A 178-4 Merutantra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 178/4
Title: Merutantra
Dimensions: 30 x 13 cm x 323 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 2/235
Remarks:

Reel No. A 178/4

Inventory No. 38318

Title Merutantra

Remarks

Author Śiva

Subject Śaivatantra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material Nepali paper

State complete

Size 30 x 13 cm

Binding Hole none

Folios 323

Lines per Folio 16

Foliation figures in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation meru and in the lower right-hand margin on the verso; The folio number in the right margin restarts from "1" on fol. 143.

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 2/235

Manuscript Features

On the front page it is written:

svasti śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || śrīdevyai namaḥ || sarasvatyai namaḥ || rāmacandramanmaṅgalamūmurttaye namaḥ || śrīgaṇeśo jayati ||    ||

Excerpts

Beginning

|| śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||    ||

yayā sat sad ivābhāti na ca bhāti kadā[pi] sat |
yasmin jñāne na sā bhāti tasyai tasmai namo namaḥ | 1 |

jalaṃdhareṇa vijite surāsuranare khile |
sūkṣmarūpeṇa taiḥ sarvaṃ maheśaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ | 2 |

divyāṇy abdasahasrāṇi samādhisthaṃ vilokya taṃ
prārthitā cārccitā tais tu vāmadakṣiṇamārgibhiḥ | 3 | (fol. 1v1–3)

End

kuṃbhodakena karttāram abhiṣiṃcen manuṃ smaran |
karttā ca dakṣiṇāṃ dadyāt puṣkalāṃ toṣahetave |

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

iti bho kathitaṃ devā dīpadānaṃ mahīkṣituḥ |
ataḥ paraṃ kiṃ vaktavyaṃ tat pṛcchata surottamāḥ || (fol. 232v9–10)

Colophon

iti śrīmahāmāyāmahākālānumate merutaṃtre śivapraṇīte kārttavīryyamaṃtrakathanaṃ nāma paṃcatriṃśaḥ prakāśaḥ || 35 ||
merau śīvapraṇīte smin meruṇā prakaṭīkṛte |
merubhūte ca taṃtrāṇāṃ mahīśam anunirṇayaḥ ||    ||
śrīgurūśrīdakṣiṇāmūrtti prītir astu ||    || (fol. 323v11–12)

Sub-colophon

iti śrīmahāmāyānumate merutaṃtre śivapraṇīte vyavasthāprakāśaḥ prathamaḥ || 1 || (fol. 3v11)

iti śrīmahāmāyāmahākālānumate merutantre śivapraṇīte saṃskāraprakāśo dvitīyaḥ || 2 || (fol. 9r11–12)

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Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 178/4

Date of Filming 25-10-1971

Exposures 329

Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by SG/MD

Date 11-07-2013