B 5-4 Bṛhannāradīyapurāṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 5/4
Title: Bṛhannāradīyapurāṇa
Dimensions: 38 x 5.5 cm x 204 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/910
Remarks:
Reel No. B 5/4
Title Bṛhannāradῑyapurāṇa
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State damaged
Size 38.0 x 5.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, in the centre
Folios 204
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso
Scribe: Rāma, Brāhmaṇa and Bhīma
Date of Copying LS 429 (~ 1569 AD)
Place of Copying: illegible in the microfilm
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1-910
Manuscript Features
Writing is rubbed off in many places and the right edges are broken. Moreover, overexposure makes many folios difficult to read in the microfilm.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya ||
vande vṛn++āsīnām indirānandamandiraṃ |
upendraṃ sendrakāruṇyaṃ parānandavibhuṃ paraṃ ||
brahmaviṣṇumaheśādyā yasyā⟪ṅśā⟫[[ṃśā]] lo+++kāḥ |
tam ādideva(ṃ) cidrūpaṃ vi+++++++ ||
(sūta uvāca) ||
śauṇakādyā mahātmāna ṛṣayo brahmavādinaḥ |
naimiṣākhye mahāraṇye ta+ +pu[[ḥ]] mumukṣavaḥ |
jitendriyā jitāhārās santas satyaparāyaṇāḥ |
yajantaḥ parayā ++ viṣṇum ādyaṃ jagadguruṃ |
anīrṣyāṃ(!) sarvvadharmmajñā lokā++ tatparāḥ |
nirmmamā nirahaṅk[[ā]]rā pa+++tamānasāḥ | (fol. 1v1-4)
Sub-Colophons
iti śrībṛhannāradīye prathamo dhyāyaḥ || 1 || (fol. 6v2)
iti bṛhannāradīye dvitīyo dhyāyaḥ || || (fol. 10r1)
iti śrībṛhannāradīye tṛtīyo dhyāyaḥ ||/// (fol. 14v3)
iti bṛhannāradīye caturtho dhyāyaḥ || 4 || (fol. 21r5)
etc. etc.
iti śrībṛhannāradīye catustriṃśo dhyāyaḥ || 34 || (fol. 182r1)
iti śrībṛhannāradīye pañcatriṃśo dhyāyaḥ || 35 || (fol. 184v2)
iti bṛhannāradīye ṣaṭtriṃśādhyāyaḥ || 36 || (fol. 188r3)
End
yaḥ pa(ṭhe)t prātar utthāya yad atra ślokaviṃśatim |
(jyo)tistomaphala(!) (te)ṣāṃ gaṅgāsnānaṃ dine dine ||
etat pavitram ārogyaṃ na vācyaṃ duḥkṛtātmanāṃ |
nīcāsanagatās sarvve śṛṇuyād idam uttamaṃ |
etat purāṇaśravaṇam ihāmutra sukhapradaṃ |
vadatāṃ śṛṇutāṃ sadyaḥ sarvvapāpapraṇāśanaṃ |
saṅgād vā yadi vā mohād ye śṛṇvantīdam uttamaṃ |
te sarvvapāpanirmuktāḥ prayānti paramāṅ gatim || (fol. 204r1-3)
Colophon
iti śrībṛhannāradīye 'ṣtatriṃśatimo dhyāyaḥ || 38 || samāpto yaṃ bṛhannāradīyam iti || la saṃ 429 caitrakṛṣṇaṣaṣṭhyāṃ ... ... puragrāmīyai śrīśrīrāmaśrībrāhmaṇaśrībhīmair likhi(taṃ) (fol. 204r3-4)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 5/4
Date of Filming not recorded
Used Copy KTM (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks The pictures are overexposed, some are in addition unfocused.
Catalogued by AM
Date 14-06-2013
