{ "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": "77 ff. (including one cover leaf in the beginning and three blank flyleaves inserted at the end)." }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "AHRC" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "Kollam year 1078, Tulā month, 27th and 30th days / corresponding to November 12th and 15th, 1902 CE." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "MS Or.2355" }, { "label": "Additions", "value": "
On the cover leaf a \"table of contents\" has been written by the main scribe, on both sides of the leaf. It starts with:

[1r1, c1]<\/a> ā satyena ṛk_ puruṣasūktam       ṛk eṭa 5 \u2013 [1r2, c1] apetamṛtyu ṛk_ āyuṣ ṭe viśvato    ṛk_ 6 \u2013 muta[1r3, c1]t_ 8 \u2013 vare eṭa              3 | [1r4, c1] bhāgyasūktam śrī◎sūktaṃ t_ | mutat_ 12 vare \u2013 eṭa 4 |<\/p> and ends with:

[1r4, c2]<\/a> pradoṣavrataṃ arccana \u2013 [1r5, c2] ṛṣipañcamivrataṃ arccana \u2013 [1r6, c2] somavāravratodyāpanam arccana \u2013 [1v1]<\/a> somavāram śivarātripradoṣam [1v2] iti nuṭaya aghyam \u2013 ṛktik_ | 16 mutat_ [1v3] 19 vare eṭa        4| [1v4]<\/p> This text is followed by two lines in Malayalam language, written by a different hand. <\/div><\/div>

Marginalia<\/b><\/p>

The following invocations are written on the mid-left margin of the relative folios: hariḥ |<\/i> ([1r]<\/a>), hariḥ | śrī<\/i> ([20r]<\/a>), hariḥ |<\/i> ([37r]<\/a>), hari<\/i> ([66r]<\/a>). <\/div>
The section titles written on the mid-left margins have been transcribed in the Summary. <\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Vaidika; Gṛhyasūtra; Tantra" }, { "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": "Scribe(s)", "value": "Rāmapaṭṭar; Rāman; Rāmāyan; Rāmapaṭṭar; Rāman; Rāmāyan" }, { "label": "Binding", "value": "

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

Grantha, incised, in black ink. The text in folios 3r to 4v and the last five lines in folio 15v has been written by different hands: the five lines in folio 15v contain Vedic mantras written in a Grantha script strongly influenced by Malayalam script.

Scribe:<\/b>Rāmapaṭṭar or Rāman or Rāmāyan, son of Nārāyaṇapaṭṭar.<\/p><\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Excerpts", "value": "

Incipit:<\/b> [1r1]<\/a> ā satyena rajasā varttam āno niveśayan_nn amṛtam martyañ ca hiraṇy\\<\/i>e<\/i>/<\/i>na savitā   rathena ā devo yāti \u2013 [1r2] bhuvanā vipaśyan_ ādityā ya namaḥ | agnaye namaḥ | īśvarāya namaḥ | 1 | āpyāyasva sa〚<\/i>t<\/i>〛<\/i>\\<\/i>m<\/i>/<\/i>e tu te - viśvata[1r3]s soma vṛṣṇiyam bhavā ◎ vājasya saṃgathe \u2013 śrīsomāya namaḥ | abhyo nnamaḥ | umāyai namaḥ | [1r4] 2 |<\/div>
Explicit, section:<\/b> (Pradoṣavratam arghyam<\/i>) [19v1]<\/a> prārtthana \u2013 pradoṣasamaye śambho bhavatām aṃghripūjanam | jñānato jñānata sarvam kṣamasva [19v2] parameśvarā | pra◎doṣavratam | \\<\/i>arghyam \u2013<\/i>/<\/i> samāptam ❈ śu◎bham \u2013 parameśvarā rakṣi[<\/i>-1-<\/i>]<\/i> \u2013<\/div>
Incipit, section:<\/b> (Pradoṣavratodyāpanam<\/i>) [20r1]<\/a> pradoṣavratodyāpanāraṃbhaḥ | atha pūjākramo vakṣyate | yathā | prathamataḥ yajamānaḥ ṛtvijaś ca snā[20r2]tvā catustaṃbhamaṇḍapaṃ kṛtvā pañcakṃbhān_ tantubhiḥ vastraiś ca cūtapallavaiḥ kūrccai kuśai[20r3]ś calaṃkṛtya anujñāṃ ◎ kṛtvā gaṇanāyakapūjāṃ puṇyāhaṃ sam◎kalpaṛttug<\/i>(!)<\/i>varaṇam \u2013<\/div>
Explicit, section:<\/b> (Pradoṣavratodyāpanam<\/i>) [31v4]<\/a> evam prakāreṇa yaḥ pradoṣavratodyāpanam kuryyāt_ sa pumān_ umā[31v5]maheśvaraprasādena   dharmmārtthakāmamokṣākhyān_ puruṣārtthān_ labhet_ | pradoṣavrataṃ samāptaṃ \u2013 hari [31v6] om śubham astu<\/div>
Incipit, section:<\/b> (Pradoṣavrata arccanā<\/i>) [32r1, c1]<\/a> pradoṣavrata arccana \u2013 [32r2, c1] sadyojātāya namaḥ | [32r3, c1] tat_puruṣāya namaḥ | [32r4, c1] vāmadevāya namaḥ | [32r5, c1] īśānāya namaḥ | [32r1, c2] aghorāya namaḥ | [32r2, c2] śivāya namaḥ | [32r3, c2] rudrāya namaḥ | [32r4, c2] nīlakaṇṭhāya namaḥ | [32r5, c2] paśupataye namaḥ | [32r6, c2] maheśvarāya namaḥ |<\/div>
Explicit, section:<\/b> (Pradoṣavrata arccanā<\/i>) [35v1, c3]<\/a> gīrvāṇapūjitāya namaḥ | [35v2, c3] devadeveśāya namaḥ | [35v3, c3] mūktipradāya namaḥ | [35v4, c3] sarvāvaraṇadevatā[35v5, c3]sahitaśrīmīnākṣisunda[35v6, c3]reśvarābhyā namaḥ [36r1]<\/a> candraśekharāya namaḥ ❈ 1030 \u2013 śrīgurubhyo namaḥ | [36r2] pradoṣārccanasamā◎ptam |<\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> (Pradoṣavrata arccanā<\/i>) [36r3]<\/a> 1078\u2013mta tulā◎māsam 27ā[<\/i>-1-<\/i>]<\/i> samāptam ❈<\/div>
Incipit, section:<\/b> (Ŗṣipañcamivratodyāpanam<\/i>) [37r1]<\/a> ṛṣipañcamivratodyāpana ārambhaḥ | śubham astu śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ | saṃkalpya sumukhaś caiva + [37r2] viśeṣeṇa + mama janmā bhyāsāt_ | etakṣaṇaparyyantaṃ bālye vayasi ◎ kaumāre yauvane \u2013 [37r3] vṛddhatve ca jāgra◎svapnasuṣupyavasthāsu rahaprakā◎śayoḥ iha janmani [37r4] pūrvajanmani \u2013<\/div>
Explicit, section:<\/b> (Ŗṣipañcamivratodyāpanam<\/i>) [49v1]<\/a> tataḥ ācāryyadakṣiṇāṃ pratimāṃ vastrasaṃyuktāṃ saṃpū[49v2]rṇaphalasiddhaye | tubhyaṃ dadāmi viprendrā svīkuru tva mayārpitām | brāhmaṇān_ | bhojayet_ |<\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> (Ŗṣipañcamivratodyāpanam<\/i>) [49v3]<\/a> hari om śubham astu | ◎ ṛṣipañcamivratodyāpanasamāptam | ◎ 78 tulāṃ 27ā tiyati \u2013 [49v4] ve kṛṣṇavāddhyā◎rkka veṇṭi rāmapaṭṭar svahastalikhi◎tam | ❈<\/div>
Incipit, section:<\/b> (Ṛṣipañcami arccanā<\/i>) [50r1, c1]<\/a> ṛṣipañcamī arccanāraṃbhaḥ | [50r2, c1] kāśyapāya namaḥ | [50r3, c1] marīciputrāya namaḥ | [50r4, c1] ravījanakāya namaḥ | [50r5, c1] indradātāya namaḥ | [50r6, c1] vāmanagurave namaḥ | [50r1, c2] aditibhartre namaḥ | [50r2, c2] devapriyāya namaḥ | [50r3, c2] suvarccase namaḥ | [50r4, c2] viśālākṣāya namaḥ | [50r5, c2] vimalāya namaḥ | [50r6, c2] mahate namaḥ |<\/div>
Explicit, section:<\/b> (Ṛṣipañcami arccanā<\/i>) [52r1, c2]<\/a> śaraṇāgatavasthalāya namaḥ | [52r2, c2] manorathapradāphalapradāya namaḥ | [52r3, c2] bhaktābhīṣṭaphalapradāya namaḥ | [52r4, c2] aruṇḍatyai namaḥ | [52r5, c2] sarvalokajananyai namaḥ | [52r6, c2] sarvaguṇaśālinyai namaḥ | [52r1, c3] śaktijananyai namaḥ | [52r2, c3] pativratāyai namaḥ | [52r3, c3] rā◎māsakhyai namaḥ | [52r4, c3] saptaṛṣibhyo namaḥ | [52r5, c3] samastaṣoḍaśopacārān_ [52r6, c3] samarpayāmi \u2013 arccanasamāptam |<\/div>
Incipit, section:<\/b> (Somavāravratodyāpanam<\/i>) [53r1]<\/a> somavāravratodyāpanā〚<\/i>-1-<\/i>〛<\/i>raṃbhaḥ | pārvatīparameśvarābhyā namaḥ | śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ | [53r2] aśeṣe he pariṣat_ + dakṣiṇātābūlaṃ gṛhītvā mayānuṣṭhitasya somavāravratasya [53r3] saṃpūrṇaphalasi◎ddhyarttham somavāravratodyāpa◎nakarmma karttum mama [53r4] yo[<\/i>gyatā<\/i>]<\/i> bhūyā◎d ity anugrahāṇā \u2013<\/div>
Explicit, section:<\/b> (Somavāravratodyāpanam<\/i>) [61v5]<\/a> ṛtvik_dakṣiṇām kṛtvā pratimāṃ vastrasaṃyuktām [62r1] saṃpūrṇaphalasiddhaye tubhyaṃ dadāmi viprendra yathoktaphalasiddhaye iti ācāryyāya datvā brāhma[62r2]ṇā bhojayet_ savaya m api bhojanaṃ kuryyāt_ \u2013 somavāravra〚<\/i>to<\/i>〛<\/i>◎todyāpanaṃ samāptam ❈ hari om<\/div>
Incipit, section:<\/b> (Somavārārccanā<\/i>) [62v1, c1]<\/a> somavārārccanasadyojātā[62v2, c1]ya namaḥ | [62v3, c1] bhavāya namaḥ | [62v4, c1] pārvatipriyāya namaḥ | [62v5, c1] parvatavāsāya namaḥ | [62v6, c1] nadīdharāya namaḥ | [62v1, c2] śaśimauline namaḥ | [62v2, c1] svargadvārāya namaḥ | [62v3, c1] svargāya namaḥ | [62v4, c1] paraśuhastāya namaḥ | [62v5, c1] pāpanāśanāya namaḥ | [62v6, c1] hetave namaḥ |<\/div>
Explicit, section:<\/b> (Somavārārccanā<\/i>) [65v1, c1]<\/a> tat_puruṣāya namaḥ | [65v2, c1] īśānāya namaḥ | [65v3, c1] somāskandaparame[65v4, c1]śvarāya namaḥ | [65v5, c1] mantrapuṣpāṇi samarpayāmi \u2013 120 |<\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> (Somavārārccanā<\/i>) [65v1, c2]<\/a> somavārārccanasamāptam śubham | [65v2, c2] kollaṃ 1078 \u2013 āmta tulāmāsam 30 tiyati \u2013 [65v3, c2] vekiṭīśvaravāddhyār puttiran kṛ[65v4, c2]ṣṇavāddhyār grandham nārāyaṇa[65v5, c2]paṭṭar puttiran rāmāyan svahastalikhitam ❈<\/div>
Incipit, section:<\/b> (Aṣṭadikpālakuṃbhāvāhanaṛk<\/i>) [66r1]<\/a> aṣṭadik_pālakuṃbhāvāhanaṛk_ | yata indra bhayāmahe tato no bhayaṃ kṛthi maghavan_ śagthi tava tan na ūtaye vi dviṣo [66r2] vi mṛto jahi | asmin_ kumbhe saparivāraṃ indram āvāhayāmi | 1 | nāke suparṇaṃ upa yat_ patantaṃ hṛdā venanto atbhy aca[66r3]kṣapa tvā hiraṇyapakṣaṃ va◎ruṇasya dūtaṃ yamasya yonau śakunaṃ bhura◎ṇyaṃ om bhūr bhuva svaroṃ asmi[66r4]n_ kumbhe yamam āvāhayāmi | ◎ 2 |<\/div>
Explicit:<\/b> [73v3]<\/a> sa◎rppāś ca pitaras sarve a[73v4]ryyamā bhaga eva ca savita tva◎ṣṭṛ vāyuś ca indrāgnir mmitra eva ca indro ◎ nirṛtir yyāpaḥ viśve [73v5] devaś ca viṣṇu ca | vasavo ◎ varuṇaś caiva ahirbuddhnir ajekapāt_ pū◎ṣṇāśvinau yamaś caiva [73v6] ete nakṣatradevatāḥ |<\/div>
Colophon:<\/b> [73v6]<\/a> hariḥ om \u2013 kṛṣṇavāttiyār_ grandhaṃ | rāman_ svahastalikhitaṃ |<\/div>" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "Cambridge University Library" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

A collection of ritual texts<\/i>. A modern multi-text manuscript containing the following texts: