B 237-20 Devāmṛtapañcarātra
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 237/20
Title: Devāmṛtapañcarātra
Dimensions: 32 x 12 cm x 10 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra; Veda
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/1965
Remarks: as Pañcarātra, 12th paṭala; B 114/15
Reel No. B 237/20
Title Devāmṛtapāñcarātra
Subject Vaiṣṇavatantra
Language Sanskrit
Text Features
Manuscript Details
Script Nagari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 32 x 12 cm
Binding Hole 1 in the centre-left
Folios 10
Lines per Folio 11
Foliation figures in top and bottom margins of the verso
Scribe
Date of Copying VS 1985 jyeṣṭhaśukla 5 guruvāra (~ 1928 AD)
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5-1965
Manuscript Features
It is a transcript of some old palm-leaf MS as it is stated on fol. 10v: idam apūrṇapustam aviditasamayāt purātanatāḍapatrapustakād uddhṛtaṃ vikramasamvat 1985 jyeṣṭhaśuklagurupaṃcamyāṃ. This palm-leaf appears different than the one filmed under reel no. B 29/2.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
merupṛṣṭhe sukhāsīnaṃ brahmalokapitāmahaṃ |
sanatkumāraḥ śrīmantam pṛcchate parameśvaraṃ ||
sanatkumāra uvāca ||
ko yaṃ viṣṇuḥ paro devaḥ sarvaśāstreṣu paṭhyate |
kin nu mūrttir amūrttir vā ajāto jāta eva vā ||
saguṇas tu kathaṃ prokto nirguṇo vā jadguruḥ |
kin nu sūkṣmaṃ vijānīyāt kiṃ vā sthūlam ihocyate ||
kiṃ viṣṇuḥ sakalaḥ proktaḥ kin tu niṣkalam eva vā ||
kim avyaktaṃ vijānīyād vyaktarūpaṃ tu kiṃ bhavet ||
kin tu nityam anityaṃ vākṣaro vā ’kṣara eva vā ||
sarvagaḥ kin tu vijñeyaḥ kiṃ vāsarvagataḥ smṛtaḥ |
kin tu varṇātmako viṣṇuḥ kiṃ vā varṇavivarjitaḥ ||
kathaṃ vā sthāpyate viṣṇur lokanātha jjagadguruḥ ||
pratiṣṭhāṃ tasya devasya śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ || (fol. 1r1–5)
End
iti devāmṛte pañcarātre dvādaśamaḥ paṭalaḥ ||
sahasraśīrṣayārcāyāṃ viṣṇumūrttiṃ tato nyaset |
indrāya gāvo sīty asyāḥ śiromūrttiṃ tu sandhayet |
udvayantīti mantreṇa mukuṭamūrttin tu ⟪vinyaset⟫ sandhayet |
etā arveti mantreṇa lalāṭamūrttiṃ tu sandhayet |
bodhamānīti mantreṇa bhruvor mūrttiṃ tu sandhayet |
akṣannamīti mantreṇa akṣimūrttiṃ tu sandhayet ||
nāsadāsīti mantreṇa nāsikāmūrtti sandhayet ||
bhadraṃ karṇṇeti mantreṇa karṇṇamūrttiṃ ca sandhayet |
gāyani tveti mantreṇa gaṃḍamū (fol. 9v12–10r4)
Colophon
idam apūrṇapustakaṃm (!) aviditalekhasamayāt purātanatāḍapatrapustakād uddhṛtaṃ vikramasamvat 1985 jyeṣṭhaśukragurupañcamyāṃ, (fol. 10r5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 237/20
Date of Filming 17-03-1972
Exposures 29
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks = B 114/15
Catalogued by DA
Date 02-06-2005
