A 26-2 Itihāsasamuccaya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 26/2
Title: Itihāsasamuccaya
Dimensions: 35.5 x 5.5 cm x 225 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: LS 416
Acc No.: NAK 5/819
Remarks:
Reel No. A 26-2
Inventory No. 24384
Title Itihāsasumuccaya
Author Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Text Features a collection of 43 stories (upākhyāna) from the Mahābhārata
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 35.5 x 5.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, rectangular, in the centre
Folios 225
Lines per Folio 4–5
Foliation figures in the middle of both margins of the verso
Scribe Maṇḍanaśarman
Date of Copying L.S. 416
Place of Copying Parihālagrāma
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/819
Manuscript Features
On the back of fol. 1 and some additional fol., used as a cover, there are two lists of the contents of this MS, including the names of the stories and the respective folio numbers (exp. 2–3).
There are lots of corrections and marginal annotations on quite a number of folios.
On the back of fol. 225 there are a few more lines of a list of contents.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya narañ caiva narottamam |
devīṃ sarasvatīñ caiva tato jayam udīrayet ||
jayati parāśarasūnuḥ satyavatī hṛdayanandano vyāsaḥ |
yasyāsya kamalagali〇taṃ vāṅmayam amṛtaṃ jagat pibati ||
pārāśaryavacaḥsarojam amalaṃ gītārthagandhotkaṭaṃ |
nānākhyānakakeśaraṃ harikathāsambodhanābo〇dhitaṃ |
loke sajjanakhaṭpadair ahar ahaḥ pepīyamānaṃ mudā
bhūyād bhāratapaṅkajaṃ kalimalapradhvaṃsi ⟪va⟫[[na]]ḥ śreyase ||
yaṃ brahmā varuṇendrarudrama〇rutaḥ sādhyā stuvanti stavaiḥ
sāṅgair vvedapadakramopa⟪nidyadyai⟫[[nikhadyai]]r<ref name="ftn1">Probably for: vedapadakramopaṇiṣadair.</ref> (!) gāyanti yaṃ sāmagāḥ |
dhyānāvasthitatadgatena manasā dhyāyanti yaṃ yogino
yasyāntaṃ na gatāḥ sumāsuragaṇā (!) devāya tasmai namaḥ ||
(fol. 1v1–5)
End
atihastā tu sā kanyā sā jarā duratikramā |
yo dāvā〇gniḥ sa vai śoko lobhamohādayas tathā |
kūpas tu mānuṣo lokaḥ kālas tu bhujago mahān |
āyus tatra ca vallī〇va mūṣikā divasās tathā |
upadravās tu ye cāpi dāruṇās te kṣudhādayaḥ |
kāmaṃ madhukaraṃ viddhi sandeho nātra saṃśayaḥ |
madhukarasyāpi yat sā⟪dhu⟫[[dho]] kāmasvādo hi saṃsmṛtaḥ |
evaṃśṛtaguṇo (225r1) vatsa dharmme kṛtamatir bbhava |
saṃsārasthitam ātmānaṃ mokṣayāmi yathākramā⁅t⁆ |
evaṃ saṃsārakūpasya dharma ekaḥ parā gatiḥ || ||
(fol. 224v3–225r1)
Colophon
itihāsasamuccaye pañcatvāriṃśatsaṃsārakūpavarṇṇa〇no nāmādhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ || || śubham astu || śrīr astu || la saṃ 416 āṣāḍha vadi 13 budhe parihālagrāme sa (!)〇 saduśrīmaṇḍanaśarmmaṇena (!) likhitam idaṃ pustakam || ||
rāma rāma mahābāho devānām abhayaṅkara |
tvāṃ namamyeha<ref name="ftn2">Probably for: namāmy ahaṃ.</ref> (!) deveśa mama nasyatu pātakam ||
oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
(fol. 225r2–4)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 26/2
Date of Filming 06-09-1970
Exposures 232
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by OH
Date 06-04-2005
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