E 743-6 Brahmavaivartapurāṇa

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: E 743/6
Title: Brahmavaivartapurāṇa
Dimensions: 16.1 x 7.7 cm x 10 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Purāṇa
Date: NS 955
Acc No.:
Remarks:

Reel No. E 743/6

Inventory No. 12736

Title Brahmavaivartapurāṇa

Remarks

Author attributed to Vyāsa

Subject Purāṇa

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State incomplete

Size 16.1 x 7.7 cm

Binding Hole(s)

Folios 10

Lines per Folio 5

Foliation figures on the verso; in the upper left-hand margin and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāmaḥ

Scribe

Date of Copying NS 955

Place of Copying

King

Donor

Owner/Deliverer Acyuta Rāja

Place of Deposit Private

Accession No. Private: KTM E 16494

Manuscript Features

Fols. 2–8 are missing.

The text contains the following sub-chapters of the Brahmavaivartapurāṇa:

1. Surabhayupākhyāna of Prakṛtikhaṇḍa

2. Durgopākhyāna

3. Ṣaṣṭhyupākhyāna

Excerpts

«Beginning»

❖ śrīgurugaṇeśāya namaḥ || śrīrāmaḥ || ||

praṇamya śirasā devaṃ gaurīputraṃ vināyakam ||

bhaktyā yaḥ saṃsmaren nityaṃ āyukāmārthasiddhaye || 1 ||

prathamaṃ vakratuṇḍaś ca hemada(ṇḍyaṃ(!)) dvitīyakam ||

tṛtīyaṃ kṛṣṇapiṃgākṣaṃ gajavaktraṃ caturthakam || 2 ||

lambodaraṃ paṃcamaṃ ca ṣaṣṭhaṃ (fol. 1v1–5)

«End»

kākabaṃdhyā ca yā nārī mṛtavatsā ca yā bhavet ||

varṣaṃ śrutvā labhet putraṃ ṣaṣṭhīdevīprasādataḥ || 14 ||

rogayukte ca bāle ca pitā mātā śṛṇoti cet ||

māsena mucyate bālaḥ ṣaṣṭhīdevīprasādataḥ || 15 || (fol. 16v1–4)

«Colophon»

iti śrībrahmavaivarttemahāpurāṇe nārāyaṇana(!)radasamvāde prakṛtikhaṇḍe ṣaṣṭhyupākhyānaṃ nāmaḥ(!) || ❁ || saṃvat 955 sālamiti kārttikaśudi 15 roja 7 śubhaṃm || || śrīr astu || || ❁ || (fol. 16v5–17r3)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. E 743/6

Date of Filming 02-01-1979

Exposures 12

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film scanned copy

Remarks

Catalogued by NK/RK

Date 02-10-2012

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