A 1174-24(24) Mahādevastotra (4)

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1174/24
Title: Mahādevastotra
Dimensions: 38.5 x 13 cm x 77 folios
Material: thyāsaphu
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/40
Remarks:

Reel No. A 1174/24

Title Mahādevastotra

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material Thyasaphu

State complete

Size 38.5 x 13 cm

Binding Hole -

Folios 80

Lines per Folio 10

Foliation none

Illustrations In the middle of the manuscript there are more than 50 pages with drawings of various deities and a maṇḍala with Nāgas around the edge. The drawings are vivid, of good artistic quality and with many details.

Date of Copying

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3-40

Manuscript Features

The manuscript contains 32 Stotras, see A 1174-24 Stotrasaṃgraha for a complete list.

In many places a and e are indistinguishable, likewise ā and o.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṃ namaḥ śivāya || ||

jaya vṛṣabhadhvaja hatamakaradhvaja
puramathana pramathādhipa deva ||
deva trijagannātha triśaktinātha
tridaśa namasya namasya namas te || 1 ||<ref> ^{Pādas a and c are unmetrical.}</ref>

jaya śaśiśeṣara surāpagādhara
sarvvagate śarvveśa maheśa |
śarvvānīśa(!) sarvvajagadīśa
nīlakaṇṭha hara namo namas te || 2 ||

jaya juga(!)nāyaka maṅgaladāyaka
maṅgaleśa caturānana rakṣa |
raktārakta viṣakta vināsana
viśvanātha viśvesa namas te || 3 ||<ref>^{In both stanzas above and in the one below the metre is unclear and every pāda is different.}</ref> (fol. 71v10-72r2) <references/>

End

jaya bhūtādhipa bhūtivibhūṣita
bhujaṃgarāja bhujabhūṣaṇa bhavya |
bhaved bhīma tripurādhīśa
triguṇa tryambaka nātha namas te || 11 || (fol. 72r8)

Colophon

iti śrīmahādevastotra sampūrṇṇam || śubhaḥ śivaprīti || || ( (fol. 72r8-9)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1174/24x

Date of Filming 20-01-1987

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive (scan)

Catalogued by AM

Date 12-12-2013