A 1174-24(22) Mahādevastotra (2)
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1174/24
Title: Mahādevastotra
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 Mahādevastotra
Remarks ascribed to Harivaṃśa
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
Beginning
❖ oṃ namaḥ śivāya ||
tatheti kaśyapaś cokto saṃprasthāpya bṛhaspatiṃ ||
jagāmārccayitun devaṃ rudraṃ bhūtagaṇeśvaraṃ ||
tatra saumyaṃ mahātmānam ānarccya(!) vṛṣabhadhvajaṃ |
varārthī kaśyapo dhīman adityā(!)sahitaḥ prabhuḥ ||
tuṣṭāva ca tam āsīnaṃ mārīcaḥ kaśyapas tadā |
vedoktaiḥ sukṛtaiś caiva stavaiḥ stutyaṃ jagadguruṃ || ||
kaśyapa uvāca ||
gurukramaṃ viśvakarmmāṇam īśaṃ jagatsraṣṭāraṃ dharmmadṛśyaṃ vareṇyaṃ |
tat sarvva(!) tvāṃ dhṛtimaddhāma divyaṃ viśveśvaraṃ bhagavantaṃ namasye ||
yo devām adhipaḥ pāpaharttā tataṃ viśvaṃ yena jagan mahatvāt |
āyogarbbhā yasya śubhā dharitryo viśveśvaraṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye ||<ref>The metre in most of the stanzas is unclear and the meaning in many places, too.</ref> (fol. 69v2-6)
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Excerpt
praśūnu(!) bhayo(!) prasthataś(!) ca sūkṣmāṃ pṛthagbhūte tyāna(?) pṛthak abhūtaḥ(!) |
svayambhūtaḥ pātu māṃ sarvvasāraḥ padadhyānaḥ sampadaḥ pātu ratnaṃ ||
āsannaḥ sannataḥ sādhanānāṃ śraddhāvatāṃ śrāddhavṛttipraṇetā |
patir ggaṇānāṃ mahatāṃ satkṛtīnāṃ pāpāntaikaḥ pūraṇaḥ sadguṇānāṃ || ||
antarbbahirvṛjinānāṃ nihantā nihantā svayaṃ karttā sūtabhāvī vikurvvan ||
dhṛtāyudhaḥ sukṛtīnām uttamaujāḥ praṇāyan me vṛjinan devadevaḥ |
yenārddatās(!) traipurāmāyino vaidambaḥ(!) ghoreṇa vitathāntaḥ śareṇa |
mahat kurvvatāṃ vṛjinaṃ devatānāṃ pāyād īśaḥ pātu viśvo dadhātā(?) || (fol. 70r9-70v2)
End
gamyatāṃ tatra dharmmajña dākṣāyaṇyā saha tvayā |
adityā śakrasadanaṃ śreyase putrayā dhruvaṃ ||
iti haravacanaṃ niśamya vidvān kamalabhavātmajasunur aprameyaḥ |
tridaśagaṇaguruṃ praṇamya rudraṃ muditamanāḥ svam adhaukasaṃ jagāma || (fol. 70v10-71r1)
Colophon
iti harivaṃśe pārijātaharaṇe kaśyapakṛtaṃ mahādevastotraṃ samāptaṃ || || śrīmahādevaprīti sarvvadā || || (fol. 71r1)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1174/24v
Date of Filming 20-01-1987
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive (scan)
Catalogued by AM
Date 11-12-2013
