A 386-17 Meghadūta
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 386/17
Title: Meghadūta
Dimensions: 22.5 x 10 cm x 27 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/3222
Remarks:
Reel No. A 386/17
Inventory No. 38186
Title Meghadūta
Remarks
Author Kālidāsa
Subject Kāvya
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material Indian paper
State complete; eaten by insects
Size 22.5 x 10.0cm
Binding Hole
Folios 27
Lines per Folio 7
Foliation figures on the verso under the abbreviation megha.ta
Scribe Divākaradeva
Date of Copying VS 1751
Place of Copying Kāśī
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/3222
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || mahālakṣmīsomeśvarāya namaḥ ||
kaścit kāntā viraha guruṇā svādhikārapramattaḥ
śāpenāstaṃgamita mahimā varṣabhogyeṇa bharttuḥ ||
yakṣaścakre janakatanayāsnānapuṇyodakeṣu
snidhachāyātaruṣu vasatiṃ rāmagiryāśrameṣu || 1 || (fol. 1v1–3)
End
śrutāvārtāṃ jaladakaśitāṃśopi sadyaḥ
śāpaścāṃtaṃ sadaya hṛdayaḥ saṃvidhāyāstakopaḥ ||
saṃyojyaitau vigalita śucau daṃppatī dṛṣṭacittau
bhogāniṣṭānavirata mukhān bhojayāmāsaśaśvat || || 125 || || || (fol. 21v1–3)
Colophon
iti śrī mahākavi kālidāsa kṛtau meghadūtākhyaṃ kāvya samāptaṃ || ||
śubhamastu idaṃ pustakaṃ deva divākarena likhisvārthaṃ parārthaṃ ca || ||
yādṛśaṃ pustakaṃ dṣṛṭvā tādṛśaṃ likhitaṃ mayā yadi śuddhamaśuddhaṃ vā mama doṣo na vidyate1 || || || ||
saṃvat 1521 bhādrapada śuddhatrayodaśi kāśyāṃ likhyate || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ ||
saṃvat || 1751 || || śrīmukhāsaṃvatsare dakṣiṇāyane vasaṃtattau bhādrapade bhaśi (!) śukla pakṣe trayośiṃ (!) meghadūtākhyaṃ kāvyaṃ vāsudeva bhaṭṭa devatsuta deva divākarenanalekhitaṃ || || ❖ || ❖ || || ||
rāma || ❖ || ❖ || sadā śiva || || ❖ || kāśyāṃ viśvarasaṃnidhau pustakaṃ likhyate || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || || || (fol. 21v4–22rv)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 386/17
Date of Filming
Exposures
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by JU
Date 25-09-2003
