A 963-4(1) Nityaprakāśavivaraṇapañjikā

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 963/4
Title: Nityaprakāśavivaraṇapañjikā
Dimensions: 30 x 4 cm x 142 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Karmakāṇḍa (vaidika, āgamika, tāntrika etc.)
Date: NS 327
Acc No.: NAK 6/8
Remarks:

Reel No. A 963-4a

Title: Nityaprakāśavivaraṇapañjikā

Remarks: aka Nityakaumudī

Author: Gaṅgādhara

Subject: Tantra

Language: Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script: Newari

Material: palm-leaf

State: almost complete, slightly damaged

Size: 30.0 x 4.0 cm

Binding Hole: 1, left of the centre

Folios: 122

Lines per Folio: 5

Foliation: figures in the left margin of the verso

Date of Copying: NS 327 (~ 1207 AD)

King: Arimalla

Donor: Śrīdhara

Place of Deposit: NAK

Accession No.: 6-8

Manuscript Features

The first folio and a couple of others are slightly broken at the margins. Folios 94 to 96 are missing.

The manuscript contains the Nityaprakāśavivaraṇapañjikā and the Nityaprakāśa.

Excerpts

Beginning

arbudeśīmṛṇālākhyāv ārya tātau namāmy ahaṃ |
guruṃ svarodayaṃ bhaktyā/// na pitarāv anu ||
prāyo nukramataḥ pūjā samyag yuktyā na dṛśyate |
ato nityaprakāśo yaṃ vīracaṃdreṇa likhyate ||
tadvidāṃ smaraṇārthāya śiṣyāṇāṃ jñāna///
///smayāya dāṃbhikānām ātmanaḥ puṇyavṛddhaye ||
bhūri tāvan maheśānāgamapāṭhas tu siddhajaḥ |
kva cid ārṣaḥ kva cin nāro madīyas tu kva cit kva cit || (fol. 1v3-5)<ref>^{The excerpt is taken from the 3rd line because the beginning is difficult to read in the microfilm, though it is principally legible.}</ref>

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Sub-Colophons

iti nityaprakāśavivaraṇapaṃjikāyāṃ ācāryaḥ(!)śrīgaṃgādharaviracitāyāṃ nityakaumudyāṃ prathamaḥ prakāśaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 30v4-5)

iti nityaprakāśavivaraṇapaṃjikāyāṃ ācāryaśrīgaṃgādharaviracitāyāṃ nityakaumudyāṃ dvitīyaḥ prakāśaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 44v2)

ity ācāryaśrīgaṃgādharaviracitāyāṃ nityaprakāśavivaraṇapaṃjikāyāṃ nityakaumudyāṃ tṛtīyaḥ prakāśaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 71v1)

ity ācā⁅ry⁆aśrīgaṃgādharakṛtāyāṃ nityaprakāśavivaraṇapaṃjikāyāṃ nityakaumudyāṃ caturthaḥ prakāśaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 93r1-2)

End

etat sarvvam ityādi prakāśasamāptiślokaḥ || nātha ājñāguruḥ jyeṣṭhabhrātā ca vidyāguruḥ | nityaprakāśe budhā iti saṃbodhanaṃ | viduṣāṃ mata(!) saṃmataṃ | śrīmata(!) saṃmataṃ || vedaraṃdhretyādi | graṃthetyādi , graṃthakaraṇakālopadarśitaṃ | vedāś catvāraḥ | raṃdhrāṇi nava | grahāś ca nava | etenāṃkagatyā viparītanirddeśāt | caturnnavatty(!)uttaranavaśatavarṣasaṃkhye , śakanṛpatikāle , mādhavamāse, vaiśākhe , kṛto yaṃ nityaprakāśa iti || atra padmāni bodhayaty arkka ityādiślokaṃ | laukikaviracitam api ke cit paṭhaṃti | tac ca sugamam eva || ○ || cakreśārodayiryam(?) ṣaḍavayavaparo devavid vīracaṃdras tasyāṃtevāsimukhyo vivaraṇam akarod yatra gaṃgādharākhyaḥ | ya(cchoba)gauḍarājaḥ praṇayapadabhiṣak śaṃbhudatto sya śiṣyaḥ so yaṃ śrīśailadevīkulasamayamayaḥ ko pi nityaprakāśaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 125r3-125v2)

Colophon

iti ācāryaśrīgaṃgādharaviracitāyāṃ nityaprakāśavivaraṇapaṃjikāyāṃ nityakaumudyāṃ paṃcamaḥ prakāśaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || samāptā ceyaṃ nityakaumudī || cha || samastarājāvalīvirājitamahārājādhirājaparameśvaraparamamāheśvaraṣaḍanvayācāryaraghuvaṃśatilakaḥ śrīmadarimalladevaprava[r]ddhamānarājy⁅e⁆ | nepālīyasaṃvat 327 pauṣaśuklacaturddaśyāṃ tithau śukradine | paṃḍitaśrīśrīdharasya pustakam idaṃ samāptam iti śubham astu || ❁ || (fol. 125v2-5)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 963/4

Date of Filming: 15-11-1984

Exposures: 145

Used Copy: Berlin

Type of Film: negative

Remarks: Several pages are difficult to read due to overexposure.

Catalogued by AM

Date: 09-07-2010