B 12-12 Kārttikamāhātmya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 12/12
Title: Kārttikamāhātmya
Dimensions: 37.5 x 4.5 cm x 90 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Bengali
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date: LS 447
Acc No.: NAK 1/1077
Remarks:
Reel No. B 12-12
Title Kārttikamāhātmya
Subject Māhātmya
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 37.5 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, in the middle
Folios 30
Lines per Folio 4-5
Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso
Date of Copying LS 447
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1-1077
Manuscript Features
After the colophon the last folio is filled with stanzas, for example:
aye vāram vāram ⟪‥‥⟫bhavajaladhipāraṃ jigamiṣo
payaḥ pāyaṃ pāyaṃ nivasanikaṭe jahnuduhituḥ
mano dāyaṃ dāyan danujadamanañ cintaya ciraṃ
yaśo gāyaṃ gāyaṃ gamaya samayaṅ kaiṭabharipoḥ || (fol. 30r3-4)
Excerpts
Beginning
namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya narañ caiva narottamaṃ |
devīṃ sarasvatīñ caiva tato jayam udīrayet ||
sūta uvāca ||
... brahmalokaṅ gato muniḥ |
dadarśa lokanātheśaṃ dhyāyamānaṃ janārddanaṃ ||
pitāmahaṃ mahāprājñaṃ sarvvabhūtahite rataṃ |
stūyamāṇaṃ(!) ṛṣigaṇair ggīyamāṇaṃ surāsuraiḥ |
apsarogaṇasaṅkīrṇṇaṃ kinnaraiḥ sarvvato vṛtaṃ |
mūrttimadbhiś caturvvedais sitihāsaiḥ(!) purāṇakaiḥ ||
saptodadhisamāyuktaṃ nadībhiḥ parivāriṃ(!) |
sarvvadharmmapratīkāśaṃ sarvadharmmasamā(śra)yaṃ |
praṇipatya mahābhaktyā nāradas tu pitāmahaṃ |
vinayenopasaṅgamya papraccha munisattamaḥ |
nārada uvāca ||
bhagavan tava dāso smi bhṛtyo smi harivasena |
vaiṣṇavaṃ brūhi me dharmmaṃ sarvvajño si pitāmaha |
phalaṃ vaiṣṇavadharmmasya kathayasva suvistaraṃ |
yenāhaṃ tvatprasādena padaṃ yāmi paraṃ hareḥ | (fol. 1v1-5)
Sub-Colophons
iti skandapurāṇīye dvitīyo dhyāyaḥ || 2 || (fol. 7v5)
iti skandapurāṇīye tṛtīyo dhyāyaḥ || 3 || (fol. 11r3)
iti skandapurāṇīye caturtho dhyāyaḥ || 4 || (fol. 16v2)
iti śrīskandapurāṇīye mañcamo(!)dhyāyaḥ || (5) || (fol. 22r1)
iti skandapurāṇīye ṣaṣṭho dhyāyaḥ || || (fol. 25r2)
iti skandapurāṇīye saptamo dhyāyaḥ || || (fol. 27v4)
iti skandapurāṇīye ṣṭamo dhyāyaḥ || 8 || (fol. 29v1)
End
mahābhāgavataṃ nityaṃ kalau kurvvanti kīrttanaṃ |
jananī putragītena pitṝṇāṃ sa dhurandharaḥ |
kalau hi bhārataṃ nāma durllabhaṃ na ca lapsyate |
brahmarudrapadotkṛṣṭaṃ guruṇā kethitam(!) mama |
yeṣāṃ bhāgavaṃ cihnaṃ dṛśyate gīyate mune |
śrūyate ca karṇau devāḥ te gacchanti hare ggṛhaṃ ||
Colophon
iti skandapurāṇīye navame dhyāye vinā darśena samāptam idaṃ kārttikamāhātmyaṃ || || la saṃ 447 śrāvaṇabadi 5 candravāsare edine viarāgrāme karaṇa śrīkāśināthena vaiṣṇavabāṇakadāsapaṭhanārthaṃ yathā dṛṣṭaṃ pustakam alekhi || iti || (fol. 29v4-30r1)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 12/12
Date of Filming 18-08-1970
Exposures
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by AM
Date 26-08-2010
