A 958-31 Gāyatryaṣṭottarasahasranāma(stotra)

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 958/31
Title: Gāyatryaṣṭottarasahasranāma[stotra]
Dimensions: 21 x 9 cm x 20 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 6/487
Remarks:

Reel No. A 958/31

Inventory No. 38587

Title Gāyatroṣṭottarasahasranāma

Remarks

Author

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State complete

Size 21.0 x 9.0 cm

Binding Hole(s)

Folios 20

Lines per Folio 5

Foliation figures in the left hand margin under the abbreviation gāyatrī and in the right hand margin under the word rāma

Scribe

Date of Copying

Place of Copying

King

Donor

Owner/Deliverer

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 6/487

Manuscript Features

The first folio of the manuscript contains the content of the manuscript.

In the top hand margin, there is the text of dvādaśanāmastotra:

oṁ gāyatryai namaḥ ||

prathame savitā devī dvitīyaṃ parameśvarī ||

tṛtīyaṃ jñānarūpā ca caturthaṃ laksam ucyate || 1 ||

pañamaṃ siddhiputrī ca ṣaṣṭhaṃ ca bodharūpiṇī ||

saptaṃ dīnakaṃ nāma aṣṭamaṃ vijayā tathā ||

auṣadhaṃ navamaṃ nāma daśamam mukhaśodhinī ||

nirgandhakā daśadhāma dvādaśaṃ ślokatāriṇī ||

dvādaśaitāni nāmāni nāmāṃ japan nityaṃ yato budhaḥ ||

koṭiphalan nityaṃ ānandaṃ ʼtra(!) mucyate ||

śrībrahmapurāṇe brahmanāradasamvāde śrīgāyatrīdvādaśanāmastotram

Excerpts

Beginning

svasti śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ

śrīnārada uvāca⟨ḥ⟩

bhagavan sarvadharmajña sarvaśāstrārthapāraga

śrutismṛtipurāṇānāṃ rahasyaṃ tvanmukhāc chrutaṃ 1

sarvapāpaharaṃ deva kenāvidyā nivarttate

kena vā brahmavijñānaṃ kena vā mokṣasādhanaṃ 2

brāhmaṇānāṃ gatiḥ kena kena vā mṛtunāśanaṃ

aihikāmuṣmikaphalaṃ kena vā padmasaṃbhvaṃ 3

vaktum arhasy aśeṣeṇa sarvaṃ nikhilam āditaḥ (fol. 1v1–5)

End

jape kṛte homapūjāṃ kṛtvā japaviśeṣataḥ

yasyai kasmai na vaktavyaṃ gāyatryaṣṭasahasrakaṃ 155

subhaktāya suśiṣyāya bhaktavyaṃ bhūsurāya vai

idaṃ rahasyaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ hugyatamād api 156

putrapradam aputrāṇāṃ daridrāṇāṃ dhanapradaṃ

mokṣapradaṃ mumūkṣuṇāṃ kāmināṃ sarvakāmadaṃ || 157

rogārto mucyate rogād badho mucyate baṃdhanāt

brahmahatyāsurāpānasvarṇas te pī(!) ca yo naraḥ 118

gurutalpatago vāpi paṭḥanāṃ mucyate sakṛt

idaṃ rahasyam amalaṃ mayoktam ṛṣisattamaḥ 159

paṭḥanād brahmasāyujyaṃ saṃprāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ || || (fol. 20r4–5)

Colophon

iti śrīviṣṇuyāmale sṛṣṭiprasaṃsā(!)yāṃ gāyatryaṣṭottarasahasranāma śubham (fol. 20v on the side)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 958/31

Date of Filming 28-10-1984

Exposures 23

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by AP

Date 11-06-2012

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