B 14-23 Amarakoṣa(padasaṃgraha)

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 14/23
Title: Amarakoṣa(padasaṃgraha)
Dimensions: 24 x 4.5 cm x 16 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari; none
Languages: Sanskrit; Newari
Subjects: Kośa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/888
Remarks: contains glosses in Newari; includes two extra folios from another MS called Kuśopadeśa Nītisāra

Reel No. B 14/23

Inventory No. 2180

Title Amarakośa(padasaṃgraha)

Remarks

Author

Subject Kośa

Language Sanskrit, Newari

Text Features non-metrical text listing words of the Amarakośa with occasional glosses in Newari

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material palm-leaf

State incomplete, damaged

Size 24.0 x 4.5 cm

Binding Hole 1, rectangular, left of centre

Folios 16 + 2

Lines per Folio 4–6

Foliation letters in the middle of the left-hand margin and numbers in the middle of the right-hand margin of the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 5/888

Manuscript Features

The following folios are extant: 4; 13–14; 21–24; 28; 32; 36–37; 40; 42; 47; 49. Folios 13; 23–24; and 49 are damaged.

There is an extra folio appended to this MS being the last folio of a text named Kuśopadeśa Nītisāra. It seems to be written in the same hand as the MS proper, ending thus (exp. 19 bottom):

iti kuśopadeśe nītisāre .ā///dhipatiśvaraśrīvakīye kā….śrīmahārājakuśastutiḥ || ❁ ///

There is still another folio in the beginning of the MS proper (exp. 2–3), numbered fol. 2, which contains verses in the Anuṣṭubh metre, the recto of which ends thus:
iti kārttikayāsi⟪..⟫ka samāpta ||

Excerpts

Beginning

-mbarī māyākāra prātihāraka<ref>Cf. Amarakośa 2,10.11 (śūdravarga).</ref> ||
nimbā ||
sailālī sailūṣa jāyājīva kṛṣāśvina bhara(2)tā naṭaś cārana kuśīla○va ||
pyākhanamoṃ ||
mārddaṃgika maurajika || samadāya(3)khiṃ ||
pānivāda pāṇigha ○ || muruja ||
veṇudhma vainavika, vāṃśika vaṃśakāraṃ ||(4)
viṇā⁅vā⁆da vainika alāvanika vainakāra ||
jīvāntaka śākuniko vāgurika jāli(4v1)ka vaitaṃsika kauṭika māṃsika savara ||
bhūtaka(!) bhūtibhūk(!) karmmakara vaitanika || jyām(ī) ||
vā(2)rttāvaha vaivadhika || dhāvā || ○ ||
bhāravāha bhārika || kū ||

(fol. 4r1–4v2)

End

amā nyavasaṃ ||
kaṃ moḍa ○ laṃkhu ||
iva it(t)ha evaṃ sama ||
nūnaṃ tarkka niścayaṃ<ref>Cf. Amarakośa 3,3.251 (nānārthavarga).</ref> |
josaṃ tū(4)ṣṇī sukhaṃ ||
kiṃ chu dhāye niṃdāyāṃ || ○
nāma prākāśa ||
a⁅laṃ⁆ bhūṣaṇaṃ ||
atyartha || huṃ vitarkke || prasna (5) |
puna aprathame || āraṃbha ||
ciraṃ ○ atītaṃ vagva khaṃ || +++ śaśa || purā pūrvva ||
urarī ūrī (6) udarī vistāra ||
svara svargga || paraloka |
kila saṃbhāṣana .. .. ||
khalu niścayaṃ |
abhaya ni[phaṃya]
(fol. 49v3–6)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 14/23

Date of Filming 28-08-1970

Exposures 20

Used Copy Berlin

Type of Film

Remarks

Catalogued by OH

Date 29-03-2007

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