B 13-31 Śivarātrikathā

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 13/31
Title: Śivarātrikathā
Dimensions: 24.5 x 4 cm x 33 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Karmakāṇḍa (vaidika, āgamika, tāntrika etc.)
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1078
Remarks:

Reel No. B 13/31

Title Śivarātrivratakathā

Subject Karmakāṇḍa/ Kathā

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material palm-leaf

State incomplete, undamaged

Size 24.5 x 4 cm

Binding Hole 1 in the centre left

Folios 33

Lines per Folio 4-6

Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso

Date of Copying

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1-1078

Manuscript Features

Fols. 1v-2r and 17v-18r are rubbed.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṃ namaḥ śivāya ||

dṛṣṭvā prakāśapurāṇe śivarātrikathām imāṃ |
likhyite (!) sāram ākṛṣya bhuktimuktiphalaṃpradāṃ (!) ||
kailāśaśikhare ramye nānāratnavinirmmite |
svavarṇṇarajatākīrṇṇe vajravidrumabhāmure (!) ||
tavāśīna mahādeva (!) mahādeva sarvvasatvajagadguruṃ (!) |
sṛṣṭisaṃsthāra(!)karttāraṃ pālanasya ca kāraṇaṃ ||… (fol. 1v1-3)

svalpaprayāśam atinirmmalabhūridharmmaṃ
yena vratena suratā(!) manujā labhaṃte⟨〈ḥ⟫ |
tad brūhi kālaharaṇaṃ suradaityanātha
gacchaṃti yena bhavanaṃ bhavaṃto(?) durāpaṃ || (fols. 2v5-3r1)

Sub-Colophons

iti śivarātrau prathamaḥ paṭalaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 4r1)

iti śivarātrau niṣādaprābhāgamo(?) dvatīya paṭala(!) || || (fol. 8r5-8v1)

iti śivadutajayo yamadutaprājayos(!) tṛtīyaḥ paṭalaḥ || || (fol. 13v3)

iti śivarātrītrataṃ(?) śivayamayoḥ samvādaś caturthaḥ paṭala(!) || || (fol. 21r1-2)

iti śivarāto(!) kṛṣṇacaturddasyām īṣucavratodyāpanaṃ(?) vratavidhikathana rāmaḥ(!) pañcamaḥ paṭala(!) || (fol. 31v1-2)

End

urvvasī menakā rambhā śoṇakā ca tilottamāḥ(!) |
anyā bahvās(!) tu kāminyas tam ālokya madotkaāḥ ||
prākārāṭṭalāprāśādam(?) ātiluṅgus(!) tathāparāḥ |
aṅgulyagreṇa śākāṃkṣaṃ darsayatya(!) parāparāḥ ||
kāścid agrapadā(!) sthitvā vīkṣayaty(!) ekamāṇasāḥ |
anyonyam mukham ālokya/// (fol. 33v1-4)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 13/31

Date of Filming 24-08-1970

Exposures 34

Used Copy Berlin

Type of Film negative

Catalogued by DA

Date 2002