A 1174-31(7) Bhīmāṣṭaka

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1174/31
Title: Bhīmāṣṭaka
Dimensions: 20.5 x 9.4 cm x 44 folios
Material: thyāsaphu
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 8/1030
Remarks:

Reel No. A 1174/31

Title Bhīmāṣṭaka

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material Thyasaphu

State slightly damaged

Size 20.5 x 9.4 cm

Binding Hole -

Folios 44

Lines per Folio 7-8

Foliation none

Date of Copying

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1-1696/1030

Manuscript Features

List of stotras in this manuscript:

• Sarasvatīstotra
• Śāradāṣṭaka
• another Śāradāṣṭaka
• Śāradāstotra
• Several short stotras: Sūrya-, Caṇḍikā-, Gaṇeśa-, again Gaṇeśa-, Bhīma- and again Bhīmastotra.
• Pāṇḍavagītā
• Bhīmāṣṭaka
• Aparādhastotra
• Mṛtyuñjayastotra and Umāmaheśvarastotra
• Viṣṇunāmāṣṭaka and Nārāyaṇaṣoḍaśanāma
• Viṣṇupañjarastotra
• Nārāyaṇastotra
• Tulasīkāṣṭhamāhātmya
• Tulasīstava
• Viṣṇunārāyaṇa

Mistakes in writing have not always been marked because there are too many.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṃ namaḥ śrībhīmadevāya ||

jaya saṃgrāmakovida || huṃkāranirjjitalīpuṃ(!) pāpakīcakanāśakaṃ |
viprārthe bakahantānaṃ(!) vande sarvvabhayāpahaṃ ||
hitavarakṣaḥ(?) śamanaṃ kālakūṭaviṣādinaṃ |
pratijñāpāragaṃ vīraṃ papradya(!) śaraṇaṃ pabhuṃ(!) ||

draupadīhṛdayānandapradaṃ cāmīkaraprabhaṃ |
hitambāmohanaṃ devaṃ praṇamāmī(!) puna puna(!) || (fol. 14r1-7)

End

araṇyasamare durgge vyāghracaurādisaṃkaṭe |
kārāgṛhe jalabhaye pathā(!) mā rakṣa sarvvataḥ ||
bhīmāṣṭakam idaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhiṣyanti(!) mānavaḥ |
bhīmasenaprasādena sarvvān kāmān sa cāpnuyāt || || (fol. 14v4-7)

Colophon

iti bhīmāṣṭakaṃ samāptaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 14v7)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1174/31g

Date of Filming 21

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive (scan)

Remarks Probably the manuscript filmed on A 490/1 is the same and the NAK accession number given there is wrong.

Catalogued by AM

Date 22-01-2014