥ samāpta(!) || ❁ || (fol. 56r3-4)
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye sumbhanisumbhavadhaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 60r1-3)
End
evaṃ samārādhayatos tribhi(!) varṣer(!) yatātmanauḥ(!) |
arccitāṃ jagatāṃ dhātrī pratyakṣaṃ prāha caṇḍikā ||
devy uvāca ||
yat prāpyate tvayā bhūpa tvayā ca kulanandana |
mattas tat prāpyatāṃ sa(rvvaṃ) pacittasthaṃ(?) dadāmi te ||
mārkkaṇḍeya uvāca ||
tato vavre nṛpo rājyam avibhraṃsy anyajanmani |
atra caiva nijaṃ rājyaṃ hataśatrubalaṃ balāt ||
so pi (vai)śyas tato jñānaṃ vavre ni⟨vṛ⟩rviṇṇamānasaḥ |
mamaity(!) aham iti prājñaḥ saṅgavicyutikārakaṃ ||
devy uvāca ||
svalpair ahobhi(!) nṛpate svarājyam prāpsyate bhavān |
hatvā ripūn askhalitan tava tatra bhaviṣyati ||
mṛtaś ca bhūyaḥ saṃprāpya janma devād vivaśvataḥ ||
sāvarṇṇiko manur nāma bhavān bhuvi bhaviṣyati ||
vaiśyavarya tvayā yaś ca varo matto bhivāṃchitaḥ ||
tam prayacchāmi saṃsiddhyai tava jñānaṃ bhaviṣyati ||
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ||
iti datvā tayo(!) devī yathābhilaṣitaṃ varaṃ |
babhūvāntarhitā sadyo bhaktyā tābhyām abhiṣṭutā ||
evaṃ devyā varaṃ labdhā(!) surathaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ |
sūryā(!) janma samāsādya sāvarṇṇi(r b)bhavitā manuḥ || || (fol. 61r1-61v5)
Colophon
iti mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye caṇḍīstavaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || samvat 389 vaiśākhaśu(k)lapañcamyāyāṃ(!) tithau ādityavāśare likhitam iti || yathā dṛṣṭaṃ tathā likhyaṃ lekhiko nāsti doṣaṃ || śubham astu || (fol. 61v5-62r3)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 26/35
Date of Filming 02-04-1970
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive (scan)
Catalogued by AM
Date 09-05-2012
