B 12-15(1) Caturdaśīvratakathā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 12/15
Title: Caturdaśīvratamāhātmya
Dimensions: 35.5 x 4 cm x 26 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Karmakāṇḍa (vaidika, āgamika, tāntrika etc.)
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/910
Remarks:
Reel No. B 12-15
Title Caturdaśīvratakathā
Remarks assigned to Prabhāsapurāṇa
Subject Karmakāṇḍa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State almost complete
Size 35.5 x 4.0 cm
Binding Hole 1, left of the centre
Folios 25
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation letters in the left and figures in the right margin of the verso
Date of Copying NS 631 (~ 1511 AD)
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1-910
Manuscript Features
Fol. 25 is missing. There are another two lines of text on fol. 27v, but largely illegible. On some other pages the writing is also rubbed off.
The manuscript contains two texts:
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namaḥ śivāya ||
dṛṣṭvā prabhāsapurāṇe caturddaśīkathām imāṃ |
likhyate sāram ākṛṣya bhuktimuktiphalapradāṃ ||
kailāsaśikhare ramye nānāratnavinirmmite |
suvarṇṇarajatākīrṇṇe vajravidrumabhāsure ||
tatrāsī[[naṃ]] mahādevaṃ devadevaṃ jagadguruṃ |
sṛṣṭisaṃhārakarttāraṃ pālanasya ca kāraṇaṃ ||
vṛtaṃ devagaṇaiḥ sarvvaiḥ sendrair api surāsuraiḥ |
brahmādibhis tathā devaṃ munimukhyais tathaiva ca ||
evaṃvidhe samāje vai varttamāne divaukasāṃ |
nivārya niḥsvanan tañ ca gaurī vacanam abravīt ||
devy uvāca ||
devadeva mahādeva sṛṣṭisaṃhārakārakaḥ |
tvaṃ sraṣṭā sarvvabhūtānāṃ tvaṃ gatiḥ parameśvara ||
tvaṃ yeyaṃ(!) sakalaṃ vyāptaṃ nāsti kiñ cit vadan yathā ||
bhuktimuktipada śrīmān sarvvalokeka(!)bāndhavaḥ ||
atītavarttamānañ ca bhaviṣyaṃ vetsi līlayā |
śrutyāni(!) sarvvaśāstrāṇi tvatprasādāt svayaṃ vibho || (fol. 1v1-4)
Sub-Colophons
iti prabhāsapurāṇe caturddaśīvratavyākhyānakathā prathamapaṭalaḥ samāptaṃ || ○ || (fol. 3v5-4r1)
iti prabhāsapurāṇe caturddaśīvyākhyāna(!) dvitiya(!)paṭala(!) || ○ || (fol. 6r3)
iti prabhāsapurāṇe caturddaśīvratakathā tṛtī(yapa)ṭa(la) || ○ || (fol. 8r2)
iti prabhāsapurāṇe caturddaśīvratakathā caturthapaṭala(!) || ○ || (fol. 10r1)
iti prabhāsapurāṇe caturddaśīvratavyākhyāna(!) paṃcamapaṭala(!) || ○ || (fol. 12r2)
iti prabhāsapurāṇe caturddaśīvratakathā ṣaṣṭhamapaṭala(!) || ○ || (fol. 13v5)
etc. etc.
End
nītaṃ svargge śivasthāne tasya vrataprabhāvataḥ |
tad vratasya phalaṃ naiva sthitā svargge śivālaye ||
yeḥ(!) śṛṇvanti kathā divyaṃ(!) cadaturddaśīvratasya ca |
saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ mucyate(!) nātra saṃśayaḥ ||
suvarṇṇagosahasrāṇi dānadātāratatphalaṃ |
yat phalaṃ labhate nityaṃ ye lokā vratam ācaret ||
sarvvapāpai(!) pramucyaṃte mīpsitaṃ(!) mana(!)vāṃchitaṃ || (fol. 26r3-4)
Colophon
iti prabhāsapurāṇe vaśiṣṭhadharmmasenasaṃvāde caturddaśīvyākhyānadvādaśapaṭalaḥ samāptaṃ(!) || ○ || śubham astu sarvvadā || ○ || pūrvvavat likhitaṃ leṣako doṣa nāsti || ○ || śreyo 'stu samvat 631 āṣāḍhaśuklacaturthī parapaṃcamī pūrvaphālgunīnakṣatra variyānayoga ādityavāsare tasmin dine likhitaṃ saṃpūrṇṇaṃ bhavati śrībhaktāpurīṣārṇṇimaṃṭālathaṃ thuṣārṇṇi maṃnaniyaṃ(?) kuligṛhavāśina amṛtarājakasya svahastena likhitaṃ puṇyārthena yathāśāstroktaphalaprāptā(!) bhavatu saṃtatisaṃtānalakṣmīvṛddhir astu ihatra saukhya paratra mokṣa || ○ || (fol. 26r4-6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 12/15
Date of Filming 19-08-1970
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by AM
Date 28-09-2010
