A 259-2 Kūrmapurāṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 259/2
Title: Kūrmapurāṇa
Dimensions: 38.2 x 10.3 cm x 182 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date: NS 793
Acc No.: NAK 1/981
Remarks: A 1036/5
Reel No. A 259/2
Inventory No. 37061
Title Kūrmapurāṇa
Remarks
Author
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 38.2 x 10.3 cm
Binding Hole
Folios 182
Lines per Folio 9–10
Foliation
Date of Copying SAM 793
Place of Copying Bhaktapura
King Jayajitāmitra Malla
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/981
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
namaskṛtyā(!) prameyāya, viṣṇave kūrmmarūpiṇe |
purāṇaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi, yad uktaṃ viśvayoninā ||
atrānte sūtam anaghaṃ naimiṣīyā maharṣayaḥ |
purāṇe saṃhitāṃ puṇyāṃ, paprachaṇṇo(!) maharṣaṇe ||
tvayā sūta mahābuddhe, bhagavān brahmavittamaḥ |
itihāsapurāṇāñ ca, tvayā samyag upāsitaḥ ||
tasya te srvvaromāṇi vacasā hṛṣitāni yat | (fol. 1v1–3)
End
tasmād vyāsād ahaṃ śrutvā, bhavatāṃ pāpanāśanaṃ |
uvivān(!) vai bhavadbhiś ca, dātavyaṃ dhārmike jane ||
tasmai vyāsāya gurave, sarvvajñāya maharṣaye |
pārāśaryyāya munaye, namo bhūyo namo namaḥ ||
yasmāt saṃjāyate kṛtsna, yatra caiva pralīyate |
namas tasmai sureśāya, viṣṇave kūrmmarūpiṇe || (fol. 182v4–5)
Colophon
iti śrīkūrmmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhasrikāyāṃ uparibhāge tricatvāriṃśo dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ || yāte pāvakakheṭaghoṭakamite nepālaśāke site, caitramāsi punarvvasau, kumudinii nāthe bhūpālacūḍāmaṇi, sphūryyatyādanakhe(!) nṛpe jayajitāmitre mahīṃ śāsati, bhaktāyāṃ purīdevarāmasacivo mātyottamāli sphurad bhūyā madhyamaṇiḥkha nirgguṇagaṇasyājñāṃ dadyat(!) bhūpateḥ | śuddhasyaṣṭavicitravarṇalikhane, prāpta pratiṣṭhābharai, dharmyaṃ kūrmmapurāṇam indujamukhaiḥ prālekhayal lekhakaiḥ || || likhanapariśrama ... vedanānyaṃ || śrīśrīśrīkūrmmo jayati śivaṃ || (fol. 182v5–8)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 259/2
Date of Filming
Exposures
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks retake on A 1036/5
Catalogued by
Date 00-00-2000
