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'''Reel No.''' A 261-5
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'''Inventory No.''' 17311

'''Title''' Devībhāgavata

'''Remarks''' 

'''Author''' attributed to Vyāsa

'''Subject''' Purāṇa

'''Language''' Sanskrit

'''Text Features'''

'''Reference'''

'''Acknowledgement'''

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== Manuscript Details ==

'''Script''' Devanagari

'''Material''' paper

'''State''' complete

'''Size''' 42.0 x 17.0 cm

'''Binding Hole(s) ''' 

'''Folios''' 25+57+45+63+59+54+28 = 332

'''Lines per Folio''' 11

'''Foliation''' figures on the verso; in the upper left-hand margin and in the lower right-hand margin

'''Illustrations'''

'''Scribe''' 

'''Date of Copying''' 

'''Place of Copying''' 

'''King'''

'''Donor'''

'''Owner/Deliverer'''

'''Place of Deposit''' NAK


'''Accession No. ''' 2/29



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== Manuscript Features ==

Fol. 2 of 4th chapter is missing, otherwise, the text is complete.

The text starts from the 2nd chapter.

The foliation restarts in each chapter.

There are two exposures of fols. 18v–19r(2nd chapter), 9v–10r(4th chapter), 29v–30r(4th chapter), 53v–54r(6th chapter), 7v–8r(7th chapter), 34v–36r(7th chapter), 46v–47r(7th chapter) and 13v–14r(8th chapter).

 
== Excerpts ==



=== Beginning ===


❖ śrīgaṇeśāye(!) ||

śrīsarasvatyai namaḥ ||     ||

yā viśvaṃ vitanoti pālayati yā saṃhartti<ref>apāṇinīyaprayoga; This should be saṃharati. But, metrically saṃhartti is correct.</ref> kalpakṣaye

brahmāṇaṃ hariṃ haraṃ ca manasaivotpādayaṃtī guṇaiḥ ||

sāvitrīṃ caramām umāṃ ca tanujāṃ datvātha tebhyaḥ pṛṭhak

tuṣṭā paśyati dṛśyate tad khilaṃ tāṃ naumi viśveśvarīṃ || 1 ||


yair na śrutaṃ bhāgavataṃ purāṇaṃ

nārādhitā yaiḥ prakṛtiḥ purāṇī ||

prāptaṃ na tattvaṃ guruvaktrapadmāt

teṣāṃ vṛthā janma gataṃ narāṇāṃ || 2 ||

purāṇāny anyāni hariharakathākalāpakalitāni

kaviḥ kṛtvā ʼsau triguṇaviracitāni buddhivibhavena ||

guṇātītaṃ sphītaguṇarasayutaṃ samastabhuvi kiṃ ca

purāṇaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ viratiyutiparaṃ cakāra kila kṛṣṇaḥ || 3 || (fol. 1v1–5; 2nd chapter)


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pūjanaṃ hi mahādevyāḥ sarvamaṃgalakārakam ||

madhūkaṃ pūjanaṃ tadvan māsānukramato mune || 66 ||

sarvaṃ samācared yas tu pūjanaṃ madhukāhvayam ||

na tasya rogabādhādibhayam udbhavate ʼnagha || 67 ||

athānyad api vakṣyāmi prakṛteḥ paṃcakaṃ paraṃ ||

nāmnā rūpeṇa cotpatyā jagadānandadāyakam || 68 ||

sākhyānaṃ ca samāhātmyaṃ prakṛteḥ <nowiki>[[paṃcakaṃ mune]]</nowiki> ||

kutūhalapara(!) caiva śṛṇu muktividhāyakam || 69 ||     || ❁ ||     || (fol. 28r10–28v2; 8th chapter)

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=== Colophon ===


iti śrīdevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe ʼṣṭamaskaṃdhe ʼṣṭādaśasahasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ (samārādhana)karmavidhāne devīpūjananirūpanaṃ(!) nāma caturviṃśo ʼdhyāyaḥ ||     ||     ||     || (fol. 28v1–2; 8th chapter)
 
== Microfilm Details ==

'''Reel No. ''' A 261/5

'''Date of Filming''' 23-02-1972

'''Exposures''' 341

'''Used Copy''' Kathmandu

'''Type of Film''' positive

'''Remarks''' 

'''Catalogued by''' BK/RK

'''Date''' 27-07-2011
 
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