A 1029-40(2) Śītalāvrata(kathā)

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1029/40
Title: Śītalāvrata
Dimensions: 19.3 x 8.2 cm x 147 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Karmakāṇḍa (vaidika, āgamika, tāntrika etc.)
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/335
Remarks:

Reel No. A 1029-40

Inventory No. 51430

Title Śītalāvrata(kathā)

Author

Subject Kathā, Karmakāṇḍa

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devananagri

Material paper

State complete

Size 19.3 x 8.2 cm

Folios 12

Lines per Folio 7–8

Foliation figures in upper-left and lower-right margin of verso under the abbreviation śītalā and vrata (fols. 26–32)/vratakathā (fols. 33–36)

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 4/335

Manuscript Features

On fol. 37r is a graph (yantra) related to goddess Śītalā

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||    ||

atha śītalāvrata ||    ||

yajamānena puṣpabhājanaṃ ||    || asmat [[adhetyādi ||]] mayā vaidhavyādi drābhartu (!) viyoga putrasaukhya dhanadhānya prāptaye śrīsītalāvratam (!) ahaṃ kariṣye || iti saṃkalpa (!) || (fol. 26r1–4)

Sub-colophon

iti śitalāvrata samāpta (!) ||    || śubham bhūyāt || || (fol. 33r6)

End

ityuktātāṃrdadhe (!) devī śītalākāmarūpinī (!) ||
śītalāyā varaṃ labdhvā jagāma niyatergati (!) ||
brhmā (!) nivāsa prabhuviśvavaṃdya samarhanā (!) sādhita sarvamaṃgalā ||
pratyādamāsādyava (!) sītalāyāṃ (!) nityotsavā pārvati (!) tad babhūva (fol. 36v6–37r1)

Colophon

iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe śītalāvratakathā || (fol. 37r2)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1029/40

Date of Filming 09-08-1985

Exposures 152

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks The text is found in exp. 14–25.

Catalogued by JU/MS

Date 13-07-2003