A 20-19 Hitopadeśa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 20/19
Title: Hitopadeśa
Dimensions: 32.5 x 4.5 cm x 119 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/867
Remarks:
Reel No. A 20-19
Inventory No. 23830
Title Hitopadeśa
Author
Subject Nīti
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 32.5 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole one in centre-left
Folios 119
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the right margin of the verso
Date of Copying NS 505 āśvinakṛṣṇa 9 bṛhaspativāra
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5-867
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namaḥ sarasvatyai ||
siddhiḥ sādhye satām astu prasādāt tasya dhūrjjaṭeḥ |jāhnavīphenalekheva yanmūrdhni śaśinaḥ kalā ||
śruto hitopadeśo yaṃ pāṭavaṃ saṃskṛtoktiṣu |vācāṃ sarvvatra vaicitryaṃ nītividyāṃ dadāti ca || a〇jarāmaravat prājño vidyām arthañ ca cintayet |gṛhīta iva keśeṣu mṛtyunā dharmam ācaret ||sarvadravyeṣu vidyaiva dravyam āhur anuttamam |ahārya〇tvād anarghatvād akṣayatvāc ca sarvadā ||saṅgamayati vidyaiva nīcagāpi naraṃ sarit |samudram iva durdarśan nṛpaṃ bhāgyam ataḥ param || (fol. 1v1–4)
End
anyac cāstu ||prāleyādreḥ sutāyāḥ praṇayanivasatiś candramoliḥ sa yāvadyāval lakṣmīr murārer jalada iva taḍin mānase visphurantī |yāvat svarṇṇācalo yaṃ davadahanasamo yasya sūryaḥ sphuliṅgastāvan nārāyaṇena pracaratu racitaḥ saṅgraho yaṃ kathānām ||aparañ ca ||śrīmān dhavalacandro sau jīyān māṇḍaliko ripūn |yenāyaṃ saṅgraho yatnāl lekhayitvā pracāritaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 119r4–v1)
Colophon
iti hitopadeśe sandhir nāmaḥ(!) caturthaḥ kathāsaṅgrahaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ ||
〇 śreyo stu 505 aśunikṛṣṇanavamyāṃ tithau || || puṣyanakṣatre || śivayoge || bṛhaspativāsare || rājādhirājaśrīśrījuva〇rājajayathittimallasya vijayarāje || dānapattiśrīhaṭiglasthānasuvarṇṇakārarathanabhāro tasya manovāñchāsiddhir astu || hitopadeśapustakam idaṃ || śrītavavahārabhikṣuśrīvajrācāryaśrītejacandrasya yathādṛṣṭa tathā (li)kṣi(taṃ) || śubhas astu sarvvajagatāṃ || (fol. 119v1–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 19/19
Date of Filming 31-08-70
Exposures 123
Used Copy Hamburg
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by DA
Date 22-11-2004
