A 1215-58(3) Tārāstavarāja

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1215/58
Title: Tārāstavarāja
Dimensions: 18 x 8 cm x 52 folios
Material: thyāsaphu
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/7344
Remarks:

Reel No. A 1215-58

Inventory No. 107393

Title Tārāstavarāja

Remarks

Author

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material thyāsaphu

State complete

Size 18 x 8 cm

Binding Hole(s) none

Folios 53 pages

Lines per Folio 5

Foliation none

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 5/7344

Manuscript Features

The MS contains the following texts:

• Lambāstuti or Tārāstava (exp. 4b–6b)
• Śyāmopaniṣad (exp. 7t–9b)
• Tārāstavarāja (exp. 10t–36b)
• Karpūrastotra (exp. 37t–46t)
• Sarvāparādhastotra (exp. 46b–55b)

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

saṃsārāṃbhodhimadhye, viṣayaviṣabhujāṃ jñānavinyāsakī[r]tter
ajñānadhvāṃtabhānoḥ śivamithunatano[r] vāgbhavānandamūrtteḥ ||
†kemesasthe† saroje daśaśatasudale, śrīguro raśmivande,
vande pādāravinde, aruṇaśitatale, saccitānandakande || 1 ||

saccitpūjaikamātre, bhava bhavajaladhes tāriṇī vīgātre_{(unmetrical!)}
tāre sparśān †maṃṇas† te ravir iva ka⟨ṃ⟩nakaṃ cetīyanti_{(unmetrical!)} dehāḥ ||
veṣṭaṃ ced vai samastaṃ kuru †bhajasatarīmukramādyādidīktaṃ†
tad vandavyāptam āsīt pratiminuta bale lakṣitaṃ lakṣaṇābhyāṃ || 2 || (exp. 10t1–b5)

End

saṃpūjya gaṃdhakusumaiḥ pratipadya pāṭhe
pādāraviṃdayugalaṃ tava saṃstuvaṃta(!) ||
mātas tvadīyapadapaṃkaja⟨ṃ⟩ṣaṭpā(!)datvaṃ
citte sadā prabhavatu [s]tava[pā]ṭhakānāṃ || 55 ||

vane durgame śaṃkaṭe śatrusaṃghe
paṭhed yas trivāraṃ bhavā[ṃ]bhodhimadhye
na duḥkhaṃ na śoko na vā rājabhītir
bha[ve]t tasya gehe ṇimādyaṣṭasiddhiḥ || 56 || (exp. 35t3–36t3)

Colophon

[The colophon is almost unreadable on the black and white film due to color marking. The following transcript was copied from the title card photographed with the MS.]

iti śrīmuṇḍamālāyā nigamapaṇḍita sirasā muṇḍitatarasā khaṇḍi guṇa gaṇa sadana nirjita madana samatara radana prativedana nigratapadyaiḥ śrīdāmodara saṃcitai viracito brahmendropendrāri vividha vṛdāraka vṛṃdavandi tārā kedāraviṃda vada makaranda viṃdurindu … … viṣama śaraṇi saṃśaraṇānāṃ jagatāṃ tārako yaṃ tārāyāḥ stavarājaḥ samāptaḥ (exp. 36t3–36b5)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1215/58

Date of Filming 20-04-1987

Exposures 57

Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)

Type of Film positive

Remarks = B 686/31

Catalogued by MD

Date 13-09-2013