C 1-2 Viṣṇudharma
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: C 1/2
Title: Viṣṇudharma
Dimensions: 54 x 4.5 cm x 161 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date: NS 197
Acc No.: Kesar 2
Remarks:
Reel No. C 1/2
Inventory No. 87437
Title Viṣṇudharma
Remarks
Author
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script (Old)Newari
Material Palm-leaf
State incomplete
Size 54.0 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole(s) 2, circular; in the middle-left and middle-right
Folios 160
Lines per Page 5
Foliation letters in the left-hand margin of the verso
Scribe
Date of Copying NS 197 (=~1077 AD)
Place of Copying
King Śaṅkaradeva
Donor
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit Keiser Library, Kathmandu
Accession No. 9/2
Manuscript Features
Fol. 89 is missing.
The table of contents which appears as a part of the colophon is not transcribed completely in the Excerpt below.
There are two exposures of fols. 1v-2r, 56v-57r, 66v-67r, 105v-106r, 107v-108r, 116v-117r and 151v-152r
Excerpts
«Beginning»
❖ oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
nārāyaṇan namaskṛtya narañ caiva narottamam |
devīṃ sarasvatīñ caiva tato jayam udīrayet ||
dvaipāyanoṣṭhapuṭani(!)sṛtam aprameyam |
puṇyasya citram atha pāpahara(!) śubhañ ca |
yo bhārataṃ samadhigacchati vācyamānaṅ
kin tasya puṣkarajalair abhiṣe[ca]nena |
kṛtvābhiṣekan tanayaṃ rājñaḥ pārikṣitasya tu |
draṣṭum abhyāyayuḥ prītyā śaunakādyā maharṣayaḥ |
tān āgatān sa rājarṣiḥ pādyārghyādibhir arccitān | (fol. 1v1–2)
«End»
[sa]rvā bādhās tathā pāpam as akhilam manujeśvara ||
viṣṇudharmā vyahanti saṃsmṛtās paṭhitāḥ śrutāḥ |
etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ rahasyam pararaṃ hareḥ ||
nātaḥ parataraṃ kiñcic chravyaṃ śrutisukhāvaham |
atroktavidhiyuktasya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ ||
na durlabhan naravyāghra paramaṃ brahma śāśvatam iti || (fol. 161r1)
«Colophon»
iti viṣṇudharmeṣu śāstramāhātmyam parāmṛtan dharmottamam parisamāptam iti || || viṣṇudharmeṣv amī vṛttāntāḥ || kriyāyogapravṛttiḥ | acyutāmbarīṣasamvādaḥ || (fol. 161r2)
…
samvat 100 [+] 90 [+] 7 [=197] phālguna(!)kṛṣṇaṣaṣṭhamyāṃ śrīmacchaṅkaradevasya vijayaikarājye likhitam iti || ❁ ||
yady akṣarapraribhraṣṭa(!) mātrāhīnan tathaiva ca |
kṣāntim arhanti vidvānsaḥ kasya nāsti vyatikramaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 161v5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. C 1/2
Date of Filming 02-08-1975
Exposures 173
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by NK/RK
Date 20-07-2012
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