C 3-2 Mahālakṣmī(vratamāhātmya)
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: C 3/2
Title: Mahālakṣmī[vratamāhātmya]
Dimensions: 30 x 4.3 cm x 42 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date: NS 507
Acc No.: Kesar 21
Remarks:
Reel No. C 3-2
Inventory No. 32998
Title Mahālakṣmīmāhātmya OR Mahālakṣmīvratamāhātmya
Remarks
Author
Subject Māhātmya
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete; partly damaged and rubbed
Size 30 x 4.3 cm
Binding Hole(s) none
Folios 43 -1 = 42
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation letters in the left margin and figures in the right margin on the verso
Scribe
Date of Copying NS 507 (~ 1387 C.E.)
King Śrīsthitirājamalla
Place of Deposit Kaiser
Accession No. 21
Manuscript Features
Folio 9 is missing.
No image of fol. 16v/17r is found in the copy used.
On the front page (fol. 1r) it is written by another handwriting:
- ❖ oṃ namaḥ śrīmahālakṣṃyai ||
- yā devyā bhuvaṇatray⁅e⁆ v⁅i⁆rac⁅i⁆t⁅ā⁆ yā sa⁅ṃ⁆sth⁅i⁆ x x x tā jantave
- y⁅ā⁆vasth⁅ā⁆ bhavasambhave sthitigatā yā sarvvage sūkṣmagā |
- yā yā vallabhabhairavasya satataṃ yā〇 mardditā śatruṣu
- sā devyāś caraṇāravindayugalaṃ sevāmi nityaṃ tribhiḥ ||
- ṛṣaya ūcu ||
- gālava śrīgurutvaṃ hi śrotum icchāmaḥ sāṃprataṃ |
- ka〇thaṃ lakṣmīkathā śreṣṭhā kathaṃ śatruvimardditā ||
- gālavo bhairavo nātho gopyayukto maheśvaraḥ |
- ṛṣirūpaṃ samāsthāya ṛṣi〇sarvva praboddhyate ||
- gālava uvāca ||
- śṛṇuta munayaḥ sarvve mahālakṣmyāḥ kathāvarāṃ ||
- catuvarggapradātrañ ca śravaṇāt pāpanāśanīṃ ||
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namo mahālakṣmyai ||
gālava uvāca ||
āsīt kolāpure pūrvvaṃ kolākhyo dānavottamaḥ |
gayākhyo lavanākhyaś ca kaniṣṭhau tasya bhrātarau ||
tābhyāṃ saha sa kālākhyas tapas tepe 'tiduṣkaram ||
narmadātīram āsādya di〇vyaṃ varṣasahasrakaṃ ||
tato devaḥ śūlapāṇiḥ saṃtuṣṭaḥ prāha pārvvatīṃ |
gaccha devi varaṃ dātuṃ kolāya narmadātaṭe ||
tato devī mahāgaurī prāpya 〇 kolasamīpataḥ |
uvāca vacanan tasya bhrātṛbhyāṃ saha tiṣṭhataḥ ||
varaṃ vṛṇuṣva matto hi manasā tava rocate |
sa tu mohasamāviṣṭo na vṛṇo〇ti sma taṃ varaṃ ||
kṣaṇaṃ tūṣṇīṃ samāsthāya pratyuvāca maheśvarīṃ |
nāhaṃ striyā varaṃ labdhum icchāmi pratigamyatāṃ ||
evaṃ nirākṛtā devī avahelāvamānitā |
śaśāpa kola duṣṭātman striyo vadham avāpsyasi ||
(fol. 1v1–5)
Sub-colophons
iti mahālakṣmīmāhātmye prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 1 || (fol. 4v)
iti mahālakṣmīmāhātmye dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ || 2 || (fol. 6v)
...
iti gālavaprokte mahālakṣmīmāhātmye .. .. .. rī saṃprāptā nāma pañcadaśamaḥ paṭalaḥ || 15 || (fol. 30r)
End
alaṃkṛtī vṛndanamālikābhir<ref>Read alaṃkṛtāṃ vandana-</ref>
ddīpojjvalaiś cāmarapūrṇṇakuṃbhaiḥ |
viveśa rājā nagarīṃ manojñāṃ
svargopamānāṃ saha coḍadevyā ||
pālayan suciraṃ lokān tābhyāṃ saha ca saṃmataḥ |
putrapautraparivṛtas tat(o 'n). svargabhāg abhūt ||
gālavena hitārthāya purā proktaṃ maharṣiṇā 〇 |
vratarājam idaṃ loke pravṛttyarthan dayālunā ||
ye śṛṇvanti satataṃ vācyamānaṃ narotta⁅māḥ |⁆
te putrapautrasaṃyuktāḥ sukha tiṣṭhantu sarvvadā ||
sarvvatīrtheṣu sa snā〇tas tena devāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ |
pitaras tarpitās tena yaś cared vratam uttamaṃ ||
sukhinaḥ santu te lokāḥ pūrṇṇaśaśyāstu medinī |
kālapravarṣiṇo medyāḥ sa〇ntu rājāstu dhārmikaḥ || ○ ||
(fol. 42v5–4)
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Colophon
iti gālavaprokte mahālakṣmīmāhātmye vyākhyā .. .. .. .. .. ṣoḍaśaḥ paṭalaḥ samāptaḥ || 16 ||
rājāśrīsthitirājamallanṛpatau rājādhirāje pi sa .. bde saptakhakāmabāṇasahite mayā .i(ken)i(r).. .. .. (fol. 43v) (śukle r-ā)śvini pañcamītithiyute candrātmajevāsare vyākhyānaṃ likhitaṃ trivarggaphaladaṃ śraddhāvatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ || śubham astu sarvvasatvāḥ (sa) .i .. .. .. .. (fol. 43r4–v1)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. C 3-2
Date of Filming not recorded
Exposures 46
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by MD
Date 16-12-2013
