A 1029-14(1) Kuśapalāśavratakathā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1029/14
Title: Kuśapalāśavratakathā
Dimensions: 21.9 x 8.8 cm x 15 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kathā
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1509
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1029-14
Inventory No. 37223
Title Kuśapalāśavratakathā
Remarks assigned to Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa
Subject Kathā
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State complete
Size 21.9 x 8.8 cm
Folios 4
Lines per Folio 8–9
Foliation figrues in right-hand margin of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/1509
Manuscript Features
This is a collection of vratakathās. It begins from folio no. 84.
- fols. 84v–88r (exp. 4–7): A 1029-14(1) Kuśapalāśavratakathā
- fols. 88r–91v (exp. 7–11): A 1029-14(2) Raviroḍhāvratakathā
- fols. 91v–96r (exp. 11–15): A 1029-14(3) Haritālikāvratakathā
- fols. 96r–98v (exp. 15–19): A 1029-14(4) Jīvaputrikāvratakathā
On the first folio (fol. 84r) the following pūjās are written:
- (1)❖(akhuvāh)āya devāya parśuhastadharāya ca ||
- adyety ādi putrapautrāvāptipūrvvakasarvvasau(2)khyatvadurbhikṣānivṛttitvajanmapatisāhityakāmāḥ tṛṇaṣaṣṭhīvratanimittakakathā(3)śravaṇapūrvvakasahitapārvvatīpūjanam ahaṃ kariṣye ||
- tato rghaḥ atha pūjā |
- śivāyai hara(4)kāntāyai prakṛtyai mṛṣṭihetave |
- śubhaṃ saubhāgyadāyinyai gauryyai devyai namo namaḥ || (5) iti pārvvatīpūjā ||
- ākhuvāhāya devāya parśuhastadharāya ca ||
- śṛṇihastāya dhīrāya namaḥ (6) pāśāsiyānaye || iti gaṇeśapūjā ||
- haragauryā suputrāya kṛttikātanayāya ca |
- skandāya śiṣivāhāya jñānaśaktidharāya ca || iti skandapūjā ||
- śubham astu || rāma ||
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ||
bhagavan devakī sūno lokānugrahakāmyayā |
jātosi bhūtale deva tasmān me[ ʼ]nugrahaṃ kuru ||
abhimanyu bhate bāle subhadrā paramaduḥkhinī (!) |
jivitun nāpi śaknomi (!) śokena paripīḍitā || (fol. 84v1–3)
End
evaṃ vidhiṃ yā kurute ca nārī vrataṃ †carośṇyaṃ† putrapautravṛddhiṃ (!) |
saṃprāpyahaṃsa ca putradīpto (!) sa jāti (!) lokaṃ śaśiśeṣarasya (!) || (fol. 87v9–88r1)
Colophon
iti śrībhaviṣyottare kuśapalāśavratakathā samāptaḥ (!) || ○ || (fol. 88r1–2)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1029/14
Date of Filming 07-08-1985
Exposures 4
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Catalogued by JU/MS
Date 27-02-2004
