B 5-9 to B 6-1 Brahmapurāṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 5/9
Title: Brahmapurāṇa
Dimensions: 35 x 5.5 cm x 387 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/756
Remarks:
Reel No. B 5/9–B 6/1
Title Brahmapurāṇa
Remarks An alternative title is Ādipurāṇa.
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 35.0 x 5.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, in the middle
Folios 378
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the middle left-hand margin next to the word śrī of the verso
Scribe ?vāviṣṇupati
Date of Copying LS 376
Place of Copying (acauśī) grāma???
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/756
Manuscript Features
The left-hand margin of fols. 253v–258r is damaged with considerable loss of the text.
A folio, which is in between fols. 203 and 204, is not foliated.
The figure 8 has been written instead of 7 on fols. 371 onwards.
There are two exposures of fols. 79v–80r, 104v–105r, 110v–111r, 137v–138r and 370v–371r.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṁ namo nārāyaṇāya ||
yasmāt sarvvam idaṃ prapañcarahitaṃ māyājagaj jāyate |
yasmiṃs tiṣṭhati yāti cāntasamaye kalpānukalpe punaḥ |
yaṃ dhyātvā munayaḥ prapañcarahitaṃ vindanti mokṣe dhruvaṃ
taṃ vande puruṣottamākhyam amalaṃ nityaṃ vibhuṃ niścalam |
yaṃ dhyāyanti budhāḥ samādhisamaye śuddhaṃ viyatsannibhaṃ
nityānandamayaṃ prasannam amalaṃ sarvveśvaraṃ nirguṇaṃ |
vyaktāvyaktaparaṃ prapañcarahitaṃ jñānaikagamyaprabhuṃ
taṃ saṃsāravināśahetum ajaraṃ vande hariṃ muktidaṃ ||
suprā(!)ṇyanaimiṣāraṇye pavitre sumanohare |
nānāmunijanākīrṇṇe nānāpuṣpopaśobhite |
saralaiḥ karṇṇikāraiś ca palāśair ddhavakhādiraiḥ |
āmrajambūkapitthaiś ca nyagrodhair devadārubhiḥ |
aśvatthaiḥ pārijātaiś candanāgurupāṭalaiḥ |
saptaparṇṇiś ca punnāgaiḥ panasair nāgakesaraiḥ |
śālais tālais tamālaiś ca nālikelais tathārjunaiḥ |
anyaiś ca bahubhir vṛkṣaiś campakādaiś ca śobhite | (fol. 1v1–5)
End
matprasādena bharttāraṃ labdhvā tu puruṣottamaṃ |
macchāpopahatāḥ sarvā dasyuhastaṃ gamiṣyatha ||
vyāsa uvāca ||
ity udīritam ākarṇṇya munis tābhiḥ prasāditaḥ |
punaḥ surendralokam vai prāha bhūyo gamiṣyatha |
evaṃ tasya muneḥ śāpād aṣṭāvakrasya keśavaṃ |
bharttāraṃ prāpya tāḥ prāptā dasyuhastaṃ varāṅganāḥ |
tat tvayā nātra karttavyaḥ śoko [ʼ]lpo [ʼ]pi hi pāṇḍava |
⟪evan tasya muneḥ śāpā⟫ tenaivākhilanāthena saṃharttavyā bhavādṛśāḥ |
tasmāt tvayā naravyāghra jñātvaitad bhātṛbhiḥ saha |
parityajyākhilaṃ tatra gantavyaṃ tapasevanaṃ |
tad gaccha dharmarājāya vicintaitad vaco mama |
paraśvo bhātṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ gatiṃ vīra pathā kuru |
vyāsa uvāca ||
ity ukto pi hi pārthābhyāṃ yam āryāñ ca mahārjunam |
dṛṣṭañ caivātmabhūtañ ca kathayan(!) tad aśeṣataḥ |
mama vākyañ ca tat sarvve śrutvārjunasamīritam
rājye parīkṣitaṃ kṛtvā yayuḥ pāṇḍusutā vanaṃ ||
ity evaṃ vo muniśreṣṭhāḥ vistareṇa mayoditaṃ |
jātasya yad yadorvaṃśe vāsudevasay ceṣṭitam | (fol. 377r1–377v3)
Colophon
ityādi brahmapurāṇe kṛṣṇacaritaṃ samāptam | samāptañcādipurāṇam iti || śubham astu śrīr astu (mairujyārastu) lasaṃ 376 āśvinakṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ ravai (acauśī) grāmāvasthitena (‥)vāviṣṇupatinātiśrameṇālekhi pustakam iti || kāraṃ kāram alaukikādbhutam idaṃ māyāvaśad saṃharan hāraṃ hāram pap⟨i⟩[ī]ndrajālam iva yaḥ kurvvan jagat krīḍati |
tan devaṃ niravayaṃ (ha sphurad abhivyā) (fol. 377v3–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 5/9–B 6/1
Date of Filming not mentioned
Exposures 380
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks incomplete filming on A 9/5
Catalogued by NK
Date 29-06-2011
