A 1391-3 Cāṇakyanīti

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1391/3
Title: Cāṇakyanīti
Dimensions: 18.2 x 8.4 cm x 13 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 6/3044
Remarks:

Reel No. A 1391-3 Inventory No. 92293

Title Cāṇakyanīti

Author Cāṇakya

Subject Nītiśāstra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material Nepali paper

State incomplete; available folios are: 5–11 and 13–18

Size 18.5 x 8.5 cm

Folios 13

Lines per Folio 6-7

Foliation figures in the lower left-hand and lower right-hand margin on the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 6/3044

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

Beginning

/// -sa na leṣakaḥ (!) || 31

veda vedārthattatvajño (!) japahomaparāyaṇaḥ ||

āśirvā(2)daparo yukta (!) hy eṣa rājñaḥ purohitaḥ || 32 ||

alasaṃ mukharaṃ stabdhaṃ krūraṃ vā(3)maṃ tathā śaṭham ||

asaṃtuṣṭam abhaktaṃ ca tyejed bhṛtyaṃ narādhipaḥ || 33 ||

tyeje(4)t svāmi namaty ugram atyugrāt †kṛparaṃ† tyajet ||

kṛpanādaviśeṣajñaṃ tasmā(5)c ca kṛttināsakam (!) || 34 ||

murkho niyujyamāne (!) tu trayo doṣā mahīpa(6)te ||

ayasaḥ (!) svārthanāśaś ca narake patanaṃ tathā || 35 ||

prājñe niyujyamā(7)ne tu saṃti rājñaḥs (!) trayo guṇāḥ ||

yaśaḥ satruvināśaś (!) ca vipulaś ca dhanā(5v1)gamaḥ || 36 || (fol. 5r1–5v1)

End

madhya(3)mā dhamanamānau ca mānenāpi hataṃ dhana (!)

māṇo pahatacittasya lābho pi na sukhāva(4)haḥ 169

udaye savitā rakto raktaś cāstamane tathāḥ (!)

saṃpattau ca vipattau ca ma(5)hatām ekarūpatā 170

bhavitavyaṃ bhavaty eva karmaṇā gatir idṛśī

vipattau kiṃ (6) viṣādena saṃ[[pa]]ttau harṣanena (!) kim 171

yasya na saṃpadī (!) harṣo vipadi viṣādo raṇe

cā(7)cābhirūtvaṃ (!) taṃ bhuvanatrayatilakam janayati jananīsutaṃ viralam 172 (fol. 18v2–7)

Colophon

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1391/3

Date of Filming 07-06-1991

Exposures 16

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by

Date 05-06-2007

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