A 391-17 Meghadūta with Sarasvatītīrtha's commentary
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 391/17
Title: Meghadūta
Dimensions: 16.3 x 11.4 cm x 48 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/170
Remarks:
Reel No. A 391/17
Inventory No. 38264
Title Meghadūta
Remarks with Sarasvatītīrtha's commentary
Author Kālidāsa
Subject Kāvya
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material Indian paper
State complete, eaten by mouse
Size 26.5 x 11.3 cm
Binding Hole
Folios 48
Lines per Folio 8–10
Foliation figures on the verso under the abbreviation me.dū.kā.
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/170
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning of the root text
|| kaścitkāṃtā viraha guruṇā svādhikārapramattaḥ
śāpenāstaṃ gamita mahimā varṣabhogyena bharttuḥ |
yakṣaścakre janaka tanayā snānapuṇyodakeṣu
śnigdhachāyā taruṣu vasatiṃ rāmagiryāśrameṣu1 (fol. 3r4–5)
Beginning of the commentary
śrīmate rāmānujāya namaḥ | evaṃ hi kila śrūyate | samasta praśasta sarvasiddha pravarābhilaṣyamāṇavaibhavastatra bhavamdavānī vallabha sakhonikhila kinnara pravarottamāṃ gaṇeśvarī kṛtā vitatahāsanaḥ kadācitkamapi kanaka kamala rakṣādhyakṣamādideśa sopinadājñayāvaśyoʼlasekṣaṇā maṇayaguṇānuvaddhā vaddhākṣayo vimāna sarovaramarakṣat | (fol.1r1–3)
End of the root text
śrutvā vārtāṃ jalada kathitāṃtāṃdhane śopi sadyaḥ
śāpaśyāṃtaṃ sadaya hṛdayaḥ saṃvidhāyāʼstakopaḥ
saṃyojyaitau vigalita śucau daṃpatī hṛṣṭa cittau
bhogāniṣṭhānabhimata sukhānbhojayāmāsaśaśvat123 (fol. 48r3–4)
End of the commentary
śrutveti dhaneśopi kuveropi jalada kathitāṃ vārtāṃ śrutvā sadaya hṛdayassan astaḥ kopo yasya sa sansadyastatkṣaṇaṃ śāpaśyāṃtaṃ (!) saṃvidhāya kṛtvā vigalitā śuk śokoyayo hṛṣṭa cittau tuṣṭacittau viracitāni maṃgalāni yābhyāṃ taudaṃpatī saṃyojya paścātśāpāvasāne Iṣṭānabhīṣṭānabhimatasukhānbhogānśaśvatsarvadā bhojayāmāsa 123 kāśyāṃ sarasvatī tīrtha kṛtināyati nākṛtā (!) meghadūtasya ṭīkā tu vidvadvālānuraṃjanī1 (fol. 48r1–7)
Colophon
iti śrīmeghadūtākhyaṃ kālidāsakṛtau mahākāvyaṃ samāptam saṃpūrṇaṃ śubham astu || (fol. 48r5)
iti śrīparamahaṃsaparivrājakācārya-śrīsarasvatītīrthaviracitā meghadūtaṭīkā samāptā saṃpūrṇā (fol. 48r7)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 391/17
Date of Filming
Exposures
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by JU
Date 30-09-2003
