B 12-9 Kārttikamāhātmya

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 12/9
Title: Kārttikamāhātmya
Dimensions: 32.5 x 5 cm x 102 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/364
Remarks:

Reel No. B 12-9

Title Kārttikamāhātmya

Remarks ascribed to the Brahmapurāṇa, Skandapurāṇa and Garuḍapurāṇa

Subject Māhātmya, Purāṇa

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material palm-leaf

State incomplete, damaged

Size 32.5 x 5.0 cm

Binding Hole 1, left of the centre

Folios 93

Lines per Folio 4

Foliation figures in the right-hand margin and letters in the left-hand margin of the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 5/364

Manuscript Features

The first folio is broken in the left margin with a loss of 3 to 5 akṣaras per line. Missing folios: 2-4, 12, 58, 66-68. Several other folios are broken in the margin, too.

After folio 72 follow folios numbered 16 to 30, 34, 36, 37, 39, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 50, 51, 53, 13, 14. It is not quite clear whether these originally belonged to another manuscript. It is also possible, that a new foliation started within the same manuscript. With regard to the physical appearance of the manuscript and to the writing, there is no difference between the earlier and the later parts.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṃ namo viṣṇave ||

nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ |
devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayam udīrayet ||
bhāratasmṛtipurāṇapayo⁅dhe⁆///
///matāṃbahutena
bhūmidevanṛpasajjanakaṇṭhe
vaiṣṇavāmṛtam idaṃ viram(!) astu || 1
purā kaliyugasyānte girau dhyānamato muniḥ | ///
///nāthe saṃ,dhyāyamānaṃ janārddanaṃ ||
pitāmahaṃ mahāprājñaṃ sarvvalokahite rataṃ |
stūyamānaṃ ṛṣigaṇai(!) , dhyāyamānaṃ surāsu⁅rai⁆///
///rāgaṇasaṃgītaṃ siddhacariṇasevitaṃ |
mūrttimadbhiś caturvvedaiḥ sevitās taiḥ purātanaiḥ || (fol. 1v1-4)

Sub-Colophons

iti śrīskandapurāṇe vaiṣṇavāmṛtasārodvāre , kārttikasya māhātmyaprathmo dhyāyaḥ || || (fol. 6r1)

iti śrībrahmapurāṇe dvitiyo dhyāyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 11v1)

iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe kārttikamāhātmyaṃ tṛtīyo dhyāyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 16v3-4)

iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe kārttikamāhātmye caturtho dhyāyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 25r2)

iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe , puspamāhātmya , paṃcamo dhyāya || ❁ || (fol. 31r3)

iti śrīskandapurāṇe ṣaṣṭhamo dhyāyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 35r4)

iti skandapurāṇe pradīpaphala saptamo dhyāyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 38v2)

iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe kārttikamāhātmye , aṣṭamo dhyāya || ❁ || (fol. 40r2-3)

iti sauvarṇṇe māghotsava , māhātmya , navamo dhyāya || ❁ || (fol. 46r3-4)

iti sauvarṇṇa māghamāhātmyaṃ , daśamo dhyāya || ❁ || (fol.49r4)

iti śrīskandapurāne ekādaśo dhyāya || ❁ || (fol. 52r2-3)

iti śrīskandapurāṇe śivaśaṅkarasaṃvāde dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 56r1-2)

iti śrīgaruḍapurāṇe goviṃdākhyo , mahāpāpasama1stavavaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 62v1-2)

iti skandapurāṇe viṃśatimo dhyāyaḥ || || (fol. 72r2)

iti padmapurāṇottarakhaṇḍe vaśiṣṭhadilipa(!)saṃvāda saptamo dhyāya || ❁ || (fol. 26r1-2)

iti padmapurāṇottarakhaṇḍe vaśiṣṭhadilīpasaṃvāde navamo dhyāyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 43r1-2)

End

lomasa uvācā ||
kumāro 'dhītavedo yaṃ , samāptaniyamo yuvā |
āsān tu sānurāgāṇāṃ , gṛhnāntu(!) karapaṃjakaṃ ||
tato lomaśavā/// m uttamaṃ ||
dattānujño muniḥ so tha , lomasas tair nnamaskṛtaḥ ||
jagāma śvāśramaṃ(!) meruṃ parvvataṃ surasevitaṃ |
vedanidhes tato rājan snuṣā(!) paṃcasutaṃ tathā || ///
///kto , dhanadasya purīṃ yayau ||
nṛpavarabhuvi māghe snānajaṃ jātapuṇyā
munivaravacasā śrī, tīrththa(!)rāje prayāge |
śakala(!)kaluṣamuktāḥ paṃcagaṃdharvvakan/// (fol. 53v2-4)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 12/9

Date of Filming 18-08-1970

Used Copy Berlin

Type of Film negative

Catalogued by AM

Date 17-08-2010