A 16-3 Mahālakṣmīvratamāhātmya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 16/3
Title: Mahālakṣmīvratamāhātmya
Dimensions: 36 x 4 cm x 3 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date: NS 629
Acc No.: NAK 1/910
Remarks:
Reel No. A 16-3
Inventory No. 32997
Reel No. A 16/3
Title Mahālakṣmīvratamāhātmya
Author Gālava
Subject Karmakāṇḍa
Language Sanskrit
Text Features The text is written in functional Sanskrit, so irregularities are not marked.
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State some folios are defaced, not easy to read.
Size 36 x 4 cm
Binding Hole 1
Folios 31
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the right and letters in the left margin of the verso
Scribe Amṛtarāja
Date of Copying [NS] 629 śrāvaṇaśukla 13 ādityavāra
Place of Copying Bhaktapur
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1-910
Used for edition no
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namaḥ śrīmahālakṣmai ||
yā devyā bhuvanatraye viracitā yā saṃsthitā jaṃtave,
yāvasthā bhavasaṃbhave sthitigatā yā sarvvage sūṣmagā |
yā yā vallabhabhairavasya satataṃ yā mardditā śatruṣu
sā devyāś caraṇāravindayugalaṃ sevāmi nityaṃ tribhiḥ ||
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ ||
gālava śrīgurus tvaṃ hi śrotum icchāmaḥ sāmprataṃ |
kathaṃ lakṣmīkathā śreṣṭhā kathaṃ śatruvimardditā ||
gālava bhairavo nātho, goṣṭhayukto maheśvaraḥ |
ṛṣirūpaṃ samāsthāya, ṛṣiṃ sarvvaṃ prabodhyate || (fol. 1v1–3)
Sub-colophon
iti mahālakṣmīmāhātmye prathamo ‘dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 3v)
iti mahālakṣmīmāhātmye dvitīyo ‘dhyāyaḥ samāptaṃ || (fol. 5r)
iti mahālakṣmīmāhātmye tṛtīyo ‘dhyāyaḥ samāptaṃ || (fol. 7r)
iti mahālakṣmīmāhātmye dvitīyo ‘dhyāyaḥ samāptaṃ || (fol. 5r)
iti mahālakṣmīmāhātmye lavaṇavadhaś caturthaḥ || (fol. 8v)
iti mahālakṣmīmāhātmye gayāsurasenābhañjano nāma pañcamaḥ paṭalaḥ || (fol. 9v)
iti gālavakṛte mahālakṣmīmāhātmye kolāsuravadhaḥ ṣaṣṭhaḥ paṭalaḥ || (fol. 10v)
iti gālavokte mahālakṣmīmāhātmye kolāsuravadhastuti saptamaḥ samāptaṃ || (fol. 12v)
iti gālavakṛte mahālakṣmīmāhātmye vratāvatārasūcanoṣṭamaḥ paṭalaḥ || (fol. 13v)
iti gālavakṛte mahālakṣmīmāhātmye vratavāptir nnāma daśamaḥ paṭalaḥ samāptaḥ || (fol. 17r)
iti gālavakṛte mahālakṣmīmāhātmye ekādaśapaṭalaḥ || (fol. 19v)
iti mahālakṣmīmāhātmye vratavicārapuranirmāṇo nāma dvādaśamaḥ paṭalaḥ || (fol. 21r)
iti gālavakṛte mahālakṣmīmāhātmye mahādevīrājasamāgamo nāma trayodaśamaḥ paṭalaḥ || (fol. 24r)
iti gālavakṛte mahālakṣmīmāhātmye vratvidhāno nāma caturddaśaḥ paṭalaḥ || (fol. 25v)
iti gālavaprokte mahālakṣmīmāhātmye coḍadevī kolāpurīpraveśo nāma pañcadaśamaḥ paṭalaḥ || (fol. 28r)
End
sarvvatīrthe〇ṣu snātas tena devāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ |
pitaras tarpitās tena yaś cared vratam uttamaṃ ||
dhārmiko ’stu mahīpālaḥ prajāḥ santu nirāmayāḥ |
mahāsamṛddi..syāstukāle varṣantu vāridāḥ || ○ ||
iti mahālakṣmīvratamāhātmye vyākhyānasamuccaye ṣoḍaśaḥ paṭalaḥ samāptaṃ || || śubham astu sarvvadā || || dakṣiṇe | ādhāra | ananta | pretāsana | nirmāṃsacāruvadanīṃ caṇḍamuṇḍanibandhanīṃ |
kāpālamālinīn devī, muṇḍakhaṭvāṅgadhāriṇi || etc. (fol. 30v2–4)
jājvalyamānaṃ tejobhī,r(!) atīvāhlādakāriṇīṃ, ||
evaṃ dhyātvā mahādevī(ṃ) prapannena prapūjayet ||
oṃ hrīṃ jaya jaya parameśvari mahālakṣmi rājyaṃ me dehi varade svāhā || sarvva | viśva | bhuva | rāja | maṇḍala | gṛha | dhana | dhānya | saṃtāna | jaya | khaḍga | buddhi | dhṛti | jñāna | mokṣa | mahā || 16 || ○ || (fol. 31r3–4)
Colophon
śreyo ‘stu samvat 629 śrāvaṇamāsaśuklapakṣe || trayodaśyā tithau, uttrāṣāḍhanakṣatra, āyuṣmān yoga, āditavāsare tātmadine, likhita saṃpūrṇṇaṃ, mahālakṣmīvratamāhātmye vrati amṛtarājakasya svahastena likhitaṃ, śrībhaktāpurinagare pārṇṇimāhālapathapārṇṇimālani yaṃkuligṛhanivāsitapuṇyārthena icchaṃti pūrvvavat mama doṣo na diyate || || śubham astu sarvvadā || || (31r4–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 16/3
Date of Filming 20-08-70
Exposures 40
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film Negative
Catalogued by DA
Date 2002
