A 11-2 Viṣṇupurāṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 11/2
Title: Viṣṇupurāṇa
Dimensions: 34 x 5.5 cm x 367 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/30
Remarks:
Reel No. A 11-2
Inventory No. 87886
Title Viṣṇupurāṇa
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 34 x 5.5 cm
Binding Hole 1 in the centre
Folios 367
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso with śrī
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4-30
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
jitan te puṇḍarīkākṣa namaste viśvabhāvana |
namaste stu hṛṣīkeśa mahāpuruṣapūrvvaja ||
sadakṣaraṃ brahma ya iśvaraḥ (!) pumān guṇormmisṛṣṭisthitikālasaṃlayaḥ |
pra〇dhānabuddhyādijagatprapañcasūḥ sa no stu viṣṇur mmatibhūtimuktidaḥ ||
praṇamya viṣṇuṃ viśveśaṃ brahmādīn praṇipatya ca |
guruṃ〇 praṇamya vakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ vedasammitaṃ ||
itihāsapurāṇajñaṃ vedavedāṅgapāragam |
dharmmaśāstrārthatatvajñaṃ vasiṣṭhatanayātma〇jam |
parāśara (!) sukhāsīnam ṛṣīṃ munivarottama (!) |
maitreyaḥ paripaṃpraccha (!) praṇipatyābhivādya ca || (fol. 1v1–5)
End
tasyaiva yo guṇabhug bahudhaikaca (!)
śuddho py aśuddha iva mūrttivibhāgabhedaḥ |
jñānvitaḥ sakalatatvavibhūtikarttā
tasmai nato smi puruṣāya sadāvyayāya ||
jñānapravṛttiniyamaikyamayāya puṃso
bhogapradānaḥ(!)〇paṭave triguṇātmakāya |
avyākṛtāya bhavabhāvanakāraṇāya
vande svarūpam abhayāya sadājanāya(!) ||
vyomānilāgnijalabhūracanāmayāya
śabdādibhogyaviṣayopana(!)kṣamāya |
puṃsaḥ samastakaraṇair upakārakāya
vyaktāya sūkṣmavimalā (!) sadā nato ’smi ||
iti vividham ajasya (!) rūpaṃ
prakṛtiparātmamayaṃ sanātanasya |
praviśatu bhagavān aśeṣapuṃsāṃ
harir apajanmajarādikāṃ sa siddhim ||
iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe ṣaṣṭho ’ṅśaḥ samāptaḥ || 〇 || śrīviṣṇupurāṇe likhitaṃ || || || || || (fol. 368r2–v2)
With a later hand in Nagari:
saṃvat 953 miti bhādrababadi 15 roja 5 śubha (fol. 368v3)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A11/2
Exposures 371
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by DA
Date 09-09-2004
