A 20-20 Pañcatantra
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 20/20
Title: Pañcatantra
Dimensions: 30 x 6 cm x 49 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date: LS 196
Acc No.: NAK 5/870
Remarks:
Reel No. A 20-20
Inventory No. 52029
Title [Pañcatantrasaṃkṣepa]
Author
Subject Nīti
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 34.5 x 5.5 cm
Binding Hole one in the centre
Folios 17
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1-1475
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namo gaṇapataye ||
manave vācaspataye śukrāya parāśarāya sasutāya |
cāṇakyāya viduṣe namo stu nṛpaśāstrakarttṛbhyaḥ ||
⁅grantha⁆///9 mandadhīmatāṃ |
bodhāya pañcatantrākhyam idaṃ saṃkṣipya likhya〇te |
anyadīyo pi likhitaḥ śloko yaṃ prakramāgataḥ |
sūnyatvād grantha⁅vi⁆stāradoṣas tena na jāyate ||
astīha sakala devatādhi〇ṣṭhānaṃ sakalavidyuj(!)jananivāsaṃ pāṭaliputranāmadheyanagaraṃ | tatra sarvasvāmiguṇopetaḥ sudarśano nāma narapati ā〇śīt | sa cātmīyaputrāṇām anadhigataśāstrāṇām anuṣṭhānenodvignamanāś cintayāmāsa || (fol. 1v1–5)
Sub-colophons
++⁅pta⁆m idam mitrabhedābhidhānaṃ prathamatantraṃ || ❁ || (fol. *21v3)
samāptam idam mitraprāptir nnāma dvitīyatantraṃ || ❁ || (fol. 32r3)
samāptam idaṃ sandhivigrahākhyaṃ tṛtīyatantraṃ || ❁ || (fol. 44v1)
samāptañ cedaṃ labdhanāsan nāma caturthatantraṃ || ❁ || (fol. 44v4–5)
End
///⁅ñcatantrakaṃ⁆ || ❁ || śrīmatāmiśramahīdhareṇālekhi pañcatantrapustikā ||
punautigrāme śrī ///⁅site ṣaṣṭhyāṃ⁆ ṣaṇnavatiśataikābde || śu〇bham astu || śrīgurucaraṇapaṅkajāya namaskurmmahe || śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
nāgo bhāti madena kañ jalaruhaiḥ pūrṇṇendunā sarvarī
śīle〇na pramadā javena turago nityotsavair mmandiraṃ |
vāṇī vyākaraṇena haṃsamithunair nnadyaḥ sabhā paṇḍitaiḥ
satputreṇa kulaṃ tvayā vasumatī lokatrayaṃ viṣṇunā || 1 ||
vaidyaṃ pānarataṃ naṭaṅ kupaṭhitaṃ svādhyāyahīnaṃ dvijaṃ
yuddhe kāpuruṣaṃ hayaṃ gatarayaṃ mūrkhaḥ (!) parivrājakaṃ |
rājānañ ca kumantribhiḥ〇 parivṛtaṃ deśañ ca sopadravaṃ
bhāryā (!) yauvanagarvvitāṃ pararatāṃ muñcanti śīghraṃ budhāḥ ||
///tipathyāsī kalpatā svayam arogī +++++dharmārthayaśāṃsi ca vinītaḥ || 3 ||
tabdhasya naśyati yaśo viṣamasya mitraṃ naṣṭakriya (fol. 49v1–6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 19/21
Date of Filming 31-08-70
Exposures 20
Used Copy Hamburg
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by DA
Date 19-11-2004
