A 17-5 Śukasaptati
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 17/5
Title: Śukasaptati
Dimensions: 29 x 5.5 cm x 108 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kathā
Date: NS 785
Acc No.: NAK 3/350
Remarks:
Reel No. A 17-5
Inventory No. 72287
Title Śukasaptati
Subject Kathā
Language Sanskrit
Text Features The MS contains the textus simplicior (see Schmidt 1893). Since the end of the 12th tale and the beginning of the 13th tale have been omitted, the number 12 has been written at the end of the 13th tale. The very end of the 51st tale and the beginning of the 52nd tale (the 52nd and the 53rd stories in Schmidt’s edition) seem to have also been omitted. Since the tale following the 53rd (i.e. the 54th tale in the edition) has been numbered as 55, the numbering thereafter coincides. The 58th tale of Schmidt’s edition is missing just as in his MS P. Thereafter the numbers differ again.
Reference Śāstri 1915, p. 1 (III.350 B)
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf and paper
State complete; partly damaged; a few leaves are hardly legible.
Size 29.0 x 5.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, rectangular, in the middle
Folios 108
Lines per Folio 4–5
Foliation figures in the middle of the right-hand margin on the verso
Scribe Daivajña Kutu (Ketu?)
Date of Copying NS 785
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3/350
Manuscript Features
This MS has already been briefly described by Śāstri. There the following note concerning the material of the MS has been made: “The MS. is written on palmleaf up to 78th leaf, and up to the 40th tale. The rest has been restored on paper cut in the form of palmleaf, and the date refers to the restoration.”<ref name="ftn1">Śāstri 1915, p. 1 (III.350 B).</ref> A similar note has been made on the original index card: “part palm-leaf, part paper”. On the microfilm the difference in material can hardly be observed. In any case, both parts are written by the same scribe. Apparently the scribe ran short of palmleaves and switched to writing on paper.
The date in the colophon is given in two alternative ways. It corresponds to: Friday, October 2th (September 22th old style) 1665 AD.
The folio after to fol. 93 has been numbered 95 instead 94; there is no text missing there.
On fol. 1r a single line is written which begins with ❖ oṃ namaḥ śrīhariharābhyāṃ nama || and ends with sadā (na)ma.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
praṇa⁅mya⁆ sāradāṃ devīṃ di⁅vya⁆.. .. .. .ālinī⁅ṃ⁆<ref name="ftn2">Read: divyavijñānaśālinīm.</ref> |
vacmi cetovinodārtha⁅m u⁆dhāraṃ kīla⁅saptateḥ⁆ ||
|| ⁅ya⁆(2)⁅thāsti⁆..⁅caṃdra⁆kalaṃ nāma nagaraṃ || ⁅tatra vikra⁆maseno nā〇⁅ma⁆ rājā | tatra haridattaḥ śreṣṭhiḥ (!) || tasyā bhāryā śr⁅ṃ⁆gārasundarī | tayoḥ (3) ⁅suto ma⁆da⁅naḥ | ta⁆sya patnī ⁅simadattaśre⁆ṣṭhinaḥ ⁅pu⁆trī prabhāva〇tī nāma | ⁅sa asy⁆ām anurāgavān || (fol. 1v1–3)
End
manyate sukṛtaṃ naiva patiputraparāṅmukhī |
tasmāt bhavadgamane mayā duḥkhaṃ bahu kṛtaṃ ||<ref name="ftn3">The second half of this stanza is unmetrical and corrupt.</ref>
anena śukena bahuprabodhitā || ekadā mayā bhavacchakuṃnapraśnāya (!) śākunikasya gṛhe (2) pracalitā || || śukenoktaṃ || kutra yāsi hasitvā proktaṃ 〇 | paragṛhe || tataḥ anena paragṛhagamane ekasaptatikathābhi(3)r bbahavo doṣā uktāḥ || ayam evopakāraḥ || || tato ma〇danaḥ sukhaṃ gṛhe vasati || prabhāvaty api śukaṃ nirvvacanaṃ kṛtvā tiṣṭha(4)ti sma || || iti śukasaptatau dvisaptatitamī kathā || 〇 72 || (fols. 107v5–108r4)
Sub-colophons
|| iti śukasaptatau prathamaḥ kathāsaṃgrahaḥ || 1 || (fol. 6r3)
|| iti śukasaptatau dvitīyaḥ (4) kathāsaṃgrahaḥ || 2 || (fol. 7v3–4)
|| iti śukasaptatau tṛtīya (!) kathāsaṃgrahaḥ || 3 || (fol. 9v3)
|| iti śukasaptatau caturthakathāsaṃgrahaḥ || 4 || (fol. 12r5)
|| iti śuka(3)saptatau paṃcamī kathā || 5 || (fol. 16r2–3)
|| iti śukasaptatau ṣaṣṭha (!) (4) kathāsaṃgrahaḥ || 6 || (fol. 19v3–4)
|| iti śukasaptatau saptamī kathā || 7 || (fol. 22r4)
|| iti śukasa(2)ptatau aṣṭamī kathā || 8 || (fol. 23v1–2)
|| iti śukasaptatau navamī kathā || 9 || (fol. 25v4)
|| iti śukasaptatau daśamī kathā || 10 || (fol. 26v1)
|| iti śukasaptatau e〇kādaśī kathā || 11 || (fol. 29v2)
|| iti śukasaptatau dvā〇daśī kathā || 12 || (fol. 30v2)<ref name="ftn4">The end of the 12th tale and the beginning of the 13th tale are missing.</ref>
|| iti śukasaptatau trayodaśī kathā || 13 || (fol. 32r2)
iti śukasaptatau caturddaśī kathā || 14 || (fol. 34r2)
|| iti śukasaptatau (fol. 35r1) paṃcadaśī kathā || 15 || (fols. 34v5–35r1)
|| iti śukasaptatau ṣoḍaśī kathā || 16 || (fol. 36r5)
|| iti śukasaptatau saptadaśī kathā || 17 || (fol. 36v5)
|| iti śukasaptatau aṣṭādaśī kathā || 18 || (fol. 37v4)
|| iti śukasaptatau ekonaviṃśatitamī kathā || 19 || (fol. 38v2)
|| iti śuka(2)saptatau viṃśati (!) kathā || 20 || (fol. 41r1–2)
|| iti śukasapta〇tau ekaviṃśati (!) kathā || 21 || (fol. 41v2)
|| iti śukasaptatau dvāviṃśatitamī kathā || 22 || (fol. 48r4)
|| iti śukasaptatau trayoviṃśatitamī kathā || 23 〇 || (fol. 49r3)
|| iti śukasaptatau caturvviñśatitamī kathā || 24 || (fol. 49v4)
iti śukasaptatau paṃcaviṃśatitamī kathā || 25 || (fol. 50v3)
|| iti śukasaptatau ṣaḍviṃśatitamī 〇 kathā || 26 || (fol. 51v3)
|| iti śukasaptatau saptaviṃśatitamī ka(4)thā || 27 || (fol. 52v3–4)
|| iti śukasaptatau aṣṭāviṃśatitamī kathā || 28 || (fol. 53v1; exp. 106)
|| iti śukasaptatau e〇konatriṃśatitamī (!) kathā || 29 || (fol. 54r2; exp. 107)
|| iti śukasaptatau triṃśattamī kathā || 30 || (fol. 55r4; exp. 106)
|| iti śukasaptatau ekatriṃśatitamī (!) 〇 kathā || 31 || (fol. 56r3; exp. 104)
|| iti śukasaptatau dvātriṃśattamī kathā || 32 || (fol. 58r1; exp. 103)
|| iti śukasaptatau (fol. 59r1) trayastriṃśattamī kathā || 33 || (fols. 58v4–59r1; exps. 102, 95)
|| iti śukasaptatau catustriṃśattamī kathā || 34 || (fol. 60r1; exp. 94)
|| iti śukasapta⁅tau paṃcatriṃśatta⁆(4)mī kathā || 35 || (fol. 61r3–4; exp. 93)
|| iti śukasaptatau ṣaṭtriṃśattamī kathā || 3⁅6⁆ (fol. 62v1) || (fol. 62r4–62v1; exps. 92, 91)
iti śukasaptatau saptatriṃśattamī kathā || 37 || (fol. 63v2; exp. 57)
|| iti śukasaptatau aṣṭatriṃśattamī kathā || 3⁅8 ||⁆ (fol. 65r3; exp. 55)
|| iti śukasa(2)ptatau ekonacatvāriṃśattamī kathā || 39 || (fol. 66v1–2; exp. 101)
|| 〇 iti śukasaptatau catvāri[ṃ]śattamī kathā || 40 || (fol. 69r2; exp. 100)
|| iti śukasaptatau e///(3)catvāriṃśattamī kathā || 41 || (fol. 70v2–3; exp. 99)
|| iti śukasa(4)ptatau dvicatvāriṃśattamī kathā || 42 || (fol. 72r3–4; exp. 55)
|| iti śu⁅ka⁆///(fol. 73v1)saptatau triścatvāriñśattamī kathā || 43 || (fol. 73r4–73v1; exps. 60, 59)
|| iti śukasaptatau catuścatvā(4)riṃśattamī kathā || 44 || (fol. 75r3–4; exp. 58)
|| iti śukasaptatau pañcacatvāriñśattamī kathā || 45 || (fol. 77r1; exp. 61)
|| iti śukasaptatau ṣatcatvāriñśattamī kathā || (3) 46 || (fol. 78r2–3)
|| (3) iti śukasaptatau saptacatvāriñśattamī kathā || 47 || (fol. 80r2–3)
|| iti śukasaptatau [[aṣṭa]]catvāriṃśattamī kathā || 48 || (fol. 81r3)
|| iti śukasaptatau strīcaritre eko(fol. 82v1)napaṃcāśattamī kathā || 49 || (fol. 82r5–82v1)
|| iti śukasaptatau paṃcāśattamī ka(4)thā || 50 || (fol. 83r3–4)
|| iti śukasaptatau dvipaṃcā(3)śattamī kathā || 52 || (fol. 86v2–3)
|| iti śuka〇saptatau tripaṃcāśattamī kathā || 53 || (fol. 87v4)
|| iti śukasaptatau paṃcapaṃcāśattamī kathā || 55 || (fol. 88v1)
|| iti śukasaptatau ṣaṭpaṃcāśattamī 〇 kathā || 56 || (fol. 89r2)
|| iti śu〇kasaptatau saptapaṃcāśattamī kathā || 57 || (fol. 92v2)
|| iti śukasaptatau a(5)ṣṭapaṃcāśattamī kathā || 58 || (fol. 93r4–5)
|| (fol. 95r1) iti śukasaptatau ekonaṣaṣṭatamī (!) kathā || 59 || (fols. 93v5–95r1)
|| iti śukasaptatau ṣaṣṭi(fol. 96r1)tamī kathā || 60 || (fols. 95v5–96r1)
|| (2) iti śukasaptatau ekaṣaṣṭitamī kathā || 61 || (fol. 97v1–2)
|| iti śukasaptatau dviṣaṣṭitamī kathā || 62 || (fol. 98r1)
|| (2) iti śukasaptatau triṣaṣṭitamī kathā || 63 || (fol. 98v1–2)
|| iti śukasaptatau catuḥṣaṣṭitamī kathā || 64 || (fol. 99r2)
|| iti śukasaptatau paṃcaṣaṣṭitamī kathā || 65 || (fol. 99v5)
|| iti śu(2)kasaptatau ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamī kathā || 66 || (fol. 101r1–2)
|| iti śukasaptatau saptaṣaṣṭitamī kathā 〇 || 67 || (fol. 101v3)
|| iti śukasaptatau aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamī kathā || 68 || (fol. 102r4)
|| iti śukasaptatau 〇 ekonasaptatamī kathā || 69 || (fol. 102v4)
|| (5) iti śukasaptatau saptatitamī kathā || 70 || (fol. 103r4–5)
|| iti śukasaptatau ekasaptatamī kathā || 71 || (fol. 106v5)
Colophon
|| iti strīcaritraprastāve mahadākhyo śukadvisapta(5)titamī kathā samāptā || || bāṇāṣṭamunibhir yukte gate pālavatsare | bhādramāsy asite pakṣe | aṣṭamyāṃ bhārgave dine || daivajñaku(fol. 108r1)tunā (!) pūrṇṇaṃ | strīcaritraṃ ca pustakaṃ || || samvat 785 bhādrapadakṛṣṇe | aṣṭamyāṃ dine || || śubham astu || || (fols. 107v4–108r1)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 17/5
Date of Filming 24-08-1970
Exposures 110
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks Some folios are microfilmed out of order. On exps. 52–61 and 90–109 the following folios are to be seen: exp. 52: fols. 50v–51r; exp. 53: fols. 51v–64r; exp. 54: fols. 64v–65v; exp. 55: fols. 65r–72r; exp. 56: fols. 72v–63r; exp. 57: fols. 63v–75v; exp. 58: fols. 75r–76v; exp. 59: fols. 76r–73v; exp. 60: fols. 73r–77v; exp. 61: fols. 77r–78r; exp. 62: fols. 78v–79r and exp. 90: fols. 107v–108r; exp. 91: fols. 108v–62v; exp. 92: fols. 62r–61v; exp. 93: fols. 61r–71r; exp. 94: fols. 71v–60r; exp. 95: fols. 60v–59r; exp. 96: fols. 59v–67r; exp. 97: fols. 67v–74r; exp. 98: fols. 74v–70r; exp. 99: fols. 70v–68v; exp. 100: fols. 68r–69r; exp. 101: fols. 69v–66v; exp. 102: fols. 66r–58v; exp. 103: fols. 58r–57v; exp. 104: fols. 57r–56r; exp. 105: fols. 56v–55v; exp. 106: fols. 55r–53v; exp. 107: fols. 53r–54r; exp. 108: fols. 54v–52v; exp. 109: fols. 52r–1v; exp. 110: fol. 1r. Fol. 1 has been microfilmed twice, at the beginning and at the end.
Catalogued by DD
Date 04-04-2004
Bibliography
Schmidt, Richard
1893The Çukasaptati. Textus Simplicior. Herausgegeben von Richard Schmidt. Leipzig 1893. (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, X. Band, No. 1).
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