B 14-3 Amarakoṣa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 14/3
Title: Amarakoṣa
Dimensions: 35 x 5 cm x 129 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: complete, damaged
Scripts: Newari; none
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kośa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/802
Remarks:
Reel No. B 14/3
Inventory No. 2166
Title Amarakośa
Remarks also known as Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana
Author Amarasiṃha
Subject Kośa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State damaged
Size 35.0 x 5.0 cm
Binding Hole 1, rectangular, left of centre
Folios 129
Lines per Folio 3–5
Foliation figures in the middle of the left-hand margin of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/802
Manuscript Features
The writing on a few folios has been rubbed off to varying degrees.
A short description of this MS is to be found in BSP vol. IX p. 30 no. 104.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ ⁅namo bhagavate⁆ ……(gā)yaḥ (!) ||
- yasya jñānadayāsindhor agādhasyānaghā gu⁅ṇāḥ
- se⁆vyatām akṣayo dhīrās sa śriye cāmṛtāya ca ||
- samāhṛtyānyataṃtrāṇi saṃkṣiptaiḥ pratisaṃskṛtaiḥ |
- saṃpūrṇam ucyate varggai(r) nāmaliṅgānusāsanam || ○
- prāyaśo rūpabhedena sāhacaryyāc ca kutracit |
- strīpunnapuṃsakaṃ jñeyaṃn (!) tadviḥśeṣa(!)vidheḥ kvacit ||
- bhedākhyānāya na dvaṃdvo naikaśeṣo na śaṅkaraḥ |
- kṛto ʼ○tra bhinnaliṃgānām anuktānāṃ kramād ṛte ||
- trili(ṅgyā) triṣv iti padam mithune tu dvayor iti |
- niṣiddhaliṅgaṃ śeṣārthaṃ tvaṃtāthādi na pūrvabhāk ||
- svar avyayaṃ svargganākatridivatridaśālayāḥ |
- suraloko dyodivau dve striyau (!) klībe tripiṣṭapam (!) || thva ||
svarggayā (!) nāma ||
- amarā nirja(fol. 2r1)rā devās tridaśā vibudhās surāḥ
- suparvvāṇas sumanasas tridiveśā divaukasaḥ ||
- āditeyā diviṣado lekhā aditinaṃndanā (!) |
- ādityā ṛbhavo ʼsvapnā amartyā amṛtāndhasaḥ || (fol. 1v1–2r1)
End
- triṣu pātrī puṭī vāṭī peṭī kuvaladāḍimau ||
- paraliṅgañ ca pradhāne dvandve tatpuruṣe pi tat |
- arthāntāḥ prā⁅dyalaṃprāptāpanna⁆pūrvāḥ +++gāḥ |
- ⁅taddhitārthe dviguḥ saṃkhyā⁆sarvvanāmatadantakā (!) ||
- bahu○vrīhir adiṅnāmnām unneyan tadudāhṛtaṃ |
- guṇadravyakriyāyogo⁅pādhi⁆bhiḥ ⁅paragāminaḥ |
- kṛtaḥ karttāyaṃ⁆ saṃjñāyāṃ kṛtyāḥ karttari karmmaṇi |
- anādyantās tena raktādya○rthe nānārthabhedakāḥ |
- ṣaṭsaṃjñakās triṣu samā yuṣmad a⁅smat tiṅ avyayam ||
- ++ +++ ++ + ++ ⁅śiṣṭaprayoga⁆taḥ || (fol. 129v1–4)
Sub-colophons
ity amarasiṃhaḥ (!) kṛtau nāmaliṅgānuśāsane svarādikāṇḍaḥ prathamaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 23v1)
ity amarasiṃhakṛtau nāmaliṅgān⁅uśāsane bhū⁆+++++++++⁅yaḥ samāpta⁆ḥ || ○ || (fol. 96r4–v1)
Colophon
- pa(dyaṃ) vibodhayaty arkaḥ kāvyāni kurute kaviḥ |
- tat .. (rabhanabha)..(jña)ḥ (sarvajña)..nita…. || ○ || ○ ||
samāptam idam amarasiṃhakṛtaṃ nāmali⁅ṅgānu⁆+++ (fol. 129v4)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 14/3
Date of Filming 25-08-1970
Exposures 134
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks Fols. 45v–46r have been microfilmed twice.
Catalogued by OH
Date 01-03-2007
