A 29-4 Harivaṃśa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 29/4
Title: Harivaṃśa
Dimensions: 55 x 4.5 cm x 333 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: NS 157
Acc No.: NAK 1/910
Remarks:
Reel No. A 29-4
Inventory No. 23472
Title Harivaṃśa
Author Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State damaged, almost complete
Size 55.0 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 2
Folios 327+5
Lines per Folio 4–5
Foliation figures and letters combined in the middle of the left-hand margin of the verso
Date of Copying NS 157
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/910
Manuscript Features
The actual order of fols. is as follows: 1–7; 305–329; five inserted fols., written in the same hand (267–269; ?; 305); 8–304.
Fols. 202, 215, and 272 are missing.
The writing of a few fols. has been partially rubbed off.
Fols. 194–199; 271; 277–278 are damaged.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṁ namo mahāgaṇapataye || namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
naimiṣāra⁅ṇye ku⁆lapatiḥ saunaka 〇 uvāca ||
saute sumahad ākhyāna(ṃ) bha(ya)vā parikīrttita(ṃ) |
bharatānāñ ca sarvveṣāṃ pārthivānān tathaiva ca ||
devā〇nān dānavāñ ca (!) gandharvvoragar⟪ā⟫akṣasām |
daityānām atha siddhānāṃ guhya///
-tāni karmāṇi vikramā dharmmaniścayā[[ḥ]] |
vicitrāś ca kathāyogā janma cāgram (!) anuttamam ||
ka〇thitaṃ bhavatā puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ ślakṣṇayā girā |
manaḥkarṇṇasu⁅khan ta⁆n mām prīṇāty amṛtyasammitaṃ |
a〇(ttra) janma kurūṇāñ ca tvayoktaṃ lomaharṣaṇe |
na tu vṛṣṇyandhakānāṃ ⁅vai⁆ ///
sūta uvāca ||
janamejayena yat pṛṣṭhaḥ śiṣy⟪e⟫[[o]] vyāsasya dharmmavit |
tat te haṃ kīrttayiṣyami 〇 vṛṣṇ⟪i⟫īnāṃ vaṃsam āditaḥ ||
śrutvetihāsaṃ kārtsnena bharatānā (!) sa bhārata[[ḥ]] |
janamejayo mahāprājño 〇 vaisaṃpāyanam abravīt |
janamejaya uvāca ||
mahābhāratam ākhyāna(ṃ) ⁅bahva⁆///
kathitaṃ bhavatā pūrvvaṃ vistareṇa mayā śrutaṃ
(fol. 1v1–4)
End
phalāni cātha puṣpāṇi bhakṣān api ca suvratā
dadyād anastamitakaṃ caritavratakaṃ sadā || 〇
athānastaṃ gate sūrye bhuṅkte strī niyatā satī ||
candranakṣatra⁅pūtā⁆ni bhojyāni varavarṇṇini || 〇
sā dadyāt kāṃcanaṃ candraṃ nakṣatrāṇi grahāny api
abhirūpāya viprāya ..gaśvalavaṇānvi///
candraśītalagātrā sā bhavaty avaravarṇini
subhāgā darśanīyā ca putravaty api bhāmini | 〇
pūrṇamāsyāṃ tu satataṃ prāpte ṣomodayaṃ gatā
ayan dadyāt sumanasaṃ sākṣataṃ sa kuśaṃn (!) tathā || 〇
yāvakaṃ ca baliṃ kuryād dadhinā sahasaṃ yutam
evaṃ yā kurute nityaṃ sarvā (!) kāmān avāpnu///
adṛṣṭvā yā tu nāstāti (!) sūryan nārī pativratā ||
durdine vātha vānyatra seṣṭāṃ mān (!) avāpnute || 〇
kāṃcanaṃ śaktito dadyāt sā viprāy⟪ā⟫a manaṣvine
subhagā darpanīyā ca bhavaty amaravarṇinīti || 〇 || (1)3 || ○ ||
(fol. 329r2–4)
Colophon
dvādaśasāhasraṃ harivaṃśeti || samvat 15⁅7⁆///
(fol. 329r4)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 29/4
Date of Filming 09-09-1970
Exposures 344
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks a few fols. have been micro-filmed twice
Catalogued by OH
Date 28-06-2005
