A 26-8 Rājavarṇana
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 26/8
Title: Rājavarṇana
Dimensions: 38.5 x 4.5 cm x 8 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Itihāsa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/7972
Remarks: subject uncertain;
Reel No. A 26-8
Inventory No. 44122
Title Rājavarṇana
Subject Kāvya
Language Sanskrit
Text Features a collection of verses in praise of a king’s qualities
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete
Size 38.5 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, rectangular, in the centre
Folios 8
Lines per Folio 4–6
Foliation figures in the middle of the left-hand margin of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/ 7972
Manuscript Features
On the back of fol. 1 the title rājavarṇanam is written in Devanagari characters.
In the right-hand margin of fol. 1v the following is inscribed: likhitam etat pustakaṃ śrī….saśarmmaṇa iti.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṁ namas tasmai ||
kiñ cintāmaṇiṇā vaṇiggṛhakuṭī koṇāntarasthāyinā
kiṃ māhendramanovinodapaṭunā kalpadrume⟪nā⟫ṇāpi vā |
kiṃ vairocaninātibhīṣaṇata(rā)dholokalīnātmanā
rājānaṃ bhuvi⟪− ⌣ − ⌣⟫m atulaṃ he yācakāḥ paśyata ||
api ca ||
trailokyaikapaṭī paṭī ca paṭalī saubhā〇gyapāṭaccavī (!)
sphītasphāṭikadambhapāṭalapaṭuprāgalbhyasambhā⁅ra⁆bhāk |
bhūmībhūṣaṇabhāsk⟪ā⟫aro dhikabhujā te jrastate (!) tāvakī
kīrtiḥ komalakakṣakundakumudākārā ciraṃ krīḍatu ||
jaya jaya sa〇maramahārṇṇavamathana mandara ripuvanitā-valivalitakandaraprasūnaśarāsanātisundara vibudhaparipālanaikapurandara vīra ||
khañjanadampatigañjanakārakamañjalalocanara〇ñjitasajjanabhañjitadurjjana-puñjitasadguṇatuñjitadurmmadadīnajanāvanahīnagaṇāhitapīnabhujadvaya vīṇaparājaya
(fol. 1v1–5)
End
śravasaṃ śālasamarppa[[ṇa]]patraśarāvaliśātitaśātravaśūraśarīrakavisrutaśoṇita-dhārādhoraṇidharaṇivadhūtanukalpitakomalakuṅkumapaṅkālaṅkāraṃ gataśaṅkāmitrātaṅkādhāyakasāyakapūraṃ dūram udīkṣya tvām adhisamaraṃ
ke pi kṛpāṇaṃ prāṇasamā〇laṃ vijahati kṛpaṇāḥ
ke pi nirāśā dhārann āśāḥ ke cana cakitā muṃcanty ucitā |
la(ṅkṛ)tijātaṃ ke cana kanthālambikuṭhārā jhaṭiti bhajante
ke pi na hastodastakṛpāṇās ti(ṣṭhanty a[[ra]]yo bhavataḥ purataḥ ||
virodhibhaṭakandhurārudhir adhoraṇīṃ dhārayā
dharādhipamahān asiḥ samarasīmani śrīmataḥ |
sa vidyud iva 〇 toyadaḥ sphurati yasya dhārāmbhasā
śamaṃ sapadi nīyate pratinṛpapratāpānalaḥ ||
(i)māni manujaprajair yyudhi samunnato mūrttimān
pratāpadahanas tava kvathitavairivarggodadhiḥ |
tamonikarakomalākaravilolitā tatra
te kṛpāṇala.i+++
(fol. 8v1–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 26/8
Date of Filming 07-09-1970
Exposures 11
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by OH
Date 14-04-2005
