A 18-16 Nāgara(ka)sarvasva
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 18/16
Title: Nāgara[ka]sarvasva
Dimensions: 32.5 x 4 cm x 26 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāmaśāstra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/1794
Remarks:
Reel No. A 18-16
Inventory No. 45098
Title Nāgarasarvasva
Author Padmaśrījñāna; commentator Jagajjyotir Malla
Subject Kāmaśāstra
Language Sanskrit
- This manuscript was offered to Siddhinarasiṃha Malla, the king of Lalitpur, by Jagajjyotir Malla, the king of Bhaktapur, in A.D. 1630.
- Śāstri 1905:196 has mentioned a Nāgarasarvasvaṭīkā by Jagajjyotir Malla. The present text seems to be a copy of it.The original Nāgarasarvasva is known to have been composed by Padmaśrījñāna around A.D. 1000.
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm leaf
State complete
Size 32.5 x 4.0 cm
Binding Hole in the centre
Folios 26
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the right margin
Date of Copying kha(0) śara (5) svara (7) (NS750)
Place of Copying Bhaktapur
King Jagajjyotir Malla and Siddhinarasiṃha Malla
Donor Jagajjyotir Malla
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/1794
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ makaradhvajāya ||
muhūrttam api yaṃ smarann abhimatās manohāriṇīṃ
labheta madavihvalāṃ yadiha kāminīṃ kāmukaḥ |
tamullasitaḍambaraṃ surucirāṅgarāgā(2)ruṇa,
nnamāmi sumanaḥśaraṃ satatasmāryamaṃjuśriyaṃ ||
kecid bhāṣāṃtarakṛtatayā kāmaśāstra prabandhā,
durvvijñeyā gurutaratayā kecid alpārthakā(3)śca
tatpadmaśrīviracitamidaṃ sarvvasāraṃ subodhaṃ
śāstraṃ śīghraṃ śṛṇuta sudhiyo`bhiṣṭa sarvvārthakāmāḥ || (fol. 1v1–3)
End
āsīddhahmaaku(26v1)leka lāgniyoyo vāsudevaḥ kṛtī tasya sneha vaśācciraṃ pratimuhaḥ saṃpreraṇāt sāṃprataṃ || dīpteyaṃ rati śāstra dīpa kalikā padma śrīyo dhīmato hṛdyārthān prakaṭīka (2) rotu jagatāṃ saṃhṛtyahārrddaṃ tamaḥ || rājā dharmmarato'tu nirjjitaripuḥ ○ ṣad vargga vaśyovaśīniḥ kleśā kṛtino bhavantu muditāḥ satkāra lābhānvitāḥ | (3) anyonya priyatā prasanna manasaḥ sarvvatra santu prajā nityaṃ tiṣṭha tu sarvva○satva nicayai saṃpūritā medanī || (fols. 26r5–26v3)
Sub-colophons
iti paṇḍitapadmaśrījñānaviracite nā ( 2v1)garakasarvvasve
trivargganirṇṇayonāma prathamaḥ paricchedaḥ || (fol. 2r5–2v1)
dvitīyoḥ paricchedaḥ (3r1)
ratnaparikṣātṛtīyaḥ || ||( 3v4)
gandhādhikāraścaturthaḥ paricchedaḥ ||( 5r1)
iti vāmācaritaprakāśo nāma saptadaśaḥ paricchedaḥ || ||(25r5)
iti padmaśrījñānaviracite nāgaraka(4) sarvvasve
sutodayonāmāṣṭamḥ<ref name="ftn1">nāmāṣṭādaśaḥ</ref> pariccheda samāptaḥ || || (fol. 26v3–4)
Colophon
iti nāgarakasarvvasvaṃ parisamāptamitī śivaṃ ||
nāmnā nāgarasarvvasvaṃ nāgarāṇāṃ ra(5)sālayaḥ |
śrī jagajjyotirīśena , lekhayitvā prayatnataḥ ||
Nepāle pauṣarākāyāṃ sammate khaśarasvaraiḥ |
prītyā samarppitaḥ siddhi, narasiṃhamahībhṛte || śivamastu || || (fol. 26v4–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 18/16
Date of Filming 28-08-1970
Exposures 32
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks two exposures of fol. 4v–5r
Catalogued by KT/JM
Date 30-09-2002
Bibliography
Śāstri, Hara prasād,1905
A Catalogue of Palm-leaf & Selected Paper MSS, Belonging to the Durbar Library, Nepal. Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press.
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