A 1174-24(28) Viśvanāthāṣṭaka

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1174/24
Title: Viśvanāthāṣṭaka
Dimensions: 38.5 x 13 cm x 77 folios
Material: thyāsaphu
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/40
Remarks:

Reel No. A 1174/24

Title Viśvanāthāṣṭaka

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material Thyasaphu

State complete

Size 38.5 x 13 cm

Binding Hole -

Folios 80

Lines per Folio 10

Foliation none

Illustrations In the middle of the manuscript there are more than 50 pages with drawings of various deities and a maṇḍala with Nāgas around the edge. The drawings are vivid, of good artistic quality and with many details.

Date of Copying

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3-40

Manuscript Features

The manuscript contains 32 Stotras, see A 1174-24 Stotrasaṃgraha for a complete list.

In many places a and e are indistinguishable, likewise ā and o.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṃ namaḥ śivāya ||

gaṃgātaraṃgaramaṇīyajaṭākalāpaṃ
gaurīnirantaravibhūṣitavāmabhāgaṃ |
nārāyaṇapriyam anaṅgamadāpahāraṃ
vārāṇasīpurapatiṃ bhaja viśvanāthaṃ || 1 ||

vācām agocaram ameyaguṇapravāhaṃ
vāgīśaviṣṇusurasevitapādapīṭhaṃ |
vāmena vigrahabhareṇa kalatravantaṃ
vārāṇaśīpurapatiṃ bhaja viśvanāthaṃ || 2 || (fol. 73r6-8)

End

śrīviśvanātha karuṇākara śūlapāṇe
śaṃbho girīśa śiva śaṅkara candramaule ||
śrīnīlakaṇṭha madanāntaka viśvamūrtte
gaurīpate mayi nidhehi kṛpākaṭākṣaṃ || 9 ||

vārāṇaśīpurapate stavam īśvarasya
vyāsoktam aṣṭakam idaṃ paṭhate manuṣyaḥ ||
vidyāṃ śriyaṃ vipulakīrttim anantasaukhyaṃ
saṃprāpya dehanilayaṃ labhate ca mokṣaṃ || || (fol.. 73v3-5)

Colophon

iti śrīvyāsakṛtaṃ viśvanāthāṣṭakaṃ saṃpūrṇṇaṃ || || śrīviśvanāthaprīti || || (fol. 73v5-6)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1174/24z

Date of Filming 20-01-1987

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive (scan)

Catalogued by AM

Date 13-12-2013