A 176-17 Mantraratnākara

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 176/17
Title: Mantraratnākara
Dimensions: 36 x 9.5 cm x 59 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/159
Remarks: b Yadunātha Cakravartī; B 233/14?

Reel No. A 175/17

Inventory No. 37469

Title Mantraratnākara

Remarks

Author

Subject Śaivatantra

Language Sanskrit

Reference BSP. 4.2, p. 51, no. (1/159)

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material Nepali paper

State incomplete, missing fols. 58v–59r,

Size 36.5 x 9.5 cm

Binding Hole

Folios 59

Lines per Folio 8

Foliation figures in the lower right-hand corner of the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/159

Manuscript Features

Foliation 41–42 appears on the same folio, text is continued.
On the folio 75v scribe leaves few space, but text goes continue.
Available fols. 21r–79v,

Excerpts

Beginning

-khe | oṃ namo mūdhni (!) || oṃ namo 'dhodantapaṃktīau (!) || oṃ namo urddhvadante || aiṃ namo 'dhare || aiṃ nama oṣṭḥe || (phaṃ) namo vāmagaṇḍe || haṃ namo dakṣagaṇḍe || ṛṃ vā(2)manāsāyāṃ || aṃ namo dakṣanāsāyāṃ || ūṃ namo vāmakarṇṇe || uṃ namo dakṣakarṇṇe || īṃ namo vāmacakṣuṣi || iṃ namo dakṣacakṣuṣi || (fol. 21r1–2)

End

oṃ hiraṇyavarṇṇāṃ bharaṇīṃ suvarṇṇarajatasrajāṃ |
candrāṃ hiranmayīṃ (!) lakṣmīṃ jātavedo ma māvaha (7) || 1 ||

tāsma (!) āvaha jātavedo lakṣmīm anapagāminīṃ |
yasyāṃ hiraṇyaṃ vinde yaṃ gām aśvaṃ puruṣān amaḥ || 2 ||

aśvapūrvvāṃ rathamadhyāṃ hastinādapramodinīṃ ||
śriyān devīmu- (fol. 79v6–7)

Sub-colophon

iti śrīma(8)ntraratnākare 'ṣṭādśaḥ paṭalaḥ || (fol. 73v7–8)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 176/17

Date of Filming 25-10-1971

Exposures 64

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks two exposures of fols. 52v–53r, 56v–57r; three exposures of fol. 79v available on the exp. 2, 3 and 63

Catalogued by MS

Date 18-05-2007