MS. Sansk. d. 19
MSS. Sansk. d.
NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.
Kulāntapīṭḥamāhātmya from the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 19th cent.?
Contents
The Kulāntapīṭhamāhātmya from the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, in 7 adhyāyas
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Incipit: oṃ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ oṃ Nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtyaṃ naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ ǁ devīṃ Sarasvatīṃ Vyāsaṃ tato jayam udīrayet ǁ 1 ǁ tatraiva Gaṃgā Yamunā ca Veṇī Godāvarī Sīṃdhu Sarasvatī ca ǁ sarvāṇi tīrthāṇi vasaṃti tatra ǁ yatrācyutodārakathāprasaṃgaḥ ǁ 2 ǁ śrīvrahmovāca ǁ athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi kulāṃtapīṭham uttamam ǁ yatpīṭhe samāsṛtya munayo siddhim āgatā ǁ 1 ǁ yatra pīṭhe Mahādevo Bhavānyā saha Nāradaḥ ǁ Aṛjunasya prasādāya dadhāmi savaraṃ vapu ǁ 2 ǁ … Nāradovāca ǁ kulāṃtapīṭham ākhyātaṃ tvayoktaṃ ca pitāmahaḥ ǁ kasmin deśe sapīś ca kiṃ pramāṇaṃ ca tat punaḥ ǁ 8 ǁ … kimarthaṃ tatra pīṭhe ca savarīrūpapārvatī ǁ tat sarva śrotum ikṣāmi vistareṇa pitāmaha ǁ 11 ǁ Vrahmovāca ǁ sṛṇuṣvāvahito putra kulāṃtapīṭham uttamaṃ ǁ Jalaṃdhararya caiśāne Hemakūṭasya dakṣiṇe ǁ 12 ǁ &c.
Explicit: iti śrīvrahmāṃḍapurāṇe Vrahmanāradasaṃvāde Kulāṃtamahātmye savarīmahātmapīṭhavarṇanāma saptamo ’dhyāyaḥ ǁ kṣamā tirthaṃ tapas tīrthaṃ tīrthaṃm idriyanigrahaḥ ǁ sarvabhūtadayātīrthaṃ dhyānatirtham anuttataṃ ǁ 1 ǁ etāni paṃcatīrthāni satyasṛṣṭāni dehināṃ ǁ vasaṃti sarvadeheṣu teṣu snānaṃ samācaret ǁ 2 ǁ
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: v + 14 + xix
Dimensions (binding): 26.0 × 14.9 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī, large characters.
History
Origin: 19th cent.?
probably not very much older than a. d. 1856.
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought in 1885 from Dr. Emil Schlagintweit. An entry on f. v says, ‘Buch, gekauft von einem Brahmanen in Manikoem in Kullu. Es soll Erzählungen, Sagen, &c., über die heissen Quellen zu Manikoern enthalten. Juni, 1856.’
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1178, p. 151
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. 1178, p. 151
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