A 1174-24(13) Pañcavaktra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1174/24
Title: Pañcavaktra
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 Pañcavaktra

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

Complete Transcript

❖ oṃ namaḥ śivāya ||

sadyojātaśaśāṅkaśṛṣṭivadanaṃ sarvvārthakāmapradaṃ |
śṛṃgāraṃ la(si)taṃ sasaumyavadanaṃ śrīvāmadevottaraṃ ||
ghoraṃ bhīmakalālaghoravadanaṃ ghorāt paraṃ dakṣaṇaṃ(!) |
pūrvvaṃ tatpurusaṃ susāntavadanaṃ śānte śive sāśvate ||

urddha(!)mokṣapadaṃ sukāntivadanaṃ brahmāṇḍayogeśvaraṃ |
pātāle varahotakeśvaramukha(!) nāgendraśaṃpūjita(!) ||
nityaṃ nityaṃ(!)surāsurai stutiparaṃ saṃmūrttihuṃkāraṇaṃ
sarvvajñe praṇato smi viśvam uditaṃ tailokye(!) nāthaṃ śivaṃ || || (fol. 22r5-8)

Colophon

iti pañcavaktra samāpta || || (fol. 22r8-9)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1174/24m

Date of Filming 20-01-1987

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive (scan)

Catalogued by AM

Date 04-12-2013