C 6-8(4) Devīstava

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: C 6/8
Title: Devīstava
Dimensions: 30 x 5.4 cm x 84 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date: NS 293
Acc No.: Kesar 71
Remarks:

Reel No. C 6-8 Inventory No. 70613

Title Devīstavadaṇḍaka

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material Palm-leaf

State Complete and undamaged.

Size 30 x 5.4 cm

Binding Hole One in centre-left

Folios 5

Lines per Folio 5

Foliation Numerals in the right and character in the left margin of the verso side

Date of Copying [NS] 293 caitraśuklatṛtīyā ādityavāra

King Rūdradeva

Owner / Deliverer Kaiser Library

Place of Deposit Kaiser Library

Accession No. 9-71

Used for edition no/yes

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṃ namaś caṇḍikāyai ||

jaya jaya hariharakamalāsanābhyarccite devi matar namo devi durge

śive śaṃbhuvaktrodbhave caṇḍike carcārūpe

surūpe suvaktre sunetre sugātre

sukeśe suvese subimbādharauṣṭhī

mahāyoginī barhinī(!) barhipucchadhvaje

tuhinakarakumudakundenduvarṇābhir ugrābhir

atyantatīkṣṇābhir draṣṭrābhi(!) saṃdṛśyate mahābhairavī

bhīṣaṇī vīrabhadre subhadre śmaśānapriye padmapatrekṣaṇe

ghorarūpe jayantī jaye mānasī mānavī martyamātṛ(mukhetrya) dhvaje

sarvvasiddhiprade jananidhir avaradundubhir meghanirghoṣagambhīrahāsasvane

brāhmi kaumāri māhendri māheśvarī(!) vaiṣṇavī vāruṇī vāyur agnyātmaje hemakūṭe

     (fol.1v1-5 )

End

ṣaṭhe daṇḍakaṃ daṇḍakenāpi siddho divi krīḍate |

brahmaviṣṇutrilokottamair divyamānair vimānair

mahāsiddhisaṃghai(!) kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi cāvṛtteś

sādhakaṃ aghatanuvinipātakāle vrajaty agnikālāgnirudraṃ

śataṃ nārakaṃ viṃśati (cāṣṭkaṃ) koṭisa(netaṃ) sāmāyaṃ

aṇḍaṃ vinirbhidya rūdrān (dvivyārca) || śatasaṃkhyāto(yate yā nirākāśa guhyāṣṭakaṃ aṣṭasaṣṭim atikramya yat kṛtaṃ prākṛtaṃ yo rūṣaṃ niyatikālaṃ

samāpyaṃ avidyeśvaraṃ cakravarttiṃ(!)saśaktikalāvāṃ sūkṣmāṃ sadā)

                                                                                          (fol.5r4-5v2 )

Colophon

iti || bhagavati(!)purāṇe ghoravadhe devyā stavadaṇḍakaṃ samāptaṃ || ||

rājādhirājapara ❁ meśvaraparamaśaivaparabhaṭṭārakaśrīmat rūdradevasya

vijayarājye || śrīudai brahmavardhanasya pusta || ❁ || kaṃ ||

samvat 293 caitraśuklatṛtīyāyāṃ ādityane(!)likhanasamāptīkṛtam iti || ❁ ||

(fol.5v2-5 )

Microfilm Details

Reel No. C 6/8

Date of Filming 14-11-1975

Exposures 6

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by BK

Date 23-9-2003

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