A 1075-3 Vāstuvidyā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1075/3
Title: Vāstuvidyā
Dimensions: 27.6 x 6.2 cm x 61 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Vāstuśāstra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/397
Remarks: subject uncertain;
Reel No. A 1075-3
Inventory No. 105574
Title Vāstuvidyā
Author ascribed to the sage Garga
Subject Vāstuśāstra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete, slightly damaged
Size 27.6 x 6.2 cm
Binding Hole 1, somewhat to the left
Folios 61
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation letters in the middle of the left-hand margin of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3/397
Manuscript Features
atha vāstūni vakṣyāmi samāni viṣamāṇi tu |
ninditāni praśastāni yathā gargasya śāsanaṃ ||
The MS breaks off at the beginning of the 35th adhyāya.
Fols. 4–8 and 55–56 are slightly damaged. Fols. 58 and 59 are in the wrong order.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṁ namo viśvakarmaṇe ||
ramyahimavataḥ pā〇rśve siddhacāraṇasevite |
purā[[ʼ]]sīd āśramasthānaṃ nadībhāgīrathītaṭe ||
tapovanasamudbhṛtai⟪ḥ⟫r bahuśākhair mahādrumaiḥ |
sarvartukusumair divyair āvṛ〇taṃ nandanopamaṃ ||
ketakāśokatilakaiḥ punnāgasaralārjjunaiḥ |
priyaṅgvāmravanaiś caiva bahupuṣpaphalair vṛtaṃ ||
mattaṣaṭpadasaṃghuṣṭaḥ (!) padmakāga〇rucandanaiḥ |
puṣpitaiḥ śobhitan nityaṃ sarvasatvamanoharaiḥ ||
vedadhvaninina[[ā]]dena ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyakarmiṇāṃ |
gītavāditaghoṣeṇa gāndharvā〇ṇāṃ mahātmanāṃ ||
barhiṇāñ ca ninādena puṃṣkokilarutena ca |
pragītam iva yan nityaṃ la(kṣya)te kānanottamaṃ ||
nānāpakṣigaṇākīrṇṇam apsa〇rogaṇasevitaṃ |
pradakṣiṇā(ṃ)mbupravahā gaṅgā yatra saridvarā⟪ḥ⟫ ||
cakravākakṛtā paṅkāḥ rājahaṃsopasobhitāḥ
triṣkālam ṛṣibhir nityaṃ se〇vyamānā virājate ||
yatra te mṛgarājāno ramanti sahitā mṛgaiḥ |
gajāś ca siṃhaiḥ saṃsṛṣṭā vi(2r1)ramaṃty akutobhayāḥ ||
tatra brahmarṣimukhyaṃ taṃ 〇 tapasy agre vyavasthitaṃ |
hutāgnihotraṃ durddharṣaṃ kṛtajapya[[ā]]hnikakramaṃ ||
(fol. 1v1–2r1)
End
sāśvatavarttajīva (!) sa(61v1)dā tat traye vaibodakajīvinaḥ (!) |
hīnaḥ paśu〇sutaḥ dravyais trībhiś cau (!) jīvino sukhī ||
lepakās tatra varddhante devāśuscasakaścayoḥ (!) |
dvāri tu dvārayaḥ kālaḥ purastad (!) veśmana (!) smṛtaḥ ||
prādakṣiṇena seṣā〇su diksutaś ca tathā vadet |
nāmadosopasāntyartho tathā kālavivṛddhayo ||
prāk samucchrayaṇaṃ maddhye dvārasyārtho niveśayet |
samamātre payaḥ sarpir annabījā〇ni mā kiraḥ ||
dadyāpi sopi malakatāmre satyasya bhājane
alpadoṣam adoṣam vā dvārasāntaṃ tathā bhavet ||
dvāradośāś ca vṛddhyārthī śutvā (!) māṃ (!) parivarjayet || ○ ||
…
ye pūrvam uktasaṃbhārāt yathānyāyaṃ manīṣi ca |
gṛhapraveśane tatra tāṃ satvāṃm (!) a〇nukalpayet ||
vedim agnigṛhaṃ kuryā (!) dvāram uktasamantataḥ |
vastumādhy(e) na hotavya (!) vaidyahotavyam ucyate ||
bhājane sarvaratnāni sarvabījāni vāpayet |
vastu〇madhye ca karttavya (!) sa[[ma]]mātrapramāṇataḥ ||
mānsodane tathāditye sarvabījāni māharet |
ghṛte dadhātā (!) ghṛtamiśrā-
(fol. 61r6–61v6)
Sub-colophons
praśnādhyāye prathamo dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 4r6)
va[[ā]]stuvidyāyāṃ bhūmiparīkṣā dvitīyo ʼdhyāyaḥ || ○ || (fol. 6r1)
diggrāhaṇaṃ tṛtīyaḥ || ○ || (fol. 7v3)
balikarmiko nāmaḥ ⁅dvātriṃśatimo⁆ dhyāyaḥ || ⁅slokāḥ 10 pāda 2⁆ || ○ || (fol. 55v1–2)
pratolīsūtraṃ ca tetriṃsamo (!) dhyāyaḥ || ○ || sloka 68 akṣara 20 || ○ || (fol. 58v6–59r1)
dvāranirdeśiko nāma catutriṃśatimaḥ (!) || śloka 30 pādaḥ || ○ || (fol. 61v4)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1075/3
Date of Filming 19-02-86
Exposures 69
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks fols. 2–6 have been micro-filmed twice
Catalogued by OH
Date 21-07-2005
