B 36-37 Caṇḍī, also known as Devīmāhātmya and Durgāsaptaśatī
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 36/37
Title: Devīmāhātmya
Dimensions: 26.5 x 4.5 cm x 14 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/7983
Remarks:
Reel No. B 36/37
Inventory No. 17804
Title Caṇḍī
Remarks also known as Devīmāhātmya and Durgāsaptaśatī
Author
Subject Purāṇa/Stotra/Śākta text?
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete
Size 26.5 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole(s) 1, circular, in the middle
Folios 14
Lines per Page 5
Foliation on the verso; figure in the right-hand margin and letter in the left-hand margin
Scribe
Date of Copying
Place of Copying
King
Donor
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/7983
Manuscript Features
- On the original title card, the title of this text is mentioned as the Durgāsaptaśatī, whereas, in the PTL, it is mentioned as the Devīmāhātmya.
- Fols. 1, (5), (8), 11, (?), (18), (19), (22?), (29), (38?), (39?), (?), (?), (?) are available.
- The text runs up to the second last verse of the 3rd chapter.
- This manuscript is poor in physical state; some of the folios are badly damaged and others are partially damaged with the considerable loss of the text. Likewise, a large number of letters are rubbed off in some of the folios. The foliation is also either damaged or illegible in most of the folios.
- On exp. 2 a certain Gaṇapatistotra is written, starting with:
❖ oṁ namo gaṇeśāya ||
gaṇapatiñ ca herambaṃ, vighnarājaṃ vināyakaṃ |
devīputraṃ mahātejaṃ, mahābalaparākramaṃ |
mahādevaṃ mahākāyam, ekadantaṃ gajānanaṃ |
śvetavarṇṇaṃ mahādīptaṃ trinetraṃ gaṇanāyakaṃ |
…
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṁ namaḥ śrīcaṇḍikāyai ||
mārkkaṇḍeya uvāca ||
yad guhya[ṃ] paramaṃ loke sarvvarakṣākaraṃ nṛṇāṃ |
yat(!) na kasyacid ākhyātaṃ tat(!) me brūhi pitāmaha || ||
śrībrahmovāca ||
asti guhyatamaṃ vipra sarvvabhūtopakārakaṃ |
devyās tu kavacaṃ puṇyaṃ tac chṛṇuṣva mahāmune ||
agninā dahyamānās tu śatrumadhye gato raṇe |
viṣame durggame (vāpi bhayārttāḥ śara)ṇaṃ gatāḥ || (fol. 1v1–3)
End
ṛṣir uvāca ||
evam uktvā (samutpatya sārūḍhā) taṃ ‥ ‥ ‥ ‥
/// mya kaṇṭhe ca śūlenainam atāḍayat ||
tataḥ so ʼpi padākrāntas tayā nijamukhāt tataḥ |
arddhaniḥkrānta evāti (!) devyā vīryyena(!) saṃvṛtaḥ |
arddhaniḥkrānta evāsau yudhya ‥ ‥ ‥ ‥ ‥ ‥
/// yā mahāsinā devyā śiraś cchitvā nipātitaḥ |
tato hāhākṛtaṃ sarvvaṃ daityasainyaṃ nanāśa tat |
praharṣañ ca paraṃ jagmuḥ sakalā devatāgaṇāḥ |
tuṣṭuvus tāṃ surā devīṃ saha divyair mmaharṣibhiḥ || (exp. 16 ll. 3–5)
Colophon
No colophon is there.
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 36/37
Date of Filming 02-11-1970
Exposures 17
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by BK/RK
Date 25-05-2012
Bibliography