B 12-17 Kārttikamāhātmya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 12/17
Title: Kārttikamāhātmya
Dimensions: 34 x 6 cm x 20 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/30
Remarks:
Reel No. B 12-17
Title Kārttikamāhātmya
Subject Māhātmya
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete, damaged
Size 34.0 x 6.0 cm
Binding Hole 1, in the centre
Folios 20
Lines per Folio 4-5
Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso
Date of Copying
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4-31
Manuscript Features
Some folios are damaged in the right margins. The last folio (after no. 19) is not numbered, and covered with praises of gods on the recto. The verso is left blank.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namo vighneśāya ||
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya narañ caiva narottamaṃ |
devīṃ sarasvatīñ caiva tato jayam udīrayet ||
jayati parāśarasūnuḥ satyavatīhṛdayanandano vyāsaḥ |
yasyāsyakamalagalitaṃ vāgmayam amṛtaṃ jagat pibati ||
ṛṣayo naimiṣāraṇye śrutvā nāmasahasrakaṃ |
mukhyaṃ śivarahasyañ ca bhūyo devarṣim abruvan |
svāyambhuva kṛtārthā sma(!) tvadanugrahato vayaṃ |
yadd(!) rahasyaṃ harer nnamnāṃ(!) śrutaṃ tvanmukhapaṅkajāt |
idānīm īdṛśaṃ dharmmaṃ harer atyantatoṣaṇaṃ |
vrataṃ kiñ cid vadāsmākaṃ dṛḍhabhaktir yyathā harau ||
nārada uvāca || (fol. 1v1-3)
Sub-Colophons
iti śrīpadmapurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe karttikamāhātmye madanā namo(!)pakhyānaṃ nāma prathamo dhyāyaḥ || 1 || (fol. 5r6-5v1)
iti śrīpadmapurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe dvitīyo dhyāyaḥ || 2 || (fol. 10r5-6)
iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kārttikamāhātmye tṛtīyo dhyāyaḥ || 3 || (fol. 14v5)
iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kārttikamāhātmye caturtho dhyāyaḥ || 4 || (fol. 18v1-2)
End
tām eva mūrttiṃ dhyāyantī ⟪ka⟫ candrakāntir vvarāṅganā |
kṛṣṇagāthāṃ pragāyantī romāñcodbhedalakṣaṇā |
asmin manvantare ⟪‥‥⟫ prītā śrīkṛṣṇapriya(tā)rttayā |
etad antaram evāsau bhūmibhāraprapīḍitā |
tadarthaṃ vāsudevaś cāvatitīrṣur abhūd iha |
kṛṣṇakrīḍārtham ādiṣṭā brahmaṇā surayoṣitaḥ |
rāghavāvatāre+ ++++++taṃ mahat |
‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥///(fol. 19v5-6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 12/17
Date of Filming 19-08-1970
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by AM
Date 25-10-2010
