C 6-11 Kumārasambhava
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: C 6/11
Title: Kumārasambhava
Dimensions: 29.9 x 4.5 cm x 120 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
Acc No.: Kesar 75
Remarks:
Reel No. C 6-11
Inventory No. 43838
Title Kumārasambhava and Kumārasambhavavivṛti<ref name="ftn1">. The name of the commentary is not mentioned in the available portion of the text in this manuscript, only that of the commentator. Cf. Shastri 1934, p. 12.</ref>
Remarks The Kumārasambhavavivṛti is Vallabhadeva's commentary on Kālidāsa's Kumārasambhava.
Author Kālidāsa and Vallabhadeva
Subject Kāvya
Language Sanskrit <references/>
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State almost complete, available folios: 2–66, 68–116 and 119–120; damaged on the sides.
Size 29.9 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, in the left
Folios 116
Lines per Folio 6–8
Foliation figures in the right-hand margin of the verso
Place of Deposit Kaisher Library
Accession No. 9/75
Manuscript Features
The manuscript begins in the middle of the commentary on the first śloka of the first sarga and ends with the commentary of the last sloka of the eighth sarga.
Excerpts
Beginning
°d a(rtthoḥ) panava iva pataṃ (?) pāvakasyaiva dhūmo viśvasyaivādisargaḥ praṇava iva paraṃ pāvano vedarāśeḥ | sandhyānṛtyotsavekor(?) iva madanaripor nandanāndīninādaḥ | saurasyāgre mukhaṃ vitaratu vinatānandanaḥ syandanasya || atra hi kva cit prathamāntena padena saha ivaśabdaḥ prayuktaḥ kva cit ṣaṣṭhyantena || kva cic ca sandhyānity(!)otsavecchor iti viśeṣaṇapadeneti || na kiñ cid arthānyathātvaṃ pṛthivyā saha(!)vāsya sambandhe utprekṣā mānadaṇe(!) | na t(ū)pamānaviṣayavibhāgo vyayaṃ nirmūla eveti | sarvatrotprekṣevāyam alaṃkāraḥ | na caivaśabdasya bhinnakramatā lakṣaṇavirodhe nīyata iva na vibha(kte) lopa ity ekakvīrthī(?)yaṃ || vacanaṃ samāsapakṣavibhakter alugarthaṃ | svarārthaṃ ca | na tu nityasamāsārtham evaṃ hi bahutaralakṣadarśanaṃ | yathā kadā cito visvagivāgajau gajāv iti | haritapatramayair ivetyādi | alam atiprasaṅgena | adhirājata ity ādhirājaḥ prabhuḥ | (fol. 1r1-5)
Sub-Colophons
iti kumārasaṃbhave mahākāvye ānandadevāya vallabhadevaviracitāyāṃ ṭīkāyāṃ umotpattir nāma prathamaḥ sargaḥ samāptaḥ || || (fol. 16r2-3)
iti kumārasaṃbhave mahākāvye ānandadevāya vallabhadevaviracitāyāṃ ṭīkāyāṃ dvitīyaḥ sargaḥ samāptaḥ || || (fol. 27r7)
iti kumārasambhave mahākāvye ānandadevāya vallabhadevaviracitāyāṃ ṭīkāyāṃ tṛtīyaḥ sargaḥ samāptaḥ || || (fol. 41v3-4)
iti ānandadevāya vallabhadevaviracitāyāṃ kumārasaṃbhavaṭīkāyāṃ caturthaḥ sargaḥ samāptaḥ || || (fol. 50r2-3)
iti ānandadevāya vallabhadevaviracitāyāṃ kumārasaṃbhavaṭīkāyāṃ pañcamaḥ sargaḥ samāptaḥ || || (fol. 70r2)
iti ānandadevāya vallabhadevaviracitāyāṃ kumārasaṃbhavaṭīkāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhaḥ sarggaḥ samāptaḥ || || (fol. 85r6)
iti ānandadevāya vallabhadevaviracitāyāṃ kumārasaṃbhavaṭīkāyāṃ saptamaḥ sarggaḥ samāptaḥ || || (fol. 102v6-7)
End
sa priyāmukharasa(!) divāniśaṃ tarṣavṛddhijananaṃ śiṣeviṣu[[ḥ]] ||
darśanapraṇayinām adṛśyatām ājagāma vijayāniveditāṃ ||
tato sāv īśvaro vijayānivadanād(!) darśin(!)ārthinām adṛśyatāṃ āyayau ye hi bhagantam(!) īkṣitum āyayuḥ | tāna(!) vijayākhyā pratīhārī na dṛśyate | deva ity uvāca | yatas tapaṃ vṛddhijananam abhilāṣoddīpanaṃ kāntāpararasāmṛtam anavaratasevitukāmas taporgarddhaḥ(?) | rathohyatā(?) etāḥ || 90 ||
samadivasaniśīrṣa(!)saṃjñinas(!) tatra śaṃbhoḥ
śatag(!) amanad(!) ṛtūnāṃ sārddham ekā niśeva |
na ca suratasukheṣu cchinnatṛṣṇo babhūva
jvalana iva samudrāntargatas tajjaleṣu ||
tatra gandhamādanagiro(!) samadivasavaniśīthem(!) ahorātrāvibhāgena saṃvinoraṃa(!)samānasya svakaṃ divyam ṛtūnāṃ śatam ekarātrir iva jagāma yayau | na cāsau suratasukheṣu nidhūvanau(!)pabhogeṣu chinnatṛṣṇo vigatābhilāṣo bhūt yathā | samudrāntargato jvalano vaḍavānalas tajjaleṣūdadhitoyeṣv apagatarucitsal(?)lakṣaṇāt | ṛtuśabdenātra lakṣaṇayā varṣaṃ lakṣyate laṃkāra iti bhadraṃ || 91 || (fol. 120v1-7)
Colophon
iti kumārasaṃbhave mahākāvye ānanda° (fol. 120v7)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. C 6 (b)/11
Date of Filming 16-11-1975
Exposures 123
Used Copy Kathmandu, Berlin
Type of Film positive, negative
Remarks There are two exposures of fols. 32v–33r and 47v–48r. Some of the folios have been microfilmed out of order.
Catalogued by RT, AM
Date 25-09-2003
Bibliography
Shastri, Haraprasada
1934A Descriptive Catralogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Collections of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Vol. VII, Kavya Manuscripts. Asiatic Society of Bengal. Calcutta. 1934.
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