C 2-8 Hitopadeśa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: C 2/8
Title: Hitopadeśa
Dimensions: 35.5 x 4.5 cm x 103 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date: NS 605
Acc No.: Kesar 16
Remarks:
Reel No. C 2-8
Inventory No. 23833
Title Hitopadeśa
Remarks
Author Nārāyaṇa
Subject Nīti
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State complete, partly damaged
Size 35.5 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole(s) one in center-left
Folios 100 + 3 index leaves
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation letters in the left margin and figures in the right margin on the verso
Scribe Jasavarma
Date of Copying [NS] 604 (~ 1484 C.E.)
Place of Copying Lalitapura
Place of Deposit Kaiser
Accession No. 16
Manuscript Features
The folios are in disorder.
The colophon is unintelligible at many points.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namaḥ śivāya ||
siddhiḥ sādhye satām astu prasādāt tasya dhūrjjaṭeḥ |
jāhnavīphenalekheva yanmūrddhni śaśinaḥ kalā ||
śruto hitopadeśo 'yaṃ pāṭavaṃ saṃskṛtoktiṣu |
vācāṃ sarvvatra vaicitryaṃ nītividyāṃ dadāti ca ||
ajarāmaravat prājño vidyām arthañ ca cintayet |
gṛhīta 〇 iva keśeṣu mṛtyunā dharmam ācaret ||
sarvvadarvyeṣu vidyaiva darvyam āhur anuttamaṃ |
ahāryatvād anarghatvād akṣyatvāc ca sarvvadā ||
saṃgamayati vidyaiva nīcagāpi naraṃ sarit |
samudram iva du[r]darśan nṛpam bhāgyam ataḥ paraṃ ||
vidyā śastraṃ ca śā[s]trañ ca dve vidyai(!) pratipattaye |
ādyā hāsyāya vṛddhatve dvitīyādriyate sadā ||
yan nave bhājane lagnaḥ 〇 saṃskāro nānyathā bhavet |
kathācchalena bālānāṃ nītis tad iha kathyate ||
mitralābhaḥ suhṛdbhedo vigrahaḥ saṃdhir eva ca |
pañcatantrāt tathānyasmād graṃthād ākṛṣya likhyate || ○ ||
asti bhāgīrathītīre pāṭhaliputranāmadheyan nagaraṃ ||
tatra ca sarvvasvāmiguṇopetaḥ sudarśano nāma narapatir āsīt ||
(fol. 1v1–2r1)
End
anyac cāstu ||
prāleyādreḥ sutāyāḥ praṇayinivasatiś candramaulau sa yāvad
yāval lakṣmīr mur. .. .. .. + + + + + + + + + + rantī |
yāvat svarṇṇācalo 'yaṃ davadahanasamo yasya sū〇ryaḥ sphuliṅgas
tāvan nārāyaṇo'yaṃ(!) pracaratu racitaḥ saṃgraho 'yaṃ kathān.
+ + + +
śrīmān dhavalacandro 'sau jīyān māṇḍaliko ripūn |
ye〇nāyaṃ saṃgraho yatnāl lekhayitvā pracāritaḥ || ❁ ||
(fol. 99v1–3)
Colophon
iti hitopa⁅deśe saṃdhi⁆r nāma caturthakathāsaṃgrahaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ ||
〇 śubhaḥ || śreyo 'stu || samvat 604 māghamāse || śuklapakṣe || pañcamyāṃ + + + + .(ena)kṣetrapra aśvininakṣatre || śubhaprasuklayoge || ādityavāsare || lekhasaṃpūrṇṇakṛtadine || tataḥ śrīlalitāpuraṇagare śrīmāni + + + (fol. 100r)ne śrīkovihāre bhava(hlaḍhe)ye (ku)ligṛhavāstavyaḥ likhita devajñajasavarmmeṇa svayaṃ śruyatārthahetunā lekhakṛtam iti ||
yādṛśa puṣṭakaṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛśa likhitā mayā |
yadi suddhaṃm asuddhaṃ vā mama doṣo na dī〇yate ||
bhīmasyāpi bhave bhaṅgamunairvvimatibhapaścāduḥkhena likhitā karmmaḥ yatnena pratipālayet || śubham astu || sarvvajagata janārthañ ca 〇 śubha ||
(fol. 99v3–100r3)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. C 2-8
Date of Filming 30-10-1975
Exposures 125
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by MD
Date 15-12-2013
