A 1075-2 Varāhamihirasaṃhitā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1075/2
Title: Varāhamihirasaṃhitā
Dimensions: 30.1 x 5 cm x 194 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Jyotiṣa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/162
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1075/2+
Inventory No. 105443
Title Bṛhatsaṃhitā
Remarks also styled Varāhamihirasaṃhitā
Author Varāhamihira
Subject Jyotiṣa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State almost complete
Size 30.1 x 5.0 cm
Binding Hole 1, in the centre
Folios 193 + 1
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation letters in the middle of the left-hand margin and figures in the middle of the right-hand margin of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/162
Manuscript Features
One or two folios are missing in the end. Exposures 2–3 and 201–202 show a cover-leaf respectively. Between fols. 1 and 2 another folio, apparently written by the same hand but belonging to another text, has been inserted. In a few instances, the scribe has indicated missing syllables by vertical strokes.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṁ namaḥ sūryāya ||
jayati jagataḥ prasūtir visvātmā sahajabhūṣaṇaṃ jagataḥ |
drutakanakasadṛśadaśaśatamayūṣamālārccitaḥ savitā ||
prathamamunikathitam (a)+ + +valokya granthavistarasyārthaṃ |
nātilaghuvipularacanābhir udyataḥ spa〇ṣṭam abhi[[dhā]]naṃ ||
muniviracitam idam iti yac cirantanaṃ ⟪sā⟫ sādhumanujagrathitaṃ |
+rthe kṣarabhedād aputrake kā viśeṣoktiḥ ||
kṣititanayadivasavāro 〇 na śubhakṛd iti yadi pitāmahenoktaḥ |
kujadinam a(n)iṣṭam iti vā ko tra viśeṣo nṛdivyakṛte ||
ābrahmadivinissṛtam avalokya granthavistarān kramasa〇ḥ |
kriyamānakam evaitat samāsato mamotsāhaḥ ||
āsīt tamaḥ kiledaṃ tatrāpān tejasodbhavaddhaime |
svarbhūsakale brahmā viśvakṛd aṇḍe ʼrkkaśaśinayanaḥ 〇 ||
kapilaḥ pradhānapuruṣo dravyādīn ka(lpa)bhug asya viśvasya |
kāla kāraṇam eke sva+ + + +re jaguḥ karmmaḥ ||
tad alam ativistareṇa prasaṇgavādārthanirṇṇayo timahān |
jyotiḥśāstrāṅgānāṃ vaktavyo nirṇṇayo tra mayā ||
jyotiḥśāstram anekabheda(2r1)viṣayaṃ skandhatrayādhiṣṭitān
tat kasyo(!)panayasya nāma munibhiḥ saṃkīrttyate saṃhitāḥ |
skandhe smin gaṇitena yā grahagatis tatrābhidhānas tv asau
horā(n)yo gaviniścayaś ca kathitaḥ skandhas tṛtīyo paraḥ ||
(fol. 1v1–2r1)
End
sauro rkkaraśmiyogāt sva(193v1)vikāraṃ labdhavṛttir adhikataraḥ (!) |
mitravad ācarati nṛṇāṃ pathyakṛtān na tu tathāyāṇāṃ (!) ||
yādṛśena grahaṃne(!)nduktaṃs (!) tādṛg bhavet sāpi (!) |
manovṛttisamāyogād vikāra iva - - - |
pañca - sarvvapādeṣu saptamaṃ 〇 dvicaturthayoḥ |
yadvac chlokākṣaraṃ tadval laghutāṃ yāti dusthitaiḥ (!) ||
prakṛtyāpi layas tu vṛttibāhye vyavasthitaḥ |
sa yāti gurutāṃ 〇 loke yadā syuḥ susthitā grahāḥ ||
prālabdham asusthatair (!) grahai (!) yat karma (ma)tivṛddhaye budhaiḥ |
vinihanti tam eva karma tad vaitālīyam i〇ha yathākṛtaṃ ||
sausthityam avekṣya yo grahebhyaḥ kāle prakramaṇaṃ karoti rājā |
anutāpi (!) sa pauruṣeṇa vṛttas tasyopacchandasata(sy)a 〇 yāti pāraṃ || ||
pūrvācāryagranthe notsṛṣṭa (!) kurvvatā mayā śāstraṃ |
tāny avalo(kṣ) idañ ca prayatadhvaṃ kāmataḥ sujanāḥ ||
atha- (fol. 193r6–193v6)
Sub-colophons
iti varāhamihirasya kṛtau saṃhitāyām upanayo (!) dhyāya (!) prathamaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 2r3–4)
ity āryavarāhamihirasya kṛtau saṃhitāyāṃ sāmvatsarasū〇traṃ dvitīyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 5v3)
ity āryavarāhamihirasya kṛtau saṃhitāyāṃ āditya〇cāras tṛtīyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 8r2)
…
ity āryavarāhamihirakṛtau saṃhitāyāṃ tithikaraṇakarmmaguṇa (!) ṣaṇṇavatita〇maḥ || ❁ || (fol. 187r4–5)
ity āryavarāhamihirakṛtau saṃhitāyāṃ dinavārakarmmagu〇ṇaḥ saptanavatitamaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 188v2)
ity āryavarāhamihirasya tau (!) saṃhitāyāṃ grahagocari (!) aṣṭanavatitamaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 193v6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1075/2
Date of Filming 19-02-1986
Exposures 203
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks
Catalogued by OH
Date 19-07-2005
