MS. Sansk. f. 10

MSS. Sansk. f.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Dhūmāvatīpūjāpaddhati, A.D. 1823.

Summary of Contents: This MS. contains some pieces regarding the worship of Dhūmāvatī, unfortunately much disarranged in binding.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

1. [fols. 1v-3v]

The Dhūmāvatīpaṭala. It consists of thirteen stanzas

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | guṇānām ānyacayan tava caraṇapaṃkeruhabhuvām iti dhyāyaṃ dhṛtaprabhṛtinam asamarthastutividhau tathāpi tvāṃ stoṣye janani jaḍacito ’pi vahavo yathāśakti stutvā jagati puruṣāthaikanilayāḥ ǁ 1 ǁ

Explicit: iti Dhūmāvatyā paṭalaḥ samaptaḥ |

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | atha Dhūmāvatyaḥ paṭalo vyākhyāyate | pūrvoktaprakāreṇa jyeṣṭāṃ samārādhya maṃtrasiddhiḥ prajāyate |

verses numbered 7 and 8, ending iti śrīdhūmavatīstotraṃ | All the rest is missing.

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | śrīdevyuvāca | devādhideva deveśa sarvalokahite rata | kena śatruvināśaḥ syād bhītānāṃ śatruśāsanāt ǁ 1 ǁ caurāgninṛpapiḍāsu mahākālahutāśane | mārīduḥsvapnapīḍāsu graharogabhaveṣu ca ǁ 2 ǁ

5. [fols. 4-24v]

The Dhūmāvatīpūjāpaddhati

Incipit: oṃ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | atha Dhūmāvatyāḥ paddhati liṣyate | atha prātaḥ kṛtaḥ prātar utthāya svaśirasi caṃdramaṃḍalāṃtastham ayomu sahasradalakamalakarṇikāṃ-targataṃ śāṃtam | &c.

Explicit: mālyāṃ śirasi dhṛtvā yathāsukhaṃ vihared iti saṃkṣepadhūpadhūmāvatīpūjāpaddhati samāptaḥ dhūṃ dhūṃ dhūmāvati svāhā mūlamaṃtraḥ

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iii + 24 + i. In the original 3 + 1 + 1 + 18, but these are incorrect.

Dimensions (binding): 16.8 × 13.3 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

F. 3v: liṣitam Ajodhyānāthatputrakālikādāsa | F.5v: Ajodhyānāthatatputrakālikādāsa |F.24v: Gauḍabrāhmaṇa liṣītaṃ Miśraajodhyānāthatatpumiśra-kālikādāsa svapaṭhanārthaṃ |

History

Origin: A. D. 1823.

f. 24v: saṃvat 1880 śāke 1745 ⟨1823⟩.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 363).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1469 (1–5), pp. 270-271

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. 1469 (1–5), pp. 270-271

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