A 20-6 Śakuntalā
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 20/6
Title: Śakuntalā(nāṭaka)
Dimensions: 37.5 x 5 cm x 25 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nāṭaka and Nāṭyaśāstra
Date: LS 424
Acc No.: NAK 5/784
Remarks:
Reel No. A 20-6
Title Śakuntalā
Author Kālidāsa
Subject Nāṭaka
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Maithilī
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete, slightly damaged
Size 5.0 x 37.5 cm
Binding Hole 1
Folios 25
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso
Scribe Miśraśrībhīma?<ref name="ftn1">A person whose name begins with "miśraśrībhīma" is mentioned in the colophon, but his function cannot be determined.</ref>
Date of Copying LS 424
Place of Copying Kaṅkapura
Place of Deposite NAK
Accession No. 5-784
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Manuscript Features
The last folio is placed at the beginning. Extant folios are: 39-51 and 61-72.
Excerpts
Beginning
ṇā parijane bhogeṣv anutsekinī
yānty evaṃ gṛhiṇīpadaṃ yuvatayo vāmā[[ḥ]] kulasyādhayaḥ ||
katham vā gautamī manyate |
gautamī , jadā ettiko kkhu vahuaṇe uvaeso jo da(!) avadhārehi edaṃ ,
kaṇvaḥ , ehi pariṣvajasva māṃ sakhījanañ ca
śaku tāda kiṃ ido jjea piasahīo viṇivattassanti(!)
kaṇvaḥ , vatse ime api pradeye tan na yuktam anayos tatra gamanaṃ tvayā saha gautamī gamiṣyati
pitur aṅkam āśliṣya kadhaṃ tādassa aṅkādo paribbhaṭṭhā malayapavvadummūlidā via candaṇaladā desantare jīvidaṃ dhārayissaṃ ,
iti roditi
ka⁅ṇvaḥ⁆ vatse kim evaṃ kātar[[ā]]si ,
abhijanavato bhartuḥ ślāghye sthitā gṛhiṇīpade
vibhavagurubhiḥ kṛtyair asya pratikṣaṇam ākulā
tanayam acirāt prācīrārkkaṃ prasūya ca pāvanaṃ
mama virahajāṃ na tvaṃ vatse śucaṃ gaṇayiṣyasi ||
api ca idam avadhāraya |
yadā śarīrasya śarīriṇaś ca pṛthak tvam ekāntatayeva bhāvi |
āhāryya yogena vimucyamānaḥ pareṇa ko nāma bhaved viṣādī ||
śaku pituḥ pādayoḥ patitvā tāda vandāmi
kaṇvaḥ yad aham īhe tad astu te (fol. 39r1-39v2)
Sub-Colophons
(sa)kuntalāprasthāno nāma caturtho 'ṅkaḥ || 4 || (fol. 40v3)
End
gālava madvacanād idānī⟪ṃ⟫m eva vihāya sā gatvā tatrabhavate kaṇvāya priyam āvedaya , yathā putravatī śakuntalā durvvāsasaḥ śāpanivṛttau smṛtimatā du⁅ssa⁆ntena pratigṛhīteti ,
śiṣya , yathājñāpayati bhavān iti niṣkrāntaḥ ||
mārī , vatsa sa tvam api sāgadyadāraḥ sakhyur ākhaṇḍalasya ratham āsthāya svarājadhānīṃ pratiṣṭhasva
rājā , yathājñāpayati bhavān
mārī , api ca saṃprati
tava bhavatu vilojāḥ prājyavṛṣṭi(!) prajābhya(!)
tvam api vihitayajño vajriṇam bhāvayālaṃ |
gurutaraparivṛttair evam anyonyavṛrtyai(!)
niyatam ubhayalokānugrahaślāghanīyaṃ ||
api ca ||
kratubhir ucitabhāgās(!) tvam surān bhāvayālaṃ
surapatir api vṛṣṭiṃ tvatprajārthaṃ vidhattī |
iti samam upakāravyañjitaśrīmahimnor
vrajatu bahutitho sau sauhṛdenāpi kā(laḥ) ||
rājā +⁅ham⁆ api yathāśakti śreyase pratiyatiṣye ,
mārīciḥ kim te bhūyaḥ priyam ukaromi(!) , bhagavann ataḥ param api priyam asti tathāpi yadi bhagavān paraṃ karttum icchati tad etad astu
pravarttatāṃ prakṛtihitāya pārtthivaḥ
sarasvatī śrutimatāṃ mahīyasāṃ |
mayāpi ca kṣapayatu nīlalohitaḥ
punarbbhavaṃ parigatabhaktir ātmabhūḥ ||
mārīciḥ evam astu ||
iti niḥkrāntāḥ sarvve ⁅śā⁆kuntalāsāmāgamo nāma saptamo ṅkaḥ samāpta[[ḥ]] || (fol. 71v3-72r4)
Colophon
la saṃ 424 pauṣaśuklapurṇṇimāyāṃ ravau kaṅkapure miśraśrībhīmamahā++++++++ (fol. 72r4)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 20/6
Date of Filming 31-08-1970
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks Fols. 49v-50r have been filmed twice.
Catalogued by AM
Date 11-10-2006
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