A 229-5 Nīlatantra
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Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 229/5
Title: Nīlatantra
Dimensions: 28 x 11 cm x 21 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/591
Remarks:
Reel No. A 229-5 Inventory No. 47617
Title Nīlatantra
Subject Śaivatantra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State incomplete missing folios are: 3 and 20
Size 28.0 x 11.0 cm
Folios 21
Lines per Folio 9–10
Foliation figures in the middle left-hand margins of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/591
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
śrī3bhavānyai namaḥ ||
nirākārāgārā sakalaśrutisārā bhayaharā
śiraśreṇīhārā vibhacayakārā bhayaharā ||
kṛpāpārāvārā pitṛgṛhavihārā †aśikarā†
smṛtāhārāhārātararudhiradhārāsanaparā || ||
śrīpārvvaty uvāca ||
mahāvidyāṃ mahādeva kathayasva mama priyāṃ
śubhravarṇṇā tu yā tārā bhāratī sā prakīrttitā
sā kathaṃ nīlavarṇṇāśīt (!) smṛtā nīlasarasvatī || ||
⟪sṛ⟫[[naṣṭaṃ]] sṛṣṭe mahādevī (!) naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame
bṛhad aṇḍam abhūd ekaṃ sṛṣṭe (!) pūrvvaṃ mahattaraṃ
tatra yajñe (!) svayaṃ viṣṇuś caturbhujasamanvita (!)
tasya nābhau tato brahmā yajñe (!) sṛṣṭasya cākṣaye (fol. 1r1–8)
End
brahmā brahmatvam āpnuyāt nārāyaṇo[ʼ]pi
lakṣmīśaḥ nīlakaṃṭhedum (!) avyaya (!) |
itaḥ kiṃ phalabāhulyaṃ mayā vaktuṃ na śakyate ||
jihvākoṭisahasrais tu vaktrakoṭiśatair api
na śakyate mayā devi vaktuṃ nīlāmanophalaṃ (!) || || (fol. 23v2–5)
Colophon
iti śrīnīlataṃtre devīśvarasaṃvāde nīlasarasvatyā devadullaṃ nāma kavacaṃ ⟪‥‥‥‥‥⟫caturddaśaḥ paṭala (!) samāptaś cāyaṃ graṃthaḥ || śubhaṃ || (fol. 23v5–6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 229/5
Date of Filming 09-01-1972
Exposures 27
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Catalogued by BK
Date 14-09-2007
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