1311-22(1) Āryāvalokiteśvararūpastava
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. 122529
Title: Āryāvalokiteśvararūpastava also called Āryāvalokiteśvarabhaṭṭārakasya Rūpastavastotra
Subject: Stotra
Language: Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script: Newari
Material: palm-leaf
State: complete
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»
namo lokanāthāya ||
sarvvabhūtam anukampita tubhyaṃ
(jyo)tim eva caritan tava pūrvvaṃ |
sarvvarūpavaradivyasurūpaṃ
tan namāmi daśabalavararūpam || 1 ||
bhṛṅgarājaśiṣimurddhni sukeśaṃ
kokilāya śiṣidīptasukeśī
snigdhanīlamṛdukuñcitakeśaṃ
tan namāmi daśabalavarakeśam || 2 ||
śaṅkhakuṇḍakumudam vimalorṇṇaṃ
janmaduḥkhavigatam vimalorṇṇaṃ |
rogasokamathanam vimalorṇṇaṃ
tan namāmi daśabalavaralorṇṇam || 3 ||
pūrṇṇacandradyutisobhitavaktraṃ
tuṅganāśamaṇibhāmalavaktram |
buddhapaṅkajanibhāmalavaktraṃ
tan namāmi daśabalavaravaktram || 4 || (fol. 1v1-2r1)
«End:»
puṣpadhūpasadapūjitaśīrṣaṃ
dīpagandhasadapūjitaśīrṣam |
mālyavastrasadapūjitaśīrṣaṃ
tan namāmi daśabalavaraśīrṣam || 23 ||
tribhuvanadharmmasvāmi tribhavasya gaṇaiḥ
śakleśagaditaratnam kuṭacchatrādibhiḥ
pūjyaśirasatataṃ paṭhanti yena sugatasya
vapukathanaṃ nūnam bhavati tena mokṣyasya ⟨〈........⟫....gamanaṃ || <ref name="ftn1">The metre couldn't be identified (if there is any).</ref>
«Colophon:»
śrīmadāryāvalokiteśvarabhaṭṭārakasya rūpastava parisamāptaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 4v4-5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1311/22a
Date of Filming: 04-06-1988
Exposures:
Used Copy: Kathmandu
Type of Film: positive (scanned)
Catalogued by AM
Date: 10-01-2011
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