A 259-3 Kūrmapurāṇa

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 259/3
Title: Kūrmapurāṇa
Dimensions: 34 x 13.5 cm x 221 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/17
Remarks:

Reel No. A 259/3

Inventory No. 37062

Title Kūrmapurāṇa

Remarks

Author

Subject Purāṇa

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State complete

Size 34.0 x 13.5 cm

Binding Hole(s)

Folios 227

Lines per Page 9–10

Foliation figures on the verso; in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation ku. pu. and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāma

Scribe

Date of Copying

Place of Copying

King

Donor

Owner/Deliverer

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3/17

Manuscript Features

Fol. 4 (first) has been supplied later since the scribe found that some text was missed while copying.

There are two exposures of fols. 2v–3r and 5v–6r.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||

namaskṛtyāprameyāya, viṣaṇave kūrmmarūpiṇe [|]

purāṇaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi yad uktaṃ viśvayoninā ||

satrānte sūtam anaghaṃ, naimiṣe yā maharṣayaḥ ||

purāṇasaṃhitāṃ puṇyaṃ papraccha romaharṣaṇaṃ ||

tvayā sūta mahābuddhe bhagavān brahmavittamaḥ ||

itihāsapurāṇārthaṃ vyāsaḥ samyag upāsitaḥ ||

tasya te sarvvaromāṇi vacasā hṛṣitāni yat ||

dvaipāyanasya tu bhavāṃs tato vai romaharṣaṇaḥ ||

bha⟪‥⟫vantam eva bhagavān vyājahāra svayaṃ prabhuḥ || (fol. 1v1–4)

End

tasmau(!) vyāsāya gurave sarvajñāya maharṣaya(!) ||

parāśarāya śāntāya namo nārāyaṇātmane ||

yasmāt saṃjāyate kṛtsnaṃ tatraiva pravilīyate ||

namas tasyai(!) sureśāya viṣṇave kūrmmarūpiṇe || || || || (fol. 226r7–8)

Colophon

iti śrīkūrmmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saṭcatvāriṃśatamo ʼdhyāya[ḥ] || || bhāgadvayasahitakūrmmapurāṇa[ṃ] samāptaṃ || || (fol. 226r9)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 259/3

Date of Filming 22-02-1972

Exposures 234

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by BK/RK

Date 08-08-2011

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