A 27-1 Harivaṃśa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 27/1
Title: Harivaṃśa
Dimensions: 57.5 x 5 cm x 414 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: NS 292
Acc No.: NAK 1/455
Remarks:
Reel No. A 27-1
Inventory No. 23470
Title Harivaṃśa
Author Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State almost complete
Size 57.5 x 5.5 cm
Binding Hole 2
Folios 414
Lines per Folio 5
Illustrations 2 illustrated cover-leafs
Date of Copying NS 292
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/455
Manuscript Features
The actual order of fols. is as follows: 1–38; 409; 39–333; 335–360; 362–408;
410–416. Fols. 334 and 361 are missing.
On a few fols. the writing is partly rubbed off. Exposures 1–2 and 425–426 show two illustrated cover-leaves.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṁ namo nārāyaṇāya ||
naimiṣāraṇye kulapatiḥ | śona (!) uvāca ||
saute ṣumahad (!) ākhyānaṃ bhavatā parikīrtti〇taṃ |
bharatānāñ ca sarvveṣāṃ pārthivānān tathaiva ca |
devānān dānavā[[nā]]ñ ca gandharvvoragarakṣasāṃ |
daityānām atha siddhānāṃ guhyakā〇nāṃ tathaiva ca |
atyadbhṛtāni (!) karmāṇi vikramā dharmaniścayāḥ |
viñcitāñ (!) ca kathāyogā janma cāgryam anuttamaḥ (!) |
kathitaṃ bhava[[tā]] sarvvapurāṇa (!) ślakṣṇayā girā
manaḥkarṇṇasukhan tasyā prīṇāty amṛt⟪y⟫asammitaṃ |
tatra janma ku〇rūṇāñ ca ⁅sam⁆proktaṃ lomaharṣaṇe |
na tu vṛṣṇyandhakānāṃ vai tad bhavān prabravītu naḥ ||
sūta uvāca ||
janamejayena yat pṛṣṭhaḥ śiṣyo 〇 vyāsasya dharmavit |
tat te haṃ kīttiyiṣyami (!) vṛṣṇīnā (!) kulam āditaḥ |
śrutvetihāsaṃ kāsnyena (!) bharatāṇā (!) sa bhārataḥ |
janamejayo mahāprājñya[[o]] vaisaṃpāyanamm abravīt |
mahābhāratam ākhyānaṃ bahvartthan dharmasahitaṃ |
kathitaṃ bhavatā vipra vi〇stareṇa mayā śrutaṃ |
(fol. 1v1–3)
End
purāṇavesa〇saṃbaddhaḥ śivaḥ svastyamanaḥ paraḥ |
pāyanaḥ sarvvapāyānāṃ sātviko vijayaṅkara[[ḥ |]]
aputro labhate putraṃm (!) adhano labhate dhanaḥ (!) |
vyādhito mucyate rogād baddhaś cāpy a〇vabandhanāt |
idam amara[[..]]sya bhārata prathitabalasya jaya mahātmanaḥ |
satata(416r1)m iha hi yaḥ paṭhi(to) dāsugatim ito vrajate gatajva(l)aḥ ||
dhanyayaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ śa〇kranāśanam eva .eti || ❁ ||
(fol. 415v4–416r1)
Colophon
❖ sa śrīmān acaladbhavārṇṇavanavālaṃkāramukta (!) maṇiḥ
śāntaḥ śaṅkarasiṃha ity avitathaṃ nāmāpi ramyaṃ vahan |
yasyā − ⌣ lakūlamudrajayaśaḥ kṣīrād apūre raviḥ
sadyājātasudhāṃśuvibhramamasaṃ bibhrad bhṛśaṃ śobhate ||
etasmād udagād agādh〇nidhibhūr ambhodhidhīr ā|| ❁ ||śayaḥ |
śrīrāmārjunasiṃha ity atitarāṃ khyātāṃ sa〇mākhyāṃ (tāṃ dave tra |)
yasyāgre gurutāṃ surāsuragurur manye na saṃprāptataḥ
śaśvān nirmalacittadarpaṇatalonmīlan na [[..]] śrībhṛtaḥ ||
tasyāpatyam anantakāntimadhuro ma[[rttāsa]]varggo yamaḥ
śrīmān la〇kṣmaṇasiṃha ity asunṛtāṃ yaṃ nāma karṇṇām pritaṃ |
udgāḍha[[ā]]taruṇin nimohagahane prātyantaśantaśri〇yaḥ |
śāstraṃ śrīharivaṃse (!) saṃjñakam idaṃ sa śraddhapālālikhat |
yan nāṃno duritaprabhāṃ | hitakṛtām ekavyam avyeti (sa)
tasyāvaśyam anaśvarā api bhṛśaṃ naśyanti pa.ā.a yāḥ |
vaṃśa (!) ta〇sya harer udīrṇṇamanasaḥ | karṇṇāvataṃsaḥ satāṃm (!)
uttaṃsaḥ kavikarmaṇāṃ | bhavatu vaḥ saṃkalpakalpa⟪ka⟫〇⟨⟨lpa⟩⟩drumaḥ |
nayanagrahakaravarṣe | dvādaśyāṃ māghamāsi śuklāyāṃ bhūbhṛti caruṭadeve pravarddhamā⁅ne⁆ samāptam idaṃ || ❁ ||
(fol. 416r1–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 27/1
Date of Filming 07-09-1970
Exposures 427
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by OH
Date 18-04-2005
