C 44-08(3) Bhāradvājasmṛti(1)

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Reel No. C 44/8

Title Bhāradvājasmṛti

Subject Dharmaśāstra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material palm-leaf

State incomplete

Size 30.8 x 4.4 cm

Binding Hole 1 in the centre-left

Folios 55

Lines per Folio 5–6

Foliation letters in the left margin of the verso

Scribe

Date of Copying NS 184 (~ 1064 AD)

Place of Deposit Kaiser Library

Accession No. 423

Manuscript Features

The text belongs to a larger bundle. See C 44/8 for the full manuscript description.

Excerpts

Beginning

bharadvājamatan dharmmam vedoktam paśyate muniḥ |
pūrvam brāhaṇam utpanna (!) 〇 dvitīyaṃ kṣatriyan tathā ||
tṛtīyam vaiśyam utpannañ caturtha (!) śūdrar (!) ucyate ||
vivarṇṇam prakṛtin tasya śāstram evam prakalpayet ||
vedābhyāsa (!) paṭhe (!) nityaṃ saṃ(!)〇ndhyopāsanasaṭkriyā |
vaiśvadevātithim pūjyam etat brāhmaṇalakṣaṇam ||
anekadeśādhipatiṃ (!) vīrabhojyaṃ (!) vasundharāṃ |
yajñādilakṣaṇan dānaṃm (!) eta〇t kṣatrasya lakṣaṇaṃ ||
dhanadhānyamanī(!)ratnām bahuvastrañ ca kāñcanaṃ |
ete (!) sarvam idaṃ dravyam vaiśyasya tu vidhīyate ||
varṇatrayāṇāṃ suśrūṣā kṛṣivṛttiś ca śūdrayoḥ || (fol. 20r6–v4)

End

parā〇śara bharadvāja kalikarmma pravarttate |
agnicchāyā jalan nārī viprasya śayanāśanam ||
kṣuram akṣuragātvānāṃn (!) daśānān nāsti doṣavat |
〇manaś cakṣuś ca śrotraś ca śakulīṃ vāyur eva ca ||
punarddattā ca ye viprā śāstram evan na kalpayet ||
bālatvam vidhavaś caivam akṣataṃ yoni (!) 〇jāyate ||
anyadeśe pathaśrante tadgṛhaṃ vipram āyayat (!) |
aputrā vidhavāś caiva putrārthaṃ yācate (!) dvijaḥ (!) ||
deha (!) snehena lipyante (!) putrārtha〇n tasya maithunaṃ |
śrutvā (!) garbhbhā(!)dvayaṃ kiñ cin nirddoṣa (!) manur abravī (!)
nirddoṣa manur abravīd iti || ○ || (fol. 23v3–24r1)

Colophon

iti bharadvājamate dharmmaśāstrasmṛte (!) parisamāptam (!) idam (!) || ❁ || (fol. 24r2)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. C 44/8

Date of Filming 15-10-1970

Exposures 59

Used Copy Berlin

Type of Film negative

Catalogued by DA

Date 23-06-2005