A 1335-15 Devīmāhātmya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1335/15
Title: Devīmāhātmya
Dimensions: 24.5 x 5 cm x 41 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Maithili; Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 6/2718
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1335-15
Inventory No. 93147
Title Devīmāhātmya
Subject Stotra, Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari, Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete
Size 24.5 x 5.0 cm
Folios 41
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the right margin of the verso, letters in the left
Date of Copying
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 6-2718
Manuscript Features
Parts of several manuscripts, all of which are incomplete. Some are damaged in the margins with loss of foliation and some akṣaras.
The extant folios are:
1st part: nos. 9, 8, 6
2nd part: nos. 11, 18-20, 25, 28, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 41, 43, 47, 52, 56, 57
3rd part: no. 2 (with Maithili script)
4th part: nos. x, x, x, x, x, x, 43, 44, 47, x
5th part: nos. 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 32, 38, 43, 53 (Maithili)
6th part: no. x
7th part: no. x
8th part: nos. x, x, x
(x = folio with lost foliation)
Excerpts
«2nd part:»
«Beginning»
°dyo dhvajṃñ(!) cātisamucchritam |
vivyādha caiva grātreṣu(!) cchinnadhanvānam āśuraiḥ ||
sa cchinnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ |
abhyadhāvata tāṃ devīṃ khaḍgacarmmadharo 'suraḥ ||
siṃham āhatya khaḍgeṇa(!) tīkṣṇadhāreṇa mūrddhani |
ājaghāna bhuje savye devīm apy ativegavān ||
tasyāḥ khaḍgo bhujaṃ prāpya paphāla nṛpanandana |
tato jagrāha śūlaṃ sa kopād aruṇalocanaḥ ||
cikṣepa ca tatas tatra bhadrakālyāṃ mahāsuraḥ |
jājvalyemānaṃ(!) tejobhi(!) ravibimbam ivāmbarāt ||
dṛṣṭvā tadāpataśūlaṃ devī śūlam amuñcata ||
tena tac chatadhā śūlaṃ nītaṃ sa ca mahāsuraḥ || (fol. 18r1-5)
«Sub-Colophons»
iti śrīmarkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike manvantare devīmāhātmya śumbhavadhaḥ || || (fol. 52v4-5)
«End»
tataiva(!) ca vadhiṣyāmi durgam ākhyaṃ mahāsuraṃ ||
durgā devīti vikhyātan tan me nāma bhaviṣyati |
⟪yadāruṇā ||⟫
puna⟪..⟫cāha(!) yadā bhīmaṃ rūpaṃ kṛtvā himācale ||
rakṣāsi(!) bhakṣayiṣyāmi munīnā(!) trāṇakāraṇāt |
tadā māṃ munayaḥ sarvve stāṣyanny(!) ānamramūrttayaḥ ||
bhīmā devīti vi° (fol. 57v3-5)
«4th part»
«Sub-Colophons»
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye mahiṣāsurasainyavadhaḥ ||
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike ma++++māhātmye madhukaiṭabhavadhaḥ || 1 ||
iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇṇike manvare(!) devīmāhātmye || 11 || (fol. 44r4)
«End»
mārkkaṇḍeya uvāca ||
tato vavre nṛpo rājyam avibhraṃsy anyajanmani |
atraiva ca nijaṃ rājyaṃ hataśatrubalaṃ balāt ||
so pi vaiśyas tato jñānaṃ vrave(!) nirvviṇṇamānasaḥ |
mamety aham iti prājñaḥ saṃgavicyutikārakaṃ ||
devy uvāca ||
svalpair ahobhir nṛpate svarājyaṃ prāpsyate bhavān |
hatvā ripūn askhalitaṃ tava tatra bhaviṣyati ||
mṛtaś ca bhūyaḥ saṃprāpya janma devād vivasvataḥ (fol. 47v3-5)
«5th part:»
«Beginning»
tasya vyaśīryata |
lāṅgulenāhataś cābdhiḥ plāvayām āsa sarvvataḥ ||
dhutaśṛṅgavibhinnāś ca khaṇḍakhaṇḍaṃ yayur ghanāḥ |
śvāsānilās tāḥ śataśo nipetur nnabhaso calāḥ ||
iti krodhasamādhmātam āpatantaṃ mahāsuram |
dṛṣṭvā sā caṇḍikā kopaṃ tadvadhāya tadākarot ||
sā kṣiptvā tasya vai pāśaṃ taṃ babandha mahāsuram |
tatyāja māhiṣaṃ rūpaṃ so pi baddho mahāmṛdhe |
tataḥ siṃho bhavat sadyo yāvat tasyāmbikā śiraḥ |
cchinatti tāvat puruṣaḥ khaḍgapāṇir adṛśyata || (fol. 17r1-5)
«End»
śāntikarmmaṇi sarvvatra tathā duḥsvapnadarśane |
grapīḍāsu(!) cogrāsu māhātmyaṃ śṛṇuyān mama ||
upasargāḥ śamaṃ yānti grahapīḍāś ca dāruṇāḥ |
duḥsvapnañ ca nṛbhir ddṛṣṭaṃ susvapnam u++++
++hābhibhūtānāṃ bālānāṃ śāntikārakam |
saṃghātabhede (fol. 53v3-5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1335/15
Date of Filming 04-09-1988
Exposures
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film positive
Catalogued by AM
Date 18-03-2011
