A 1080-4 Viṣṇudharma

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Filmed in: A 1080/4
Title: Viṣṇudharma
Dimensions: x cm x folios
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Reel No. A 1080/4

Title Viṣṇudharma

Subject Purāṇa

Language Sanskrit

Reference Grünendal 1983: 10

Manuscript Details

Script old Newarī

Material palm-leaf

State damaged by worms

Size 57 x 4.8 cm

Binding Hole 2

Folios 155

Lines per Folio 5

Illustrations Seven deities illustrated together with attendants on the wooden cover.

Date of Copying NS 210 jyeṣṭhaśukla 9 śukravāra (Friday, May 10th, 1090 AD)

King Harṣadeva

Donor Vinnṛlakṣmī

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1-1002-2

Used for edition yes; Grünendahl 1983 MS N3

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||

nārāyaṇan namaskṛtya narañ caiva narottamam |
devīṃ sarasvatīñ cai〇va tato jayam udīrayet | etc.

kṛtābhiṣekan tanayaṃ rājñaḥ pārikṣitasya tu |
draṣṭum abhyāyayuḥ prītyā śaunakādyā maharṣayaḥ ||
tān āgatān sa rājarṣiḥ pādyā〇rghyādibhir arccitān |
sukhopaviṣṭān viśrāntāṃ kṛtasaṃpraśnasankathān ||
tatkathābhiḥ kṛtāhlādāḥ praṇipatya kṛ〇tāṃjaliḥ |
śatānīko ʼtha papraccha nārāyaṇakathām parāṃ ||

rājovāca ||

yam āśritya jagannāthaṃ mama pūrvvapitāmahāḥ |
vipakṣāpahṛtaṃ rājyam avāpuḥ puruṣottamāḥ || (fol. 1v)

End

etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ rahasyaṃ paramaṃ haraḥ ||
nātaḥ parataraṃ kiñcic chrāvyaṃ śrutisukhāva〇ham |
atroktavidhiyuktasya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ ||
na durllabhan naravyāghra paramaṃ brahma śāśvatam || ○ ||

〇iti viṣṇudharmeṣu śāstramāhātmyaṃ paramāmṛtaṃ dharmottamaṃ parisamāptam iti || ❁ || (fol. 143r)

Colophon

mūrttilakṣaṇam || yogādhyāyaḥ || varṇṇāśrama⁅dha⁆rmaḥ || urvaśīsambhavaḥ ||

viśvarūpadarśanam || caturyugāvasthā || ○ || śāstramāhātmyam iti 〇 || ○ ||

na hi tat sarvatīrtheṣu saritsu ca nimarjjanāt |
phalam bhavaty anantasya yādṛk pādāmbudhāraṇāt || ❁ ||

(with a later hand:)

varṣāṇān daśa saṃyute śatayuge jyeṣṭhasya māsaḥ(!) site
pakṣe śukradine tithau ca navame śrīharṣadeve nṛpe |
etatpustakam ātmanaḥ sajagataḥ saukhyāya mokṣāya ca
śrīvinnṛlakṣmyākhyayā kulajayā samyak pratiṣṭhāpitam || ○ || (fol. 144r)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1080/4

Date of Filming 25-02-1986

Exposures 151

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks = B 5/8

Catalogued by DA

Date 27-01-2003

Bibliography

Grünendahl 1983