A 358-9 Rāmāyaṇa

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 358/9
Title: Rāmāyaṇa
Dimensions: 33.2 x 15.2 cm x 224 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Rāmāyaṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/900
Remarks: 2; 57357-61=s; continues to A 359/1

Reel No. A 358-9 Inventory No. 57357

Title Rāmāyaṇa

Author Vālmīki

Subject Rāmāyaṇa

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State incomplete

Size 33.2 x 15.2 cm

Folios 24

Lines per Folio 8

Foliation figures in both margins on the verso, in the left under the abbreviation rā. a and in the right under the word rāma

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/900

Manuscript Features

kāṃḍadvitīyam ity uktam ayodhyākāṃḍasaṃjñitaṃ |

aśītasaṃkhyayā sargāḥ ślokānāṃ cātra kīrtyate |

trīṇi ślokaśasahastrāṇi navaślokaśatāni ca |

ślokānāṃ dve śate vaiva bhūyaḥ ślokāśv aguptatiḥ+

ayodhyā. graṃthasaṃkhyā 4460

ayodhyākāṃḍa patra 224

Excerpts

Beginning

m ihāgataṃ |

ṛtūnāṃ parivarttena prāṇināṃ prāṇasaṃkṣayaṃ |

yathā kāṣṭhaṃ ca kāṣṭhaṃ ca same yātāṃ mahārṇave |

sametya tudyape yātāṃ kālam āsādya kaṃcana |

evaṃ bhāryāñ ca putrāñ ca jñātayaś ca vasūni ca |

sametya ca [[vadhīyante]]vyadhāvaṃti dhruvo(!)tyeṣāṃ vinā lavaḥ |

nātra kaścid yathā lāvaṃ prāṇī samabhivarttate |

tena tasmin asāmartyaṃ pretasyāsi anuśocataḥ |

yathā hi sārthaṃ gachaṃtaṃ brūyāt kaścit pathi+taḥ | (fol. 200v1–4)

End

eṣaṃ paṃthā maharṣīṇāṃ phalāny āharatāṃ vane |

anena tu vanaṃ durgaṃ gaṃtuṃ rāghava te kṣamaṃ |

itīva taiḥ prāṃjalibhis tapasvibhir

dvijaiḥ kṛtasvastyayanaḥ paraṃtapaḥ |

vanaṃ sabhāryaḥ praviveśa rāghavaḥ

salakṣmaṇaḥ sūrya ivābhramaṃḍalaṃ || || (fol. 224v6–9)

Colophon

ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe vālmīkinā viracite ayodhyākāṃḍe ekonaviṃśaty uttaraśatatamaḥ sarggaḥ || || saṃvat 1656 samae vaiśāṣa vadi navamyāṃ vudhavāsare liṣitaṃ kā+ || (fol. 224v8–9)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 358/9–359/1

Date of Filming 07-06-1972

Exposures 28

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks double fols. of 208v–209r

Catalogued by AP

Date 10-07-2009

Bibliography