Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 980/34
Title: Nīla(tārā)sarasvatīsahasranāmastotra
Dimensions: 27.2 x 12 cm x 11 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/953
Remarks:

Reel No. A 980-34 Inventory No. 47587

Reel No.: A 980/34

Title Nīlatārāsarasvatīsahasranāmastotra

Remarks ascribed to Nīlatantra

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material Nepali paper, loose

State complete

Size 27.2 x 12.0 cm

Folios 11

Lines per Folio 9

Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation nī. sa. and in the lower right-hand margin under the word guruḥ

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 4/953

Manuscript Features

On fol. 1r is written ❖ śrīnīlasarasvatyai namaḥ || ❖ śrīgaṇeśānaṃdaśarmaṇā ||

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīsarasvatyai || ||

kailāsaśikhare ramye devadevaṃ maheśvaraṃ |

bhavānīrahasya (!) prītyā prayacha varadāyakaḥ || 1 ||

śrīdevy uvāca ||

katham īśāna sarvajña labhate śaktim uttamaṃ ||

sādhakāya prasādena tan me kathaya suprabho || 2 ||

śrībhairava uvāca ||

vinā pūjā vinā dhyānaṃ vinā jāpyaṃ vinā valiṃ ||

labhate yāni kalpāṇi tan me nigadita (!) śṛṇu || 3 ||

nāṃnāṃ sahasraṃ tārāyā (!) kathayāmi viśeṣataḥ ||

śṛṇu devi yathā bhaktyā bhaktānāṃ paramaṃ hitāṃ || 4 ||

vinā pūjopacāreṇa vinā jāpyena yatphalaṃ ||

tatphalaṃ sakalaṃ devi kathayāmi tataḥ śṛṇu || 5 || (fol. 1v1–7)

End

anenaiva vidhānena yojayet parameśvarī

sa bhūmivalaye devi sākṣad darśanasaṃśayaḥ ||

mahāśaṃkhena kalyāṇī kūrve kāryajayādikaṃ

kulasarvasya kasyai ca prabhavo caritaṃ tvayā ||

na śakyate samātaṃkavarṣakoṭiśatair api || 65 ||

kiṃcin mayā tu cāpalya kathitaṃ parameśvarīṃ ||

janmāṃtarasahasreṇa varṇito (!) naiva śakyate ||

kulīnāya pradātavyaṃ tava bhaktiparāya ca ||

na deyaṃ deva deveśi gopyaṃ sarvāgame sadā || 66 ||

paṭhanīyaṃ mahādevī sarvāvasthāsu durllabhā || 167 || (fol. 11r8–11v4)

Colophon

iti śrīnīlataṃtre śrīnīlatārāsarasvatīsahasranāmastotraṃ samāptam || ||

śubham astu ||

sampūrṇam ||

idaṃ pustakaṃ likhitvā amātyabharatalālasya dadau || hanumatapurapule nivāsī || (fol. 11v4–6)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 980/34

Date of Filming 10-02-1985

Exposures 14

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by RT

Date 19-07-2006

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