B 281-21 Nītidīpikā

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 281/21
Title: Nītidīpikā
Dimensions: 22.6 x 7.5 cm x 64 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 2/248
Remarks:

Reel No. B 281-21 Inventory No. 47933

Title Nītidīpikā

Subject Nītiśāstra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material paper

State complete

Size 22.6 x 7.5 cm

Folios 64

Lines per Folio 6

Foliation figgures in right margin of the verso

Date of Copying [NS] 821

King Bhāṣkara Malla

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 2/248

Manuscript Features

Stamp Candrasamśera

at the exp. 1:a composition for Āyurvedic medicine and a stanza

gateśokaṃ nakarttavyaṃ …

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ śrīgurubhyo namaḥ ||

praṇamya śaṃkaraṃ devaṃ, śāṃkarīṃ śaṃkarātmajaṃ |

ajñānadhvāntanāśāya, kriyate nītidīpikā || 1 ||

nānā granthān samālokya, dhīraiḥ saha vicāry-ya ca |

kṛteyaṃ sāram uddhṛtya, sarvvaloka hitaiṣiṇī || 2 ||

caturāśītilakṣeṣu, śarīreṣu śarīriṇāṃ |

na mānuṣyaṃ vinānyatra, tattvajñānaṃ tu labhyate || 3 ||

atra janmasahasrāṇāṃ, sahasrair api niścitaṃ |

kadācil-labhyate jantur, mānuṣyaṃ punyasamcayāt || 4 || (fol. 1v1–5)

End

nāsti jñāna samaṃ tīrthaṃ, nāsti jñānasamaṃ tapaḥ |

nāsti jñānasamo yajñas, tasmāta (!) jñānaṃ samabhyaset || 118 ||

deve bhāskara mallesmin jyojānīsvaratāṃgate |

nītiśāstreṇa nepālaṃ, samutpālitum udhyate || 119 ||

śuciyugmagajesaṃkhye, gate nepāla sammate |

divyarātrau paraṃdhīrā, sampūrṇṇā nītidīpikā || 120 || (fol. 64r3–6)

Colophon

|| ○ || || iti nītidīpikāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhamodhyāyaḥ || ❖ || śubha samāptaṃ (!) || (fol. 65v1)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 281/21

Date of Filming 24-05-1972

Exposures 65

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by JU\MS

Date 10-03-2004

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