A 31-20 Bhūkhyāta

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 31/20
Title: [Vāstuviṣayakagrantha]
Dimensions: 30 x 6 cm x 52 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Jyotiṣa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1697
Remarks: subject uncertain; prakīrṇa; 42 folios

Reel No. A 31/20

Inventory No. 85900

Title #Bhūkhyāta?

Remarks The title of the text is mentioned as [Vāstuviṣayakagrantha] in the NGMPP PTL and NAK catalogue cards.

Author

Subject Vāstuśāstra / Jyotiṣa ?

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material Palm-leaf

State incomplete

Size 30.0 x 6.0 cm

Binding Hole(s) 1, circular, in the middle (slightly left)

Folios 40

Lines per Folio 5

Foliation figures in the left-hand margin of the verso

Scribe

Date of Copying

Place of Copying

King

Donor

Owner/Deliverer

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/1697

Manuscript Features

From the sub-colophons, we assume that the title of the text is the Bhūkhyāta.

Fols. 9–15, 18–19, 28, 30–31, 33–35, 37, *38–44, 47–48, *49, *50–54, *55, *56, *57, *58, *59, *60, *61, *62, *63 are available.

Fol. 39 is assigned twice to the two successive folios.

The MS contains noteworthy scribal errors. Apparent scribal error is not marked in the Excerpt, below.

The physical state of the MS is poor. Some folios are badly damaged with the considerable loss of the text.

Excerpts

Beginning

vyar‥kṛtaśuciḥ |

mahādhvajāpi saṃsthāpya kumbhapūrvottare diśi ||

bhṛtānām balisaṃcāra †yathocchāhantudvākṛtaṃ† |

bālā kaumārikārthāya phalā(!) śarkkarataṇḍulā

pradīyatān tadā deva ucchahaṅ kārayet subhaṃ ||

sarvve manusyalokāya tāmbūlañ ca pradīyata |

brāhmanā(!)nāṃ pradātavyaṃ sauvarṇṇaraupyakaṃ tadā |

sthapatiś caiva †staṃmānasasakhāsaputrakān† ||

kaṃkā(!)nā(!)disavastraṃ ca tāmbūna(!) samanvita(!) | (fol. 9r1–3)

End

malinā kṣāra āpaś ca śūdrajāti(!) vivīyate (!) |

raktabālukasaṃbhṛ /// ṇa rakṣā suvarjjitā |

tailatiktakaṣāyaś ca ⟨|⟩ sūdrajātis tu vāruṇā |

kṣārā lavana(!)svādā niviṭagaṃdhā varṇṇāsaṅkarā (!) |

gurutvā(!) tailaraktāś ca sūdra /// kathyate ||

kaṣāyā matsa(!)gandhāni sarppigandhā tathāpi ca |

svādātavalla (!) āyusya śūdrajāti iti smṛtaḥ |

atha cihna(!) pravakṣyāmi vāri jānantu darśanā (fol. *63v3–5)

Sub-colophon

bhūkhyāta(!) tṛtīya(!) paricchedaḥ || (fol. 9r5)

Colophon

No colophon is there.

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 31/20

Date of Filming not indicated

Exposures 45

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film scanned copy (color)

Remarks

Catalogued by MS/RK

Date 02-05-2012

Bibliography

NEPALA LIPI-PRAKAŚA of Hemarāja Śākya, Kathmandu: Nepala Rājakīya Prajñā-pratiṣṭhāna, 1973 (VS 2030).