A 31-11 Bṛhadyātrā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 31/11
Title: Yogayātrā
Dimensions: 31.5 x 4.5 cm x 41 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Jyotiṣa
Date: NS 651
Acc No.: NAK 4/162
Remarks:
Reel No. A 31-11
Inventory No. 83362
Title Bṛhadyātrā
Remarks
Author Varāhamihira
Subject Jyotiṣa
Language Sanskrit
Text Features included within Varāhamihira's Bṛhatsaṃhitā
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 31.5 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, rectangular, left of centre
Folios 41
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation figures in the middle of the right-hand margin of the verso
Scribe Jayakīrttarāja
Date of Copying 658
Place of Copying Bhaktapattana
King Jayaprāṇamalladeva
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/162
Manuscript Features
At the beginning of this MS, three additional folios consisting of a list of contents (sūcipatra) have been included (exps. 2-5). These folios give the contents of another text/MS, enlisting fols. 1-185. At the verso of one of these the title yogayātra has been written along with the accession no. by a member of the NAK.
Yet another fol. showing some writing exercises has been filmed on exp. 5 bottom.
On fols. 1-2 and in a few other places, the scribe has indicated missing parts of the text by horizontal dashes.
A short description of this MS is given in BSP vol. 1, p. 139, no. 277.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ namaḥ sarvvajñāya ||
yakṣe śvamedhena vijitya dhātrīm ity evam abhyudyamito nṛpasya |
nirvighnato vighnakarāntapāyaṃ (!) kriyaṅ(!)krameṇaiva paśūn ma- -
- - - - - - - - dhīmān vinītendriyabhṛtyavarggaṃ ||
prajānurakto dhṛtimāṃ sahiṣṇu (!) vṛddho〇pasevī vijigīṣur iṣṭaḥ ||
sāmvatsaras tasya vinītaveśo dhīmāñ ca - - - - - - - - - - -
-lbho vikalo vinītas tādṛgvidhas tasya prarohito (!) pi || 〇
tasya daivanarakārasametāṃ varṇṇayanti kavayaḥ phalasiddhim |
tatra kecid avadhū(!)nṛkāra - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-ny eva labhate gantavyāny eva ga〇cchati |
prāptavāny (!) eva prāpnoti duḥkhāni ca sukhāni ca ||
utsānās (!) te bhavet siddhi (!) na kaścinn apnuyāt (!) phalaṃ |
ahorātrā - - - - - - - - - - - ḥ |
vi〇haṅgā iva baddho hi niyate yavanīśvaraḥ |
vidhānavihitādeśo nānyeṣām ātmanaḥ prabhuḥ |
tasmād daivapradhānaṃ hi na kuryāt karma - - -
- - - - - - - - - - bhūmir uttamāḥ ||
abhrodurjjāyanayam paribhūya daivam
ātmā nigānacapalāḥ pracalaye(fol. 2r1)tthān |
teṣāṃ cirād api kṛ- - - - - -
- - - - - - - - -kṣīm ||
(fol. 1v1-2r1)
End
bhedāmbumārggaparasaṃśayanīcakarmma-
bandhavratāni ca bhavaṃty udaye ghaṭasya |
mīnadvaye tu śubhamaṅgalapauṣṭi〇kāni
karmmāṇi yāny abhihitāni ca tadvilagne ||
iti manujapatir yathopadeśaṃ bhagaṇavidām prakaroti yo vacāsi (!) |
sa sakalanṛpamaṇḍalādhi〇patyaṃ vrajati divīva purandaro cireṇa ||
pūrvvācāryagranthā no sṛṣṭā kurvvatā mayā śāstraṃ |
tān avalokedaṃ (!) prabandhaṃ kāmataḥ sujātāḥ |
athavā kṛṣam a〇piḥ (!) sujana (!) pithayati (!) doṣārṇavaṃ guṇān dṛṣṭāḥ (!) |
nīca (!) tadviparītaṃ sāṃ (!) prakṛti (!) sādhvasādhūnāṃ ||
durjanahutāsataptaṃ vācyasuvarṇṇam viśuddhim upayāti |
śrāvayitavyaṃ tasmād duṣṭajanasya prathamam evaḥ (!) ||
yady anmajanmopacitāptir (!) a(fol. 41r1)stiḥ (!) kāryaṃ hi kin daivavideti naivaḥ (!) |
kālakriyā dravyavidhiprayogaiḥ sāvṛṣṭi kiṃ karma tad aṃnyathaivam (!) ||
saṃkṣepato vistaraśaś ca yātrā madhyā tṛtīyā ca mayā nibaṃddhā (!) |
yā yasya cittānugatā sa tasyāḥ parigrahaṃ rājahita〇ḥ (!) karoti ||
jyotiśāstrasamudraṃ pramathya matisandarādiṇo (!) tha mayā |
lokasyālokakaraḥ śāstraśaśāṅkaṃ samutkṣiptam || ❁ ||
(fol. 40v2-41r3)
Sub-colophons
ity āryavarāhamihirakṛtau saṃhitāyāṃ yātrāyān daivapuruṣakārikādhyāyaḥ || ❁ || 〇 (fol. 2v2-3)
ity āryavarāhamihirasya kṛtau yātrāyāṃ praṣṇā(fol. 5r1)dhyāyaḥ (!) || ❁ || (fol. 4v6-5r1)
tithyādhyāyaḥ (!) || ❁ || (fol. 5r3)
yātrāyān nakṣattravijayaḥ || ❖ || (fol. 7r6)
vāraguṇādhyāyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 7v5)
…
yāttrāyāṃ śakunodayadeśaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 39r6)
nimittādhyāyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 40r3)
Colophon
iti śrīā〇ryavarāhamihirasya kṛtau saṃhitāyāṃ bṛhadyātrā samāptāḥ (!) || ❁ || samvat 658 śrāvaṇaśuklaṣaṣṭhyāṃ tithau svātinakṣa❁tre bṛhaspati〇vāsare likhita (!) saṃpūrṇṇaṃ śrībhaktapattane śrīśrījayaprāṇamalla|| ❁ ||devasya svabhujyarājye lipitam idaṃ śāstraṃ v⟪ā⟫arāhasaṃhitā daivajñaja〇yakīrttarājena svārthenam (!) iti || śubham astu || yathādṛṣṭam iti || ❁ ||
udakānalacaurebhyo mūkhikebhyas tathaiva ca |
rakṣitavyaṃ prayatnena putravat pratipālayet ||
oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya vāmadevāya namaḥ || maṃgalaṃ bhavatu ||
(fol. 41r3-6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 31/11
Date of Filming 13-09-1970
Exposures 48
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks
Catalogued by OH
Date 13-12-2005
