A 1350-20 Kāmandakīya(nītisāra)

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1350/20
Title: Kāmandakīya[nītisāra]
Dimensions: 38.5 x 11.5 cm x 36 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/240
Remarks:

Reel No. A 1350-20 Inventory No. 95959

Reel No.: A 1350/20

Title Kāmandakīyanītisāra

Author Kāmandaka

Subject Nīti

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material paper

State incomplete, available folios: 1–16 and 2–21.

Size 38.5 x 11.5 cm

Folios 36

Lines per Folio 7–9

Foliation figures; on the first 16 folios the folio numbers are written in the lower right margin of the verso, but on the second set of folios numbered 2–21, the folio numbers are written in the middle of the right margin of the verso. rāma is written over the folio number in the second set of folios (numbered 2–21).

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/240

Manuscript Features

The manuscript contains 2–15 sargas of the text.

The first 16 folios contains 10–15 (up to the 63^rd śloka of the 15^th sarga) sargas. Folios 2–21 contains 2–9 (some ślokas of the 2^nd sarga are lost) sargas.

Excerpts

Beginning

oṃ namaḥ sarasvatyai ||

amarṣopagṛhītānaṃ manyusantaptacetasāṃ ||

parasparāpakāreṇa puṃsāṃ bhavati vigrahaḥ || 1 ||

arthitā (!) syu (!) dayākāṃkṣī pīḍyamānaḥ pareṇa vā ||

deśakālavalopetaḥ prārabhataiva vigrahaṃ || 2 || (fol. 1r1–2)

End

iti sma sandhiṃ khalu sandhivittamā

babhāṣire pūrvvatamā maharṣayaḥ |

tadetadevaṃ vinayan nareśvaraḥ

samīkṣa kāryaṃ guru cetarad dvidhā || || ❖ || (fol. 21r8–21v1)

Colophon

iti śrīkāmandakīye navamaḥ sarggaḥ samāptaḥ || | ❖ | ❖ || ❖ || ❖ ||❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || ❖ || (fol. 21v1–2)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1350/20

Date of Filming 15-11-1988

Exposures 40

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks two exposures of 11v–12r (second foliation)

Catalogued by RT

Date 28-01-2003

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