A 18-12 (13) Amarakoṣa

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 18/12
Title: Amarakoṣa
Dimensions: 31.5 x 5 cm x 30 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kośa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/887
Remarks:

Reel No. A 18-12

Inventory No. New

Title Amarakoṣa

Remarks This is the thirteenth part of a MTM which also contains the text the Amarakoṣa prakīrṇas and others.

Subject Koṣa

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State damaged, incomplete, available fols.15 and 21

Size 31.5 x 5.0 cm

Binding Hole in middle.

Folios 30

Lines per Folio 4

Foliation figures in the right-hand margin and letters in the left-hand margin

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 5/887

Manuscript Features

These are prakīrṇa folios. It contains Amarakoṣa prathamakāṇḍa śābdādivarga śloka 3 to 14 (fol. 15) and pātālavarga śloka 8 to vārivarga śloka 5 (fol. 21) according to Rāmāśramī commentary of Bhānuji Dīkṣit in this text.

Excerpts

Beginning

strayī sikṣatyādi sune raṃgam oṃkārapraṇavau samau |

itihāsaḥ purāvṛttam udānnādyāstra trayaḥ svarāḥ ||

ānvīkṣi/// (2) rtha śāstrayoḥ

ākhyāyikopalabdhārthā purāṇaṃ pañcaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ 〇 | (15r1–2/exp.39)

End

āpaḥ strī bhūmni vārvvāri salilaṃ kamala /// (5)

mṛta jīvanaṃ bhuvanaṃ vanaṃ |

kabandham udakaṃ pāthaḥ puṣkaraṃ sarvvato mukhaṃ |

aṃbho'rṇastoyapānīya kṣīranīrāṃbusaṃvaraṃ |

meghapuṣpaṃ ghana /// (fol. 21v4–5/exp.38)

Colophon

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Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 18/12m

Date of Filming 27-08-1970

Exposures 47

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks The text is on exp. 37–40

Catalogued by JM/KT

Date 23-07-2007