A 375-2a Kumārasaṃbhava

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Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 375/2
Title: Kumārasambhava
Dimensions: 25.6 x 9.3 cm x 178 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 2/245
Remarks:


Reel No. A 375/2a

MTM Inventory No. 36825

Title Kumārasaṃbhava

Remarks

Author Kālidāsa

Subject Kāvya

Language Sanskrit

Reference BSP 2, p. 49, no. 49 (2/245)

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material paper

State complete

Size 25.6 x 9.3 cm

Binding Hole(s)

Folios 39

Lines per Page 8

Foliation figures in the middle of the right-hand margin and the word śrī in the middle of the left-hand margin on the verso

Scribe

Illustrations Fol. 1r contains a Kālacakra with ❖ thvana kālacakra hākaḥ || written in Newari above it to the left.

Date of Copying

Place of Copying

King

Donor

Owner/Deliverer

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 2/245

Manuscript Features

The text runs form the very beginning up to the end of the 7th chapter.


The ekāras of an akṣara extend up only halfway from the base to the mātrā.


Some marginal corrections appear at the beginning of the text.


Words divisions are marked up to fol. 16r by small vertical strokes.

The prose order (anvaya) of the words of verses is provided in the form of numbers above them up to fol. 13.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṃ namaḥ gaṇeśāyaḥ (!) ||

asty uttarasyāṃ diśi devatātmā,

himālayo nāma nagādhirājaḥ |

pūrvvāparau toyanidhī vigāhya,

sthitaḥ pṛthivyā iva mānadaṇḍaḥ || 1 ||


yaṃ sarvvaśailā[[ḥ]] parikalpya vatsaṃ,

merau sthite do⟪‥⟫gdhari dohadakṣe |

bhāsvanti ratnāni mahauṣadhīś ca,

pṛthupadiṣṭāt duduhur ddharitriṃ || 2 || (fol. 1v1–3)


End

atha vibudhagaṇāṃs tān indumaulir visṛjya,

kṣitidharapatikanyām ādadāneḥ (!) kareṇa |

kanakakalaśarakta (!) bhaktiśobhāsanāthaṃ

kṣitiviracitaśayyaṃ kautukāgaram āgāt || 95 ||


navapariṇayalajjābhūṣaṇāṃ tatra gaurīṃ

vadanam apaharantiṃ tatkṛtākṣepam īśaḥ |

api śayanasakhībhyo dattavācaṃ kathaṃcit

pramathamukhavikārair hāsayāmāsa gūḍhaṃ || 96 || ❁ || ❖ || 96 || (fol. 39r3–7)


Colophon

iti kālidāsakṛtau kumārasaṃbhave mahākāvye umāpariṇayo nāma saptamaḥ sarggaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || ❁ || ❁ || śubha (fol. 39r7–8)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 375/2a

Date of Filming 04-07-1972

Exposures 181

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks The text is on exps. 3t–40b.

Catalogued by NK

Date 09-05-2007

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