A 1171-29 Gāyatryaṣṭottaraśatanāmastotra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1171/29
Title: Gāyatryaṣṭottaraśatanāmastotra
Dimensions: 15.8 x 7.9 cm x 5 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/3234
Remarks:

Reel No. A 1171-29

Inventory No. 94387

Title Gāyatryaṣṭottaraśatanāmastotra

Remarks

Author

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State complete and undamaged

Size 15.8 x 7.9 cm

Binding Hole none

Folios 5

Lines per Folio 7

Foliation figures in both margins of the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 4/3234

Manuscript Features

Some parts of the text and verse numbers are highlighted so strongly that they are illegible on the black-and-white photos. The parts have been reconstructed from A 1171-30 in the transcript below.

Excerpts

Beginning

(śrīgaṇeśāya na)maḥ || śrī(mate rāmānujāya na)maḥ ||

(śrīrāmacandra uvā)ca ||

viśvāmitra mahāprājña gādhiputra mahāvrata ||
śatam aṣṭottaraṃ nāmnāṃ gāyatryā brūhi mokṣadaṃ || (1) ||

(viśvāmitra uvāra ||

sā)dhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā prājña raghuvaṃśasamudbhava ||
gāyatryāś caiva sāvitryāḥ sarasvatyās tavādhunā || (2) ||

śatam aṣṭottaraṃ nāma śṛṇu tattvena rāghava ||
śṛṇvatāṃ pātakaharam ajñānatimirāpaham || (3) ||

gāyantaṃ trāyate yasmād gāyatrī sābhidhīyate ||
tapaḥ kuru mahārāja sarvān kāmān avāpsyasi || (4) ||

oṃ (asya śrīgāyatryaṣṭottaraśatanāmastotrasya ...) (fol. 1v1–2r5)

End

namas te karuṇāmūrte namas te bhaktavatsale ||
gāyatrīṃ pūjayed yas tu nāmnām aṣṭottaraiḥ śataiḥ || (23) ||

tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vaktuṃ brahmaṇāpi na śakyate ||
prātaḥ kāle ca madhyāhne sāyāhne vā dvijottamāḥ || (24) ||

ye paṭhantīha lokesmin sarvān kāmān avāpnuyuḥ ||
paṭhanād eva gāyatryā nāmnām aṣṭottaraṃ śatam || (25) ||

brahmahatyādipāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ ||
dine dine paṭhed yas tu gāyatryā stavam uttamam || (26) ||

sa naro mokṣam āpnoti punarāvṛttivarjitam ||
putrapradaṃ aputrāṇāṃ daridrāṇāṃ dhanapradam || (27) ||

rogiṇāṃ rogaśamanaṃ sarvaiśvaryapravarddhanam ||
kim atra bahunoktena stotraṃ bahuphalapradam || (28) || (fol. 4v7–5v5)

Colophon

[as is written on the title card photographed with the MS]
(iti śrīviśvāmitrasaṃhitāyāṃ viśvāmitrarāmacandrasaṃvāde gāyatryaṣṭottaraśatanāmastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ) (fol. 5v5–7)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1171/29

Date of Filming 12-01-87

Exposures 9

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by BK/MD

Date 10-07-2003