Bhūkailāsamāhātmya (Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa)

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE04137

Type

Manuscrit

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

ve"nka.tanaraaya.na"saastrin

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_000319

Manuscript No.

RE04137

Title Alternate Script

भूकैलासमाहात्म्य (भविष्योत्तरपुराण)

Language

Script

Scribe

Veṅkaṭanarāyaṇaśāstrin

Type

Manuscript

Condition

Good

Folios in Text

90

Folio Range of Text

1a - 84a

Lines per Side

8 - 9

Folios in Bundle

90

Width

4 cm

Length

30.5 cm

Bundle No.

RE04137

Previous Place

Tirunelveli

Miscellaneous Notes

As for the date, a colophon on fol. 83b gives information that Tuesday 22nd Dec. 1904 in the constellation of kṛttikā but as per samikaṇṇu piLLai 22-12-1904 was a Thursday in the constellation of mṛgaśīrṣa. The reverse side of the fly-leaf contains a fragmentof yogaśikhopaniṣadvyākhyā. Fol. 85b gives a copy of an inscription of śankaranayinārkoil. The fols. which follow 85 are numbered 83, 52, 53 and 54 and contain the duplicate copy of the contents of the fols. having the same numbers in the body of the Ms. The Ms. contains 26 chapters of the mahātmya of bhūkailāsa, that is śaṅkaranayinārkoil. The text is in the form of a dialogue between sūta and sages like śaunaka in naimiśāraṇya, it explains how pārvatī (here called Gomatī) sees viṣṇu in śaiva's form (hence śankaranārāyāṇa) in śaṅkaranayinārkoil. This text is told in the colophon to form part of bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa in its uparibhāga which describes the greatness of śivakṣetra. Fol. 85a gives a short text, which according to marginal note, is an inscription copied in the main temple of the śaṅkaranayinārkoil. The inscription gives the full names and titles of the pāṇḍya king Jaṭilavarman Kone(rin)maikoṇṭan and ends by a date (ś. 1465 i.e. 1543 A.D.)

Text Contents

1.Folio 1a - 6a.mahātmyasaṅgraha.
2.Folio 7a - 9a.upodghāta.
3.Folio 9a - 12a.śaṅkhapadmabhaktivarṇana.
4.Folio 12a - 15a.devasabhāvarṇana.
5.Folio 15a - 16a.śivaviṣṇvadvaitaviṣaya.
6.Folio 16a - 18b.punnagavane pārvatītapas.
7.Folio 18b - 20a.śivasya punnāgavanagamananiścaya.
8.Folio 20a - 24a.pārvatyā śaṅkaranārāyaṇadarśana.
9.Folio 24a - 26a.śaṅkhapadmābhyāṃ śankaranārāyaṇadarśana.
10.Folio 26b - 27b.story of satyakīrti.
11.Folio 27b - 32a.story of dakṣiṇā.
12.Folio 32b - 36a.stories of king ugravarman and nīcākṛti.
13.Folio 36a - 37b.discovery of śankaranayinār.
14.Folio 38a - 41b.story of the sage bhaktisāra.
15.Folio 41b - 51a.stories of the demon mahāmāya.
16.Folio 51b - 54b.stories of the agastyatīrtha and tāmrasabhā.
17.Folio 54b - 56a.stories of bhairavatīrtha.
18.Folio 56a - 60b.stories of king bṛhaddhvajapāṇḍya and gaurītīrtha.
19.Folio 61a - 72a.stories of vīraśekhara and pañcākṣarādimahimā.
20.Folio 72a - 74b.stories of jayantaśāpavimocana.
21.Folio 75a - 83a.stories of vṛka and kalmāṣa.
22.Folio 83b - 84a.note on the editor (scribe) of this text.
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Manuscript Beginning

śuklāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śa'sivarṇaṅcaturbhujam।

Manuscript Ending

śaṃkaraśāstriṇaḥ putreṇa idānīṃ kāriśastragrāmavāsinā veṅkaṭanārāyaṇaśāstriṇā bahugranthān pariśodhya likhitaṃ satsamāptimagamat। This is followed by a Tamil version of this passage which mentions the date and scribe of this Ms

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Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

24

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manuscripts_000319

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Bhūkailāsamāhātmya (Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa), in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 10th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/377468