Some notes to the M.A. Stein collection of Skt. MSS in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Part 2

Some more notes on the Stein MSS.


MS 24; f.10; serial no. cccxxvii Kalyāṇamandirastotra; (Jaina); 6 × 5.5; ff. 5; foliation: 8,9,11–13; ll. 13; akṣaras 18; old paper; Śāradā; “bought from P. Viṣṇujīva 1892. Legend localised at Avantīpārśvanātha at Ujjain. Ascribed to Siddhasenadivakavi (Kumudacandrāhārya) and well known among Jains. A legend regarding the origin of the Stotra is in several Paṭṭāvalis” [M.A.S]

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MS 50; d.6(ii); clxxix Koṭitīrthamāhātmya; ff. 15; ll. 12; akṣaras 15; 19th cent. paper; Devanāgarī; 10 × 6.5; Complete; “Copy of MS belonging to Pt. Janardhan, Śrīnagar, 1892” [M.A.S]

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MS 262; e.11(i); ccxxvi Nīlamatapurāṇa; ff. 64; ll. 18; akṣaras 23; 16th/17th cent. paper; Śāradā; 7 × 5.5; Bound in leather with lxi and cxiii; “Bought from Kaṇṭhabhaṭṭa in 1905. Many annotations by Bhaṭṭa Haraka. This MS has been known to me since 1891, when I had it copied. This text of the Nīl. is the best known to me, and should serve as a basis for a future edition” [M.A.S]

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MS 82; Or.d.12; ccxxvi Nīlamatapurāṇa; bound in red tooled leather; ff. 42; ll. 25; akṣaras 22; 19th cent. paper; Śāradā; 26 × 18cm; inscribed area 12.5 × 19.5cm; some rubrication; numbering has been added with red ink; folios numbered in the left lower margin of the rectos nī° ma 1–41

Incipit fol. 1r: oṃ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ oṃ namaḥ śivāya || śubham śrīnivāsaṃ hariṃ devaṃ varadaṃ parameśvaram trailokyanāthaṃ govi praṇamyākṣaramavyayam parikṣidvaṃśabhṛcchrīmānnṛpatijanmajayaḥ papraccha śiṣyaṃ vyāsasya vaiśampāyanam antikam || janamejayaḥ|| mahābhāratasaṃgrāme nānādeśyā narādhipāḥ mahāśūrā[ḥ] samāyātāḥ pitṝṇāṃ me mahātmanām kathaṃ kāśmīrako rājā nāyatas tatra kīrtaya pāṇḍavair dhātu(rtra)rāṣṭraiś ca na vṛtaḥ sa kathaṃ nṛpaḥ kāśmīrāmaṇḍalaṃ caiva pradhānaṃ jagati sthitam vāsudevaṃ svayaṃvare jagāma māṭhavaṃ yoddhuṃ caturaṅgabalānvitaḥ

Explicit fol. 41r: śrutvā vitastāmāhātmyaṃ mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ śrutvā nīlamataṃ sarvaṃ daśadhenuphalaṃ labhet etevam uktaṃ janamejayasya vyāsasya śiṣeṇa mahāvratena kṣiptaṃ na yangranthabahutvabhītyā samagraśāstraiḥ khalu bhārate vai sarvatra naitadviṣayopayogyaṃ tadā na cakre bhagavān mahātmā atīva hṛdye bahuvistare pi janapriye bhāratapūrṇacandre || iti nīlamate vistāmāhātmyam || śubham||

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MS 83; Or. d.16; ccxxvii Nīlamatapurāṇa; Bound in tooled red leather; Ff. 215; Ll. 12; Akṣaras 19; Yellow laid paper, watermarked: “JD & Co Ltd.; Croxley No 693, The Lion Brand, London, Registered”; Devanāgarī; 23.8*21cm; Inscribed area 15.5 × 11.5cm; Rubricated; Folios numbered top right corner of versos; Complete; Written by SantaRāma of Jambūpurī (=Jammu) in Lahore on Monday, June 8th 1891; Prefaced: “Copied by Pandit Sant Ram June 1891 from Poona MS. (Bühler, Report, 1875, No. 64) at Lahore M.A.Stein”

Incipit fol. 1v: oṃ svasti śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || oṃ yat satyāḥ samabhūd vihārasarasīkalpān manūn ṣaṭ tato mārīcena suratrayīkalanayā nirmathya daityaṃ balāt kaśmīrā iti maṇḍalaṃ viracitam vaivasvate smin manau ‘keḍāsyordhvitam’ ātmanā bhagavatā yat pārvatītīṅgayā 1 śrīnivāsaṃ hariṃ devaṃ varadaṃ parameśvaraṃ trailokyanāthaṃ govindaṃ praṇamyākṣaramavyayaṃ parikṣidvaṃśabhṛcchrīmānnṛpatir janmajayaḥ papraccha śiṣyaṃ vyāsasya vaiśampāyanam antikāt janamejaya uvāca mahābhāratasaṃgrāme nānādeśyā narādhipāḥ mahāśūrāḥ samāyātāḥ pitr̥̄ṇāṃ me mahātmanām kathaṃ kāśmīrako rājā nāyatas tatra kīrtaya pāṇḍavair dhārturāṣṭraiś ca na vṛtaḥ sa kathaṃ nṛpaḥ kaśmīrāmaṃḍalaṃ caiva pradhānaṃ jagati sthitam [deviates here for three folios:] kathaṃ nāsau samāhūtas tatra pāṇḍavakauravaiḥ kim nāmābhūt sa rājā ca kaśmīrāṇāṃ mahāśayaḥ…

Explicit fol. 215v: śrutvā vitastāmāhātmyaṃ mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ śrutvā nīlamataṃ sarvaṃ daśadhenuphalaṃ labhet ityeva vaktuṃ janamejayasya vyāsasya śiṣyeṇa mahāvratena saṃkṣepato granthabahutvabhītyā samagraśāstraiḥ khalu sūcitaṃ yat sarvatra naitad dhyupayogam eti tato na coce bhagavāṃ mahātmā atīva hṛdye bahuvistare pi janapriye bhāratapūrṇacandre iti nīlamate vitastāmāhātmyam samāptaṃ cedaṃ nīlamataṃ nāma purāṇam iti śubhāyāstu lekhakapāṭhakaśrāvakāṇām oṃ tat sat|| || || oṃ Added in red ink: saṃvat1948 jyeṣṭha śudi dvitīyasyāṃ candre JambūpurīyapaṇḍitaSantaRāmeṇa ḍākṭar auril sten sāhibājñayā lavapure likhitaṃ īśāsaṃvat 1891 jon māsasyāṣṭame dine candre (NB: This MS deviates quite substantially from the other Kasmirian MSS of the Nīlamatapurāṇa)

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MS 84; d.15; ccxxviii Nīlamatapurāṇa; bound in tooled red leather; ff. 192; only the versos are inscribed; ll. 12; akṣaras 19; 19th cent. burnished paper; Bold Devanāgarī; 23.5 × 21.2cm; inscribed area 16.7 × 21.2cm; Complete; some rubrication of titles; folios numered in top left corner on the rectos; variae lectiones given in the margin secunda manu in black ink, deletions with yellow gouache, occasional notes in red ink; Prefaced: “This copy made in September, 1889, at Śrīnagar from an old paper Manuscript in the possession of Pandit Mahadâbha son of Pt. Sadrâma Kaul and nephew of Pt. Sâhibrâm. This Codex contains, besides the Panchatantra and the Châṇakîya Râjanîti. The copy was collated by Pandit Govinda Kaul and Pt. Sahajabhaṭṭa. M.A.Stein” fol. 1v bears a blue rubber-stamp: “Dr. M. AUREL STEIN, LAHORE”

Incipit fol. 1v: oṃ svasti oṃ namo bhagatvate kṛṣṇāya sarudrāya śrīnivāsaṃ hariṃ devaṃ varadaṃ parameśvaram trailokyanāthaṃ govindaṃ praṇamyākṣaramavyayam parikṣidvaṃśabhṛcchrīmānnṛpatijanmajayaḥ papraccha śiṣyaṃ vyāsasya vaiśampāyanam antikāt janamejaya uvāca mahābhāratasaṅgrāme nānādeśyā narādhipāḥ mahāśūrās samāyātā{ḥ}<f> pitrṝṇāṃ me mahātmanām kathaṃ kāśmīrako rājā nāyataḥ tatra kīrtayā<a> pāṇḍavair dhārtarāṣṭraiś ca na vṛtas sa kathaṃ nṛpaḥ kaśmīrāmaṇḍale caiva pradhānaṃ jagati sthitam vaiśampāyana uvāca kāśmīrāṇām adhipatir vāsudevaṃ svayaṃvare jagāma mādhavaṃ yoddhuṃ caturaṅgabalānvitaḥ

Explicit fol. 41r: śrutvā vitastāmāhātmyaṃ mucyate sarve kilbiṣaiḥ śrutvā nīlamataṃ sarvaṃ daśadhenuphalaṃ labhet ityevam uktaṃ janamejayasya vyāsasya śiṣyeṇa mahāvratena kṣiptaṃ na yangranthabahutvabhītyā samagraśāstrai{ḥ}<x> khalu bhārate vai sarvatra naitadviṣayopayogyaṃ tadā na cakre bhagavān mahātmā atīva hṛdye bahuvistare pi janapriye bhāratapūrṇacandre || iti nīlamate vitastāmāhātmyam saṃpūrṇaṃ cedaṃ nīlamataṃ nāmeti śubhaṃ || || || Added secunda manu: śubham astu lekhakapāṭhakaśrotṝṇām || oṃ namaḥ kamaladalavipulanayanābhirāmāya kṛṣṇāya || sa[ṃ] 80 vaiśutikā ekādaśyām namo nārāya

Note to date: “Paper surface torn; perhaps[...] Numeral 80 -[...] Similar 8 elsewh[...] in MS.”

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MS 270; c.8[?]; ccxxix; Nīlamatapurāṇa; ff. 181; ll. 16; various; Foolscap; Devanāgarī; 13.75 × 8.25; Clauson: “Complete. carefully prepared text with various readings. Written by Pt. Govind Kaul, under Dr. Stein's supervision.”

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MS 103; Or.d.19; ser. no. 36 Maṅkhakośa of Maṅkha/Maṅkhuka; Bound in tooled red leather; ff. 192; only the versos are inscribed; ll. 12; akṣaras 22; 19th cent. laid paper; Devanāgarī; 24.8 × 20.4cm; inscribed area 11.7 × 14.4cm; Complete; rubrication; folios numered in top middle of the versos; deletions with yellow gouache, occasional notes in red ink; Prefaced: “Maṅkhakośa. Copied from an incomplete Śāradā paper MS., about 200 years old, brought from Śrīnagar through Pandit Mukund Ram. Copy prepared at Lahore under Pandit Mukundram's superintendence in April-May 1892. Dec. 12, 1892. M.A.Stein Compared and corrected by Pandit Sahajabhaṭṭa. Lahore: January 15, 1893. M.A.St. Original MS. written in a clear large hand, 17 lines per page, 22 akṣaras per line, on 49 foll. of much worn country paper. 28 foll. extant. Many letters rubbed off and difficult to read.”
Incipit fol. 1v: rūpabhedena sāhacaryāc ca kutra cit strīpuṃnapumsakaṃ jñeyaṃ tadviśeṣavidheḥ kvacit|| triliṅgyāṃ triṣv iti padam mithune tu dvayor iti / niṣiddhaliṅgaṃ śeṣārthaṃ tvantāthādi na pūrvabhāk|| ||oṃ ko dhātrarkātmavāteṣu kaṃ śirombusukheṣu tu || ekākṣaraḥ || padye yaśasi ca ślokaḥ ṭaṅkā-drūśmadāraṇāḥ/ aṅka ekādigaṇanānyāsa utsaṅgacihnayoḥ/

(?) ||abhyādāne bhyupagame tūṣṇīṃbhāve samāpane dānapratigrahaukheṣu tu || ekākṣaraḥ || padye yaśasi ca ślokaḥ ṭaṅkā-drūśmadāraṇāḥ/ aṅka ekādigaṇanānyāsa utsaṅgacihnayoḥ/

Explicit fol. 92v: ||abhyādāne bhyupagame tūṣṇīṃbhāve samāpane dānapratigrahaudau syād oṅkaro pi ca maṅgale iti maṅkhakṛtaḥ kośaḥ samāptaḥ || śubhaṃ || bhadraṃ || śrī ||śrī||

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MS 157; Or.d.20(i); ser. no. 38 Viśvaprakāśakośa of Maheśvara bound in suede deerhide; ff. 58; ; ll. 25; akṣaras 23; Old paper; written in two hands, the first a slanted, and the second an upright Śāradā; 25 × 17.7cm; inscribed area 11 × 18.3cm; Complete; marginal notes by at least three hands, some in red ink, the final two folios written by a different upright Śāradā hand; folios numered in lower left corner śrī 2–15, 17–60; Clauson notes: “Some annotations by Bhaṭṭa Haraka” [Source ? Could not verify.] On accompanying wrapper: “No.3, 164, Viśvakośa + Śāśvatakośa, Bought from Pt. Vishnujîva, Oct. 12, 1892, M.A.Stein. [[cf. the 900 śl. ed. Śīlaskandha Sthavira Ratna Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Chowkhambhā Sanskrit Series 160 & 168; Benares 1911]] On verso of the cover: ex libris m.avrelii.stein, m.cm.iii

Incipit fol. 2v [=Kadvikam section verse 33cd]: raktapāyāmalaghvyā cā kācamācyāṃ ca kīrtitā / kākaṃ strīraktabandhe syāt kākānam api saṃhatau / pākaś śiśau jarānityā pacanakledane[ṣu] ca || śāko dvīpāntare śaktau nṛpadrumaviśeṣayoḥ || śākaṃ haritake cāpi nākas svargāntarikṣayoḥ ||

Explicit fol. 60r [=hāntāḥ section verse 74]: vidyamāne ca sambandhe sahaśabdaḥ prakīrttitaḥ ahā dhigarthe śoke ca karuṇārthaviṣādayoḥ || aho utāho dvāv etau paripraśnavicārayoḥ || ahahety adbhute khede hīhī vismayahāsyayoḥ ahaha syād anuśaye parikleśe prakarṣayoḥ

NB: The Kṣāntāḥ section is missing.


164; Or.d.20(ii); ser. no. 40 Śāśvatakośa = Anekārthasamuccaya of Śāśvata bound in suede deerhide; ff. 58; ; ll. 22–3; akṣaras 23; Old paper; slanted Śāradā, probably the same as the first scribe of Or.d.20(i); 25 × 17.7cm; inscribed area 11 × 18.3cm; Complete; marginal notes by at least three hands, some in red ink, the final three folios added by a different slanted Śāradā hand; folios numered in lower left corner śrī śāśva ko 1–22; Scribbled notes and lexicographical/grammatical notes and verses on fol. 1r

Incipit fol. 1v: [marginal note: -chāyākāntiḥ chāyā sūryapriyā kāntir iti kośaḥ] ※ svasti siddhaṃ / / oṃ namogaṇādhipataye || pākottīrṇasuvarṇavarṇaruciracchāyaṃ vasāno [']mbaraṃ bhāsvatkaustubhakāntikarburaparibhrājiṣṇuvakṣaḥsthalam / śaṅkhaṃ cakram asiṃ gadām avirataṃ bibhrac caturbhiḥ karair ārūḍho garuḍaṃ navīnajaladaśyāmo hariḥ pātu vaḥ || pūrvācāryaprasādena viditvā śabdavistaram kriyate śāśvatenāyam anekārthasamuccayah /