A 177-2 Merutantra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 177/2
Title: Merutantra
Dimensions: 39 x 11 cm x 18 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/142
Remarks:

Reel No. A 177-2 Inventory No. 38346

Title Merutantraṭīkā

Author Dāmodara Bhaṭṭa

Subject Śaivatantara

Language Sanskrit

Reference SSP p. no. 4465

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State incomplete, damaged; available folios: 2–19

Size 39.0 x 11.0 cm

Folios 18

Lines per Folio 12

Foliation figures in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation me. tī. and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāma on the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/142

Manuscript Features

Fols. 5r–9v and 10v are damaged in the lower middle left-hand margin of the verso and upper middle left-hand margin of the recto with the considerable loss of the text.

Excerpts

Beginning

- /// nirasthiraktakīṭasya mṛtyus tathā brahmaṇaḥ || ta(!)dṛṣṭyā brahmā nirasthiraktakīṭaḥ || tasyā yaḥ śuklapakṣas tāvat paryaṃtaṃ satīrūpāyāḥ jagadaṃbikāyā āyuḥ gaṃḍagopālikāvad ity arthaḥ || pārvatī tasyāḥ kṛṣṇapakṣaparyyaṃtaṃ jīvati || 12 || evam iti || vayaṃ karttāraḥ prabhava evaṃ rūpohaṃkāras tyakta ity arthaḥ || (fol. 2r1–2)

End

śeṣam iti || itaḥ pūrvaṃ prāṇabuddhidehadharmetyādipūjāṃtamanur uktas tad ārabhya pūjāṃtaṃ dakṣavat kuryād ity arthaḥ || 34 || sarveṣām iti || sarveṣāṃ varṇānāṃ chāgavalidāne dhikāraḥ || sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ prītida ity anvayaḥ || 4 || aṣṭādhiketi || tat kṛtiś catuṣaṣṭiḥ || 38 || nā vā vidhānīti || upadaṃśo lavaṇaśākaṃ || apadaṃśo rājikādadhipracuraṃ || 47 || /// (fol. 19r9–11)

Sub-colophon

iti śrījānakīraghunāthātmajabhaṭṭadāmodarakṛtamerutaṃtraṭīkāyāṃ saṃketamaṃjaryām aṣtamaḥ prakāśaḥ ||     || (fol. 18r3)

iti śrījānakīraghunāthātmajabhaṭṭadāmodarakṛtamerutaṃtraṭīkāyāṃ saṃketamaṃjaryāṃ navamaḥ prakāśaḥ || (fol. 18r12–18v1)

Colophon

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 177/2

Date of Filming 24-10-1971

Exposures 21

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by MS

Date 21-01-2008

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