B 37-1 Devīmāhātmya

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 37/1
Title: Devīmāhātmya
Dimensions: 30 x 4.5 cm x 31 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date: NS 282
Acc No.: NAK 3/360
Remarks:

Reel No. B 37/1

Inventory No. 17794

Title Caṇḍīstava

Remarks alternatively known as Durgāsaptaśatī or Devīmāhātmya

Author

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material palm-leaf

State incomplete

Size 30.0 x 4.5 cm

Binding Hole(s) one; in the centre-left

Folios 31

Lines per Folio 6–8

Foliation there are two foliations, the first is original and the second is added later. In the case of former: figures in the left-hand margin in the verso. In the case of latter: figures in the verso, above the binding hole.

Scribe

Date of Copying NS 282

Place of Copying

King Ānandadeva

Donor

Owner/Deliverer

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3/360

Manuscript Features

Fol. 1v is awfully damaged loosing very large part of the text.

There is some text written on the front cover-leaf. Since it is badly faded out, the following is what we are able to read:

vāgīśvarāya namaḥ

ca[ṇḍī]pāṭha

On fol. 31v, above and below the line of the colophon, there is some text written in a different hand, beginning with '❖ śrīvandanā

Excerpts

«Beginning»

❖ o[ṁ] nama⁅ścaṇḍikā⁆yai ||

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ||

sāvarṇi ///

(yānubhāvena yathā) manvantarādhipaḥ |

sa ba ///

maṇḍale ||

tasya pālayataḥ sa /// (fol. 1v1–3)

«End»

taṃ prayacchāmi saṃsiddhyai tava jñānaṃ bhaviṣyati ||

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ||

idan datvā tayor devī yathābhilaṣitaṃ varaṃ |

babhūvāntarhitā sadyo bhaktyā tābhyām abhiṣṭutā ||

evaṃ devyā varaṃ labdhvāḥ(!) surathaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ |

sūryāj janma samāsādya sāvarṇi(!) bhavitā manuḥ || ❁ || (fol. 31r5–6)

«Colophon»

iti mārkaṃḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye caṃḍīstavaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || || samvat 282 phālgunaśuklacaturthyāṃ | somavāre | śrīmanmahārājādhi(!)jarājaparameśvaraparamabhaṭṭārakaśrīānandadevavijayarājye likhiteti || ❁ || (fol. 31)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 37/1

Date of Filming not indicated

Exposures 35

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film scanned copy

Remarks

Catalogued by NK/RK

Date 11-10-2012

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