A 475-40 Gāyatryaṣṭottaraśatanāmastotra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 475/40
Title: Gāyatryaṣṭottaraśatanāmastotra
Dimensions: 23.5 x 12 cm x 3 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/147
Remarks:

Reel No. A 475-40 Inventory No. 38598

Title Gāyatryaṣṭottaraśatanāmastotra

Remarks According to the colophon, ascribed to the Viśvāmitrasaṃhitā

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State complete

Size 23.5. x. 12.0 cm

Folios 3

Lines per Folio 9

Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation gā.śata. nā. and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāmaḥ

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3/147

Manuscript Features

On the cover-leaf(1r) is written

gāyatryaṣṭottaraśatanāmastotram-patra 3

śrīkṛṣṇalālasya pustakam

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || ||

śrīrāmacandra uvāca || ||

viśvāmitra mahāprājña⟨ḥ⟩ gādhisūta mahavratā(!) ||

śatam aṣṭottaraṃ nāma gāyatryā brūhi mokṣadam || 1 ||

viśvāmitra uvāca || ||

sādhu sādhu mahāprājña śṛnu tattvena rāghava⟨ḥ⟩ ||

śṛṇvatāṃ pātakaharam ajñānatimirāpaham || 2 ||

gāyaṃtaṃ trāyate tasmād gāyatrī sā vidhīyate ||

tataḥ kuru mahārāja sarvān kāmān avāpsyasi || 3 || (fol. 1v1–5)

End

vrahmahatyādipāpebhyo mucyate nātra sa[ṃ]sayaḥ ||

dine dine paṭhed yas tu gāyatryā stavam uttamam ||

sa naro mokṣam āpnoti punarāvṛttivarjjitaḥ ||

putrapradam aputrāṇāṃ dā(!)ridrāṇāṃ dhanapradām || 22 ||

rogināṃ rogasa(!)manaṃ sarvaiśvaryaphalapradam ||

kim atra bahunoktena stotraṃ bahuphalapradām(!) || 23 || (fol.2v9–3r4)

Colophon

iti viśvāmitrasaṃhitāyāṃ viśvāmitrarāmacandrasa[ṃ]vāde gāyatryā [a]ṣṭottaraśatanāmastotram || ○ || ○ || ○ || ○ || ○ || ○ || ○ || ○ || ○ || ○ || ○ || ○ || ○ || ○ || ○ || śubham (fol. 3r4–5)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 475/40

Date of Filming 07-01-1973

Exposures 6

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by BK

Date 30-06-2009

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