A 10-6 Viṣṇudharma
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 10/6
Title: Viṣṇudharma
Dimensions: 57.5 x 5 cm x 160 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/344
Remarks: I (b-cover
Reel No. A 10-6
Inventory No. 87430
Title Viṣṇudharma
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Reference Grünendal 1983: 16-17
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State damaged by worms
Size 57.5 x 5 cm
Binding Hole 2
Folios 160
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation characters in left and numerals in right margins of verso
Illustrations two on book covers
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5-344
Used for edition yes; Grünendal MS N8
Manuscript Features
There are wooden book covers with daśāvatāra miniatures.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
nārāyaṇan namaskṛtya naraś(!) caiva narottama |
devīsarasvatīś(!) caiva tato jayam udīrayet |
dvaipāyanoṣṭhamukhanisṛtam … abhiṣecanen(!) |
kṛtābhiṣeka(!) tanaya(!) rājñaḥ pārikṣitasya i(!)
ṭaṣṭam(!) abhyāyayuḥ prītyā śaunakādyā maharṣayaḥ |
tān āgatāṃ sa rājarṣiḥ〇 pādyārghyādibhir arcitān |
sukhopaviṣṭādiśrānta(!) kṛtasaṃpraśnasankathān ||
tatkathābhiḥ kṛtāhlādāḥ pra〇ṇipatya kṛtāṃjaliḥ |
śatāniko tha prapaccha nārāyaṇakathāṃ parāṃ || (fol. 1v1–2)
End
sarvā bādhā tathā pāpam akhilaṃ mattajeśvaraḥ(!) |
viṣṇudharmmāvyayo hanti saṃsmṛtāḥ paṭhitāḥ śrutāḥ |
etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ rahasyaṃ paramā(!) hareḥ |
nātaṣ parataraṃ kiñ chrivyaṃ(!) śrutisukhāvaham |
atroktavidhiyuktasya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ |
na durllabhan naravyāghra paramaṃ brahma śāśvatam itiḥ(!) || ❁ || (fol. 160r2–3)
Colophon
iti viṣṇudharmeṣu śāstramāhātmyam parāmṛtat(!) dharmottamaṃ ❁ || oṃ namo ṇārāyaṇāya namaḥ | viṣṇudharmeṣv amī vṛttāntāḥ || ❁ || kriyāyogapravṛttiḥ || acyutāmbarīṣasamvādaḥ || ❁ || śukaprasarasamvādaḥ || śugati (fol. 160v3)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A10/6
Exposures 164
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by DA
Date 02-09-2004
Bibliography
- Shastri 1915:312
- Gruenendahl 1983:14
