A 21-1 Hitopadeśa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 21/1
Title: Hitopadeśa
Dimensions: 33.5 x 4.5 cm x 31 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari; none
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/869
Remarks: Folios 1 to 5 have also been filmed on Reel A 20/24.
Reel No. A 21-1
Title Hitopadeśa
Subject Nīti
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete
Size 33.5 x 3.5
Binding Hole 1, left of the centre
Folios 37
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation letters in the left and figures in the right margin of the verso
Place of Deposite NAK
Accession No. 5-869
Manuscript Features
Two folios, which originally belonged to another Hitopadeśa manuscript, have been added at the end. Both are numbered in letters and figures on the verso side and are written upon in 5-6 lines to a page in Newari script. Both are damaged with some loss of text. The first of them is numbered as 14 in letters and 104 in figures, the second as 17 in letters and 10+ in figures (the last digit of the number is lost).
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namaḥ śivāya ||
siddhiḥ sādhye satām astu prasādāt tasya dhūrjjaṭeḥ |
jāhnavīphenalekheva yanmūrddhni śaśinaḥ kalā ||
śruto hitopadeśo 'yaṃ pāṭavaṃ saṃṣkṛtoktiṣu(!) |
vācāṃ sarvvatra vaici(tryaṃ) nītividyān dadāti ca ||
ajarāmaravat prājño vidyām arthañ ca ciṃtayet |
gṛhīta iva keśeṣu mṛtyunā dharmmam ācaret ||
sarvvadravyeṣu vidyaiva dravyam āhur anuttamaṃ |
ahāryatvād anarghatvād akṣayatvāc ca sarvvadā || (fol. 1v1-3)
End
damanakaḥ pṛcchati katham etat | so 'bravīt ||
asti magadhadeśe dharmmāraṇyasannihitavasudhāyāṃ śubhadattanāmnā krāyasthena(!) vihāraḥ kārayitum ārabdhaḥ | tatra karapatradāryamāṇaikastambhasya kiyad dūrapāṭitakhaṇḍadvayaṃ madhye kīlakaṃ nidhāya dhṛtaṃ |
tatra vanavāsī mahān vāṇara(!)yūthaḥ krīḍann āgataḥ | teṣv eko vānaraḥ kāladaṇḍaprerita iva taṃ kīlakaṃ hastābhyāṃ dhṛtvopaviṣṭaḥ | tatas tasya mu(ska)duya(!) lambamānaṃ kāṣṭakhaṇḍadvayābhyantare praviṣṭam | anantaraṃ sahajacañcalatayā mahatā prayatne° (fol. 35v2-5)
additional folio, beginning
++++++++ śṛṇu deva tena cakravākena mantriṇā ha⁅ṃ⁆ prathamada⁅r⁆śana eva jñātaḥ | kin tu mahāśayo sau rājā +++++++++++++++ (fol. 14r1) (exp.039)
additional folio, end
pariṇāmo hi dāruṇaḥ || vrajanti na nivarttante srotāṃ° (fol. 17v6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 21/1
Date of Filming 31-08-1970
Exposures 42
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks Folios 1 to 5 are also found on Reel A 20/24, but in a lower qualitiy.
Catalogued by AM
Date 11-07-2007
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