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MS. Sansk. c. 7

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, 18th cent.?

Contents

The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, in 86 adhyāyas.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: oṃ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ oṃ Nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ devīṃ Sarasvatīṃ caiva tatojayam udīrayet ǁ 1 ǁ prapadye devam īśānaṃ śāśvataṃ dhruvam avyayaṃ mahādevaṃ mahātmānāṃ viśvasya jagataḥ patiṃ tapaḥsvādhyāyasaṃpannaṃ Mārkaṃḍeyaṃ mahāmuniṃ Vyāsaśiṣyo mahātejā Jaiminiḥ paryapṛcchata ǁ 3 ǁ
Explicit: śrutvā caritam etad dhi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate śṛṇuyād dhārayed vāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ǁ iti Mārkaṃḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇike Manvaṃtare Rājyavardhanopākhyānaṃ samāptaṃ ǁ oṃ ǁ samāptaṃ cedaṃ Mārkaṃḍeyapurāṇaṃ purāṇasyāsya saṃkhyānaṃ kathitaṃ tatvavuddhinā aśīti ṣaṭ tathādhyāyaḥ purāṇe ’smin prakīrttitāḥ aṣṭau ślokasahasrāṇi aṣṭau ślokaśatāni ca ślokāś ca caturāśītiḥ śāstre ’smin parikīrttitāḥ dvācatvāriṃśad vṛttāṃtāḥ kathitās tatvavuddhinā Mārkaṃḍeyajaiminisamākhyānapraśnākhyānaṃ | Durvāsasāpsaraḥśāpaḥ | Kaṃkavaṃdhaḥ | Tārkṣyotpattiḥ | tasyā vivāhaḥ | pakṣiṇām utpattiḥ | praśramohyaḥ Hariccaṃdropākhyānaṃ | Vasiṣṭaviśvamitrayoḥ krodhaḥ | āḍīvakayuddhaṃ | pitāputrasaṃvādaḥ | narakavarṇanaṃ | Dattātreyotpattiḥ | kuvalayāśvīyaṃ | madālasāprāptiḥ | tadvipattiḥ | Ṛtadhvajacaritaṃ| kaṃvalāśvatarīyaṃ| punar madalasotpattiḥ | aḍarkādijanma | ācārādhyāyaḥ śrāddhavidhiḥ | yogasthitiḥ Manvaṃtarakathā | vaṃśānuvaṃśacaritaṃ | Duḥsahotpattiḥ | Jaṃvudvīpavarṇanaṃ | karmaniveśaḥ | svārociṣaṃ | auttamaṃ | vrāhmaṇabhāryānayanaṃ | tāmasaṃ raivataṃ | caṃdrādityamāhātmyaṃ Rājyavardhanacaritam ity evaṃ 42 samāptam idaṃ Mārkaṃḍeyapurāṇaṃ ǁ etat pavitram āyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ pāpapraṇāśanaṃ Droṇaputraiś ca kathitaṃ Vyāsaśiṣyāya Jaimine | &c.…iti satyaṃ mayā proktaṃ purāṇaṃ pāpanāśanaṃ śravaṇāt kīrttanād vāpi śatayajñaphalaṃ labhet iti śrīmārkaṃḍeyapurāṇe dharmapakṣijaiminisaṃvāde Mārkaṃḍeye makroṣṭukipratyuktaṃ śrīmārkaṃḍeyapurāṇaṃ samāptaṃ ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: i + 152 + i
Dimensions (binding): 34.0 × 16.2 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

Dātārāma.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

the day and month are given, but not the year: taiṣasya kṛṣṇapakṣe tu aṣṭamyāṃ śanivāsare Dātārāmeṇa lipitaṃ śuddhāśuddhavicārataḥ ǁ The MS. seems to have been written about a. d. 1750.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1886 through Dr. G. Thibaut of Benares.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1183, pp. 152-153

Availability

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1183, pp. 152-153

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