A 375-9 Kumārasambhava (1 to 8 cantos)
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 375/9
Title: Kumārasambhava
Dimensions: 34.6 x 8.4 cm x 34 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1140
Remarks:
Reel No. A 375/9
Inventory No. 36804
Title Kumārasaṃbhava
Remarks
Author Kālidāsa
Subject Kāvya
Language Sanskrit
Reference BSP 2, p. 48, no. 45 (1/1140)
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State complete; most of the folios are damaged in the right margins, and on fols. 5v and 30 (i.e. 30r–30v) are damaged lost of a few letters.
Size 34.6 x 8.4 cm
Binding Hole(s)
Folios 34
Lines per Page 7–8
Foliation figures in the middle of the right-hand margin on the verso
Scribe
Date of Copying
Place of Copying
King
Donor
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/1140
Manuscript Features
The text runs form the very beginning up to the end of the 8th sarga.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ bhavānīśaṃkarābhyāṃ namaḥ |
asty uttarasyāṃ diśi devatātmā,
himālayo nāma nagādhirājaḥ |
pūrvvāparau [[to]]yanidhī vagāhya,
sthitaḥ pṛthivyā iva mānadaṇḍaḥ ||
yaṃ sarvvaśailāḥ parikalpya vatsaṃ,
merau sthite dogdhari dohadakṣe |
bhāsvanti ratnāni mahauṣadhīś ca,
pṛthupadiṣṭāṃ (!) duduhur ddharitrīm ||
anantaratnapravasya (!) yasya
himan na saubhāgyavilopi jātaṃ |
eko hi doṣo guṇasannipāte,
nimajjatīndoḥ kiraṇeṣv ivāṃkaḥ || (fol. 1v1–3)
End
tena bhinnaviṣadottaracchadaṃ, (!)
madhyapiṇḍitavisūtramekhalaṃ |
nirmmale ʼpi śayanaṃ niśātyaye,
nojjhitañ caraṇarāgalāñchitam || ||
sa priyāmukharasaṃ divāniśaṃ,
kāmabuddhijananaṃ siṣeviṣuḥ ||
darśanapraṇayitām adṛśyatām
ājagāma vijayāniveditāt ||
samadivasaniśīthaṃ saṃjñimas (!) tatra śambhoḥ
śatam agamad ṛtūnāṃ sārddham ekā niśeva |
navasuratasukheṣu cchinnatṛṣṇo babhūva
jvalana iva samudrāntarggatas taj jalaughe || ❖ || || || (fol. 34r8–34v3)
Colophon
iti kumārasaṃbhave mahākāvye pārvvatīsaṃbhogavarṇṇano nāmaḥ (!) sarggaḥ || || ❁ || | || iti mama likhyeteḥ (!) || || śubha (!) sarvadāṃ (!) || (fol. 34v3)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 375/9
Date of Filming 04-07-1972
Exposures 38
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks two exposures of fols. 29v–30r; fols. 22r and 29r are out of focus but legible.
Catalogued by NK
Date 06-06-2007
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