B 13-2 Māghamāhātmya

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 13/2
Title: Māghamāhātmya
Dimensions: 22 x 4 cm x 13 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 13/2

Title Māghamāhātmya

Subject Karmakāṇḍa/ Māhātmya

Language Sanskrit

Text Features

Manuscript Details

Script Maithili

Material palm-leaf

State incomplete, damaged

Size 22 x 4 cm.

Binding Hole 1 in the centre-left

Folios 19

Lines per Folio 4-6

Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1-1559

Manuscript Features

This MS is written with different handwritings; many folios are tiresome to read. The MS is damaged at margins and folio nos. are not visible.

Excerpts

«extracts:»

yat pāpaṃ yauvanabālakaumāravārddhake kṛte|

tat sarvvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti māghasnāne kṛte naraḥ || etc.

apsarogaṇasaṃkīrṇṇamuktāhāramahojvalam |

śreṣṭha (!) sarvvavimānānāṃ svarggaṃ viṣṇum avāpnute || etc.

bhūmiratnāśvanāgāṇāṃ gauhiraṇyāś (!) ca vāsasāṃ |

bhavet pūrvvaniviṣṭānāṃ dānāc chreyo nupālanam|| etc.

arddha (!) te tasyāpi tat puṇyam upadeṣṭu (!) na saṃśaya (!) |

upadeśaṃ vinā rājan dharmmo jñātuṃ na śakyate || etc.

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 13/2

Date of Filming 20-08-1970

Exposures 20

Used Copy Berlin

Type of Film negative

Remarks Exps. covering 23v, 33v and 51v are out of focus.

The first exposure is twice filmed.

Catalogued by DA

Date 2002