A 1040-8 to A 1041-1 Brahmavaivartapurāṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1040/8
Title: Brahmavaivartapurāṇa
Dimensions: 30.4 x 15 cm x 334 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date: NS 949
Acc No.: NAK 4/1514
Remarks: A 267/2
Reel No. A 1040-8 to A 1041-1
Inventory No. 12721
Title Brahmavaivartapurāṇa
Remarks
Author
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 30.4 x 15.0 cm
Binding Hole none
Folios 334
Lines per Folio 12
Foliation figures in both margins of the verso with marginal title bra.khaṃ (Part 1) or bra.vai.pra. (Part 2) or ga.khaṃ. (Part 3)
Scribe Maheśvarānanda
Date of Copying SAṂ 1949
Place of Copying Lalitapura
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/1514
Manuscript Features
The MS contains the following chapters of the Brahmavaivartapurāṇa:
- Brahmakhaṇḍa, 30 adhyāyas (64 folios)
- Prakṛtikhaṇḍa, 64 adhyāyas (172 folios)
- Gaṇeśakhaṇḍa, 49 adhyāyas (98 folios)
The ink is partially faded on the first and last pages.
Excerpts
Beginning
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
gaṇeśabrahma .. .. s. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. muniṃdrā
sarasvatī śrīgirijādikā yaṃ namaṃti devaṃ
praṇa .. .. taṃ vibhum ||
.. .. sthūlatamaṃ tanuṃ dadhat.ṃ .. rājaṃ
viśvānilomavivareṣu .. .. .. m ādyaṃ
sṛṣṭonmukhaḥ s.. .. l. .. pi .. .. sūkṣmā
ni .āṃ sametya .. .i yas tam ahaṃ bhajāmi 2
(fol. 1.1v1–3)
Sub-colophon
iti śrībrahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe brahmakhaṃḍe prakṛtipraśaṃśāyāṃ triṃśo dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ 30 || ||
samāptaś cāyaṃ graṃthasa[ṃ]khyā || 2008 ||
ataḥ paraṃ prakṛtikhaṃḍe devībhāgavate navamaskaṃdhe || ||
svasti śrī samvat (19)49 sālamiti māgha kṛṣṇa 13 maṃgalavāra idaṃ puṣṭaka[ṃ] likhitaṃ śubham || ||
śubham astu sarvadā maṃgalaṃ bhūyāt ||
(fol. 1.64v2–5)
iti śrībrahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe prakṛtikhaṃḍe nārāyaṇanāradasaṃvāde durgopākhyāne prakṛteḥ kathanaṃ nāma catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 64 ||
samāptaś cāyaṃ prakṛtikhaṃḍaḥ || || graṃthasaṃkhyā 5135 || ||
svasti śrī saṃvat (19)49 sālamiti pauṣa vadi 30 maṃgalavāra etaddine idaṃ pustaka likhitaṃ
śrīlalitāpurīnagaradhivāsita-śrīmahābauddhopāśaka-śrīmaheśvarānaṃdena likhitaṃ samarpitaṃ śubham || ||
(The following line is of another handwriting.)
idaṃ pustakaṃ bhaktapuranagararājādhānyāṃ saṃnidhāna .. (p)āche gṛhani[[vā]]sakadvijārāja-śrī(ha)rakumārātmaja-śrī-aśvinīkumāravipreṇa saṃgṛhītapustakaṃ || śubham || maulyaṃ rajatamudrikāṃ 14 ||
(fol. 2.172v7–12)
End
bhaktyā gaṇeśaṃ saṃpūjya vastrālaṃkāravaṃdanaiḥ
śrutvā gaṇapateḥ khaṃḍaṃ mahāvaṃdhyā prasūyate 45
⁅mṛ⁆tava⁅tsā⁆ kākavaṃdhyā brahman putraṃ labhe dhruvam
yā dūṣitā ʼdūṣitā yā yā ca ⁅śuddhā⁆ labhet sutaṃ 46
.. .. .. brahmavaivartaṃ śrutvā yal labhate phalaṃ
tat phalaṃ labhate martya[ḥ] śrutvedaṃ khaṇḍam uttamaṃ 47
vāṃcchā[ṃ] kṛtvā ⁅tu mana⁆si śṛṇoti paramātmikaḥ
tasmai dadāti sarveṣṭaṃ suraśreṣṭho gaṇeśvaraḥ 48
(fol. 3.97v12–98r3)
Colophon
iti śrī⁅brahmavai⁆varte mahāpurāṇe gaṇeśakhaṃḍe nārāyaṇanāradasaṃvāde ekonapaṃcāsattamo 'dhyāyaḥ 49
⁅samāptaś cāyaṃ⁆ geṇeśakhaṇḍa graṃthasaṃkhyā 2636
svasti śrī saṃva⁅t 19⁆49 sālamiti vaiśāṣa kṛṣṇa 11 .. .. (krā)ṃ divase likhitaṃ śubham
(fol. 3.98r3–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1040/8 to A 1041/1
Date of Filming
Exposures
Slides
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks retake of A 267/2
Catalogued by
Date 00-00-2000
