A 1174-24(11) Mahādevastotra (1)

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1174/24
Title: Mahādevastotra
Dimensions: 38.5 x 13 cm x 77 folios
Material: thyāsaphu
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/40
Remarks:

Reel No. A 1174/24

Title Mahādevastotra

Remarks ascribed to Skandapurāṇa, Kāśīkhaṇḍa; in B 66/19 the same stotra is found with the title Śivāṣṭakastotra

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material Thyasaphu

State complete

Size 38.5 x 13 cm

Binding Hole -

Folios 80

Lines per Folio 10

Foliation none

Illustrations In the middle of the manuscript there are more than 50 pages with drawings of various deities and a maṇḍala with Nāgas around the edge. The drawings are vivid, of good artistic quality and with many details.

Date of Copying

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3-40

Manuscript Features

The manuscript contains 32 Stotras, see A 1174-24 Stotrasaṃgraha for a complete list.

In many places a and e are indistinguishable, likewise ā and o.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṃ namaḥ śivāya ||

aṅgirasa uvāca ||

jaya śaṅkara śānta śaśāṅkaruce
rucirārthada sarvvada sarvvasuce |
śucidatta mahopahṛte
kṛtajanāhṛtatāpatate ||<ref>^{pādas c and d are unmetrical with syllables missing}</ref>

tat(!)sarvvaṃ(!)hṛdambaravaranate
na(!)vṛjinasahā(!)vanadāhakṛte |
kṣata(!)vividha[[jana]]caritratano
sutano tanuviśiṣa(!)viśeṣanadhairyyanidhe || <ref>^{all pādas are unmetrical}</ref>

nidhanādivivarjjitakṛtanati(!)
kṛtakṛt vihitamanoratha pannagabhṛt |
nagabhartṛsutārppitavāmavapuḥ
svavapu(!)paripūritasarvvajagat ||<ref>^{pāda b is unmetrical}</ref> (fol. 21r8-1) <references/>

End

asmāl liṃgārccanan(!) nityaṃ jīvabhūto si me yataḥ |
ato jīva iti khyātiṃ triṣu lokeṣu yāsyati ||
vācāṃ prapañcaiś caturair nniḥprapañcaṃ yatas tataḥ |
ato vācaprapaṃcasya patir vvācespatir(!) bhava ||
asya strotrasya(!) paṭhanād api vāggadagāś ca yaṃ (?)|
tasya syāt saskṛtā(!) vāṇī tribhir vvarṣe trikālataḥ || || (fol. 21v6-8)

Colophon

iti śrīskandapurāṇe kāśīkhaṇḍe bṛhaspatikṛtaṃ śrīmahādevastotraṃ samāptaṃ || || śrīsadāśivaprīti || ○ || śubha || || (fol. 21v8-9)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1174/24k

Date of Filming 20-01-1987

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive (scan)

Catalogued by AM

Date 04-12-2013