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Marginalia<\/b><\/p>

The invocation hariḥ om<\/i> is written on the mid-left margin of the recto of the first folio. <\/div>
For the syllables on the mid-left recto of the first 23 folios, see the introductory text above.<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Śākta; Tantra; Stotra; Purāṇa" }, { "label": "Associated Name(s)", "value": "Robert E. Stolper" }, { "label": "Format", "value": "Tālapatra" }, { "label": "Data Source(s)", "value": "Direct inspection." }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Sanskrit." }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "Unknown" }, { "label": "Alternative Title(s)", "value": "Saptaśatī; Durgāsaptaśatī" }, { "label": "Binding", "value": "

Wood cover, original binding.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Incomplete, in good condition." }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

Grantha, incised, in black ink. <\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Excerpts", "value": "
Incipit:<\/b> [1r1]<\/a> śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ | om_ tapasyantaṃ mahātmānaṃ [1r2] mārkkaṇdeyamahāmūni vyāsaśiṣyo mahāte[1r3]ja jai◎muni paryyapṛcchatā | ◎ mārkka[1r4]ṇḍeya ◎ mahāprājñasarvaśā◎ straviśā[1r5]radā | śrotum icchāmy aśeṣeṇa devīmāhātmyam u[1r6]ttamaṃ | mārkkaṇḍeyaḥ | sāvarṇis sūryyatanayo - [1r7] yo manuḥ kathyate ṣṭamaḥ | niśāmaya tadut_pattiṃ [1v1]<\/a> vistarāt_ gatato mama | mahāmāyānubhāvena ya[1v2]thā manvantarādhipaḥ | sa babhūva mahābhāgas sāvarṇī[1v3]s tanayo ◎ ravaiḥ |<\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> [17v2]<\/a> iti śrīdevīmāhātmye maidhu[17v3]kaiṭabhavadho nāma | ❈ pratha◎mo dhhyāyaḥ<\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> [68v2]<\/a>❈ iti śrīdevīmāhātmye dhū[68v3]mmralo canavadho nāma ṣaṣṭho ddhyāyaḥ | ❈<\/div>
Explicit:<\/b> [71v1]<\/a> tāni cakrā[71v2]ny anekāṇi viśamānāni tammukhaṃ | bahur yyathārkabiṃ[71v3]baṇi su◎bahūni ghanodaraṃ | ta◎to jahā[71v4]sāti◎ruṣā bhīmaṃ bhaira◎vanādinī | [71v5] kālī ka rālavadanā durdarśadaśanojvalā | [71v6] udyamya ca mahāsiṃhā kālī caṇḍam adhāvatā | [71v7] gṛhītvā cāsya keśeṣu śiras tenāśinā<\/div>" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "Cambridge University Library" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

A modern manuscript of the Devīmāhātmya<\/i>, which gives the text of the first six adhyāya<\/i>s and breaks off in 7.19. This manuscript is characterised by a peculiar feature: the name of the owner and the title of the work are given on the mid-left margin of the recto of the first 23 folios, one syllable in each folio (apart from the first): venaki, ṭī, śva, ra, vā, ddhyā, r_, pu, tti, ra, n_, kṛ, ṣṇa, vā, ddhyā, r_, de, vī, mā, hā, tmyaṃ, gra, ndhaṃ |. When read continuosly, the sequence gives: venkiṭīśvara vāddhyār puttiran kṛṣṇavāddhyār devīmāhātmyaṃ grandhaṃ, \"Kṛṣṇavāddhyār, son of Venkiṭīśvara Vāddhyār, Devīmāhātmyam text/book\". Kṛṣṇavāddhyār is also the commissioner/owner of MS-OR-02355<\/a>.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Former Owner(s)", "value": "Kṛṣṇavāddhyār" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Devīmāhātmya" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "Marco Franceschini., CUDL PID Workflow" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Palm leaf.

Folio height: 4.0-4.5 cm, width: 15.7 cm. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "Written area height: 3.0-3.5 cm, width: 11.7-12.8 cm.

5 to 7 lines per page.<\/p> Two string holes." }, { "label": "Date of Acquisition", "value": "August-September 1992 (Handlist)." }, { "label": "Foliation", "value": "

1. Original: Grantha numerals, mid-left margin, recto.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Bibliography", "value": "

Manuscripts<\/b><\/p>

NCC: Vol. 9, p. 143-149.<\/div>
VOHD: many references. Cf. General Register Volumes: Vol. 10, p. 161; Vol. 11, p. 342.<\/div>
NGMCP: many references<\/a>.<\/div>
Cf. Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Or.2344<\/a>, MS Or.2347.1<\/a>, MS Or.2348<\/a>, MS Or.2352.1<\/a>, MS Or.2363<\/a>, MS Or.2364<\/a>; cf. also: MS Ad.1578.<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Edition(s)<\/b><\/p>

Sarmā, Harikṛṣṇa Vyaṅkaṭarāma (ed.), Durgāsaptaśatī: Durgāpradīpa, Guptavatī, Caturdharī, Śāntanavī, Nāgojībhaṭṭī, Jagaccandracandrikā, Daṃśoddhāra iti saptaṭīkāsaṃvalitā<\/i> (Delhi: Buṭālā, 1988).<\/div><\/div>

Secondary Literature<\/b><\/p>

NCC = Raghavan, Venkatarama, K. Kunjunni Raja and N. Veezhinathan, New Catalogus Catalogorum. An Alphabetical Register of Sanskrit and Allied Works and Authors<\/i>, Madras University Sanskrit series (Madras: University of Madras, 1949-).<\/div>
VOHD = Janert, Klaus Ludwig, Walther Schubring, N. (Narayanan) Narasimhan Poti, E. R. Sreekrishna Sarma and Gerhard Ehlers, Indische Handschriften<\/i>, Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland (Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1962).<\/div><\/div>
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