A 261-3 Devīpurāṇa

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 261/3
Title: Devīpurāṇa
Dimensions: 32 x 14 cm x 231 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 2/33
Remarks:

Reel No. A 261-3

Inventory No. 18487

Title Devῑpurāṇa

Remarks

Author

Subject Purāṇa

Language Sanskrit

Text Features

Reference

Acknowledgement

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State incomplete

Size 32.0 x 14.0 cm

Binding Hole(s)

Folios 229

Lines per Folio 9–12

Foliation figures on the verso; in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation de. pu. also devī. pu., śrīde. pu. and in the lower right-hand margin under the word guruḥ

Illustrations 2, on exp. 240b and 241

Scribe

Date of Copying

Place of Copying

King

Donor

Owner/Deliverer

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 2/33

Manuscript Features

Fol. 5, 127 and 148 are missing.

Fol. 146 has been mentioned twice to the two successive folios.

There are two exposures of fols. 34v–35r, 117v–118r, 156v–157r, 162v–163r, 183v–184r, 185v–186r, 190v–191r and 212v–213r.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || ||

namas tasyai jaganmāta[ḥ] kuṃbhayonipriyāśriye ||

namaskṛtya śivāṃ devīṃ sarvabhāvagatāṃ śubhāṃ ||

purāṇaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi yathoktam ṛṣibhiḥ purā ||

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ ||

bhagavaṃs tvaṃ samastasya dṛṣṭādṛṣṭasya tattvavit ||

purāṇārthaṃ vayaṃ sarve āgatā bhāvabhāvitāḥ ||

kathyatāṃ yatra ghorārthā bhūtāḥ sāṃpratadānavāḥ || (fol. 1v1–4)

End

devyaḥ<ref>accusative case-ending is aspected</ref> saṃpūjayitvā<ref>apāṇinīyaprayogaḥ</ref> tu vidhinā nṛpasattama ||

ṣaḍāvarttaṃ prakurvvaṃti pratyakṣā bhavate śivā ||<ref>This stanza contains syntactical errors; according to Pāṇini.</ref>

sadācāraḥ śubhāhāraḥ sarvvasaṃgavivarjitaḥ ||

vācayan śatam arddham vā patyakṣaṃ prāpnuyāc chivaṃ ||

etac chābhyudayaṃ pādaṃ śataiḥ tribhi(!) navottaraiḥ ||

sahasrair dvādaśair vatsa kathitaṃ sarvvasiddhidaṃ || || (fol. 231v11–12)

Colophon

ityādye devyavatāre devīpurāṇaṃ samātam || 27 || ❁ || || śubhaṃ || ||

śrīgaurīdattasya (It seems that, this line was added latter in a different hand) (fol. 231v12)

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Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 261/3

Date of Filming 23-02-1972

Exposures 242

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by BK/RK

Date 26-07-2011

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