A 1029-21(1) Praśnottara(mālākathā)
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1029/21
Title: Praśnottara[mālākathā]
Dimensions: 27.6 x 17 cm x 82 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Hindi; Sanskrit
Subjects: Kathā
Date: VS 1941
Acc No.: NAK 3/706
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1029/21
Inventory No. 54637–54638
Title Praśnottaramālā
Remarks
Author
Subject Kathā
Language Hindī, Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 27.6 x 17 cm
Binding Hole
Folios 82
Lines per Folio 13–14
Foliation figures in verso with marginal title: Praśnottaraṃ.
Date of Copying SAM 1941
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3/706
Manuscript Features
Actually the text is based on spiritual question-answer and is not as colophon. In this text the writer himself has maintained spiritual question-answer quoting the various disciplines like as Viṣnupurāṇa, Śrīmadbhāvatamahāpurāṇa, Bhaktirasāmṛtasindu, Rāmagītā and so on. Also we find a date Samvat1902 in the middle of the text.
Excerpts
Beginning
śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ ||
śrotāko praśna ||
saṃprati kalakatāso ekajana brāhmaṇa dhanavāna ehi vṛndāvana meṃ āe haiṃ ihākā devālaya me aura brāhmaṇoko dhanadvārā pūja gaye haiṃ evaṃ bhojanādi gahye haiṃ pīche sune ke vuha brāhmaṇa phiṃraṃgī kā mata āśraya kie haiṃ evaṃ phiraṃgīlikī vilāyata gaya haiṃ phiraṃgīke sātha sahabhojana karate haiṃ
(fol.1v1–5)
End
ham sava vātakā pramāṇavacana likhā hai vinā pramāṇa kucha nahī likhā hai jo jo sthāname saṃdeha hovai so soi pustaka dekhiṃge jo vāme pramāṇa namilai so hama sava pramāṇa karadaige, parantu durāgrahī kau samajhānekā sādhya nahī hai = aura kautuka manoraṃjanakā liyai jo jo laukika itihāsa likhi haiṃ sohī śāstrakā upayogī hai so vijña apakṣapāti loga sava vicāra karaiṃge kim adhikam vijñeṣu
(fol.82r6–14)
Colophon
iti paśupāśamokṣṇaṃ samāptam miti jeṣṭa badī 11 saṃ 1941 śubham (fol. 82r14)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1029/21
Date of Filming 09-08-1985
Exposures 83
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by JU/MS
Date 16-07-2003
