B 13-1 Māghamāhātmya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 13/1
Title: Māghamāhātmya
Dimensions: 21.5 x 4 cm x 83 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date: NS 588
Acc No.: NAK 1/1559
Remarks: folio number uncertain;
Reel No. B 13/1
Title Māghamāhātmya
Remarks assigned to the Padmapurāṇottarakhaṇḍa
Subject Māhātmya
Language Sanskrit
Text Features
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete and damaged
Size 21.5 x 4 cm
Binding Hole 1 in the centre left.
Folios 83
Lines per Folio 3-5
Foliation figures in the right margin of the verso
Date of Copying [NS] 588 phālguṇaśuklanavamī śanivāra (~ 1468 AD)
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1-1559
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ pāṇau yasyāsti cakraṃ (jvaladanalasikhaṃ) kaustubhaṃ (ghātajanyaṃ)
kaumudī cārugurvvī ruciramayamudā keśarāśī niṣaṇḍaḥ
(rājīvājāṃva) bhūtaṃ kiśalayasunibho divyadehe manojñaḥ
sarvvātmā viśvadhātā danujavidalitaḥ pātu yṣmān murāriḥ ||...
❖ oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaaṃ |
devī śarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayam udīrayet ||
dilīpa iti vikhyāto raghuvaṃśe narādhipaḥ |
ekadā mṛgayāṃ yāto (gandhārākhye) mahāvane ||
(hriyamānas) tatao dūraṃ dharmeṇa mṛgarūpiṇā ||
tṛṣārtto bhūpatis tatra vanamadhye sarovaraṃ ||
dṛṣṭvā snātvā jalaṃ pītvā nirvarttya devatarpaṇaṃ |
tataḥ śarāsane bāṇaṃ dattvā rātrau sthitāntarau (!) ||
pratyūṣaprahare kiñcit dyotite pūrvvadigmukhe |
avatīrya drumād rājā nirgantum upacakrame || (fol. 1r1–2r3)
Sub-Colophons
iti padmapurāṇottarakhaṇḍe vaśiṣṭhadilīpasaṃvāde ṣaṣṭho ’dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 14v1)
iti padmapurāṇottarakhaṇḍe vaśiṣṭhadvilīpasaṃvāde(!) saptamo ’dhyāyaḥ ||
(fol. 37r1–2)
iti padmapurāṇottarakhaṇḍe vasiṣṭhadvilīpasaṃvāde(!) ’ṣṭamo ’dhyāyaḥ ||
(fol. 45r5–45v1)
iti padmapurāṇottarakhaṇḍe vaśiṣṭhadilīpasaṃvāde navamo ’dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 63v4)
End
param idam itihāsaṃ pāvanaṃ tīrthabhūtaṃ
vṛjinavilayahetuṃ yaḥ śṛṇotīha nityaṃ |
sa bhavati khalu pūrṇṇaḥ sarvvakāmair abhīṣṭair
jayati ca suralokaṃ durllabhaṃ dharmahīnaiḥ || ഠ || (fols. 83r4–83v2)
Colophon
iti padmapurāṇottarakhaṇḍe vasiṣṭhadilīpasavāde(!) daśamo ’dhyāyaḥ ||
samvat 588 phālguṇaśuklanavamyāṃ śaniśca(re mṛgaśīranakṣatre) || śubha
(fol. 83v3–4)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 13/1
Date of Filming 20-08-1970
Exposures 85
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks exps. covering fols. 23v, 33v and 51v are out of focus; fols. 5 and 6 are filmed twice.
Catalogued by DA
Date 2002
