A 342-19 Yakṣapraśna

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 342/19
Title: Yakṣapraśna
Dimensions: 22.5 x 9 cm x 6 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: complete, damaged
Scripts: Devanagari; none
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kathā; Mahābhārata; Purāṇa
Date: ŚS 1568
Acc No.: NAK 5/3157
Remarks: assigned to the Mahābhārata

Reel No. A 342-19 Inventory No. 31212

Reel No. A 342/19

Title Yakṣapraśna

Remarks assigned to the Mahābhārata

Author Vyāsa

Subject Purāṇa Kathā

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Nagari

Material paper

State complete but damaged at margins

Size 22.5 x 9 cm

Folios 6

Lines per Folio 6

Scribe Purīkera Gopīnātha

Date of Copying ŚS 1568? mārgaśuddha(!)daśamī

Owner / Deliverer NAK

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 5-3157

Used for edition No

Manuscript Features:

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || ||

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ||

na cāhaṃ kāmaye yakṣa taa pūraparigrahaṃ ||

kāmaṃ naitat praśaṃsaṃti saṃto hi puruṣāḥ sadā || 1 ||

yadātmanā svam ātmānaṃ praśaṃset puruṣarṣabha ||

yathāprajñaṃ tu te praśnān pratiakṣyāmi pṛccha māṃ || 2 || (fol. 1r)

End

yathā kuṃtī tathā mādrī viśeṣo nāsti me tayoḥ ||

mātṛbhyāṃ samabhicchāmi nakulo yakṣa jīvatu ||

yasya te rthāc ca kāmāc ca ānṛśaṃsyaṃ paraṃ mataṃ ||

tasmā(fol. t te bhrā)taraḥ sare jīvaṃtu bharatarṣabha || 86 || (fol. 6r)

Colophon

ity āraṇyake paraṇi araṇīharaṇe yakṣapraśnāḥ samāptāḥ || ||

purīkeragopīnāthena likhitāḥ || śake 15068(!) mārgaśīrṣaśuddha(!)daśamyāṃ likhitaṃ pustakaṃ || || (fol. 6r)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 342/19

Date of Filming 05-05-72

Exposures 10

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by DA

Date 29-11-2003

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