B 36-34(2) Mālinīstava

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 36/34
Title: Devīmāhātmya
Dimensions: 20.5 x 5 cm x 48 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date: NS 262
Acc No.: NAK 1/1608
Remarks:

Reel No. B 36-34

Title Mālinīstava

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material palm-leaf

State complete

Size 20.5 x 5.0 cm

Binding Hole 1

Folios 52

Lines per Folio 7

Foliation letters in the left margin of the verso

Date of Copying NS 262 (~ 1142 AD)

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1-1608

Manuscript Features

The bundle consists of two manuscript, the Devīmāhātmya with 42 folios and a Mālinīstava with 6 folios. A couple of prakīrṇapattrāṇi have been attached at the end, most of them with the script rubbed off.

The number 17 has been skipped in foliation.

Excerpts

Beginning

oṃ namaś caṇḍikāyai ||

namo stu te mahāmāye sūkṣmadehe parāpare |
ekākini viśuddhātme nādākhye bindumālini ||
adehāya(?)samutpanne acale viśvadhāriṇi ||
mahākuṇḍalinī nityaṃ hansamadhye vyavasthitā ||
soma(sūryā)gnimadhyasthe vyomavyāpi parāpare |
oṃkāravigrahāvasthe makārārddhārddharūpiṇi ||
vā+graśatadhāsūkṣme anante cākṣaye vyaye |
hakārārddhakalādhāre padmakiñjalkam āśrite | (fol. 1v1-4)

End

gho+r mmahāvyādhibhi. saṃsmṛtya pādāravindadvayan te
mahākāli kālāgnitejaḥprabhe skandagovindabrahmendracandrārkka-
puṣpāyudhair maulimālālisadmakiñjalkasatpiñjar⁅aiḥ⁆
sarvvavīrāmbike bhairavi bhairavas te śaraṇāgato haṃ (fol. 5v6-6r3)

Colophon

iti samāptā mālinīstutir iyaṃ viśeṣasya ||

yasyeyaṃ kulapañjikā hṛdi gatā dharmārthakāmapradā
jñānadhyānasamādhikarmakuśalabrahmāpavarggapradā |
tasyeyaṃ vidadhāti śāntim akhilāṃ sampadvibhūtiṃ sadā
rakṣāñ cāripiśācabhūtabhujagakṣmāpālato mālinī || ||

iti mālinīstutipraśaṅśā || ❁ || (fol. 6r3-6)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 36-34b

Date of Filming 07-11-1970

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive (scan)

Catalogued by AM

Date 30-04-2012