A 341-7 Brahmapurāṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 341/7
Title: Brahmapurāṇa
Dimensions: 12 x 9 cm x 4 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/5677
Remarks:
Reel No. A 341/7
Inventory No. 12609
Title Mahālakṣmīcaritra
Remarks This text is assigned to the Brahmapurāṇa
Author Vyāsa
Subject Kathā
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete, damaged
Size 12.0 x 9.0 cm
Binding Hole
Folios 4
Lines per Folio 8–9
Foliation none
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/5677
Manuscript Features
at last exp. stamp of Nepal National Library
In the account itself the name of this text is given as Mahālakṣmīvratakathā, but in the colophon as Mahālakṣmicaritra. There are 36 verses, and in the final verse mentions the title as Lakṣmīnivāsanirupaṇam.
Excerpts
Beginning
śrīgaṇeśo jayatu || śrīlaṣmyai namaḥ ||
merupṛṣṭhesukhāsīnaṃ lakṣmī pṛcchati keśavaṃ |
kenopāyena devī tthaṃ puṃsāṃ bhavati niścalā ||1 ||
lakṣmy uvāca ||
cittāṃgārakam astīni vahni bhasma dvijṃ ca gāṃ |
pādena na spṛśet pādaṃ kāryā śāsti tuṣaṃ guruṃ || 2 || (exp.1:1–4)
End
karotyaitāṇi yo nityaṃ ‥yoktāni prayatnataḥ ||
vasāmi tasya dehe vai ‥ pūjā vinās tathā || 33 ||
lakṣmī prabhāṣi‥ stotraṃ prātar utthāya yaḥ paṭhet ||
tasya vasyaṃ bhaven nityaṃ sarvato (!) ca sukhī bhavet || 34 ||
yaḥ paṭhet pratyahaṃ bhaktyā trisaṃdhyaṃ prayataḥ śuciḥ ||
saśriya(!) vipulān nityaṃ prāpnuyān nātra saṃśayaḥ || 35 ||
likhitvā yo gṛhe rakṣet tasya nityotsavo gṛhe ||
vyādhito mucyate rodād arogī sukham āpnuyāt || 36 || (exp.5b6:6a5)
Colophon
iti śrībrahmapurāṇe śrīmahālakṣmīcaritraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ ||
lakṣmīnivāsanirūpaṇam (exp.6:5–7)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 341/7
Date of Filming 5-5-72
Exposures 6
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by JU/MS
Date 1-07-2003