A 1350-3 Ratneśvaraprādurbhāva(nāṭaka)

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Filmed in: A 1350/3
Title: Ratneśvaraprādurbhāva[nāṭaka]
Dimensions: x cm x folios
Material: paper?
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Reel No. A 1350-3

Inventory No. 50870

Title Ratneśvaraprādurbhavopākhyāna

Remarks This drama was performed on the occasion of the marriage of King Bhūpatīndra Malla.

Author

Subject Nāṭaka

Language Maithili, Sanskrit and Newari

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material paper

State incomplete, available folios: 1–7, 12–25 and 27–56

Size 30.5 x 9.3 cm

Binding Hole

Folios 51

Lines per Folio 7

Foliation figures in the right margin of the verso

King Bhūpatīndra Malla

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/1697

Manuscript Features

The manuscript contains four aṅkas of the nāṭaka. Many folios are lost in the middle.

The handwriting changes in fol. 12r.

In fols. 21, 28, 55v and 56v the letters are slightly disrupted.

Excerpts

Beginning

nṛtyeśvarāya namaḥ ||    ||

atha nāndīślokaḥ ||

yasyāṅge girinandinī suranadī śīrṣe sadā rājate,
bhāle candrakalā śrutau phaṇipatiḥ kaṇṭhe mahānīlimā |
prītir bhaktajane ratiḥ pitṛivane keliś ca sārdhaṅganaiḥ (!)
sosmān pātu sadāśivas trijagatām īśo vibhūs sarvadaḥ ||    ||

nāndima || mālava || (ja yū ya a pra e pra ru) || jayajaya | karakairavaśaśadharasundaradeha, āre | himakaramaṇḍitapiṅgalajaṭataṭanaṭagṛharacitasugeho raviśaśianalanayane || (fol. 1v1–4)

End

śaṅkha, he loka śrīśrī jayabhūpatīndramalladevasya +++++ vṛddhir astu || sarvve tathāstu(!) ||    || ārati || ++++++++ jaladhibhūpālety ādi || +++||    || (fol. 56v5–7)

Sub-colophon

iti caturthoṅka(!) samāptaḥ ||    || śubham astu || (fol. 56v7)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1350/3

Date of Filming 03-11-1988

Exposures 54

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks = A 352/1

Catalogued by RT

Date 04-01-2003