B 8-3 Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 8/3
Title: Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Dimensions: 40.5 x 6.5 cm x 154 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date: ŚS 1446
Acc No.: NAK 1/1075
Remarks:
Reel No. B 8-3
Inventory No. 7438
Title: Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Remarks: 3rd and 4th skandha.
Subject: Purāṇa
Language: Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script: Maithili
Material: palm-leaf
State: incomplete
Size: 40.5 x 6.5 cm
Binding Hole: 1, left of the centre
Folios: 154
Lines per Folio: 5
Foliation: figures in the right margin of the verso
Date of Copying: Śaka Saṃvat 1446 (~1524 CE)
Place of Deposit: NAK
Accession No.: 1/1075
Manuscript Features
Missing folios: 1-90 and an unknown number at the end (233ff). The last folio is extant, but its foliation is broken off.
Excerpts
Beginning
°tīnāṃ sa patiś cakḷpe kān prajāpatīn |
sargāś caivānusarggāś ca manūn manvantarādhipān |
eteṣām api vaṃśāś ca vaṃśānucaritāni ca |
uparyy adhaś ca ye lokā⟪ḥ⟫bhūmer mmitrātmajāsate |
teṣāṃ saṃsthāṃ pramāṇañ ca bhūrllokasya ca varṇṇaya |
tiryyaṅmānuṣadevānāṃ sarīsṛpapatatriṇāṃ |
vada naḥ sargasaṃ(vyū)haṃ gārbhasvedāṇḍajobhidāṃ |
guṇāvatārair vviśvasya sargasthityudbhavāśrayaṃ |
sṛjataḥ śrīnivāsasya vyācakṣvodāravikramaṃ |
varṇṇāśramavibhāgāṃś ca rūpaśīlasvabhāvataḥ |
ṛṣīṇāṃ janmakarmmāṇi vedasya ca vikarṣaṇaṃ |
ya(jña)sya<ref name="ftn1">looks like yaṅgasya</ref> ca vitāṃnāni yogasya ca pathaḥ prabho |
naiṣkarmmasya ca sāṃkhyasya tantraṃ vā bhagavatsmṛtam | <ref name="ftn2">There are short comments and glosses in the margins of this page, but they are illegible (on the scan).</ref> (fol. 91r1-4)
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«Sub-Colophons»
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe pāramahaṃsyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ tṛtīyaskandhe vidurapraśna(!) saptamo dhyāyaḥ || || (fol. 91v5-92r1)
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe pāramahaṃsyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ++++ +++ndhe 'ṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ || || (fol. 94v1-2)
... ...
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe pāramahaṃsyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ caturthaskandhe pu(rañjano)pākhyāne saptaviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || || (fol. 232r5-232v1)
End
etāvān pauruṣo dharmmo yad ārttān anukampate |
kālakanyoditā vāco niśamya yavaneśvaraḥ |
cikīrṣan devaguhyaṃ sa sasmitaṃ tām abhāṣata |
mayā nirūpi(ta)s tubhyaṃ patir ātmasamādhinā |
nābhināndati(!)<ref name="ftn2">ā is perhaps cancelled, unclear</ref> loko 'yaṃ tvām abhadrām asammatāṃ |
tvam avyaktagatir bhuṃkṣva lokaṃ karmmavinirmmitaṃ |
yā hi me pṛtanāyuktā (pu/pra)..ras(?) tvāṃ praṇeṣyati |
prajvā(ro) yaṃ mama bhrātā tvañ ca me bhaginī bhava |
carāmy ubhābhyāṃ loke 'smin na vyakto bhīmasainikaḥ || (fol. 232r3-5)
vidura uvāca ||
so 'yaṃ tāta mahāyogin bhavatā k///
°tas tamasaḥ pāro yatrākiñcanago hariḥ |
ity ānamya tam āmantrya viduro gajasāhvayaṃ |
⁅svānāṃ di⁆dṛkṣuḥ prayayau (jñā)tīnāṃ nivṛtāśayaḥ |
etad yaḥ śṛṇuyād rājan rā(jñāṃ) ha///
āyu(!)ddhanaṃ yaśaḥ svasti gatim aiśvaryaṃ āpnuyāt || (last folio recto, 1-3)
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Colophon
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe pāramahaṃsyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ caturthaskandhe prācetasopākhyānaṃ nāmaika⁅triṃś⁆/// samāptaś cāyaṃ caturthaskandha iti || oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya || śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ || oṃ namo bhagavate yadunandanāya gurave namaḥ , śrīnandanandanāya namaḥ , śrīvā/// nāmā+++ śakābdā(!) 1446 oṃ namaś ca śrīviṣṇave , śrīnārāyaṇāya govindāya yādavendrāya , yadupu....ya namo namaḥ śrīhare rāmacandra ....nendra/// (last folio recto 3-5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 8/3
Date of Filming: 11-08-1970
Exposures:
Used Copy: Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film: positive
Remarks: 15 folios in the beginning were filmed in disorder. Then the folios were arranged in the correct order and filmed again. There is a retake on A 1365-24. In the microfilm the marginal remarks are legible, in the scan they are not.
Catalogued by AM
Date: 23-05-2011
