A 377-2 Kavikarpaṭī
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 377/2
Title: Kavikarpaṭī
Dimensions: 24.3 x 10.4 cm x 15 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/3580
Remarks: by Śaṅkhadhara
Reel No. A 377-2
Title Kavikarpaṭī
Author Śaṅkhadhara
Subject Alaṅkāra
Language Sanskrit
Text Features A handbook which lists ready made phrases for the ad hoc construction of verses in different metres. An example of a vers that uses some of the elements is found in the colophon of the Raghuvaṃśa manuscript on reel A 377/5.
Reference SSP 835
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 24.3 x 10.4 cm
Binding Hole
Folios 15
Lines per Folio 7
Foliation figures in the left and right margins of the verso; with the words śrī in the left and rāmaḥ in the right
Place of Deposite NAK
Accession No. 5-3580
Manuscript Features
The text in this manuscript is corrupt in places. Some of the examples do not fit into the metre.
Excerpts
Beginning
śrīsiddheśvaryai gajavadanayuktāyai namaḥ ||
yaḥ kātaṃtrasudhānidhānakalaśasāhityaratnālayaḥ
sānandasphuṭagadyapadyaracanāprāgalbhyaśabdodayaḥ ||
ṣaṭkāvyāmṛtapūrapūrṇavadanaḥ sadvṛndacandrodayas
tasyeyaṃ kavikarppaṭīkaracanā kaṃṭhe sadā dhāryatām || 1 ||
yatnād imāṃ kaṃṭhagataṃ vidyā ya śrutopadeśād viditopadeśaḥ ||
ajñātaśabdārthaviniścaye pi ślokaṃ karoty eva sabhāsu śīghram || 2 ||
ādau tāvad anuṣṭupcchandasā candravarṇanam ārabhate ||
tatra tāvat prathamapāde paṃñcākṣare(!) || karpūrapūra || ḍiṃḍīrapiṃḍa || rajanīkara || śaṃbūkakaṃṭha || gaṃgāpravāha || mṛṇālanāla || śaṃkhasaṃcaya || mallikācaya || kairavavrāta || candanadrava || nīhārahāra || kailāsakāśa || sudhāsaṃcaya || mallikāvayava || prāleyajāla || varṣopalaugha || kundasandoha || sphaṭikopala || śālitaṃḍula || ketakīgarbha || mallikāpuṣpa || ketakīpatrā [[ || ]] kaṃbalīsāra || mṛṇālasūtra || śarasandoha || navanītaugha || śubhrābhradyuti || śapharīcaya || pra , punas tasyaiva akṣare || (fol. 1v1-2r2)
End
punaḥ karmapradhānonmatiḥ || sarakta(!)citto jane || dvitīyapāde || candrākāraguṇaprakāsasadaśaḥ || durvārā(ri)vadya(ghna?)paṭayaḥ || kāvye janito mahāvi(!)janaiḥ || lokānām upakārakaḥ pratidinam || punaḥ || prajñāvatām agradhīḥ || dānena karṇopamaḥ || nityaṃ guṇaiḥ sayutaḥ || prauṇaiḥr(!) ayaṃ susvaraḥ || tṛtīyapāde || sphūrjatkuṃdasamūhanirmalayaśāḥ || kīrttyā || laṃbita sadā vāridhipayāḥ(!)<ref name="ftn1">read: kīrttyā laṃghitasaptavāridhipayo (see A 377/5)</ref> || prajñābhir guṇasaṃnibho guṇavatāṃ punaḥ || vidyāvinodī svayam || śravyabhiḥ(!) prakāśas(!) yo guṇaiḥ || puṇyātmanām agradhīḥ || caturthapāde || tarkodarka || viśuddhaśuddharacitaḥ || śreyāt(!) sarvajaneṣu nirmalamatiḥ || śaktyā nir(ji)taśatrusāranivahaḥ || punaḥ || vāgīśvaro yaṃ nṛpaḥ || śrībhīmadevo nṛpaḥ || jīyād ayaṃ bhūpatiḥ || bhīmo yam ālokyatāṃ || vijānapārāyaṇaḥ vidvān ayaṃ rājata || || (fol. 15r1-15v2)
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Colophon
iti śrīkavirājaśaṃkhadharaviracitā kavikarppaṭīkaracanā samāptā (fol. 15v2)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 377/2
Date of Filming 05-07-1972
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by AM
Date 18-03-2008
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