A 30-5 Bṛhajjātaka
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 30/5
Title: Bṛhajjātaka
Dimensions: 31 x 4.5 cm x 105 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Jyotiṣa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/799
Remarks:
Reel No. A 30-5
Inventory No. 13052
Title Bṛhajjātakavivaraṇa
Author Balabhadra
Subject Jyotiṣa
Language Sanskrit
Text Features commentary on Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka (also known as Horāśāstra)
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete, damaged
Size 31.0 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, rectangular, somewhat to the left
Folios 103
Lines per Folio 5–6
Foliation figures in the middle of the right-hand margin of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/799
Manuscript Features
Fols. 4–68 are damaged at the left-hand margin. Two fols. are missing, probably fols. 69–70. The writing on a number of fols. has been partly rubbed off.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṁ namaḥ sūryāya ||
keśākyatāʼrkkacaṃdrārajñajīvabhṛgusūryajān |
natvā vivarṇṇa(!)prārambhaṃ jātakasya karomy ahaṃ ||
sarvaśāstrāṇi saṃvīkṣya sāram ādārya sāśvataṃ
śiśyā(n u)pāyahetvartham baladevo bravīd vaca (!) ||
āvantakācāryavarapradhānavarāhamiharo rkka〇varaḥ pralabdhavat |
jyotiṣaḥśāstrasaṃgrahakṛtagaṇitaskandhād a(n)antaraṃ ||
horāskadha(samā)ripsuḥ (!) dharmmakāmārthamokṣakān |
abhīṣṭaphaladahorāśāstraprādhānyajātakaṃ ||
āpa〇(nnihantu)kāmaḥ śārdūlavikrīḍitā(ha)ḥ | kimarthaṃ aśeṣavighnaprasamanāya kopasamanāya bhagavantan divākaraṃ praṇamāmiḥ (!) ||
mūrttitve parikalpitaḥ saśibhṛto vatmāḥ (!) pu〇narjanminām
ātmety ātmavidāṃ kratuś ca yajatām bharttāʼmarajyotiṣāṃ |
lokānāṃ pralayodbhavasthitivibhuś cānekadhā yaḥ śrutau
vācan naḥ sa dadhātv anekakiraṇas trailokyadīpo raviḥ ||<ref name="ftn1">Bṛhajjātaka 1.1.</ref>
sa ravir bhagavān ādityo nar asmākaṃ vācaṃ giraṃ dadhātu dadhātv ity arthaḥ | kimbhūto sau sav iti viśeṣanaviśeṣa(2r1)ratnaviśeṣapaṭanād aṣṭakakiraṇa iti | prabhṛtaraśmis trailokyadīpa itiḥ (!) trayo lokās trailokyan tatra pradīpaprakāśyasādharmyāt || (fol. 1v1–2r1)
End
udayaraviśaśāṅketi || udayalagnaraviḥ sūryo (!) śaśāṃkaṃ caṃdramasaṃ || eteṣāṃm (!) ekatame balayukte prāṇavate sati lagnabalanavāṃśāyukaṃ | ādityabala〇piṇḍāyur iti | candrabalanisarggāyur iti || navāṃśāyurdāye dradayāditatanudhanaśahajādibhāvān vicāranīyaṃ | piṇḍāyuke sati ādityena yad rāsau vyavasthite sa rāśilagnaṃ karttavya (!) tathā kṛtvā tena tanudhanasahajātikaṃ ….(105v1)vaś ca dehaṃ ca cintanīyaḥ | nisarggāyur iti caṃdrame yad rāse vyavasthitad rāśilagnakṛtvā ⁅ta⁆nudhanasahajādibhāvān svadeharūpasvabhāvaṃ ca cintanīya (!) tena salagnaṃ kṛtvā cakrāpahārādikān karttavyaṃ | pra〇thaman tāvat trayānāṃ balāvadhāraṃ kṛtvā ekatame balayukte | tena balayute lagnaṃ kṛtvāḥ (!) seṣāṇāṃ grahāṇāṃ balāvadhāraṇaṃ kṛtvā āyurdāyaṃ 〇 sāvyam antardaśāvibhāsaṃ kārayet || yathā piṇḍāyukam antaś caiva nisargāyuḥ kramam parisādhanīyaṃ | sarvan tulyeneti || (fol. 105r2–v4)
Sub-colophons
ācāryavarāhamiharakṛtabṛhajjātakasya vivarṇṇabhaṭṭabalabhadrakṛte viracitāyāṃ rā/// ..(r) nāmādhyāyaḥ prathamaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 24r1–2 = exp. 27 bottom)
bhaṭṭabala〇bhadrakṛte bṛhajjātakavivarṇṇe (!) grahayonibhedo nāma dvitīyo dhyāyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 40v3 = exp. 45 top)
bhaṭṭabalabhadrakṛte bṛhajjātakavivarṇṇe (!) viyonijanmādhyāya../// (fol. 43v4 = exp. 48 top)
bhaṭṭaḥ śrībalabhadrakṛte bṛhajjātakavivarṇṇe (!) nisekādhyāyaś caturthaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 55v4–5)
bhaṭṭabalabhadra(67v1)///⁅rṇṇe⁆ janmavidhir nāmo dhyāyaḥ paṃcamaḥ || ○ || (fol. 67r5–67v1 = exp. 71 bottom – 72 top)
iti balabhadrakṛte bṛhajjātakavivarṇṇe (!) ariṣṭādhyāyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 74v5)
ity utpalake bṛhajjātakavivarṇṇaṇe (!) āyurdāyaḥ || ○ || (fol. 105r2–3)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 30/5
Date of Filming 10-09-1970
Exposures 109
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks some fols. have been micro-filmed twice
Catalogued by OH
Date 21-09-2005
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