B 281-8 Nītidīpikā

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 281/8
Title: Nītidīpikā
Dimensions: 22.3 x 9.2 cm x 55 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/3480
Remarks:

Reel No. B 281-8 Inventory No. 47935

Title Nītidīpikā

Subject Nītiśāstra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material paper

State complete

Size 22.3 x 9.2 cm

Folios 55

Lines per Folio 7

Foliation figures in both margin of the verso

Scribe Śyāmānaṃda

Date of Copying [NS] 869

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 5/3480

Manuscript Features

on exp.1:

girirājasuttāsutadevaraṃ surarājanise nitapādajugaṃ

dvijarāja vibhūṣita bhāla tataṃ praṇamāmi sadā jagarājamukhaṃ || 1 || ||

Stamp Nepal National Library

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ

praṇamya śaṃkaraṃ devaṃ śāṃkarīṃ śaṃkarātmajaṃ ||

ajñānadhvāntanāśāya krīyate nītidīpikāṃ ||

nānā granthāt samālokya dhīraisaha vicāryya ca ||

kṛta yaṃ sāram udhṛtya, sarvvaloka hitaiṣiṇī ||

caturāśīti lakṣeṣu śarīreṣu śarīriṇāṃ ||

na mānuṣyaṃ vinā netraṃ, na svajñānaṃ tu labhyate ||

atra janmasahasrāṇāṃ, sahasrair api niścitaṃ ||

kadācit labhate jantu mānuṣyaṃ puṇya saṃcayāt || (fol. 1v1–5)

End

nāsti jñānasamaṃ tīrthaṃ nāsti jñānasamaṃ tapaḥ ||

nāsti jñānasamo yajña stasmājjñānaṃ samabhyaset ||

deva bhāskara mallpasmin dyājānī(!)svaratāṃ gate |

nītiśāstreṇa nepālaṃ, samun(!) pālitu mudhyate ||

śuviyugma gaje saṃkhye, gate nepāla sammate ||

divyarātrau paraṃdhīrā saṃmpūrṇṇā nīti dīpikā || 120 || (fol. 54v7–55r3)

Colophon

|| || iti nītidīpikāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhamo(!)dhyāyaḥ || || śubham astu sarvvapākānnaṃ bhavatu || sasvat (!) 869 śrāvaṇakṣṇa, pratipadā, śravaṇanakṣetra (!) āyuṣyamānayoga, budhavāra thva kunhu ṣāyadhunakāmiti || lekhata śyāmānaṃda || || śubha ||

(fol. 55r4–6)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 281/8

Date of Filming 24-05-1972

Exposures 56

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by JU\MS

Date 17-03-2004

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