B 34-30 Rūpāvalī
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 34/30
Title: Rūpāvalī
Dimensions: 29 x 4 cm x 88 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Vyākaraṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1537
Remarks:
Reel No. B 34-30
Inventory No. 57931
Title *Rūpāvalī
Remarks this title is given on the index card of the NAK and in the data base of the NGMPP, but is not traceable in the MS itself; for similar texts cf. A 54/3 (Syādyantakośa) and B 34/16 (Subvidhānaśabdamālāparikrama)
Subject Vyākaraṇa
Language Sanskrit
Text Features exemplifies the conjugation and declension of Sanskrit verbs and nouns respectively
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete, damaged
Size 29 x 4 cm
Binding Hole 1, rectangular, somewhat to the left
Folios 88
Lines per Folio 4–7; 7
Foliation letters in the left-hand margin and figures in the right-hand margin of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/1537
Manuscript Features
This MS consists of two parts: the first one is concerned with the tiṅanta section of Sanskrit grammar: It comprises various verb paradigms, beginning with the roots bhū, nind, khā etc. Thus, all (except the Vedic conjunctive) of the so-called lakāras (the moods and tenses of Sanskrit verbs) are exemplified. Except for the first root, bhū, the meanings of the verbal roots are given in the manner of the Dhātupāṭha. Allowing for the few differences between these lists of roots of the different systems of grammar, this text seems to follow the pāṇineyan system, although the sequence of roots is sometimes changed. Only selected roots are exemplified.
This part of the MS begins on exposure 5, showing fol. 1v. The writing on some foll. is partly rubbed off. Foll. 4v/5r seem to have been extant but not microfilmed, since exp. 7 below shows fol. 4r (as can be seen by the text continuing from 3v). Exp. 8 above, however, shows fol. 5v. The MS breaks off on exp. 45, exemplifying root nikṣ. Thus, only roots of the first verb class have been treated so far.
The second part of this MS, apparently written by the same hand, but with a new foliation, is concerned with the subanta section of Sanskrit grammar: it gives numerous paradigms for the declension of Sanskrit nouns. There are five sections, namely puṃliṅga, napuṃsaka, strīliṅga, vācyaliṅga (i.e. adjectives), and pronouns (sarvādayaḥ). Within the first four sections, the nouns and adjectives are arranged alphabetically according to their stem final (ajanta in –a, ā etc., halanta). The first words to be exemplified are vipra, hāhā, agni, sakhi, pati etc. Apart from the listing of complete paradigms, there is a number of mnemonic verses which give lists of words following the same type of declension. Incidentally, both the same sequence of nouns exemplified and the mnemonic verses are to be found in another MS (B 34/16) styled Subvidhānaśabdamālāparikrama. There, however, the words are only listed, without giving the full paradigms.
This portion of the MS starts on exp. 46 below (fol. 1v, the foliation being lost because of physical damage) and continues up to exp. 81 above (fol. 36v). There is a breech in the MS, exp. 81 below showing a fol. counted as 39v. Somehow the foliation went wrong here, since the next foll., being coherent with the former, are counted fol. 30, 31 etc. Exp. 87–91 show some isolated foll., presumably belonging to the same text, giving the paradigms of some demonstrative and personal pronouns.
Exp. 92 shows the cover leaf bearing the stamp of the NAK.
On exps. 2–4 foll. 37–39 are microfilmed, which are subsequent to fol. 36 on exp. 81 above. Exp. 4 below, however, shows a portion of text which occurs equally on exp. 67 (= fol. 23r). Thus, the MS may incorporate some isolated foll. of another MS of the same text.
Excerpts
xxx part 1 xxx
Beginning
❖ oṃ namaḥ śrīsarasvatyai || bhavati | bhavataḥ | bhavanti | bhavasi | bhavathaḥ | bhavatha | bhavāmi | bhavāvaḥ | bhavāmaḥ | (2) kṣaṇaṃ bhavati durjjanapremā || taṅānā || vya[[ti]]〇bhavate | vyatibhavete | vyatibhavante | vyati[[bha]]vase | vyatibha(3)vethe | vyatibhavadhve | vyatibhave | vyati〇bhavāvahe | vyatibhavāmahe || bhūyate | ane[[na]] tvayā mayā (4) vā || vyāpye || anubhūyate | anubhūyete | anubhūyante | anuyase (!) | anubhūyethe | anuyadhve (!) | anu- (exp. 5 = fol. 1v1–4)
End
laṅ || anikṣat | vyatya[[ni]]kṣa〇t | anikṣyata | anena | anikṣyata || liṅ | nikṣat | vyatinikṣe | ni(4)kṣyeta | anena | nikṣyeta | āśiṣi liṅ || nikṣyā〇t | vyatinikṣiṣīṣṭa | nikṣiṣīṣṭa | anena | nikṣiṣīṣṭa || liṅ || ⟪..⟫ (5) anikṣat | vyatyanikṣiṣṭa || nikṣi || anena | nikṣi || anikṣiṣyat | vyatyanikṣita || anikṣita || anena || anikṣit || (exp. 45 above = 42r3–5)
xxx part 2 xxx
Beginning
oṃ namaḥ śrīsāra(v)ā(h)anyai<ref name="ftn1">Is Sāravāhanī 'bringing water (or nectar, or riches)' an epithet of Sarasvatī's?</ref> || vipraḥ | viprau | viprāḥ | vipraṃ | viprau | viprān | (2) vipreṇa | viprābhyām | vipraiḥ | viprā〇ya | viprābhyām | viprebhyaḥ | viprāt viprābhyām | vi(3)bhyaḥ (!) | viprasya | viprayoḥ | viprānāṃ 〇 || vipre | viprayoḥ | vipreṣu | saṃbodhane he vipra | he vi⁅prau ||⁆ (4) he viprāḥ || (exp. 46 above 1–4)
End
asmin || anayoḥ || eṣu || ○ || e || asau || amū || amī || ○ || amuṃ || amū || amūn || ○ || amunā || amūbhyāṃ || amī(3)bhiḥ || ○ || amuṣyai || amūbhyāṃ || amībhyaḥ || ○ || amuṣyāṭ || 〇 amūbhyāṃ || amībhyaḥ || ○ || amuṣya || amuyoḥ || amīṣāṃ || amuṣmin || (4) amuyoḥ || amīṣu || (exp. 91 above 2–4)
Extracts
uktā halaṃtāḥ puṃliṃgakāṇḍaḥ || idānīṃ 〇 napuṃsakā ucyaṃte | vanaṃ | vane | vanāni | punar apy evaṃ | vanaṃ | (3) vane | vanāni | tṛtīyādau puṃsā tulyaṃ || vane〇na | vanābhyāṃ | vanaiḥ | (exp. 66 above = fol. 21v2–3)
iti napuṃsakakāṇḍo dvitīyaḥ samāptaḥ || ○ || idānīṃ strīliṅgā ucyante || jāyājarānadī- (exp. 72 above = fol. 27v5)
uktā halaṃtāḥ || (5) iti strīliṅgakāṇḍas tṛtīyaḥ samāptaḥ || ○ || idānīṃ vācyaliṅgā ucyante || śuklaśabdaḥ || puṃsi vipraśabdavat || ○ || (exp. 84 above = fol. 31v4–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 34/30
Date of Filming 25-10-1970
Exposures 93
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by OH
Date 19-06-2004
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