B 281-18 Nītiśāstra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 281/18
Title: Nītiśāstra
Dimensions: 20 x 9 cm x 3 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1353
Remarks:

Reel No. B 281-18 Inventory No. 47972

Title Nītiśāstra

Remarks assigned to the Mahābhārata

Subject Nītiśāstra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material Indian paper

State complete

Size 20.0 x 9.0 cm

Folios 3

Lines per Folio 6

Foliation figures in both margin and marginal title Śhā. Śāṃ. and rāma in the left and right-hand margin of the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/1353/14

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇapataye namaḥ ||

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ||

kena vṛttena vṛtajña varttamāno mahīpatiḥ ||

sukhenārthān sukhodarkān iha ca pretya cāpnuyāt || 1 ||

bhīṣma uvāca ||

ayaṃ guṇānāṃ ṣaṭtriṃśat ṣaṭtriṃśad guṇasaṃyutaḥ ||

yān guṇāṃs tu guṇopetaḥ kuvarn guṇam avāpnuyāt || 2 ||

cared dharmān akaṭuko muṃcan snehaṃ na nāstikaḥ ||

anṛśaṃsaś cared arthaṃ caret kāmam anuddhataḥ || 3 || (fol. 1v1–5)

End

iti sarvān guṇān etān yathoktān yonuvarttate ||

anubhūyeha bhadrāṇI pretya svarge mahīyate || 13 ||

vaiśampāyana uvāca ||

idaṃ vacaḥ śāntanasya (!) suśruvān

yudhiṣṭhiraḥ pāṇḍavamukhya saṃvṛtaḥ ||

tadāvavande ca pitāmahaṃ nṛpo

yathoktam etac ca cakāra buddhimān || 14 || (fol. 3r1–4)

Colophon

iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyyāsikyāṃ śāṃti parvaṇi rājadharme ekonasaptatimoddhayāyaḥ || || śubham astu || || (fol. 3r5–6)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 281/18

Date of Filming 24-05-1972

Exposures 3

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by JU\MS

Date 12-03-2004

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