C 44-6(1) Vāsudevakalpa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: C 44/6
Title: (Pañcarātre)Mahālakṣmīsaṃhitā
Dimensions: 32.2 x 5 cm x 51 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra; Veda
Date: NS 375
Acc No.: Kesar 420
Remarks: Vāsudevak., and/or Jayākhyas.; 3 mss?
Reel No. C 44/6
Title Vāsudevakalpa
Remarks assigned to the Mahālakṣmīsaṃhitā of the Pāñcarātra
Subject Vaiṣṇavatantra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State complete but damaged
Size 29 x 5 cm
Binding Hole 1, left of the centre
Folios 51 (31+10+10)
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso
Scribe Ūgau Bhāro
Date of Copying NS 375 caitrakṛṣṇa 12 soma (~ 1255 AD)
Place of Copying Mānīgula
King Abhayamalla
Place of Deposit Kaiser Library
Accession No. 420
Manuscript Features
The left margin is damaged. The first and the 4th folios are missing. Fols. 2–3 and 5–32 are available. See also C 44/6(2) for details. The manuscript on B 114/14 is a transcript of this one.
Excerpts
Beginning
+++ ⁅pra⁆ṇipatya jagannāthaṃ lakṣmī hṛdayanandanam |
pādayor vandanaṅ kṛtvā tam uvāca girāṃ śubhāṃ ||
bhagavan devadeveśa sarvvakāraṇakāraṇam |
tvanmukhāc chro +++⁅mi sṛ⁆ṣṭisaṃhāralakṣaṇaṃ ||
kaḥ kartā kāraṇaṃ kī〇dṛk kiṃ kāryaṃ tridaśeśvara |
vicitrabhuvanaṃ diśvaṃ (!) kimarthaṃ sraṣṭum icchasi ||
sṛṣṭiṃ kiṃ +++ ⁅ya⁆si punaḥ saṃharase (ca) kim |
astharaḥ (!) kṣa〇ṇiko ghora indrajālapamas tv alam ||
cañcalaś cāpy aparyāpto duḥkhatrayasama ++
++śokabhayākrānto lobhamohasamākulaḥ ||
anityo hi bhavo nātha śāstra (!) śreyaḥpradaṃ vacaḥ |
siddhānteṣu ca yat sāraṃ sarvata +++ sphuṭam |
tad ādisa jagatkarttā yadi sānugraho ’si me ||
bhagavān uvāca ||
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi yat tvayā paricoditam |
pūrvva (!) me kathitaṃ ++ +⁅kṣmī⁆ tantreṣu vistaram | (fol. 2r1–v1)
End
taj jīvaṃ paramānandam ekībhāvatvam āgataṃ |
tataḥ sāyojyam āyāti yatrāham apu〇narbhavaḥ |
etat sarvvaṃ samākhyātaṃ tava cotkrāntilakṣaṇam |
sarvvapāpaṃ(!)kṣayaṃkaraṃ sarvopadravaśāntidaṃ |
yas tv evaṃ bhāvasaṃbhāvaṃ vetti samyak śṛ〇ṇoti vā |
sarvvapāpavinirmuktaḥ praviśet paramam padaṃ |
mahālakṣmī †sagandhā† ca tantre jñānakriyātmake |
uktam vai vāsudevasya kalpaṃ strīpuṃsalakṣaṇam |
sukhasaubhāgyadan nityaṃ rūpan te cārubhāṣiṇi ||
etac chāstravaraṃ puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ bhogamokṣadam |
smaraṇād dhāraṇād ddhyānād viṣṇoḥ sāyojyatāṃ vrajet || 〇 || (fols. 32r2–32v1)
Colophon
iti pañcarātre mahālakṣmīsaṃhitāyāṃ vāsudevakalpaṃ samāptam || ○ ||
samvat 375 caitrakṛṣṇadvādaśī | somavāsare | śrīmat rājādhirājaḥ paramaisvaraḥ śrīabhayamalladevavijayarājye | śrīmānīgulayoyakogṛhādhivāsinī (ū)gaubhāro sana likhitam idaṃ || ○ || (fol 32v1–3)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. C 44/6
Date of Filming 15-02-1976
Exposures 55
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by DA
Date 15-06-2005
