E 423-8 Raghuvaṃśa

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: E 423/8
Title: Raghuvaṃśa
Dimensions: 23.8 x 9.3 cm x 131 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari; none
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
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Reel No. E 423-8 MTM Inventory No.: 43786_001

Title Raghuvaṃśa

Author Kālidāsa

Subject Kāvya

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material paper

State incomplete

Size 23.8 x 9.3 cm

Folios 171

Lines per Folio 7–8

Foliation figures in the right margin of the verso

Owner / Deliverer Acyutānanda

Place of Deposit Kathmandu

Accession No. E 8758

Manuscript Features

001. Raghuvaṃśa (exps. 2–34t)

002. Śiśuhitaiṣiṇī (exps. 34b–189b)

There are two exposures of fols. 53v–54r, 141v–142r, 142v–143r, 152v–153r, 180v–181r, 189v–190r, 199v–200r, 203v–206r, 212v–213r, 217v–218r, 235v–236r, 261v–262r and 267v–268r, and three exposures of fols. 50v–51r. The exposures of fols. 189v–190r, 195v–196r, 199v–200r and 204v–205r are very dark.

The available folios of the Raghuvaṃśa are 50–55, 92–93, 95–97, 99, 103–117, 129–130; fol. 95 is damaged in the right margin but with no loss of text, and fol. 103 is damaged on the left side with considerable loss of text.

8.10–93 on fols. 50r–55v

13.31–56 on fols. 92r–93v

13.68–14.47 on fols. 95r–98v

14.47–17.7 on fols. 103r–117v

19.45–54 on fols. 129r–130v

The text is on exps. 2–34t.

Excerpts

Beginning

-tiṣṭhitaṃ prakṛtiṣv ātmajam ātmavattayā ||

viṣayeṣu vināśadharmmiṣu tridivastheṣv api nispṛho bhavet || 10 ||

guṇavat sutaropitaśriyaḥ pariṇāme hi dilīpavaṃśajāḥ |

padavīṃ taruvalkavāsasāṃ prayatāḥ saṃyamināṃ prapedire || 11 || (fol. 50r1–3, exp. 2)

End

sa tv anekavanitāsakho pi san pāvanīm avalokya santatim |

vaidyayatnaparibhāvinaṃ gadaṃ prāpya dīpa iva vāyum atyagāt || 53 ||

taṃ gṛhopavana eva saṃgatā paścimakratuvidā pūrodhasā |

rogaśā- (fol. 130v5–6, exp. 34t)

Colophon

Microfilm Details

Reel No. E 423/8a

Date of Filming 19-12-1977

Exposures 192

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by RT

Date 10-03-2003

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