A 83-2 Aṣṭāvakropaniṣad

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 83/2
Title: Aṣṭāvakropaniṣad
Dimensions: 18 x 9 cm x 35 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Vedānta
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/466
Remarks:

Reel No. A 83-2 Inventory No. 4738

Title Aṣṭavakropaniṣat

Subject Upaniṣat

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material Indian paper

State incomplete, missing

Size 18.0 x 9.0 cm

Folios 35

Lines per Folio 7-8

Foliation figures in the upper left-hand margins of verso, beneath the title: aṣṭā ṭī

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/466

Manuscript Features

few ślokas on exp.1; faded

Missing fol. 2, 11,

Excerpts

Beginning

///(śrīmangaṇā) dhipataye namaḥ ||

śrīmamgalānanda gurave namaḥ(2)

. . . . . . . . śāṃtaṃ mokṣamārgapradarśiṇaṃ ||

dai(3)tyavānvaṃ (!) hitārthāya aṣṭāvakraṃ stu liṣ⟩ate || 1 ||

(4)janaka uvāca ||

kathaṃ jñānam avāpnoti kathaṃ mukti(5)r bhaviṣyati ||

vairāgyaṃ ca kathaṃ prāptaṃ etat tvaṃ vrūhi(6) me prabho || 1 ||

muktim icchasi cet tātaḥ viṣayān vi–(missing fol. 2) (fol. 1v1–6)

End

ṣaḍ ūllāsa laye caivo⟪u⟫padeśe⟪ca⟩⟩ catuś catuḥ ||

paṃcakam(6) yad anubhave baṃdhamokṣe catuṣkakam || 98 ||

nirvvedopaśa(7)me jñāne evam evāṣṭakaṃ bhavet ||

yathā sukhe saptakaṃ ca śāṃte syā(8)d ekasammatiṃ (!) || 99 ||

tato (!) padeśe viśac ca (!) daśājñānopadeśake ||– (fol. 35v5–8)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 83/2

Exposures 37

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks MTM; Twice filmed fol. 6(3 times),17,

Catalogued by MS

Date 30-03-2005

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