A 23-14 Praśnottaramālikā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 23/14
Title: Praśnottaramālikā
Dimensions: 21.5 x 4 cm x 4 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1152
Remarks:
Reel No. A 23-14
Inventory No. 54639
Title Praśnottararatnamālikā
Remarks known also as Vimalapraśnottararatnamālikā and Vimalapraśnottararatnamālā
Author attributed to Amoghodaya; a similar text in the Hindu vein is attributed to Śаṃkara; another one has Jainistic traits and is attributed to Vimalacandrasūri.
Subject Nīti, Bauddha
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 21.5 x 4.0 cm
Binding Hole 1, rectangular, to the left of centre
Folios 4
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the middle of the right-hand margin on the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/1152
Manuscript Features
rājñā caurakuṭumbāniparacakrādibhir bhayaṃ |
dhanavān trāśito nityaṃ nirdhaṇasya kuto bhayaṃ ||
rāmābhiśekṣe madavihālāyā
ka(3)dāc ita(ka)pitro hima tarunyā | 〇
śopānim āsa(dya) karoti śabdaṃ
ṭhaṃthaṃṭhaṭhaṭhaṃṭhaṭhaṭhaṃṭhaṭhaṭhaṃ ||
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ ⟪ḍe⟫[[o]]ṃ namo vāgīśvarāya ||
kaḥ khalu nālaṃkriyate
dṛṣṭādṛṣṭārthasādhanapaṭīyān |
kaṇṭhasthitayā vimala-
praśnottararatnamālika(2)yā ||
bhagavan kim upādeyaṃ
guruvaca〇naṃ heyam api ca kāryaṃ<ref name="ftn1">kāryaṃ i.o. *kim akāryaṃ*. </ref> |
ko gurur adhigatatatvaṃ
satvahitāyodyataḥ satataṃ (3) ||
tvaritaṃ kin na<ref name="ftn2">*kiṃ would correct the corrupt kin na.</ref> (!) karttavyaṃ
viduṣā saṃsā〇rasantaticchedaḥ |
kiṃ mokṣataro (!) bījaṃ
samyagjñānaṃ kriyāsahitaṃ || (fol. 1v1–3)
End
vidyudvilasita(3)capalaṃ
kiṃ durjjanasaṅgataṃ yuva〇tyāś (!) ca |
kulaśailaniṣprakampāḥ
ke kalikāle pi satpuruṣāḥ ||
(4) dānaṃ priyavāksahitaṃ
jñānam aga〇rvvaṃ kṣamānvitaṃ śauryaṃ |
tyāgasahitañ ca vittaṃ
durllabham etac caturbha⁅draṃ⁆ (5) ||
sarvvasvāvadhidānaṃ
niradhikaruṇā ca janmāvadhivairyaṃ |
iti yo le(ḍh)i(t)i ⁅phal⁆ān
na tasya saṃsārikā (fol. 4r1) rogāḥ ||
ko dharmo bhūtadayā
kiṃ saukhyam arogitā jantoḥ |
kaḥ snehaḥ sadbhāvaḥ
kiṃ pāṇḍityaṃ paricchedaḥ ||<ref name="ftn3">This stanza is in Upagīti metre.</ref>
(2) iti kaṇṭhasthitavimala-
praśno〇ttararatnamālikā yeṣāṃ |
te muktābharaṇā iva
vibhanti vi(3)dvatsamājeṣu || ❁ || (fols. 3v2–4r3)
Colophon
iti 〇 praśnottararatnamālikā samāptā || ❁ || śubham astu || (fol. 4r3)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 23/14
Date of Filming 04-09-1970
Exposures 7
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by DD
Date 03-05-2004
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