B 6-8 Viṣṇupurāṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 6/8
Title: Viṣṇupurāṇa
Dimensions: 33.5 x 5.5 cm x 368 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/747
Remarks:
Reel No. B 6/8
Title Viṣṇupurāṇa
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 33.5 x 5.5 cm
Binding Hole 1
Folios 323
Foliation figures in the right margin of the verso
Owner / Deliverer NAK
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5-747
Manuscript Features
Fols. 27–28, 66, 82, 101–9, 191–209, 251–260, 263, 269, 317–318, 329 and 347 are not found but the text is intact. There are two sets of fols. 215 and 276.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namo viṣṇave ||
jitaṃ te puṇḍarīkākṣa namas te viśvabhāvana |
namaste stu hṛṣīkeśa mahāpuruṣapūrvvaja ||
sadakṣaraṃ brahma ya īśvaraḥ pumān guṇormmisṛṣṭisthitikālasaṃlayaḥ |
pradhānabuddhyādijagatprapañcasūḥ sa no stu viṣṇur mmatibhūtimuktidaḥ ||
praṇamya viṣṇuṃ viśveśaṃ brahmādīn praṇipatya ca |
guruṃ praṇamya vakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ vedasammitam ||
itihāsapurāṇajñaṃ vedavedāṅgapāragam |
dharmmaśāstrārthatatvajñaṃ vasiṣṭhatanayātmajaṃ |
parāśaraṃ sukhāsīnam ṛṣīṃ munivarottamaṃ |
maitreyaḥ paripapra[[ccha]] praṇipatyābhivādya ca |
tvatto hi vedādhyayanam adhītam akhilaṃ guro |
dharmmaśāstrāṇi sarvvāṇi vedāṅgāni yathākramaṃ |
tvatprasādān muniśreṣṭha mayādhītaṃ kṛtaśramaṃ |
vakṣyante sarvvaśāstreṣu prāyaso ye pi vidviṣaḥ |
(so) ham icchāmi dharmmajña śrotuṃ tvatto yathā jagat || (fol. 1v1–4)
End
tasyaiva yo nuguṇabhug bahudhaika eva
śuddho py aśuddha iva mūrttivibhāgabhedaiḥ |
jñānānvitaḥ sakalatatvavibhūtikarttā
tasmai nato smi puruṣāya sadāvyayāya ||
jñānapravṛttiniyamaikyamayāya puṃso
bhogapradānapaṭave triguṇātmakāya |
avyākṛtāya bhavabhāvanakāraṇāya
vande svarūpavibhayāya sadājavāya ||
vyomānilāgnijalabhūracanāmayāya,
śabdādibhogyaviṣayoparamakṣamāya |
puṃsaḥ samastakaraṇair upakārakāya
vyaktāya śūkṣmavimalāya sadā nato ’smi ||
sakalam idam ajasya yasya rūpaṃ
prakṛtiparātmamayaṃ sanātanasya |
pradiśatu bhagavān aśeṣapuṃsāṃ,
harir apajanmajarādikāṃ sa siddhim || (fol. 368r3–v1)
Colophon
iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe ṣaṣṭhe ʼṃśe samāptaś cāyaṃ śrīviṣṇupurāṇam idaṃ ||
(fol. 368v1–2)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 6/8
Exposures 327
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by DA
Date 29-10-2005
