B 13-37 Hariścandropākhyāna
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 13/37
Title: Hariścandropākhyāna
Dimensions: 33 x 4.5 cm x 30 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kathā
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/365
Remarks:
Reel No. B 13-37
Title Hariścandropākhyāna
Subject Kathā
Language Sanskrit
Text Features written in functional Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete and damaged
Size 33 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 1 in the centre left
Folios 30
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the right margin of the verso
Date of Copying
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5-365
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
nārāyanaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ |
devī sarasvatī caivaḥ (!) tato jayam udīrayet || ||
janmejaya (!) uvāca ||
hariścandrakathā rāma (!) agastyena tu kathyate |
śrutam (!) icchāmi tat sarvvaṃ tan me brūhi tapodhana || (fol. 1v1–2)
Extracts
rāma uvāca ||
pitur ddaśarathādeśaṃ saṃjāta me mahāmuni (!) |
tenāhaṃ māgatauraṇyaṃ sametaṃ bhrātalakṣmaṇau (!) || (fol. 3r1)
agastovāca(!) ||
śṛṇu tvaṃ vahito (!) rāma pūrvvavṛttaṃ kathādbhutaṃ |
hariścandra-upākhyānaṃ pavitra (!) pāpanāsanaṃ || (fol. 5v1)
viśvāmitrovāca ||
evam astu prakurvvāmi hitaṃ śakrasya kāraṇaṃ (!) |
devānāṃ brahmavākyenaḥ(!) nayo pi anayo ʼpi vā || (fol. 9v2-3)
hariścandra uvāca ||
śnānaṃ kurvvāmy (!) ahaṃ vipra tvatprasādena nānyathā |
pratigrahaṃ pradāsyāmi yat kiñci tava rocyate (!) || (fol. 14v1-2)
kuṭany uvāca ||
ṣaṣṭirbhāra suvarṇṇasya gṛhna gṛhna dadāmy ahaṃ (!) |
aho eṣa mahābhāva striyāsmākaṃ pradīyatāṃ (!) || ||
agastovāca (!) ||
etac chrutvā hariścandraḥ viṣadam paramaṅ gataḥ | (fol. 18v3-5)
hā putra kumārañ ca mama muñca kuto gataḥ (!) |
hā suśīla mahāprājña guṇavantaṃ vicakṣaṇaṃ || (fol. 25r3-4)
agastovā (!) ||
etad vacanamātreṇa sarvve devā (!) samāgatā (!) |
indra-m-airāvatīrūḍho (!) haṃsārūḍho prajāpatiḥ || … (fol. 28r4)
End
agastyovāca(!) ||
hariścandrakathā rāma etac chrutvā prayatnataḥ |
viṣādaṃ naiva karttavyaṃ satyaṃ dhairyaṃ ca na tyajet ||
tvaṃ hi satyasamāyukto hatvā śatrūḥ(!) na saṃśayaḥ |
śītā saṃprāpyate(!) nūnaṃ sobhanañ ca bhaviṣyatiḥ(!) ||
ye śṛṇvanti upākhyānaṃ hariścandrasya mānavāḥ |
svarggalokam avāpnoti hariścandrasamaṃ bhavet(!) ||
ye śṛṇvanti kathā divyāṃ sarvvapāpai pramucyate(!) |
putrapautrasamṛddhas tu satyam eṣā pravartate (!) || ❁ || (fol.30v1-4)
Colophon
iti hariścandra-upākhyāna samāptaḥ(!) || ❁ || śubham astu sarvvadā || (fol. 30v4)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 13/37
Date of Filming 16-09-1970
Exposures 31
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by DA
Date 2002
