A 1105-3 Vratārka
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1105/3
Title: Vratārka
Dimensions: 28.2 x 10.5 cm x 57 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Dharma(śāstra), incl. didactic portions of the epics, Purāṇas, etc.
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 6/1713
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1105/3
Inventory No. 106667
Title Vratārka
Remarks
Author Śaṅkara Bhaṭṭa
Subject Dharmaśāstra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material Indian loose paper
State incomplete, damaged
Size 28.2 x 10.5 cm
Binding Hole(s)
Folios 57
Lines per Folio 8
Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation vratā. 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. 6/1713
Manuscript Features
The available folios are: 255, 256, 269, 270, 272, 292, 293, 296–299, 316–322, 326, 328–366 and 374.
There is one folio of sarasvatīstotra in the beginning. In the folio there is writen:
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
atha sarasvatīstotram ||
sarasvatī namas tubhyam varade kāmarūpiṇi ||
vidyāraṃbhaṃ kariṣyāmi siddhir bhavatu me sadā ||
prathamaṃ bhāratī nāmnī dvitīyaṃ ca sarasvatī ||
tri(!)tīyaṃ śāradā devī caturthaṃ haṃsagāminī ||
paṃcamaṃ viśvavikhyātā sa(!)ṣṭhaṃ vāgīśvarī tathā ||
kaumārī saptamaṃ proktā aṣṭamaṃ brahmacāriṇī ||
navamaṃ viduṣī mātā daśamaṃ brahmavādinī ||
ekādaśaṃ tu vāgīśī dvādaśaṃ varadāyinī ||
etāni dvādaśa nāmāni prātar utthāya yaḥ paṭhet ||
bhavet siddhikarī tasya prasannā sā sarasvatī ||
yā devī stūyate nityaṃ vibudhair vedapāragaiḥ
sā me bhavatu jihvāgre brahmarūpā sarasvatī ||
iti śrī brahmaṇā viracitaṃ sarasvatīstotram || śubham rāmacaṃdrāya (exp. 3t1–7)
Excerpts
Beginning
hiraṇyākṣo mahāsuraḥ
tena sārddhaṃ mayā bhuktaṃ cirakālaṃ yathepsitaṃ
anyasmin divase vyādha krīḍaṃtyā me sureṇa ca
pratyahaṃ prekṣate nityaṃ śaṃkarasyāyatas tadā
yāvad gaśamy(!) ahaṃ tatra tāvan māṃ śaṃkaro bravīt
kva gatā tvaṃ varārohe kena vā saṃgatā su(!)bhe
kiṃ vā saubhāgyavargeṇa na yātā mama maṃdiraṃ
satyaṃ kathaya śīghraṃ tvaṃ no vā śāpaṃ dadāmi te
śāpabhītyā mayā tatra ity uktaṃ śaṃkarāgrataḥ
śṛṇu deva pravakṣyāmi śāpānugrahakāraka
mamāsti bharttā viśveṣa dānaveṃdro mahābalaḥ
tena sārddhaṃ mayā deva krīḍitaṃ nijamaṃdire
tenāhaṃ nāgatā śīghraṃ sṛṣṭisthityaṃtakārakaḥ
rudras tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sakopaṃ vākyam abravīt
mṛgaḥ kāmāturo nityaṃ hiraṇyākṣo bhaviṣyati
tvaṃ mṛgī tasya bhāryā vai bhaviṣyati(!) na saṃśayaḥ
tyaktvā svargaṃ tathā devān dānavaṃ bhoktum i[c]chasi
dvādaśābdani bho bhadre bhavitā śāpa eva te (fol. 275r1–7)
End
gṛhītvā bhramaṇaṃ kāryyaṃ prādakṣiṇyena pippale
tāvat pradakṣiṇaṃ kāryaṃ yāvad aṣṭottaraṃ śataṃ
tadvastujā/8 pradīyate
tato tigām ivāhāraṃ kuryān nīrājanai saha
eṣa te kathito bhūya vratarājavidhir mayā
draupadīṃ ca subhadrāṃ (fol. 374v7–8)
Colophon
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1105/3
Date of Filming 09-06-1986
Exposures 63
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by RT
Date 22-08-2011
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