A 1174-28(3) Ambāstava
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1174/28
Title: Am[b]āstava
Dimensions: 20 x 7.2 cm x 46 folios
Material: thyāsaphu
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/7344
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1174/28
Title Ambāstava
Subject Stotra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material Thyasaphu
State incomplete
Size 20.0 x 7.2 cm
Binding Hole -
Folios 46
Lines per Folio 7
Foliation none
Date of Copying
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5-7344
Manuscript Features
The manuscript contains six stotras:
The last page (46v), which contains the end of Saundaryalaharī, has been filmed in the beginning. It also contains four lines of an unidentified stotra:
oṃ namaḥ paradevatāyai ||
kiṅ kin duḥkhaṃ sakalajanani kṣīyate na smṛtāyā(!) ,
kā kā kīrttiḥ kulakamalini prāpyate na smitāyāṃ |
kiṅ kiṃ saukhyaṃ suravaranute prāpyate nārccitāyāṃ ,
kaṅ kaṃ yogaṃ tvayi na cinute cittam ālambitāyāṃ || 1 ||
smṛto bhavabhayadhvaṃsi pūjitā hi śubhaṅkari (fol. 46r4-7)
The beginning of Laghustava is missing.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namaḥs(!) tripurāyai ||
yām āmananti munayaḥ prakṛtīṃ purāṇīm ,
vidyeti yā śrutirahasyagiro gṛṇanti |
tām arddhapallavitaśaṃkararūpamudrān ,
devīm ananyaśaraṇaṃ(!) śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 1 ||
ambastaveṣu tava tāvad akarttṛko(!) ,
kuṇṭhībhavanti vacasā mayi guṃphanāni |
ḍiṃbhasya me stutir aśāv asamaṃjasāpi ,
vācchalyanighnahṛdayām bhavatīṃ dhinoti || 2 ||
vyometi bindur iti nāda itīndurekhā ,
rūpati(!) vāgbhavatanūr iti kati(!) |
nisyandamānasukhabodhasudhāsvarūpā ,
vidyotase manasi bhāgyavatā janānāṃ || 3 || (fol. 8v3-9r2)
End
kuvalayadalanīlam varvvaraṃ snigdhakeśa ,
pṛthutarakucabhārakrāntakāntāvalagnam |
kim iha bahubhir uktais tvatsvarūpaṃ paraṃ naḥ ,
sakalabhuvanamātaḥ santataṃ sannidhattāṃ || 32 ||
arkkāṃśubhinnā(!)mbujalocanāyaiḥ(!) ,
śīṭāṃśunālakṛta(!)kuṇḍalāyaiḥ(!) |
pūrnnāvadātaṃśunibhānanāyai ,
namo namaḥ śaṅkaravallabhāyaiḥ(!) || 33 || (fol. 13v1-5)
Colophon
iti ambāstavaṃ samāptaṃ || ❁ || (fol. 13v5-6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1174/28c
Date of Filming 20-01-1987
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive (scan)
Catalogued by AM
Date 13-01-1987
