E 743-6 Brahmavaivartapurāṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: E 743/6
Title: Brahmavaivartapurāṇa
Dimensions: 16.1 x 7.7 cm x 10 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date: NS 955
Acc No.:
Remarks:
Reel No. E 743/6
Inventory No. 12736
Title Brahmavaivartapurāṇa
Remarks
Author attributed to Vyāsa
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 16.1 x 7.7 cm
Binding Hole(s)
Folios 10
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures on the verso; in the upper left-hand margin and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāmaḥ
Scribe
Date of Copying NS 955
Place of Copying
King
Donor
Owner/Deliverer Acyuta Rāja
Place of Deposit Private
Accession No. Private: KTM E 16494
Manuscript Features
Fols. 2–8 are missing.
The text contains the following sub-chapters of the Brahmavaivartapurāṇa:
1. Surabhayupākhyāna of Prakṛtikhaṇḍa
2. Durgopākhyāna
3. Ṣaṣṭhyupākhyāna
Excerpts
«Beginning»
❖ śrīgurugaṇeśāya namaḥ || śrīrāmaḥ || ||
praṇamya śirasā devaṃ gaurīputraṃ vināyakam ||
bhaktyā yaḥ saṃsmaren nityaṃ āyukāmārthasiddhaye || 1 ||
prathamaṃ vakratuṇḍaś ca hemada(ṇḍyaṃ(!)) dvitīyakam ||
tṛtīyaṃ kṛṣṇapiṃgākṣaṃ gajavaktraṃ caturthakam || 2 ||
lambodaraṃ paṃcamaṃ ca ṣaṣṭhaṃ (fol. 1v1–5)
«End»
kākabaṃdhyā ca yā nārī mṛtavatsā ca yā bhavet ||
varṣaṃ śrutvā labhet putraṃ ṣaṣṭhīdevīprasādataḥ || 14 ||
rogayukte ca bāle ca pitā mātā śṛṇoti cet ||
māsena mucyate bālaḥ ṣaṣṭhīdevīprasādataḥ || 15 || (fol. 16v1–4)
«Colophon»
iti śrībrahmavaivarttemahāpurāṇe nārāyaṇana(!)radasamvāde prakṛtikhaṇḍe ṣaṣṭhyupākhyānaṃ nāmaḥ(!) || ❁ || saṃvat 955 sālamiti kārttikaśudi 15 roja 7 śubhaṃm || || śrīr astu || || ❁ || (fol. 16v5–17r3)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. E 743/6
Date of Filming 02-01-1979
Exposures 12
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film scanned copy
Remarks
Catalogued by NK/RK
Date 02-10-2012
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