A 977-9 Karpūrastotra
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Filmed in: A 977/9
Title: Karpūrastotra
Dimensions: 28.6 x 12.2 cm x 6 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1185
Remarks:
Reel No. A 977-9 Inventory No. 119010
Title Karpūrastotra and Karpūrastavaṭīkā
Remarks Alternative titles of the root text are Karpūrastava and Dakṣīṇakālīstotra.
Author The root text is ascribed in the colophon to Mahākala; the commentary is ascribed in the colophon to Lakṣmaṇa.
Subject Stotra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material Nepali paper
State complete
Size 28.6 x 12.2 cm
Folios 6
Lines per Folio 14–17
Foliation figures in the right- and left-hand margins of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/1185
Manuscript Features
In the colophon the root text is ascribed to the Bhairavatantra.
Excerpts
«Beginning of the root text:»
karpūraṃ madhyamāṃtyasvarapararahitaṃ seṃduvāmākṣiyuktaṃ
bījaṃ te mātar etas(!) tripuraharavadhu triḥkṛtaṃ ye paṭhaṃti ||
teṣāṃ gadyāni padyāni ca mukhakuharād ullasaṃty eva vācaḥ
svacchaṃdaṃ dhvāṃtadhārādhararucirucire sarvasiddhiṃ gatānāṃ || 2 || (fol. 1v8, 2r8)
«Beginning of the commentary:»
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || ||
ajādibhir abhiṣṭutaṃ hṛdikṛtaṃ mahendrādibhir namaskṛtam ahardivaṃ †vitayato† munīndrair api || trikālam aham arcita⟨ṃ⟩manujamānave sādibhir nato smi jagadaṃvikālalitapādapaṃ ruhaṃ || 1 || (fol. 1v1–2)
«End of the root text:»
kuraṃgākṣīvṛṃdaṃ tam anusarati premataralaṃ
vaśas tasya kṣoṇīpatir api kuverapratinidhiḥ ||
ripuḥ kārāgāraṃ kalayati sakṛt kelikalayā
ciraṃ jīvanmuktaḥ sa bhavati subhaktaḥ pratijanuḥ || 22 || (fol. 6v, 5–7)
«End of the commentary:»
sa janaḥ ciraṃ dīrghakālaṃ jīvanmuktaḥ kīrtimān dhanavān dharmavāṃś ca bhavatīty arthaḥ pratijanur janmani janmani śobhano bhakto bhaktaśreṣṭho bhavati || 22 || (fol. 6v8–10)
«Colophon of the root text:»
iti śrībhairavataṃtre mahākā[la]viracitaṃ karpūrastotraṃ samāptaṃ śubhaṃ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || (fol. 6v, 5–7)
«Colophon of the commentary:»
iti śrīlakṣmaṇaviracitā karpūrastavasya ṭīkā samāptā || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || (fol. 6v8–10)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 977/9
Date of Filming 20-01-1985
Exposures 7
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Catalogued by RT
Date 03-09-2008
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