A 24-10 Kumārasambhava
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 24/10
Title: Kumārasambhava
Dimensions: 31 x 4.5 cm x 39 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/839
Remarks:
Inventory No.: 36778
Reel No.: A 24/10
Title Kumārasambhava
Author Kālidāsa
Subject Kāvya
Language Sanskrit
Text Features The text ends with the 7th chapter.
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State slightly damaged
Size 31.0 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, in the centre
Folios 39
Lines per Folio 5
Accession No. 5-839
Manuscript Features
The manuscript seems to be complete, as the last folio is left blank after two lines.
The letter śrī is written in the left-hand margin of the verso of each folio. Some marginal corrections and additions.
The manuscript is neatly written, contains few mistakes and is on the whole well legible. On some folios the script is rubbed off. Only the first and the last folio are slightly damaged.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ bhavānīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ ||
asty uttarasyāṃ diśi devatātmā himālayo nāma nagādhirājaḥ |
pūrvvāparau toyanidhī vigāhya sthitaḥ pṛthivyā iva mānadaṇḍaḥ ||
yaṃ sarvvaśailāḥ parikalpya vatsaṃ merau sthite dogdhari dohadakṣe |
bhāsvanti ratnāni mahauṣadhīś ca pṛthūpadiṣṭāṃ duduhur ddharitrīm ||
anantaratnaprabhavasya yasya himan na saubhāgyavilopi jātaṃ |
eko hi doṣo guṇasannipāte nimajjatīndoḥ kiraṇeṣv ivāṅkaḥ ||
yaś cāpsarovibhramamaṇḍanānāṃ ⁅saṃpā⁆dayitrīṃ śikharair bbibhartti |
balāhakacchedavibhaktarāgām akālasandhyām iva dhātumattām ||
āmekhalaṃ sañcaratāṃ ghanānāṃ cchāyām iṣe sānu///
///jitā vṛṣṭibhir āśrayante śṛṇgāni yasyātapavanti siddhāḥ || (fol. 1v1-5)
Sub-colophons
iti kumārasambhave mahākāvye umotpattir nnāma prathamaḥ sarggaḥ (fol. 6r4) (exp. 006)
iti kumārasambhave mahākāvye brahmābhivarṇṇano nāma dvitīyaḥ sarggaḥ (fol. 10r2-3) (exp. 010)
iti kumārasambhave mahākāvye kāmadahano nāma tṛtīyaḥ sarggaḥ || || (fol. 16r4) (exp. 016)
iti kumārasambhave mahākāvye rativilāpo nāma caturtha(!) sarggaḥ (fol. 19v3) (exp. 20)
iti kumārasambhave mahākāvye pañcamaḥ sarggaḥ (fol. 26v3) (exp. 027)
|| ❁ || iti śrīkālidāsakṛtau kumārasambhave mahākāvye umāpradāno nāma ṣaṣṭhaḥ sarggaḥ || (fol. 32r1) (exp. 032)
End
avāpya rūpaṃ haradṛṣṭipūtaṃ devais tv anaṅgaḥ kṛtapāṇisaṃjñaḥ ||
devyāḥ sakāśe praṇipatya rudraṃ trāsena norddhvaṃ mukham unnanāma ||
utiṣṭha(!) vatseti hareṇa coktas tyaktvā bhayaṃ tasya puraḥ pratasthe ||
bhāryāṃ tataḥ paśyati<ref name="ftn1">Four syllables are missing here.</ref> prītyunmukhaṃ cūtasaraṃ vahantaṃ ||
pūrvvaṃ yathā devapatir(!) nniyogaṃ mūrddhnā vahat kārmmukabāṇahastaḥ ||
prāptas tathaivvā-ṇajendragāmī prodbhidyamāno navayauvanena ||
atha vibudhagaṇās tān indramaulir vvisṛjya
kṣitidharapatikanyām ādadānaḥ kareṇa ||
kanakakalasarakṣābhaktiśobhāsanāthaṃ
kṣitiviracitaśayyaṃ kautukāgāram āgāt ||
++++<ref name="ftn2">A small piece of leaf is broken away.</ref> ṇayalajjābhūṣaṇān tatra gaurīṃ
vadanam a‥harantīn tatkṛtākṣepam īśaḥ |
atha śayanasakhībhyo dattavācaṃ kathañ cit
prathame mukhavikārair ⁅hāsayām āsa gūḍham⁆ || ❁ ||
(38r2-39v1)
Colophon
iti kumārasambhave mahākāvye saptamaḥ sarggaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 39v2)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 24/10
Date of Filming 04-09-1970
Exposures 41
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by AM
Date 2004
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