A 21-3 Nītiśāstra
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 21/3
Title: Nītiśāstra
Dimensions: 35.5 x 5 cm x 11 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/681
Remarks:
Reel No. A 21-3
Title [Rāmoktanītiśāstra]
Remarks assigned to Āgneyapurāna; plus one folio of the Manusmṛti
Subject Nīti
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 35.5 x 5.0 cm
Binding Hole 1, in the centre
Folios 11
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation both letters and figures in the left margin of the verso side
Date of Copying NS 663
Place of Deposite NAK
Accession No. 4-681
Manuscript Features
The manuscript appears to be complete, as there is a colophon on the last page. However, that is found in a seventh line of writing, whereas the other pages have only six lines.
At the end (exp. 012) one additional folio is found, which probably once belonged to a Manusmṛti manuscript. Only the recto side of it is written upon in 7 lines (or else, only that has been filmed). It is unnumbered. It begins: samudrayānakuśalā deśakālānudarśinaḥ | sthāpayanti tu tāṃ vṛddhiṃ sā tatrā-gasaṃprati || and ends: prajās tam anuvarttante samudram iva sindhavaḥ sādhayan a°
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namaḥ śivāya || agnir uvāca ||
nītis te puṣkareno(!)ktā rāmoktā lakṣmanāya yā |
jayāya tāṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu dharmmādivarddhinīm ||
rāma uvāca ||
nyāyenārjjanam artha⁅sya⁆ ++ na rakṣanāṃ caret |
++++++++ rājavṛ[[r]]ttaś(!) caturvvidhā || 2 ||
na yasya vinayo mūlaṃ vinayaḥ śāstraniścayāt |
vinayo hīndriyajayas tadyuktaḥ pālayet mahīm || 3 ||
śāstraṃ prajñā dhṛtir ddākṣyaṃ prāgalbhyaṃ dhārayiṣṇutā |
utsāho +rmmitā dārḍhyam āpatkleśasahiṣṇutā || 4 ||
prabhāva śucitā maitrī tyāgaḥ satyaṃ kṛtajñatāḥ(!) |
kulaṃ śīlaṃ damaś ceti guṇāḥ saṃpattidetavaḥ(!) || 5 || (fol. 1v1-3)
Sub-colophons
ity āgneyapurāṇe rāmokte rājadharmma || || (fol. 4r5)
ity āgneyapurāṇe rāmokte ṣāḍguṇyam || || (fol. 5v2)
ity āgneyapurāṇe rāmokte (samā)di(?) || || (fol. 8r4)
End
dvau daṇḍau valaya[[ḥ]] proktau vyūho ripuvidāraṇaḥ |
durjjayaś caturvvalayaḥ śatror bbalavimarddanaḥ |
kakṣapakṣair asya bhogo viṣamaṃ parivarttayan |
sarvvasari(!)gomūtrikā śakaṭaḥ śakaṭākṛtiḥ |
viparyayo maraḥ proktaḥ sarvvaśatruvimarddanaḥ ||
syāt pakṣapakṣaurasyānāṃ bhedībhāvas tu maṇḍalaḥ |
cakrapadmādayo bhedā maṇḍalasya prabhedakāḥ |
evaṃ ca sarvvato bhadro rakto pābhārkṣakāravat(?) |
arddhacandrasya śṛṃgāḍhohy aṭalo nāma rūpakaḥ |
vyūhā yathāsukhaṃ kāryā śatrūṇāṃ balavāraṇāḥ ||
agnir uvāca ||
rāmas tu rāvaṇaṃ hatvā ayodhyāṃ prāptavān dvijaḥ |
rāmoktanītyendrajitaṃ hatavān lakṣmaṇaḥ purā || (fol. 10v4-7)
Colophon
ity āgenyapurāṇe rāmoktanītirājadharmma || saṃ 663 dvirāṣāḍhaśuklasaptamyāṃ hastājve(?) lekhi || || (fol. 10v7)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 21/3
Date of Filming 31-08-1970
Exposures 15
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by AM
Date 13-07-2007
