A 1311-22(4) Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1311/22
Title: (Avalokiteśvarasya)Karuṇāstava
Dimensions: 23 x 3.5 cm x 43 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1362
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1311-22
Inventory No. 122531
Title Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra
Author
Subject Stotra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete
Size 23.0 x 3.5 cm
Binding Hole 1
Folios 43
Lines per Folio 4-5
Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso
Date of Copying
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1-1362
Manuscript Features
This manuscript comprises at least three originally independent manuscripts, each of which contains several stotras. Additionally, there are a number of prakīrṇapattrāṇi.
The content is: Āryāvalokiteśvararūpastava (complete, 4 folios), Āryāvalokiteśvarasya Karuṇāstavastotra (complete, 6 folios), Carpaṭipādastotra (complete, 6 folios), Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra (complete, 21 folios), a Viṣṇustotra with unknown name (incomplete, 3 folios + 1 in another format, but similar in content), 1 prakīrṇapattra (stotra), a part of another manuscript consisting of folios 30 to 34 with a Śivastotra (title unknown) and the Navagrahastotra, and finally one folio with praises of Gaṇeśa.
Most of the folios are well preserved. Writing is rubbed off on a few pages of the Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya || vaisampāyana uvāca ||
śrutvā dharmmān aśeṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sarvvaśaḥ |
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāntanavam punar evābhyabhāṣatah ||
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ||
kim ekan daivataṃ loke , kim vāpy ekam parāyaṇam |
stuvantas kaṃ kam arccantaḥ prāpnuyur mmānavāḥ śubhaṃ ||
ko dharmmaḥ sarvvadharmmāṇām bhavataḥ para(mo) mataḥ |
kiñ japan mucyate jantu janmasaṃsārabandhanāt ||
bhīṣma uvāca ||
jagat prabhun devadevam anantaṃ puruṣottamaṃ |
stuvan nāmasahasreṇa puruṣaḥ satatotthitaḥ || (fol. 1v1-2r2)
End
eko viṣṇur mmahadbhūtaṃ pṛthakbhūtany anekaśaḥ |
trailokyān vyāpya viśvātmā bhuṃkte viśvabhug avyayaḥ ||
imaṃ stavaṃ bhagavato viṣṇor vyāsena kīrttitaṃ |
paṭheyur icchet puruṣaḥ śreyaḥ prāptuṃ sukhāni ca ||
viśveśvaram ajan devaṃ jagataḥ prabhavāvyayaṃ |
bhajanti puṇḍarīkākhyaṃ na te yānti parābhavaṃ || (fol. 19v2-20r1)
Colophon
iti mahābhārate satasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ śāntiparvvaṇi dānadharmme viṣṇor ṇṇāma(!)sahasraṃ samāptaḥ || || śreyo stu samvat 572 phālguṇakṛṣṇasaptamyām mūlanakṣatre || śubha || (fol. 20r1-2)
śrīmaheśvara uvāca ||
eṣa niḥkaṃṭakaḥ panthā yatra saṃpū[[jya]]te hariḥ | kupanthan taṃ vijānīyāt govindarahitāgamaḥ(!) || (fol. 20r3-4) <ref name="ftn1">This addendum to the stotra is carried on up to 21r1. </ref>
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1311/22d
Date of Filming 04-06-1988
Exposures
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive (scanned)
Catalogued by AM
Date 11-01-2011
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