B 240-13 Nepāletihāsa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 240/13
Title: Nepāletihāsa
Dimensions: 27.5 x 23.5 cm x 30 folios
Material: printed book
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Karmakāṇḍa (vaidika, āgamika, tāntrika etc.)
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 2/206
Remarks:
Reel No. B 240/13
Inventory No. 47313
Title Nepāletihāsa
Subject Itihāsa
Language old Nepali
Reference SSP p. 76, no. 2895
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper; the MS is in a modern book format, bound vertically in the middle and opening up to the left.
State incomplete
Size 28.0 x 21.7 cm
Folios 20 (40 pages)
Lines per Folio 12–13
Foliation none
Date of Copying SAM (VS) 1884 (~ 1827 AD)
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 2/206
Manuscript Features
Even though the title of this manuscript is given as Nepāletihāsa in the Saṃkṣiptasūcipatra, it seems to comprise five different texts. The first text is in a distinct hand; the next two texts all seem to be in another hand; the fourth text may be in yet another hand; the last one is clearly in a different hand. Only the second text has a sub-colophon.
The MS begins by describing the geography of the Kathmandu Valley and the history of the Malla monarchy up to the valley campaign of King Prithvi Narayan. This is, as mentioned in MS, a Nepali version of information collected by Sir John Shore (from Father Joseph) and published in Asiatic Researches (Vol. 2, 1790).<ref name="ftn1">See also Regmi, p. 203, paragraph 5.</ref>
ln the account of Jayaprakāśa Malla's war with Prithvi Narayan, there is a description of a hidden treasure being taken from the Paśupatinātha temple at the request of the former. After the victory, Prithvi Narayan recovered the treasure.
Another description is of the army of Jayaprakāśa Malla digging out a hoard of gold from around Svayambhū.
A second text, on exps.14–16, lists the temples of Dolakhā city.
A third text, titled "Serajaṅgī kitāp" and contained on exps. 16–18, describes the beginning of Bhimsen Thapa's career. It is supplemented by a fourth text, a list of the plants in his garden.
The final text contains a directive to army units (one year before the Kot Massacre) (jaṅgī pahilo sthīti); a second directive (jaṅgī dosro sthīti) is mentioned, but the text is not given. <references/>
Excerpts
Beginning
nepālko ahavāl sae<ref name="ftn2">Probably for sar, i.e. Eng. sir.</ref> jānsohnasāhevale utāryāko
nepālko muluk vasyāko cha paṭanādeṣi purvauttarako kunāmā hīḍnyālāī dasa yagāhradinako vāṭo cha paṭanādeṣi utko (!) mula 2 rastā makavānpuarvāṭa cha kohī mānisharu vetīyāko vāṭo āuṃchan cāradinako taphāvat cha nepāldeṣi hīṃdusthānapaṭṭī rastā asal cha pāhāḍmā vāṭo ghaṭiyā saṃghuro cha ḍaralāgdo cha pāhāḍako vyāsīlāī †tayānī† bhaṃchan (exp. 5 right, lines 1–5)
…
Title in the top margin: Dolakhā saharako devatā (exp. 14 left, line 1)
...
Title in the top margin: Serajaṅgī kitāpa phārasi acherale leṣyāko tasko hiṃdvibolimā utāryāko <ref name="ftn3">This section deals with Bhīmasenathāpā and Ujīrasiṃhathāpā.</ref> (exp.16 right, line 1)
...
Title in the top margin: Samvat 1884 sāla miti māgha vadi 9 roja 6 kā dina śrībhīmajanaralavāgakā virūvā gaihra vamojima tapasil
This list of plants begins: ṭhulo vāgakā hātako tajavij jmāṃ hāt 2804 (exp. 18 right, lines 1–3)
āge samvat 1902 sāla pauṣa vadi rojadeṣi hāmrā tajabījale jaṃgī kaṃpu palṭan kaṃpanīkā kamānadāra pagarihuddā sipāhi lājimā kārigaḍha vājādāra gaihrale garnyā kāmako bamojima tapsīla thiti bāṃdhi savāla garivaksyauṃ jaṃgī pahilo sthiti … jaṃgī dosro sthiti (exp. 20, lines 1–3) <references/>
End
āge samvat 1902 sāla pauṣa vadi rojadeṣī hāmrā tajavījale jaṅgī kaṃpu palṭaṃn kampaṇīkā kamānadāra pagariyā huddā sipāhi lājimā kārigaḍha bājādāra gaihrale garnyā kāmako vamojima tapsīla thiti baṃdeja bāṃdhi savāla garivaksyauṃ
(4) jaṅgī pahilo sthiti
bāṃdhivaksyāko sthīti baṃdhovastako āinamā [[jo]] calaina uslāī jāta anusārako sajāye holā yo sthīti vaṃdovastako āīnamā jo callā usko paravarīsa garivakasauṃlā -(exp. 20, lines 1–3, 8–10)
Sub-Colophon
...serajaṅgī kitāpa phārasī acherale leṣyāko tasko hiṃddi bolīmā utāryāko (exp. 16, line 1)
Colophon
tamām bhayo yo kitāpa serajaṅgī diptamān janaralasāheva vahādūra janarala bhīmasenathāpā samvat 1884 sāla miti pauṣa vadi 11 roja bṛhaspativāra mā subhm (exp.18, lines 1–2)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 240/13
Date of Filming 19-03-1972
Exposures 22
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Catalogued by MS/RA
Date 04-06-2007
Bibliography
- Regmi, D.R. (1975): Modern Nepal, vol. 1. Kathmandu: 1975.
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