A 20-18 Hitopadeśa

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 20/18
Title: Hitopadeśa
Dimensions: 32 x 4.5 cm x 95 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/868
Remarks:

Reel No. A 20-18

Inventory No. 23835

Title Hitopadeśa

Author

Subject Nīti

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Maithili

Material palm-leaf

State incomplete

Size 32 x 4.5 cm

Binding Hole one in centre-left

Folios 95

Lines per Folio 5

Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso

Donor Nārāyaṇasiṃha

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 5-868

Manuscript Features

There are carved wooden covers. The last folio is missing. The following is written on fol. 1r in Newari script: ❖ śrīnārāyaṇasiṃghadevasya pustakaṃ bhavatu ||.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṃ namaḥ śivāya ||

siddhiḥ sādhye satām astu prasādāt tasya dhūrjjaṭeḥ |jāhnavīphenalekheva yanmūrdhni śaśinaḥ kalā ||

śruto hitopadeśo yaṃ pāṭavaṃ saṃskṛtoktiṣu |vācāṃ sarvvatra vaicitryaṃ nītividyāṃ dadāti ca || ajarāmaravat prājño vidyā〇m arthañ ca cintayet |gṛhīta iva keśeṣu mṛtyunā dharmam ācaret ||sarvadravyeṣu vidyaiva dravyam āhur anuttamam |ahāryatvād anarghatvād akṣayatvāc ca sarvvadā ||saṃ〇gamayati vidyaiva nīcagāpi naraṃ śarit |samudram iva durdarśan nṛpaṃ bhāgyam ataḥ param || (fol. 1v1–3)

End

ataḥ satyābhidhānadivyapuraḥsaro dvayor apy anayor bhūpālayoḥ 〇 kāñcanābhidhānaḥ sandhir vvidhīyatām | sarvajño brūte || evam astu || tato rājahaṃsena rājñā vastrālaṅkāropahāraiḥ sa mantrī dūradarśī pūjitaḥ | prahṛṣṭamanāś cakravākaṃ gṛhītvā rājño 〇 mayūrasya sanidhānaṃ (!) gataḥ | tatas tena citravarṇena rājñā sa sarvajño gṛdhravacanād bahumānadānapuraḥsaraṃ saṃbhāṣitaḥ | sandhiṃ svīkṛtya suśiṣṭadvitīyo rājahaṃsakaṭakaṃ praviṣṭaḥ | dūradarśī brūte || deva siddhaṃ vaḥ samīhitam | vainyabalo paśyatām idānīṃ || atha sarvve svasthānaṃ (vā) (fol. 95v3–5)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 19/18

Date of Filming 31-08-70

Exposures 98

Used Copy Hamburg

Type of Film negative

Catalogued by DA

Date 22-11-2004