B 15-21 Mālatīmādhava by Bhavabhūti, also known as Bhūgarbha
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 15/21
Title: Mālatīmādhava
Dimensions: 32.5 x 7 cm x 30 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nāṭaka and Nāṭyaśāstra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/792
Remarks:
Reel No. B 15/21
Inventory No. 34195
Title Mālatīmādhava
Remarks
Author Bhavabhūti, also known as Bhūgarbha
Subject Nāṭaka
Language Sanskrit, Prākṛta
Manuscript Details
Script (old) Newari
Material Palm-leaf
State complete
Size 32.5 x 7.0 cm
Binding Hole(s) 1; circular in the left
Folios 30
Lines per Page 10
Foliation figures in the right-hand margin of the verso
Scribe
Date of Copying
Place of Copying
King
Donor
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/792
Manuscript Features
If we compare the edition, it seems that the MS has considerable different readings (see bibliography).
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ namo mañjunāthāya ||
cūḍāpīḍakapālasaṅkulagalanmadākinīvārayo
vidyutprāyalalāṭalocanapuṭajyoti[r]vimiśratviṣaḥ | <ref>edition reads ººśikhijvālāvimiśratviṣaḥ</ref>
pāntu tvām akoṭhoraketakaśikhāsandigdhamugdhendavo
bhūteśasya bhujaṅgavallivalayasaṅnaddhajūṭā jaṭāḥ ||
api ca ||
sānandan nandihastāhatamuraja⟨ra⟩bāhūtakaumārabarhi-
trāsān nāsāgrarandhraṃ viśati phaṇipatau bhogasaṅkocabhāji |
gaṇḍoḍḍīnālimālāmukharitakakubhas tāṇḍave śūlapāṇer
vaināyakyaś ciram vo vadanavidhutayaḥ pāntu cītkāravatyaḥ || (fol. 1v1–3)
End
santaḥ santu nirantaraṃ sukṛtino vidhvastapāpodayā
rājānaḥ paripālayantu vasudhān dharmme sthitāḥ sarvvadā |
kāle santa[[ta]]varṣiṇo jalamucaḥ santu prajā[ḥ] puṇyato <ref>edition reads sthirāḥ.</ref>
modantāṅ ghanavaddhabāndhavasuhṛdgaoṣṭhīpramodāḥ prajāḥ | || || ||
iti niṣkrāntāḥ sarve daśamo ʼṅkaḥ samāptaḥ || || (fol. 30v5–7)
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Colophon
samāptā(!) cedam mālatīmādhavākhyam prakaraṇaṅ kṛtar(!) iyam mahākaver bhūgarbbhasyeti || || (fol. 30v7)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 15/21
Date of Filming 30-08-1970
Exposures 35
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by BK/RK
Date 04-05-2012
Bibliography
MĀLATĪMĀDHAVA of Bhavabhūti also known as Būgarbha with the commentaries of Tripurāri and Jagaddhara, ed. Mangesh Rāmakishṇa Telang and Wasudev Shāstrī Pansīkar. Bombay: Nirnaya Sagar Press, 1905.
