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| title = Mahādevastotra
| dimensions = 38.5 x 13 cm x 77 folios
| material = thyāsaphu
| condition = damaged
| scripts = [[Newari script|Newari]]
| languages = [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]
| subjects = [[Subject Stotra|Stotra]]
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| acc no = NAK 3/40
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'''Reel No.''' A 1174/24
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'''Title''' Mahādevastotra

'''Remarks''' ascribed to Skandapurāṇa, Kāśīkhaṇḍa; in [[B 66-19 Taittirīyopaniṣad|B 66/19]] the same stotra is found with the title Śivāṣṭakastotra
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'''Subject''' Stotra

'''Language''' Sanskrit
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== Manuscript Details ==
'''Script''' Newari

'''Material''' Thyasaphu

'''State''' complete

'''Size''' 38.5 x 13 cm

'''Binding Hole''' -

'''Folios''' 80

'''Lines per Folio''' 10

'''Foliation''' none

'''Illustrations''' In the middle of the manuscript there are more than 50 pages with drawings of various deities and a maṇḍala with Nāgas around the edge. The drawings are vivid, of good artistic quality and with many details. 
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'''Place of Deposit''' NAK

'''Accession No.''' 3-40

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== Manuscript Features ==

The manuscript contains 32 Stotras, see [[A 1174-24 Stotrasaṃgraha]] for a complete list.

In many places ''a'' and ''e'' are indistinguishable, likewise ''ā'' and ''o''.

== Excerpts ==

=== Beginning ===

❖ oṃ namaḥ śivāya || 

aṅgirasa uvāca || 

jaya śaṅkara śānta śaśāṅkaruce <br>
rucirārthada sarvvada sarvvasuce |  <br>
śucidatta mahopahṛte   <br>
kṛtajanāhṛtatāpatate ||<ref><sup>pāda''s'' c and d are unmetrical with syllables missing</sup></ref> 

tat(!)sarvvaṃ(!)hṛdambaravaranate <br>
na(!)vṛjinasahā(!)vanadāhakṛte |  <br>
<nowiki>kṣata(!)vividha[[jana]]caritratano</nowiki>  <br>
sutano tanuviśiṣa(!)viśeṣanadhairyyanidhe || <ref><sup>''all pāda''s'' are unmetrical</sup></ref> 

nidhanādivivarjjitakṛtanati(!)  <br>
kṛtakṛt vihitamanoratha pannagabhṛt |  <br>
nagabhartṛsutārppitavāmavapuḥ   <br>
svavapu(!)paripūritasarvvajagat ||<ref><sup>pāda'' b is unmetrical</sup></ref> (fol. 21r8-1)
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=== End ===

asmāl liṃgārccanan(!) nityaṃ jīvabhūto si me yataḥ |  <br>
ato jīva iti khyātiṃ triṣu lokeṣu yāsyati ||  <br>
vācāṃ prapañcaiś caturair nniḥprapañcaṃ yatas tataḥ |  <br>
ato vācaprapaṃcasya patir vvācespatir(!) bhava ||  <br>
asya strotrasya(!) paṭhanād api vāggadagāś ca yaṃ (?)|  <br>
tasya syāt saskṛtā(!) vāṇī tribhir vvarṣe trikālataḥ || || (fol. 21v6-8)

=== Colophon ===

iti śrīskandapurāṇe kāśīkhaṇḍe bṛhaspatikṛtaṃ śrīmahādevastotraṃ samāptaṃ || || śrīsadāśivaprīti || ○ || śubha || || (fol. 21v8-9) <!-- (6682) -->

== Microfilm Details ==

'''Reel No.''' A 1174/24k

'''Date of Filming''' 20-01-1987

'''Used Copy''' Kathmandu

'''Type of Film''' positive (scan)

'''Catalogued by''' AM

'''Date''' 04-12-2013
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