B 9-2 Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 9/2
Title: Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Dimensions: 59.5 x 6 cm x 550 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date: LS 384
Acc No.: NAK 4/61
Remarks: I
Reel No. B 9-2
Inventory No. 8333
Title Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 59.5 x 6.0 cm
Binding Hole 1, in the middle
Folios 550
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso
Illustrations The inside of the wooden cover shows beautiful paintings of deities.
Date of Copying Lakṣmaṇa Saṃvat 384 (~1503 CE)
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4-61
Manuscript Features
The manuscript is clearly written and well preserved. This catalogue entry refers only to the part filmed on reel B 9/2. The manuscript continues on B 10/1.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
yaṃ brahma vedāntavido vadanti paraṃ pradhānaṃ puruṣan tathānye ||
viśvodgateḥ kāraṇam īśvaram vā tasmai namo vighnavināyakāya ||
janmādy asya yato nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ svarāṭ
tene brahma hṛdā ya ādikavaye muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ |
tejovārimṛdāṃ yathā vinimayo yatra trisarggo mṛṣā
dhāmnā svena sadā nirastakuhakaṃ satyaṃ paraṃ dhīmahi ||
dharmmaḥ projjhitakaitavo tra paramo nirmmatsarāṇāṃ satām
vedyam vāstavam atra vastu śivadaṃ tāpatrayonmūlanam |
śrīmadbhāgavate mahāmunikṛte kiṃ svāparair īśvaraḥ sadyo
hṛdy avarudhyate tra kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhis tatkṣaṇāt ||
nigamakalpataror ggalitaṃ phalaṃ śukamukhād amṛtadravasaṃyutam |
pitavat(!) bhāgavataṃ rasamālayaṃ muhur aho rasikā bhuvi bhāvakāḥ ||
oṃ naimiṣe nimiṣakṣetre ṛṣayaḥ śaunakādayaḥ |
sattraṃ svarggāya lokāya sahasrasavam āsata || (fol. 1v1-4)
«Sub-Colophons»
iti śrīmahābhāgavate mahāpurāṇe pāramahaṃsyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ naimiṣīyopākhyāne ṛṣipraśnaḥ prathamo dhyāyaḥ || || (fol. 2v1)
iti śrīmahābhāgavate mahāpurāṇe prathame skandhe naimīṣīyo(!)pākhyāne bhagavadanubhāvānuvarṇṇanaṃ dvitīyo dhyāyaḥ || || (fol. 3v5)
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe prathame skandhe naimiṣīyopākhyāne janmaguhyaṃ tṛtīyo dhyāyaḥ || || (fol. 5v1)
... ...
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe daśame skandhe aṣṭacatvāriṃśad adhyāyaḥ || || (fol. 399r1)
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe daśame skandhe una(!)pañcāśattamo dhyāyaḥ || || 49 || (fol. 401r1)
«Excerpt:»
iti niścitya yavanaḥ prādravat taṃ parāṅmukhaṃ |
anvadhāvaj jighṛkṣus taṃ durāpam api yogināṃ |
hastaprāptam ivātmānaṃ hariṇā sa pade pade |
nīto darśayatā dūraṃ yavaneśo drikandaraṃ |
palāyanaṃ yadukule jātasya tava nocitaṃ ||
iti kṣipann anugato nainaṃ prāpāhatāśubhaḥ |
evaṃ kṣipto pi bhagavān prāviśad girikandaraṃ |
so pi praviṣṭas tatrānyaṃ śayānaṃ dadṛśe naraṃ |
nanv aso(!) dūram ānīya śete mām iha sādhuvat |
iti matvā 'cyutaṃ mūḍhas taṃ padā samatāḍayat ||
sa utthāya ciraṃ suptaḥ śanair unmīlya locane |
diśo vilokayan pārśve tam adrākṣīd avasthitaṃ |
sa tāva(!) dṛṣṭipātena tasya ruṣṭasya bhārata |
dehajenāgninā dagdho bhasmasād abhavat kṣaṇāt ||
parīkṣid uvāca ||
ko nāma sa pumān bra(hma)n kasya kiṃvīrya eva vā |
kasmād guhāṃ gataḥ śiśye kintejā<ref name="ftn1"> The edition reads kiṃtejo; but the manuscript's reading seems better.</ref> yavanārddanaḥ || (fol. 401r3-5)
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End
Colophon
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 9/1-B 10/1
Date of Filming 12-08-1970
Exposures
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by AM
Date 20-06-2011
Bibliography Bhāgavata Purāṇa of (...) with Sanskrit Commentary Bhāvārthabodhinī of Srīdharasvāmin. Edited by J. L. Shastri. Delhi 1983. (Reprint of a Nirṇaya Sāgar Press edition.)
