A 142-9 Guṇavatī (Mahāmāyāṭīkā)
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 142/9
Title: Mahāmāyāmantra
Dimensions: 12.5 x 31.5 cm x 15 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/107
Remarks:
Reel No. A 142-9
Inventory No. 33207
Title Guṇavatī
Remarks a commentary on Mahāmāyātantra
Author Paṇḍita Ratnākara Śāntipāda
Subject Bauddha Tantra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 31.5 x 12.5 cm
Binding Hole
Folios 14
Lines per Folio 9
Foliation figures on the verso, in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāmaḥ and in the upper left-hand margin
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/107
Manuscript Features
On exp. 2 is written:
Mahāmāyātantrasya ṭīkā guṇavatīnāmadheyā ratnākaraśāntipādakṛtā
Fol. 14 contains only one line. Other lines are missing.
Exp. 17 contains important information. It says: the MS is copied from the palm-leaf written in classical māghadha script. It reads as follows:
prācīnamāgadhākṣaralikhitaṭāḍapatrapustakāt uddhṛtam idam
In the Preliminary title list the title is given as the Mahāmāyāmantra.
Excerpts
Beginning
śrībhūtaḍāmarāya || ||
†kāyāḥ† kṛtā yena jagaddhitārthaṃ
kulāni devyaḥ kulanāyakāś ca ||
tanmūrttimudrānusṛtaikatatvaḥ
sa mṛgyatāṃ vajradharaḥ śivāya ||
atilaghumahāmāyātantraṃ girā guru(vā)rthato
jagati katicit tasyedānīṃ nirantaravedinaḥ |
pratipadamatas tatra jñānaṃ śuciś śrutaśālināṃ
nibhṛtasulabhaṃ loke mamaiṣa pariśramaḥ ||
vividhaḥ sugatena bodhimārgaḥ
kathito bhinna(ru)ciṃ vilokya lokam ||
rucito bahavaḥ svayaṃ pravṛttā
(ni)vṛttir me guṇavat patho ʼtra karma | (fol 1v1–3)
End
tatsamāptaṃ niṣṭhitaṃ sopacāram iti sādhyasādhanārtho vidhir upacāraḥ | saha tena vartata iti sopacāraṃ na tena śūnyam ity arthaḥ ||
mahāmāyātaṃtre vivṛtim iti kṛtvā guṇavatīm
avāpur yatpuṇyaṃ pariṇatamṛgāṅkadyutimayā? ||
jinānām ātmaikaḥ kuliśadharabhāvo bhavatu me
tato ʼtyantaṃ duḥkhakṣayam akhilalokaṃ ca labhatām
iti || || (fol. 15r7–9)
Colophon
guṇavatyāṃ mahāmāyāṭīkāyāṃ tṛtīyo nirdeśaḥ || ||
guṇavatīnāmamahāmāyāṭīkā paṇḍitaratnākaraśāntipādānāṃ samāpteti (fol. 15r9)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 142/9
Date of Filming none
Exposures 18
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by BK
Date 02-01-2009
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