A 1174-24(15) Mahārudrastotra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1174/24
Title: Mahārudrastotra
Dimensions: 38.5 x 13 cm x 77 folios
Material: thyāsaphu
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/40
Remarks:

Reel No. A 1174/24

Title Mahārudrastotra

Remarks ascribed to Skandapurāṇa, Kedārakhaṇḍa

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material Thyasaphu

State complete

Size 38.5 x 13 cm

Binding Hole -

Folios 80

Lines per Folio 10

Foliation none

Illustrations In the middle of the manuscript there are more than 50 pages with drawings of various deities and a maṇḍala with Nāgas around the edge. The drawings are vivid, of good artistic quality and with many details.

Date of Copying

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3-40

Manuscript Features

The manuscript contains 32 Stotras, see A 1174-24 Stotrasaṃgraha for a complete list.

In many places a and e are indistinguishable, likewise ā and o.

Excerpts

Complete Text

❖ oṃ namaḥ śivāya ||

brahmovāca ||

namo rudrāya devāya madanāntakarāya ca |
bharggāya bhūribhāgāya trinetrāya tripiṣṭaye ||
śipiviṣṭāya bhīmāya bhīmākṣāya namo namaḥ |
tryambakāya jagadrā(jñe) viśvarūpāya vai namaḥ ||
tvan dhātā sarvvalokānāṃ pitā mātā tvam īśvaraḥ |
tvan nātho jagatāṃ svāmi trātum arhasi naḥ prabho ||
ity ākarṇya vacas teṣāṃ surāṇān nandikeśvaraḥ |
krpayā parayo(!) yukto vijñaptuṃ śastum ārabhet(!) ||
vijñapto nandinā tena śailādena mahātmanā |
dhyānasthito mahādevaḥ surakāryyārtham eva ca ||
brahmādayaḥ suragaṇāḥ surasiddhasaṃghā
draṣṭuṃ tvam eva surararyya(?) viśeṣayanti |
kāryyārthino suravaraiḥ paribhatsyamānās(!)
samāgatās<ref>^{three syllables are missing}</ref> tārakamardditāś ca ||
tasmāt tvayā hi deveśa trātavyādhunā(!) surāḥ |
evaṃ tena tadā su(sthu) vijñapto nandinā dvijāḥ ||
śanaiḥ śanair uparame(!) śastuḥ paramakovidaḥ |
samādheḥ paramātmāsau uvāca parameśvaraḥ || || (fol. 23r6-23v1) <references/>

Colophon

iti śrīskandapurāṇe kedārakhaṇḍe brahmaproktaṃ śrīmahārudrastotraṃ saṃpūrṇṇaṃ || || śrīsadāśivaprīti || || (fol. 23v1-2)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1174/24o

Date of Filming 20-01-1987

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive (scan)

Catalogued by AM

Date 06-12-2013