B 346-15 Varṣatantra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 346/15
Title: Varṣatantra
Dimensions: 24.1 x 10.8 cm x 25 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Jyotiṣa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/2382
Remarks: b Nīlakaṇṭha; E 2119/3

Reel No. B 346/15

Inventory No. 85445

Title Tājikanīlakaṇṭhī

Remarks an alternative title is Varṣatantra; E 2119/3

Author Nīlakaṃṭha

Subject Jyotiṣa

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State complete

Size 24.1 x 10.8 cm

Binding Hole

Folios 25

Lines per Folio 7

Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the marginal title va.pra.tā and in the lower right-hand margin above the word rāma

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 4/2382

Manuscript Features

On the exposure 27 is written:

mṛdāharaṇasaṃghaṭṭapratiṣṭhāhvānam eva ca ||
snapanaṃ pūjanaṃ caiva visarjanam ataḥ paraṃ ||
haro māheśvaraś caiva śūlapāṇi (!) pinākadhṛk ||
paśupatiḥ śivaś caiva mahādeva iti smṛtaḥ ||
nāmakrameṇāpūrvokte karmāṇi kāryāṇītyarthah ||    ||

āraṃbhalakṣaṇāṃ ||

āraṃbho varaṇaṃ yajñe saṃkalpo †atasatrayoḥ†||
nāndīśrāddhaṃ vivāhau (!) śrāddhe pākaparikriyeti ||

On the exposure 2 is written: varṣatantram

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||    ||

svasvābhilāṣaṃ nahi labdhum īśā
nirvighnam īśānamukhāḥ suraughāḥ
vinā (2) prasādaṃ kila yasya naumi
taṃ ḍhuḍhirājaṃ matilābhahetoḥ || 1 ||

jātakoditadaśāphalaṃ yataḥ
sthūla(3)kālaphaladaṃ sphuṭaṃ nṛṇāṃ ||
tatra na sphurati daivavin mati (!)
taddhruveṣṭaphala⟪ā⟫m (!) āditājikāt || 2 ||| (fol. 1v1–3)

End

āsīd asīmaguṇa(4)maṃḍita⟨ṃ⟩maṃḍitā ʼgyro
vyākhyad bhujaṃgapagavīḥ śrutivitsu vṛttaḥ ||
sāhityaritinipuṇo (!) gaṇitāgamajña⟨ḥ⟩ś
cintāmaṇir vipulagargakulāvataṃsaḥ || 53 ||

tadātmajonaṃtaguṇosty anaṃto
(5) yo dhok saduktiḥ kila kāmadhenuṃ ||
saṃtuṣṭaye jātakapaddhatīṃ (!) ca
nyarupaya (!) duṣṭamataṃ nirasya || 54 ||

padmāṃvayā sā viyato vipaścit
śrīnīlakaṃṭhaḥ śrutiśāstraniṣṭaḥ (!) ||
(6) vidvac chīvaprītikaraṃ (!) vyadhāsīt
tadvarṣatatraṃ (!) mṛgayādiyuktaṃ || 55 ||    || (fol. 25r3–6)

Colophon

īti (!) śrīkāśīnivāsīnilakaṃṭhaviracitavarṣataṃtra (!) samāptim agamat śubham ||    ||    || (fol. 25r6)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 346/15

Date of Filming 27-09-1972

Exposures 28

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks Text begins from exposure 3.
The same manuscript is microfilmed on A 1064/17.

Catalogued by JU/MS

Date 25-08-2006