A 1354-7 Vaiśākhamāhātmya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1354/7
Title: Vaiśākhamāhātmya
Dimensions: 29 x 6.5 cm x 100 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date: NS 788
Acc No.: NAK 5/5553
Remarks: as Padmapurāṇa; I
Reel No. A 1354/7
Title Vaiśākhamāhātmya
Remarks assigned to the Padmapurāṇa–pātālakhaṇḍa
Subject Māhātmya
Language Sanskrit, Newari
Text Features about the month Vaiśākha
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material Nepali paper
State complete
Size 29.0 x 6.5 cm
Folios 99
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation figures in middle right–hand margin on the verso
Illustrations Śivaliṃga exp.3
Scribe Gaṇeśa
Date of Copying [NS] 788 (~ 1678 AD)
King Śrīnivāsa Malla
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/5553
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namo gaṇapataye ||
amvarīṣa uvāca ||
yad etat paramaṃ brahma, vedavādibhir ucyate |
sa devaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ svayaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ ||
yo (2) mūrtto mūrttimān īśo, vyakto 'vyaktaḥ sanātanaḥ |
sarvvadevamayo 'cintyo, dhyātavyaḥ sa kathaṃ hariḥ ||
yasmin sarvvam idaṃ viśvam, otaṃprotaṃ pratiṣṭhi(3)taṃ |
avyaktam ekaṃ paramaṃ, paramātmeti viśrutaṃ ||
yato janmādi jagatāṃ, yo nirmmāyasvayaṃbhuvaṃ |
dadau tasmai ca nigamān, ātmany eva vya(4)vasthitān || (fol. 1v1–4)
End
prasaṃgād idam ākhyātaṃ, māhātmyaṃ kiṃcid u(6)ttamaṃ |
bhānau meṣagate viprā vaiśākhasyāsya bodhanaṃ ||
ataḥ śṛṇvantu bhūdevā, yat pṛṣṭho haṃ purānaghāḥ |
prahlādasya cari(1)traṃ taṃ, tat saṃgrāmaṃ sa viṣṇunā || || (fol. 99r5–99v1)
Colophon
iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṇde vaiśākhamāhātmye yamabrāhamaṇasaṃvāde trayodaśo dhyā(2)yaḥ samāptaḥ || 13 || śubhaṃ || ||
yāte bhujaṃgāṣṭaturaṃgame bde
jyeṣṭhe site nāgatithau budhe hni |
patirggaṇānāṃtara(3)sā dvijo sau vaiśākhamāhātmyam idaṃ lilekha || samvat 788 jyeṣṭhaśukla paṃcamī budhavāra thva kuhnu balānihmayā (4)śrīgaṇapatina thva vaiśākhamāhātmya coya dhunakādina juro || thva velasa rājdhirāja śrī śrī śrīnivāsamallaprabhusana, (5) saptāṅkakaṃsabadhapyāṣaṃadayakaṃ, vokhata voyakaṃ huyakāvala, tavasamadāya, ju va juro || śubham || (fol. 99v1–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1354/7
Date of Filming 22-11-1988
Exposures 108
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Catalogued by JU/MS
Date 30-09-2005
