A 1000-5 (Bṛhajjātaka
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1000/5
Title: [Bṛhajjātaka
Dimensions: 35 x 14.6 cm x 81 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Jyotiṣa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 6/978
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1000-5
Inventory No. 13072
Title Bṛhajjātaka and Bṛhajjātakasaṃkṣepaṭīkā
Author Varāhamihira / Bhaṭṭotpala
Subject Jyotiṣa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material Nepali paper
State complete
Size 34.5 x 14.5 cm
Folios 147
Lines per Folio 14
Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation bṛ. jjā. ṭī.and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāma
Accession No. 6/978
Manuscript Features
MTM contains two copies of the Bṛhajjātaka with commentary Bṛhajjātakasaṃkṣepaṭīkā.
The first text contains adhyayas 1-14 and first stanza of the 15th adhyaya.
Second text contains adhyayas 1-18 and first two stanzas of the 19th adhyaya.
Excerpts
Beginning of the root text
mūrtitve parikalpitaḥ śa⟪i⟫śabhṛto vartmā punarjanmanām
ātmety ātmavidāṃ kratuś ca yajatāṃ bhartāmarajyotiṣāṃ ||
lokānāṃ pralayodbhavasthitivibhuś cānekadhā yaḥ śrutau
vācān naḥ sa dadātv anekakiraṇas trailokyadīpo raviḥ || 1 || (fol. 2r4–5)
Beginning of the commentary
om namaḥ savitre || ||
praṇipatya mahādevaṃ
bhuvanaguruṃ dinakarañ ca lokeśaṃ ||
bhaṭṭotpalo laghutarāṃ
jātakaṭīkāṃ karoti harṣakarīṃ || 1 ||
satām ayam ācāro yac chāstrāraṃbhe svabhimatadevatānamaskāreṇa tatstutyā vā tadbhaktiviśeṣeṇa vābhipretārthasaṃsiddhiṃ vāṃchaṃti || tad ayamadhyāvantakārārya(!)varāhamihiroʼrkkalabda(!)varaprasādo jyotiḥśāstrasaṃgrahakṛd gaṇitaskandhād anaṃtaraṃ horāskaṃdhaṃ cikīrṣur aśeṣavighnopaśāntaye bhagavataḥ sūryād ātmagāminīvāptasiddhim āśāste || (fol.1v1–4)
End of the root text
raviluptakarair adīkṣitāḥ
balibhis tadgatabhakta yo narāḥ ||
abhijā(!)citamātradīkṣitā
nihatair anyanirīkṣitair api || 2 || || ❁ || || (fol. 67r6–7)
End of the commentary
bahuṣv antardaśāsu cāravaśād yasmin a⟨na⟩ntardaśākāle balavān bhavati tasmin pravrajyā dāsyate atra ca baṅgalācāryaḥ diktyā(!)dānasamartho jāto ihāho(!) balena saṃjutto(!) yasya daśā ehi sthāla ha i ṇaro ṇadhi sandeho ja(!)sya adikya caraṇaṃ tasya vibhaṇi aṃdaśā nāse | caturādibhir ekasthaiḥ pi vāpi pravajyāyogam āha || 2 || || || ❁ || || ❁ || || (fol. 67r11–12)
Sub-colophon of the root text
|| iti varāhamihirakṛte bṛhajjātake dvigrahayogādhyāyaś caturdaśaḥ || 14 || || ❁ || (fol. 66r8)
Sub-colophon of the commentray
saṃkṣepaṭīkāyāṃ dvigrahayogādhyāyaḥ caturdaśaḥ || 14 || (fol. 66r13)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1000/05
Date of Filming 05-05-1985
Exposures 150
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks MTM text is in exposures 2-68 and 69–149
Catalogued by MS
Date 31-07-2008
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