A 375-7 Kumārasaṃbhava and Kathaṃbhūtī
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 375/7
Title: Kathaṃbhūtī
Dimensions: 28.1 x 9.1 cm x 106 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/271
Remarks: commentary on Kumārasambhava
Reel No. A 375/7
Inventory No. 36859
Title Kumārasaṃbhava and Kathaṃbhūtī
Remarks
Author Kālidāsa and ??
Subject Kāvya
Language Sanskrit
Reference BSP 2, p. 53, no. 69 (4/271)
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 28.1 x 9.1 cm
Binding Hole(s)
Folios 106
Lines per Page 7
Foliation figures in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāma on the verso; on the first folio, the folio number is repeated in the upper left-hand margin under the abbrevaition ku. ṭī.
Scribe
Date of Copying
Place of Copying
King
Donor
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/271
Manuscript Features
Fols. 1–106 are available.
The commentary runs form the very beginning up to the middle of v.13 of the 7th sarga, while the root text, which is written in the top and bottom margins, runs only up to v. 6 of the 1st sarga.
Excerpts
«Beginning of the root text»
«Beginning of the root text:»
asty uttarasyāṃ diśi devatātmā
himālayo nāma nagādhirājaḥ ||
pūrvāparau toyanidhi (!) vagāhya
sthitaḥ pṛthivyā iva mānadaṇḍaḥ || 1 || (fol. 1v; top margin)
«Beginning of the commentary»
❖ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
pratyūhanāśanapaṭuṃ mṛḍaśūnum ādau,
śaktyā yutaṃ guruvaraṃ ca sarasvatīṃ ca |
natvā karomi kila bālavibodhanāya
ṭīkāṃ kumārajanināmani kāvyavadha (!) ||
tatrādau graṃthakarttā kavicakracūḍāmaṇiḥ śrīmānkālidāso nāmāvighnaparisamāptaye kathādibījaṃbhūtaṃ (!) vastu nirddiśya maṃgalam ācarati sma astīti || himālayo nāma nagādhirājaḥ uttarasyāṃ diśi astīty anvayaḥ himānāṃ ālayaḥ himālayaḥ kathaṃbhūtaḥ devātātmā, devataiva ātmā yasya saḥ [|] nagānāṃ adhirājaḥ nagādhirājaḥ punaḥ <ref>This looks like an upadhmāniiyavisarga.</ref> kathaṃbhūtaḥ pṛthivyā mānadaṇḍa iva sthitaḥ mānārthaṃ daṇḍaḥ mānadaṇḍaḥ kiṃ kṛtvā pūrvvāparau, toyanidhī vigāhya, pūrvvaś cāparaś ca, pūrvvāparau || 1 || (fol. 1v1–6)
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«End of the commentary»
madhyaṃ kautukavedimadhyaṃ kathaṃbhūtaṃ kautukavedimadhyaṃ vitānavaṃtaṃ vitānaṃ vidyate yasyāsau vitānavān taṃ vitānavaṃtaṃ punaḥ kathaṃbhūtaṃ kautukavedimadhyaṃ maṇiṣṭaṃbhacatuṣṭayena (!) maṇināṃ (!) staṃbhā maṇistaṃbhā maṇistaṃbhānāṃ catuṣṭayaṃ maṇiṣṭaṃbhacatuṣṭaya (!) tena maṇistaṃbhacatuṣṭayena punaḥ kathaṃbhūtaṃ kautakavedimadhyaṃ klṛptāsanaṃ yasmin saḥ[,] klṛptāsanaḥ taṃ klṛptāsanaṃ || 12 || tām iti | nāryaḥ tāṃ pārvatīṃ tatra tasyāṃ vedikāyāṃ prāṅmukhīṃ niveśya puro niṣaṇāḥ (!) saṃtāḥ (!) kṣaṇaṃ vyalaṃbaṃta kasmin sa sa (!) ʼpi prasādhane sannihite saty api kathaṃbhūtā nāryaḥ bhūtātmaśobhāhṛyamā (!) /// (fol. 106v3–7 )
Colophon
iti kumārasaṃbhave mahākāvye kathaṃbhūtīṭikāyāṃ (!) umāpradāno nāma saṣṭhaḥ (!) sargaḥ || || (fol. 103r6–7)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 0375/7
Date of Filming 04-07-1972
Exposures 111
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks two exposures of fols. 31v–32r and 56v–57r; fol. 102r is out of focus.
Catalogued by NK
Date 30-05-2007
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