A 1311-22(6)(Śivastotra)
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. 122533
Title: [Śivastotra]
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 namaḥ śivāya || oṃ jaya jaya mahādeva mahākāla mahākālāsyada mahākālagala, nākokapratyānīkanāśakara nārāyaṇapriya nāradopagīyamānaśubhacarita nāgendrastuta nivṛttyastotra || (fol. 30r1-2)
bhūtāṇḍaja pratikuṇḍalamaṇḍitagaṇḍasthala puṇḍarīkacarmmakhaṇḍavasana pracaṇḍadaṇḍakodaṇḍa(!)praharaṇa prahasitapralayakāla tāṇḍavaprasādita, dvaur(!)ddaṇḍasahasramaṇḍalābhilīna brahmāṇḍakhaṇḍapāṇḍurāṅga cāṇḍeśvaradeva caṇḍapracaṇḍa || atulabala daśalapana pṛthulabhuja taruvanacarita etc. (fol. 30v1-3)
End
vāmadeva sama(sta)lokeka(!)nātha śivakara śiva namas te 3 namo namaḥ || || svasti prajābhya(ḥ) paripālaya tvaṃ nyāyena mārggena mahīm mahīśaḥ | etc. etc. brāhmaṇā santu nirbhayāḥ || || (fol. 31v4-32r2)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1311/22f
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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