A 259-4 Kūrmapurāṇa

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 259/4
Title: Kūrmapurāṇa
Dimensions: 36 x 15 cm x 134 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/948
Remarks:

Reel No. A 259/4

Inventory No. 37065

Title Kūrmapurāṇa

Remarks

Author

Subject Purāṇa

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State incomplete

Size 36.0 x 15.0 cm

Binding Hole(s)

Folios 135

Lines per Page 8–11

Foliation figures on the verso; in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation kūrma. and in the lower right-hand margin

Scribe

Date of Copying

Place of Copying

King

Donor

Owner/Deliverer

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3/948

Manuscript Features

Fol. 29 is missing.

Fol. 99 has been mentioned twice to the two successive folios.

The MS is badly damaged after fol. 107.

There are two exposures of fols. 9v–10r, 78v–79r, 109v–110r, 127v–128r and 132v–133r.

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ

namaskṛtyāprameyāya viṣṇave kūrmmarūpiṇe ||

purāṇaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi yad uktaṃ viśvayoninā || 1 ||

satrāṃte sūtam anaghā naimiṣe [[śaunakāda]]dayaḥ

purāṇasaṃhitāṃ puṇyāṃ papracchū romaharṣaṇaṃ 2

tvayā sūta mahābuddhe bhagavān brahmavittamaḥ |

itihāsapurāṇārthaṃ vyāsaḥ samyag upāsitaḥ 3 (fol. 1v1–3)

End

dharmanaipuṇakāmā ‥ ‥ nanaiḥ ///

nārāyaṇo hariḥ |

kīrtyate hi yathā viṣṇur nna tathānyatra suvratāḥ 60

vā ‥ ‥ /// rtyate hi /// 61

tīrthānāṃ ca paraṃ tīrthaṃ tapasāṃ ca paraṃ tapaḥ |

jñānānāṃ ca paraṃ ‥ tā /// (exp. 142 ll. 6–8)

Colophon

X

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 259/4

Date of Filming 22-02-1972

Exposures 143

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by BK/RK

Date 08-08-2011

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