A 17-6 Vetālapañcaviṃśati

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 17/6
Title: Vetālapañcaviṃśati
Dimensions: 25 x 5.5 cm x 117 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kathā
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1933
Remarks:

Reel No. A 17-6

Inventory No. 86655

Title Vetālapañcaviṃśati

Subject Kathā

Language Newari

The language used seems to be of the 15^th –16^th century. There is no date.

Reference A similar text of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati from asha Archives

(No. ne.bā. 34, 110 folios, dated NS 815) has been published. (Sthapit, 2000)

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material palm leaf

State damaged, incomplete

Size 25.0 x 5.5 cm

Binding Hole nearly centre of the text

Folios 119

Lines per Folio 6

Foliation figures in the right-hand margin of the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/1933

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṃ namaḥ sarvvajñāya ||

pṛthivimaṇḍalasa rājā pratāpi vijyāna(ṇḍa) ujonīnagalayā

vikramā(2)ditatvaṃ osake khyāntiśila kaṃpālīkatvaṃ

vayāva dvārasa conatvaṃ, rājā pura thva (cha)(3)hmaṃṇa

navaratna vyālasa duṃthaṅāva rājāsasaṃ biyakara choyātvaṃ,

rājā syavā yāka bhaṃḍI(4)riyāke tayakara cholatvaṃ | … (fol. 1v1–4)

Extracts

thva khaṃyā pāra yāṅā, vikramāditasyaṃ vetāla (2) lilāvaṃṅatvaṃ juro || ۞ || hanoṅa vetāla hayā || 1 || kāriṃdīnadīyā tirasa coṃgva (3) … (fol. 1v1–3)

End

Tribhuvanasaṃ vyāparapala aṣṭa mahāsiddhi yāṅa bhāgī juyu | brahmā viṣṇu maheśvarasavo (2) ule yāṇa mvāyutoṃ | rājāsa ojana dhāyāthe rā , che śalāma yātaṃ | olapane cheṇa | thvate si(3)ddhiona lāyu, che śariḍayā hī lāṇa mātṛgaṇa dvākoṃ tṛpti yāṅaṇa, thvateoṇa mahāsi(4)ddhi rāyu jana hlāko yāhuṇa āva jena hlākotvaṃ lumoṇakaṃ te | vikramāditasane che sāhā(5)sana thanu mānana hṅā che caritra soyā the | nīyaṅahmaṃ, vetārayā khaṃ /// (6) rājā dvākonavuṃ che mahemā seharape maphoyu karma, artha, mokṣayā kāma /// (fol. 119v1–6)

Colophon

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Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 17/6

Date of Filming 24-08-1970

Exposures 119

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by KT/JM

Date 25-09-2002

Bibliography

Sthāpit Jvālā (ed.), 2000

Vetāla Pañcaviṃśati. Nepal Mandal Publication No. 3. Yala(Lalitpur): Nepal Mandal Ghahcahdhuku, NS 1120.