A 1311-22(5) (Viṣṇustotra)
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1311/22
Title: (Avalokiteśvarasya)Karuṇāstava
Dimensions: 23 x 3.5 cm x 43 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1362
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1311-22
Inventory No. 122532
Title [Viṣṇustotra]
Author
Subject Stotra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete
Size 23.0 x 3.5 cm
Binding Hole 1
Folios 43
Lines per Folio 4-5
Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso
Date of Copying
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1-1362
Manuscript Features
This manuscript comprises at least three originally independent manuscripts, each of which contains several stotras. Additionally, there are a number of prakīrṇapattrāṇi.
The content is: Āryāvalokiteśvararūpastava (complete, 4 folios), Āryāvalokiteśvarasya Karuṇāstavastotra (complete, 6 folios), Carpaṭipādastotra (complete, 6 folios), Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra (complete, 21 folios), a Viṣṇustotra with unknown name (incomplete, 3 folios + 1 in another format, but similar in content), 1 prakīrṇapattra (stotra), a part of another manuscript consisting of folios 30 to 34 with a Śivastotra (title unknown) and the Navagrahastotra, and finally one folio with praises of Gaṇeśa.
Most of the folios are well preserved. Writing is rubbed off on a few pages of the Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya ||
yaṃ brahmāvaruṇendraviśvamarutair ddivyaiḥ stuvanti stavaiḥ
sāṃgair vvedapadakramopaniṣadair gāyanti yaṃ sāmagāḥ |
dhyānāvasthitatadgatena manasā dhyāyanti yaṃ yogino
yasyāntaṃ na gatāḥ surāsuragaṇā devāya tasmai namaḥ || 1 || (fol. 21v1-3)
End
pade pade tulayati gopayoṣitāṃ
sagītakaṃ karatalatālam ujjvalam |
madīyam āramatu mano manorame
yuge yuge caraṇayuge suradviṣaḥ || 7 || (fol. 22v3- 23r1)<ref name="ftn1"> The excerpt is taken from the middle, because the script is rubbed off on 23v. The last stanza on 23v is numbered as 11.</ref>
satāṃ vartma tyaktvā śrutisamadhigamya sahabhuvaṃ
ghṛṇām apy unmolyaḥ svajanaviṣayaśnehaguṇitāṃ |
dvijaknuntaṃ pāde pitaram aparārddhaṃ(!) tvayi vibho
manuṣyatvaṃ sadyas tridaśaparināmena vijahau || 22 ||<ref name="ftn2">This is the content of the additional, unnumbered folio. Its verso side has been left blank.</ref>
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1311/22e
Date of Filming 04-06-1988
Exposures
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive (scanned)
Catalogued by AM
Date 11-01-2011
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