{ "viewingDirection": "left-to-right", "metadata": [ { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "South India." }, { "label": "Provenance", "value": "Bought from Robert E. Stolper in 1990-91." }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "66 ff. (including one flyleaf in the beginning of the manuscript)." }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "AHRC" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "19th century or beginning of the 20th century." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "MS Or.2352.1" }, { "label": "Additions", "value": "

Marginalia<\/b><\/p>

The invocation hariḥ | omḥ<\/i>(!)<\/i> |<\/i>, written on the mid-left margin of the recto of the first folio, marks the beginning of the text. A puṣpikā<\/i> on the mid-left margin of the recto of folio 19 marks the end of the first sarga<\/i>. <\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Purāṇa; Tantra; Stotra; Śākta" }, { "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": "Complete, in good condition." }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

Grantha, incised, in black ink. <\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Excerpts", "value": "
Incipit:<\/b> [1r1]<\/a> nyāsam āvāhanañ caiva nāmāny argalakīlakaṃ | hṛdayañ ca dalañ caiva [1r2] ddhyānaṃ kavacam eva ca | māhātmyañ ca japen nityaṃ aṣṭamyāñ ca viśeṣataḥ | [1r3] saubhāgyañ ca bhaven nityaṃ naro mucyeta saṃkaṭāt_ | asya śrīsaptaśatikā[1r4]stotramahāmarntrasya<\/i>(!)<\/i> | mārkaṇḍeyabrahmaviṣṇumaheśvaraṛṣayaḥ | gāyatriṣṭu[1r5]ganuṣṭup_<\/i>(!)<\/i> cchandā◎ṃsi | madhukaiṭabhamardinī ma◎hiṣāsuramardini [1r6] caṇḍamuṇḍarakta◎bījasuṃbhanisuṃbhamardiny◎o devatā | aiṃ [1r7] hrīṃ klīṃ bījā◎ni | umā śaktiḥ | mama māhāmāy◎āprasādasiddhya[1r8]rtthe jape vinī◎yogaḥ | - om śambhu te◎jo jvala jvālā [1r9] mālinī pāvaka rociṣe | hrāṃ nandajāyai aṃguṣṭābhyān namaḥ | evaṃ [1r10] hṛdayādinyāsaḥ |<\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> (Prefatory texts<\/i>) [12v9]<\/a>❈ iti hariharasaṃ[12v10]vāde viriñcaviracite devīkavacastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ | ❈ hari om śubhaṃ |<\/div>
Incipit, section:<\/b> (Devīmāhātmya<\/i>) [13r1]<\/a> tapasyantam mahātmānaṃ mārkaṇḍeyamahāmuniṃ | vyāsaśiṣyo mahātejā jaimuniṃ<\/i>(!)<\/i> paryyapṛcchata | mārkaṇḍeyamahāprājña sarvaśāstraviśārada | [13r2] śrotum icchāmy aśeṣeṇa devīmāhātmyam uttamaṃ |<\/div>
Explicit:<\/b> [65r6]<\/a> iti datvā tayor devī yathābhilaṣi◎taṃ paraṃ | babhū[65r7]vāntarhitā sadyo bhaktyā tābhyām abhiṣṭutā | tatas sa rājā su[65r8]ratho jitvā śatrūn narādhipaḥ | bubhuje sāgarāntā[65v1]<\/a>gāṃ hataśatrubalaṃ balāt_ | samādhis sa ca vaiśyo pi di[65v2]vyāṃ gatim anuttamaṃ | avāpa paramāṃ prās<\/i>(!)<\/i> sadyo devyāḥ pra[65v3]sāditaḥ | itthaṃ devyā varaṃ labdhvā ◎ suratha kṣa[65v4]triyarṣabhaḥ ◎ sūryyāj janma samāsā◎dya sāvarṇi [65v5] bhavitā manu◎ḥ | ❈<\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> [65v5]<\/a> iti śrīdevīmā◎hātmye tra[65v6]yodaśo ddhyāyaḥ ❈<\/div>
Final Rubric:<\/b> [65v6]<\/a> śrīmahādevyai namaḥ ❈ hari [65v7] om devīmāhātmya samāptaḥ ❈ hari om śubham astu<\/div>" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "Cambridge University Library" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

A modern multi-text Grantha manuscript containing the Devīmāhātmya<\/i> preceded by several prefatory devotional texts (nyāsa<\/i>, āvāhana<\/i>, nāmāni<\/i>, argalakīlaka<\/i>, hṛdaya<\/i>, dala<\/i>, dhyāna<\/i>, kavaca<\/i>). This manuscript is found in the same bundle as Or.2352.02<\/a>.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Devīmāhātmya" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "Marco Franceschini., CUDL PID Workflow" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Palm leaf.

Folio height: 4 cm, width: 16 cm. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "Written area height: 3.1-3.5 cm, width: 14.0-14.5 cm.

8 to 11 lines per page (mostly 10 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. CSISM: No. 42, p. 48-49. Cf. Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Or.2344<\/a>, MS Or.2347.1<\/a>, MS Or.2348<\/a>, MS Or.2351<\/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>
CSISM = Winternitz, M., 1863-1937. and Frederick William, 1867-1956. Thomas, A catalogue of South Indian Sanskrit manuscripts (especially those of the Whish collection) belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland<\/i>, Asiatic Society monographs (London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1902).<\/div><\/div>
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