Nakreśvarastotra

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE12662

Type

Manuscrit

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

IFP and San Marga Trust

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_002731

Manuscript No.

RE12662

Title Alternate Script

नक्रेश्वरस्तोत्र

Language

Script

Type

Manuscript

Material

Condition

Good

Folios in Text

7

Folio Range of Text

1a - 8a

Lines per Side

10 - 11

Folios in Bundle

7

Missing Folios

3

Width

3.3 cm

Length

23.5 cm

Bundle No.

RE12662

Previous Place

Tirunelveli

Miscellaneous Notes

This stotra in praise of śiva at the temple on the hill called parvatamalai (near tiruvannamalai, North Arcot) is a rare work. That temple is very old and it is sung in the sangam Tamil Literature, viz. Pattuppāṭṭu. On fol. 1b there is mention of one Appayyādhvarin. It is not known Whether he is the author of this stotra. Totally there are 105 verse. 3 verses of them are in praise of naṭarāja added at the end

Manuscript Beginning

kundendudhavalākāraṃ sundarāsyamumāpatim। candralekhāvataṃsaṃ tvāṃ vande sarvārthasiddhaye॥ prācīnadeśikaguruṃ paripūrṇamicchājñānakriyānijaśaktiyutaṃ prasannam। tvānnaumi tena sakalāvikasūkti mūlasekāt phalanti tarugulmatopaśākhāḥ।1।

Manuscript Ending

namo bhūmivāyavagnivāyyam(?)barendugrahādīśahotṛsvarūpāya tubhyam। samastāmarastomahetoḥpurastānmamaihīśa nakrādhipāttānukampaḥ॥105॥

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

250

Key

manuscripts_002731

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License

Cite as

Nakreśvarastotra, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/379880