B 16-18 Rāmāyaṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 16/18
Title: Rāmāyaṇa
Dimensions: 35 x 5 cm x 126 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Rāmāyaṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/168
Remarks:
Reel No. B 16-18
Title: Rāmāyaṇa
Remarks: Āraṇyakakāṇḍa
Subject: Rāmāyaṇa
Language: Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script: Maithili
Material: palm-leaf
State: incomplete
Size: 35.0 x 5.0 cm
Binding Hole: 1
Folios: 126
Lines per Folio: 5
Foliation: figures in the left margin of the verso
Illustrations: paintings on the wooden covers
Date of Copying:
Place of Deposit: NAK
Accession No.: 4-168
Manuscript Features
Missing folios: 5-8, 42, 129-137, 139ff. Between folios no. 27 and 28 as well as at the end of the manuscript one folio with an illegible foliation is inserted.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ gaṇapataye namaḥ ||
pratiyāte tu bharate vasan rāmas tapovanaṃ |
udvegaṃ nakṣayām(!) āsa tatrasthānān tapasvināṃ |
ye tatra citrakūṭasya purastāt tāpasāśramāḥ |
rāmam āśritya niratās tān anakṣayad(!) utsukān |
nayanair bbhrukuṭībhiś ca rāmam uddiśya śaṅkitāḥ |
anyonyam abhisaṃkramya śanaiś cakrur mmithaḥ kathāḥ |
teṣām autsukyam ālakṣya rāmo thātmaviśaṅkayā |
kṛtāñjalir uvāceda⟪ṃ⟫m ṛṣiṃ kulapatiṃ tataḥ |
mama kaccin na bhagavan vṛttam āśritya kathañ cana |
dṛśyate vai kṛtaṃ yena vikriyante tapasvinaḥ |
pramadājanam āsādya kaccin nāvarajasya me |
lakṣmaṇasyarṣibhir ddṛṣṭaṃ nānurūpam ivātmanaḥ |
kaccic chuśrūṣaṇārhāṇāṃ suśrūṣaṇaparān api |
tapasvinīnām ucitāṃ sītāvṛttin na varttate |
rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tāpasās te tapodhanāḥ |
parasparam athālokya pratyūcus te na kiñ cana ||
atharṣis tapasā vṛddhis tapasaiva jarāṅ gataḥ |
vepamāna uvācedaṃ rāmaṃ bhūtadayāparaṃ | (fol. 1v1-2r2)
Sub-Colophons
ity ārṣe śrīrāmāyaṇe āraṇyake kāṇḍe tāpasavākyaṃ nāma sarggaḥ || (fol. 3r5-3v1)
ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe āraṇyakakāṇḍe sītāvākyan nāma sarggaḥ || (fol. 10r5)
ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe āraṇyakakāṇḍe daṇḍakāraṇyakapraveśaḥ || (fol. 11v5-12r1)
etc. etc.
āraṇyake mārīcavadhaḥ || || (fol. 119v2)
āraṇyake lakṣmaṇaprayāṇaṃ || || (fol. 122r5-122v1)
āraṇyake sītāharaṇasamvādaḥ || || (fol. 138r3)
End
pañca dāśīśatāni tvāṃ sarvvābharaṇabhūṣitāṃ |
sīte paricariṣyanti bhāryā me bhava śobhane |
saptasaptakavettāham aṣṭam aṣṭakabhūṣitaḥ |
pañcapañcakatatvajño rāvaṇo haṃ bhajasva māṃ |
rāvaṇenaivam uktā sā ruṣitā janakātmajā |
pratyuvācānavadyāṅgī tam anādṛtya rākṣasaṃ |
mahābalam ivākamyaṃ(!) mahendrasadṛśaṃ patiṃ |
mahodadhim ivākṣobhyam ahaṃ rāmam anuvratā |
sūryācandramasau devau pāṇinā spraṣṭum icchasi |
yo rāmasya priyāṃ bhāryāṃ balā(!) tvaṃ harttum icchasi |
tvaṃ kṣuraṃ jihvayā lekṣi nacyā(!) spṛśasi locanaṃ
yo rāmasya priyāṃ bhāryāṃ pāpabuddhyā nirīkṣyase |
vyā° (fol. 128v3-5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 16/18
Date of Filming: 02-09-1970
Exposures:
Used Copy: Kathmandu
Type of Film: positive (scan)
Remarks:
Catalogued by AM
Date: 19-01-2012
