A 1174-24(30) Mahādevastotra (5)
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 Skandapurāṇa, Kāśīkhaṇḍa
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 ||
bhārggava uvāca ||
tvaṃ bhābhir ābhir abhibhūya tamaḥ samastam
astaṃ nayaty abhima(!) niśācarāṇāṃ ||
dedīpyase suvimale gagaṇe hitāya
lokatraya(!) jagadīśvara tan namas te || 1 ||<ref>One syllable is missing in pāda b and one in pāda d. </ref>
stoketi velam ativelam aho mahobhir
nnirmmāsi kaumudam udañcaṃ samut samudraṃ ||
vidrāvitākhilatamāḥ sutamāṃ himāṃśoḥ
pīyūṣapūraparipūritatan(!) namas te || 2 || (fol. 74r10-74v2)
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End
ātmasvarūpa tava rūpa paramparābhir
ābhis tataṃ haravarāvararūpam etat ||
sarvvāntarātmanila(!) pratirūparūpa
nityaṃ nato smi paramātmatano ṣṭamūrtte || 8 || (fol. 74v7
ity aṣṭamūrttibhir imābhir(!) umābhivandya
vandyābhivandya tava viśvajanīnamūrtte ||
eta(!) stutaṃ suvitataṃ praṇatapraṇīta
sarvvārtha sārthaparamārtha tato nato smi ||
aṣṭamūrtte ṣṭakeneṣṭaṃ parituṣṭeti bhārggavaḥ ||
bharggyabhūmimilanmauliḥ praṇanāma punaḥ punaḥ ||
iti stuto mahādevo bhārggavenātitejasā |
utthāya bhūmer bbāhubhyāṃ dhṛtvā taṃ praṇataṃ dvijaṃ ||
uvāca daśanajyotsnāpratidyotidigantaraṃ |
anenātyugratapasā hy ananyācaritena ca ||
liṃgasthājpanapuṇyena liṃgasyārādhanena ca |
citraratnopahāreṇa śucinā niścalena ca || (fol. 74v7-75r1)
etc. etc.
tvaddine śukra kūpe ye kṛtasarvvodakaḥ kriyāḥ |
vyayate vighnās te sarvve janāḥ syuḥ sukhavāsinaḥ | (fol. 75r8-9)
Colophon
iti śrīskandapurāṇe kāśīkhaṇḍe bhārggavena kṛtaṃ śrīmahādevastotraṃ sampūrṇṇaṃ || śubhaḥ || śrīmahādevaprīti bhavati || || (fol. 75r9-10)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1174/24z
Date of Filming 20-01-1987
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive (scan)
Catalogued by AM
Date 18-12-2013
