B 29-4 Brahmasaṃhitā

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 29/4
Title: Brahmasaṃhitā
Dimensions: 30 x 5.5 cm x 85 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/380
Remarks:

Reel No. B 29/4

Title Brahmasaṃhitā

Subject Vaiṣṇavatantra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material palm-leaf

State complete

Size 30 x 5.5 cm

Binding Hole 1, left of the centre

Folios 85

Lines per Folio 5

Foliation figures in both margins of the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3-380

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

Beginning

oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||

viśveśvaraṃ viśvasṛjam vareṇyaṃ
viśvaṃ viśuddhaṃ varadaṃ variṣṭham |
anādisūyā(!)nalalakṣarūpa (!)
viṣṇum vibhum viprajitan nato smi ||

utpattisthitisaṃhārabanda(!)mikṣaikakā〇raṇaṃ |
nārāyaṇam anīyātsaṃ praṇato smi jagadgurum ||
sumeror ddakṣiṇe sṛṅge sahasrāṃśusamaprabhaṃ |
vajrendranīlaruciraṃ padmahaṃsopaśo〇bhite ||
muktāmalaśilāsaṃkhaṃ(!)candrāṃśuvimalaprabhe |
saśividrumasacchanne pāriyātopamaṇḍite ||
siddhacāraṇagandharvvakinnarodgīta(nā)dite | etc. (fol. 1r1–4)

devadānavagandharvvasiddhacāraṇasevitaṃ |
vṛtam munisahasraiś ca mārkkaṇḍeyaṃ tapodhanaṃ 〇||
vinayenopasaṅgamya praṇipatyābhivādya ca |
kapiñjalo ñjaliṃ kṛtvā praśnam etad apṛccha (!) taṃ || (fol. 2v1–2)

End

navapallavadūrvvādivrīhipatravṛtānanaṃ |
tato (!) tu mantrayet samyag ācārya (!) vidhivat pṛthak ||
kumbhāt mantram anusmṛtya ājighra kalaśān iti |
patākā (!) śakram uddiśya pītāṃ pūrvveṇa kalpayet ||
āgneyām agnim uddiśya raktāṃ surucirā (!) nyaset |
yāmyāṃ kāṃcanasaāśāṃ kṛṣṇā (!) nairṛtyaye (!) smṛtā ||
babhru〇varṇṇāmbunāthāya śyāmāṃ caiva nabhasvate |
raktapitte kuberāya śvetā deyā triśūline ||
patākā vidhivad deyā śaktādibhyo yathādi〇ṇam || ❁ ||

iti brahmoktasaṃhitāyāṃ brahmanāradasamvāde viṣṇurahasye pratiṣṭhādhikāraḥ nāmādhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ || || (fol. 87r5–v4)

Colophon

samvat 315 caitraśuklapūrṇṇamāsyāṃ somavāsare || citranakṣatre || harṣanayoge || rājādhirājaparameśvaraparamabhaṭṭārakaḥ | śrīmadvijayakāmadevasya vijayarājye ||

vipraśrījayabrahmaśarmaṇa likhitam idaṃ pustakaṃ || (fol. 87v4–5)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 29/4

Date of Filming 15-10-1970

Exposures 89

Used Copy Berlin

Type of Film negative

Catalogued by DA

Date 01-06-2005