C 44-8(8) Bhāradvājasmṛti(2)
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: C 44/8
Title: Bhāradvājasmṛti
Dimensions: 30.8 x 4.4 cm x 55 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Dharma(śāstra), incl. didactic portions of the epics, Purāṇas, etc.
Date: NS 184
Acc No.: Kesar 423
Remarks:
Reel No. C 44/8
Title Bhāradvājasmṛti
Subject Dharmaśāstra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Kutila
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 30.8 x 4.4 cm
Binding Hole 1, left of the centre
Folios 55
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation letters in the left margin of the verso
Scribe Bhaṭṭa Prabhākaraśūra
Date of Copying NS 184 āṣāḍhaśukla 8 (~ 1064 AD)
Place of Copying [Nīlī]śālā
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
namaḥ
bharadvājamataṃ dharmaṃ vedoktaṃ pasyate muni (!) ||
pūrvaṃ brāhaṇam utpannaṃ dvitīyaṃ kṣatriyan tathā |
tṛtīyaṃ vaiśyam u++ caturthaṃ śūdram ucyate ||
vivarṇṇāprakṛtistasya (!) śāstram evaṃ na kalpaye〇t |
vedo(!)bhyāsaṃ jape (!) nityaṃ saṃdhyopāsanaṣaṭkriyā |
vaiśvadevātithi (!) pūjyam etat brāhmaṇalakṣaṇam ||
anekadeśādhipati (!) vīrabhogyāṃ vasundharāṃ |
+++ lakṣaṇan dānaṃm (!) etat kṣatrasya lakṣaṇaṃ |
dhaṇadhāṇyamahīratnā (!) bahuvastrā〇ś ca kāñcanaṃ
ete sarvam idaṃ dravyaṃ vaiśyasyevam vidhīyate || 1 || (fol. 8r3–5)
End
agnicchāyā jvalannārī viprā〇ḍhyasayanāsanaṃ
kṣuram akṣuragandhānāṃ daśānā (!) nāsti doṣavat |
manaś cakṣuṃ śrotrañ ca svakuīṃ vāyum eva ca |
punardattāc (!) care (!) viprā (!) śāstram e++ kalpayet ||
bālānāṃ vidhavāṃ caivam akṣatayoni (!) jāyate ||
a〇nnadeśe padhaśranti tadgṛhaṃ vipram āsṛte |
aputra (!) vidhavāś (!) caiva putrārthe yācate dvijaḥ (!)
deha (!) snehena lipyante (!) putrārthe tasya methunaṃ (!)
śrutvā ga +++ kiñ cit nirddeśa (!) manur abravīt
nirddeśa (!) nur (!) abravīm (!) iti || ❁ || (fol. 10v4–6)
Colophon
bhāradvājasmṛti (!) samāptaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 10v6)
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 19-07-2005
