A 379-11 Ghaṭakarpara

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 379/11
Title: Ghaṭakarpara
Dimensions: 27.1 x 6.4 cm x 3 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1452
Remarks:

Reel No. A 379-11 Inventory No. 38642

Title Ghaṭakharpara

Author ascribed to Kālidāsa

Subject Kāvya

Language Sanskrit

Reference BSP, p. 74, no. 125

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material paper

State complete

Size 27.1 x 6.4 cm

Folios 3

Lines per Folio 5

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

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/1452 (Viṣaya-saṃkhyā: kāvyā / 237)

Manuscript Features

On the cover-leaf is the stamp of Chandra Shamsere dated (VS) 1970.

The text as given in the present MS consists of 21 stanzas, whereas several editions of the text consist of 22 stanzas. Stanza 21 of these editions (beginning with etan niśamya) is missing in the present MS.

Fols. 3r and 3v are in reverse order.

Excerpts

Beginning

oṃ namo gaṇeśāya || ||

nicitaṃ kham upetya nīradaiḥ

priyahīnāhṛdayāvanīradaiḥ

salilair nihitaṃ rajaḥ kṣitau

ravicaṃdrāv api nopalakṣitau || 1 ||

haṃsā nadanmeghabhayād dravanti

niśāmukhāny adya na candravanti |

na cāmbumattā śikhino nadanti

meghāgame kundasamānadanti || 2 || (fol. 1v1–3)

End

bhāvānuraktavanitāsurataiḥ śapeyam

ālabhya cāmbutṛṣitaḥ karakośapeyaṃ |

jīvena yena kavinā yamakaiḥ pareṇa

tasmai vaheyam udakaṃ ghaṭakharppareṇa || ○ || 21 || (fol. 3v2–3)

Colophon

iti śrīkālidāsakṛtau ghaṭakharparaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || ❁ || || ❁ || || śubham astu || (fol. 3v3)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 379/11

Date of Filming 06-07-1972

Exposures 4

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by MS/RA

Date 16-05-2008

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