A 178-3 Merutantra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 178/3
Title: Merutantra
Dimensions: 29.5 x 12.5 cm x 591 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 2/216
Remarks:

Reel No. A 178/3

Inventory No. 38307

Title Merutantra

Remarks

Author

Subject Śaivatantra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material paper

State incomplete

Size 29.5 x 12.5 cm

Binding Hole none

Folios 422

Lines per Folio 10

Foliation figures in the right margin (re-foliated more than once)

Scribe Suratsiṃha(?)

Date of Copying saṃvat 847 (~ 1727 C.E.)

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 2/216

Manuscript Features

The MS begins with fol. no. 172, which also bears the number "1" in the lower right-hand margin.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ iti śrīmahāmāyāmahākālānumate merutantre śivapraṇīte puraścaryyākaulikācāraprakāśo daśamaḥ ||    || 946 || 2145 || 4256 ||    ||

merau śivapraṇīte smin meruṇā prakaṭīkṛte |
merubhūte ca tantrāṇāṃ puraścaryyāvinirṇṇayaḥ ||    ||

śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ ||    ||

śrīdevy uvāca ||

mahādevamahāghore kalau ke ke ca vaidikāḥ ||
sthāsyanti manavaḥ kutra kalpā ke ca phalapradāḥ ||

kiyac ca vaidikaṃ karmma brahmatvāya prakalpate ||
śākhāḥ sthāsyanti kāḥ kāś ca upasākhās tathā ca kāḥ ||    || (fol. 172v1–4)

End

kuṃbhodakena karttāram abhiṣiṃcen manuṃ smaran ||
karttā ca dakṣiṇāṃ dadyā[t] puṣka〈ṃ〉lāṃ toṣahetave ||

palānāṃ tu daśāṃśena mukhyaṃ brāhmaṇabhojanaṃ ||
viśatyaṃśena madhyaṃ syāc chatāṃśenāparaṃ smṛtaṃ ||

iti bho kathitaṃ devā(!) dīpadānaṃ mahīkṣituḥ ||
ataḥ paraṃ kiṃ vaktavyaṃ tat pṛcchata surottamāḥ || (fol. 592v9–10, 593r1–2)

Colophon

iti śrīmahāmāyāmahākālānumate merutantre śivapraṇīte kārttavīryyamantrakathanaṃ nāma paṃcatriṃśaḥ prakāśaḥ ||    ||

merau śivapraṇīte smin meruṇā prakaṭīkṛte ||
merubhūte ca tantrāṇāṃ maheśam anunirṇṇayaḥ ||    ||

saṃvat 847 śrāvaṇa kṛṣṇa caturddaśi kunhu coyadhuṅdina ||
likhiti suratsiṃhena | īśvarī prītir astu ||    || subham astu sarvvadā || (fol. 593r2–5)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 178/3

Date of Filming 25-10-1971

Exposures 431

Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by SG/MD

Date 08-07-2013