A 20-22 Hitopadeśasamuccaya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 20/22
Title: Hitopadeśasamuccaya
Dimensions: 32 x 4.5 cm x 60 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date: NS 594
Acc No.: NAK 1/1608
Remarks:
Reel No.: A 20/22
Title Hitopadeśasamuccaya
Subject Nīti
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 32 x 4,5 cm
Binding Hole 1, left of the centre
Folios 60
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation letters in the left margin of the verso with the syllable śrī, figures in the right margin of the verso
Date of Copying NS 594
King Yakṣamalla
Place of Deposite NAK
Accession No. 1-1608
Manuscript Features
On some folios the script is rubbed off, but in most parts the manuscripts is well legible. The half of fol. 1r is covered with another text, written by the same hand.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ nepālābdadhanaṃjayagrahaśare śrīmāghamāse śite
aṣṭamyāṃ parihāya martyabhuvanaṃ śambhoḥ samīpaṃ yayau |
medinyāṃ viditaṃ vicitrarajatālaṃkāraśobhārathai
rāmāsvāṃ(?) śaśirāmanirmmalayaśaḥ sārddhan tadā daivataḥ ||(1r)
oṃ namo vāgīśvarāya ||
siddhiḥ sādhye satām astu prasādāt tasya dhūrjjaṭeḥ |
jāhnavīphenalekheva yanmūrddhni śaśinaḥ kalā ||
śruto hitopadeśo 'yaṃ pāṭavaṃ saṃskṛtoktiṣu |
vācān sarvvatra vaicitryaṃ nītividyāṃ dadāti ca ||
ajarāmaravat prajño vidyām arthañ ca cintayet |
gṛhīta iva keśeṣu mṛtyunā dharmmam ācaret ||
sarvvadravyeṣu vidyaiva dravyam āhur anuttamaṃ |
ahāryatvād akṣayatvād anarghatvāc ca sarvvadā ||
saṅgamayati vidyaiva nīcagāpi naraṃ sarit |
samudra iva durddharśam nṛpaṃ bhāgyam ataḥ param || (1v)
Sub-colophons
iti hitopadeśaślokasamuccayamitralābho nāma prathamaḥ kathāsaṃgrahaḥ || ❁ || (18v)
iti hitopadeśaślokasamuccayasuhedo(!) nāma dvitīyaḥ kathāsaṃgrahaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || (33v)
iti hitopadeśaślokasamuccayavigraho nāma tṛtīyaḥ kathāsaṃgrahaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || (47r)
End
sandhiḥ sarvvamahībhujāṃ vijayinām astu pramodaḥ sadā
santaḥ santu nirāpadaḥ sukṛtināṃ kīrttiś ciraṃ varddhatāṃ |
nītir vvālavilāsinīva satataṃ vakṣaḥsthale saṃsthitāṃ
vaktraṃ cumbatu mantriṇām ahar aho bhūyān mahān utsavaḥ ||
prāleyādreḥ sutāyāḥ praṇayanivasatiś candramauliḥ sa yāvad
yāval lakṣmīr murārer jjalada iva taḍin mānase visphuraṃtī |
yāvat svarṇṇācalo 'yaṃ davadahanasamo yasya sūryaḥ sphuliṃgas
tāvan nārāyaṇena pracaratu caritaḥ saṃgraho 'yaṃ kathānāṃ ||
śrīmān dhavalacaṃdro sau jīyān māṇḍaliko ripūn |
yenāyaṃ saṃgraho yatnāl lekhayitvā pracārataḥ || (59v-60r)
Colophon
iti hitopadeśaślokasamuccayasandhir nnāma caturthaḥ kathāsaṃgrahaḥ samāptaḥ || śrīyakṣamallanṛpater vvijaye ca rājye, bhaktāpurīnivasito varakīrttirāmaḥ |
tatkaṇṭhabhūṣaṇakṛto pi hitopadeśaślokaḥ samastahṛdayābjavikāsabhānuḥ || samvad vedagrahabāṇe, jyeṣṭhaśukle hares tithau likhyate pustakaṃ bhadraṃ, ajayena ca dhīmatā || || śubhaṃ bhavatu lekhakapāṭhakayos tu sarvvakālam iti || (60r-60v)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 20/22
Date of Filming 31-08-1970
Exposures 65
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by AM
Date 2004
