A 24-19 Sūryaśataka
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 24/19
Title: Sūryaśataka
Dimensions: 22 x 4.5 cm x 7 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1152
Remarks:
Reel No. A 24-19
Inventory No. 72994
Title Sūryaśataka
Remarks also known as Mayūraśataka
Author Mayūra
Subject Kāvya
Language Sanskrit
Reference BSP 2, p. 171, no. 404 (1/1152)
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete; only fols. 1–7 are preserved in good condition.
Size 22.0 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, rectangular, in the middle
Folios 7
Lines per Folio 5–6
Foliation figures in the right-hand margin on the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/1152
Used for Edition no
Manuscript Features
The MS ends abruptly at the beginning of fol. 7v. Only Sūryaśataka 1–30c has been transmitted in this MS, which is marred by errors.
Excerpts
Beginning
(1) ⁅oṃ⁆ namaḥ sūryāya || − − − − ⌣ − − ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⁅taḥ⁆ sāndrasindūra⁅reṇuṃ |⁆
⁅raktāḥ⁆ śaktair ivaughair udayagiritaṭīdhā(2)tudhārādravas⁅ya⁆ |
āyāntyā tulyakālya〇kala⁅ṃ⁆<ref name="ftn1">I.o. tulyakālaṃ.</ref> (!) kamalavanarucevāruṇā vo vibhūtyai
bhūyāsur bhāsayanto(3)bhuvanam abhi⁅na⁆vā bhānavīyā<ref name="ftn2">The word bhānavo between abhinavā and bhānavīyāḥ is missing.</ref> (!) || 1 ||
bha〇ktiprahvāya dātuṃ mukulapuṭakuṭīkoṭarakroḍalīnāṃ
lakṣmīm ā(4)kraṣṭukāmā iva kalavanodghāṭanaṃ<ref name="ftn3">Read: kamala° i.o. kala°.</ref> (!) kurvva〇te ye |
kālākārāndhakārānanapatitajagatsādhvasadhva⁅ṃ⁆sakalyāḥ
(5) kalyāṇam vaḥ kriyāsuḥ kiśalayaruca〇yas ⁅t⁆e karā bhāskarasya || 2 || (fol. 1v1–5)
End
ratnānāṃ maṇḍanāya prabhavati niya(4)toddeśalabdhāvak⁅āśa⁆ (!)
⁅va⁆hner ddārvvādi dagdhu〇n nijalimatayā<ref name="ftn4">I.o. nijajaḍimatayā.</ref> (!) karttum ānandam indoḥ |
yat tu traikyabhūṣāvidhir (!) a(5)ghadahana (!) hlādi vṛṣṭyāsu tad vo
bāhulyo〇tpādyakāryādhikataram avatād ekam evārkkatejaḥ || 30 ||
mīla〇ccakṣur vvijihmaḥ (!) śruti jalarasanaṃ (!) vighnitaghrāvṛrtti<ref name="ftn5">I.o. vighnitaghrāṇavṛtti.</ref> (!)
svavyāpārākṣamatvak parimuṣitamanaḥ śvāsamātrāvaśeṣaṃ |
viśra(fol. 7v1)staṃga (!) pa.. .. .<ref name="ftn6">Read: patitvā ?</ref> (fol. 7r3–7v1)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 24/19
Date of Filming 04-09-1970
Exposures 11
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks After the initial index card for A 24/19 (Sūryaśataka) appears a copy of the Gāthāsaptaśatī, and at the end of it the final index card of A 24/19 is placed. The next index card, for A 24/20 (Gāthāsaptaśatī), is followed by the copy of the Sūryaśataka, after which the initial and the final index cards of A 20/19 have been filmed.
Catalogued by DD
Date 14-02-2003
Bibliography
Quackenbos, George Payn
1965: The Sanskrit Poems of Mayūra. Edited with a Translation and Notes and an Introduction; together with the Text and Translation of Bāṇa’s Caṇḍīsataka (!) by George Payn Quackenbos. New York 1965. (Columbia University Indo-Iranian Series, Volume 9). [Reprint; 11917]
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