A 1351-9 (Vālmīkīya)Rāmāyaṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1351/9
Title: (Vālmīkīya)Rāmāyaṇa
Dimensions: 34 x 15 cm x 448 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Rāmāyaṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/900
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1351-9
Inventory No. 100584
Title (Vālmīkīya)Rāmāyaṇa
Remarks Āraṇya-, Kiṣkindhā- and Uttarakāṇḍa
Author Vālmīki
Subject Rāmāyaṇa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material Indian paper
State incomplete
Size 34 x 15 cm
Binding Hole none
Folios 448
Lines per Folio 8
Foliation figures in both margins of the verso
Scribe Śrīrāma Upādhyāya
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/900
Manuscript Features
- Āraṇyakāṇḍa (127 folios; folio number 95 is given twice; incomplete)
- Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa (128 folios; complete)
- Uttarakāṇḍa (193 folios; complete)
Excerpts
Beginning 1
|| || śrirāma jaya || ||
praviśya tu mahāraṇyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyam ātmavān |
rāmo dadarśa durdharṣam tāpasāśramamaṃḍalaṃ |
kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ brāhmyā lakṣmyā samāvṛtaṃ |
yathā pradīptaṃ dudarśaṃ gagane sūrya maṃḍalaṃ |
śaraṇyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ susamṛddhājiraṃ sadā |
mṛgair bahubhir ākīrṇaṃ pakṣisaṃghaiḥ samāvṛtaṃ |
pūjitaṃ copanṛttaṃ ca nityam apsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ |
viśālair agniśaraṇaiḥ srugbhāṃḍair ajinaiḥ kuśaiḥ |
samidbhis toyakalaśaiḥ phalamūlaiś ca śobhitaṃ |
āraṇyaiś ca mahāvṛkṣaiḥ puṇyaiḥ svāduphalair vṛtaṃ |
(fol. 1v1–5)
Sub-colophon 1
ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe āraṇyakāṃḍe ṣaṭsaptatiḥ sargaḥ || (fol. 126r1)
End 1
sakhībhir iva saṃyuktāṃ latābhir anuveṣṭitāṃ |
kinnaroragagaṃdharvayakṣarākṣasasevitāṃ |
nānādrumalatākīrṇāṃ śītavārinidhiṃ śubhāṃ |
padmasaugaṃdhikais tāmrāṃ śuklāṃ kumudamāṃḍalaiḥ |
nīlāṃ kuvalayavyūhair bahuvarṇāṃ
(fol. 126v6–8)
Beginning 2
|| || śrīrāma jaya || ||
sa tāṃ puṣkariṇīṃ gatvā padmotpala(jha)ṣākulāṃ |
rāmaḥ saumitrisahito vilalāpākuleṃdriyaḥ |
tatra dṛṣṭvaiva tāṃ harṣād iṃdriyāṇi cakaṃpire |
sa kāmavaśam āpannaḥ saumitrim idam abravīt |
saumitre śobhate paṃpā vaiḍūryavimalodakā |
phullapadmotpalavatī śobhitā vividhair drumaiḥ |
(fol. 1v1–3)
End 2
niḥśvasadbhis tadā tais tu bhujaṃgair ardhaniḥsṛtaiḥ |
sapatāka ivābhāti sa tadā dharaṇīdharaḥ |
ṛṣibhis trāsasaṃbhrāṃtais tyajyamānaśiloccayaḥ |
sīdan mahati kāṃtāre sārthahīna ivādhvagaḥ |
sa vegavān vegasamāhitātmā
haripravīraḥ paravīrahaṃtā |
manaḥ samādhāya mahānubhāvo
jagāma laṃkāṃ manasā manasvī || ||
(fol. 128r1–2)
Colophon 2
ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye kiṣkiṃdhākaṃḍe catuḥṣaṣṭitamaḥ sargaḥ || ||
samāptaṃ cedaṃ kiṣkiṃdhākāṃḍaṃ || || (fol. 128r2–3)
Beginning 3
|| || śrīrāma jaya || ||
prāptarājyasya rāmasya rākṣasānāṃ vadhe kṛte |
ājagmur ṛṣayaḥ sarve rāghavaṃ prati naṃdituṃ |
kauśiko tha yavakrīto raibhyaś canala(!) eva ca |
kaṇvo medhātitheḥ putraḥ pūrvasyāṃ diśi ye (sl)itāḥ |
(fol. 1v1–2)
End 3
etad ākhyānam avyagraḥ prabhaviṣṇoḥ paraṃ dvijaḥ |
kṛtavān pracetasaḥ putro vālmīkir munisattamaḥ |
evam etad yathāvṛttaṃ samutthāya samāhitaḥ |
saṃdhyāyām aparāhne ca vācayan nāvasīdati |
gavāṃ śataṃ sakanakaśṛṃgiṇīṃ dadad
dine x<ref>These lines belong to the stanza in Rucirā metre at the end.</ref>
śṛṇvan khyātiṃ ca kīrttiṃ ca dharmārthau ca samaśute |
rāmāyaṇaṃ govisargge madhyāhne vā samāhitaḥ |
x dine ceha(!) phalaṃ samāpnuyāt |
tad āpnuyād vigatabhayo bahuśrutaḥ
paṭhennuyo(!) daśarathaputrasaṃbhavaṃ || ||
(fol. 193r1–4)
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Colophon 3
ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye śrīmaduttarakāṃḍe svarggārohaṇaṃ nāma saptamaḥ kāṃḍaḥ samāptaḥ || ||
liṣāpitaṃ rāma-upādhyāyena likhitaṃ kavala(!) || || ||
(fol. 193r4–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1351/9
Date of Filming 17-11-1988
Exposures 468
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by JU/MD
Date 25-07-2013
