E 1685-31(2) Sarasvatīstotra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: E 1685/31
Title: Sarasvatīstotra
Dimensions: 25 x 9.6 cm x 21 folios
Material: thyāsaphu
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
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Reel No. E 1685-31b

Title Sarasvatīstotra

Author Bṛhaspati

Subject Stotra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State damaged

Size 25.0 x 9.6

Binding Hole

Folios 21

Lines per Folio 9-14

Foliation none

Owner / Deliverer Dharma Vajrācārya

Place of Deposite Kathmandu

Manuscript Features

The manuscript is written by several hands and contains altogether twelve texts. On many pages there are later additions, which at places extend to several lines. Parts of the text are written in a neat and regular hand, the writing of others makes an unprofessional impression.

There is no foliation at all. Some folios are damaged and on several the writing is partly rubbed off which the result of loss of a few akṣaras.

The beginning of the Tārāṣṭaka has not been microfilmed, or is lost. Only the page which contains stanzas 7 and 8 remains.

The Strīvīryastaṃbhaḥ is only 3 lines long.

The last page has been microfilmed twice: On the last exposure and, erroneously, in the beginning, too.

Excerpts

Beginning

oṃ namaḥ śrīsarasvatyai |

śu‥ām brahmavicārasāraparamām ādyāṃ jagadvyāpinīṃ

vīṇāpustakadhāriṇīm abhayadāṃ jāḍyāṃdhakārāpahām ||

haste sphāṭikamālikāṃ vidadhatīṃ padmāsane [[saṃ]]⟨sthāṃ⟩sthitāṃ

vaṃde tāṃ parameśvarīṃ bhagavatīṃ buddhipradāṃ śāradāṃ || 1 ||

hrīṃ hrīṃ hṛdy ekabīje śaśirucikamalā kalpavispaṣṭaśobhe

bhavye bhavyānukūle kumativanadave viśvavaṃdyāṃghripadmau ||

padme padmopaviṣṭe praṇatajanamanomodasaṃpādayitri

pronmṛṣṭā jñānakūṭe harinijadayite devi saṃsārasāre || 2 ||

aiṃ aiṃ aiṃ jāpatuṣṭe himarucimukuṭe vallakī vyagrahaste

mātar mātar namas te daha daha jaḍatāṃ dehi buddhiṃ praśastām |

vidyeṣedāṃtavedye śrutiparipaṭhite mokṣade muktimārge

mārgātītasvarūpe bhava mama varadā śārade śubhrahāre || 3 || (fol. 2v1-7)

End

varadā yadi me devi divyaṃ jñānaṃ prayaccha me | sarasvaty uvāca | |

dattaṃ te nimalaṃ jñānam ajñānatimirāpahāṃ stotreṇānena ye bhaktyā saṃstuvaṃti sadā na+ teṣāṃ kaṃṭhe sadāvāsaṃ kariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ | 8 | (fol. 3r11-13)

Colophon

iti śrībṛhaspativiracitaṃ sarasvatīstotraṃ samāptam ārat || || (fol. 3r13-14)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. E 1685/31

Date of Filming 18-07-1984

Used Copy Berlin

Type of Film negative

Catalogued by AM

Date 22-02-2008