A 1075-7 Cāṇakyasārasaṅgraha
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1075/7
Title: Cāṇakyasārasaṅgraha
Dimensions: 21 x 3.8 cm x 13 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/8028
Remarks:
Reel No. A 1075-7
Inventory No. 92307
Title Cāṇakyasārasaṅgraha
Author Cāṇakya
Subject Nīti
Language Sanskrit
Text Features a collection of three śatakas of anuṣṭubh verses
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete, damaged
Size 21.0 x 3.8 cm
Binding Hole 1, somewhat to the left
Folios 10+1+1+1
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation letters in the middle of the left-hand margin and figures in the middle of the right-hand margin of the verso
Place of Copying NS 605
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/8028
Manuscript Features
Out of the originally 29 fols. of this MS only ten are extant, in the following order: 18; 16; 6; 5; 9?; 19; 20; 24; 23; 29. Fols. 5; 19; 23; 29 are damaged. Verses are counted in tens.
i) One unnumbered fol. containing the final verses of the third śataka of the same text, i.e. the Cāṇakyasārasaṅgraha (exp. 3).
ii) Another singular fol., damaged at the right-hand margin, numbered “77”, containing subhāṣitas from the Hitopadeśa. Each verse is numbered, extant are verses 614–619. All of them figure in Böhtlink’s “Indische Sprüche”, 2nd edition (exp. 3 bottom – 4 top). This fol. may belong to some text called Hitopadeśaślokasaṅgraha (cf. B 15/44) or Hitopadeśaślokasamuccaya.
iii) Still another singular fol., slightly damaged at the right-hand margin, numbered “13” (?), containing again verses from the first śataka of the Cāṇakyasārasaṅgraha (exp. 15 bottom – 16).
Excerpts
Beginning
|| 40 ||
kiṃ kulena viśālena guṇavān pūjito naraḥ |
dhanur vvaṅ(so)viśuddho pi nirguṇaḥ kiṃ kariśyati ||
kiṃ kule (!) viśālena vidyāhīnas tu yo naraḥ | 〇
kulīno pi vidvāsau (!) daivatair āpi (!) pūjyate ||
nāvārthī + bhaved vidyā yāvat pāraṃ na gacchati |
u〇ttīrṇṇe ca gate pāra(ṃ) naukayā kiṃ prayojanaṃ ||
⁅gu⁆+ +++ pūjyante pitṛvaṃśo nirarthakaḥ |
vāsu〇devaṃ namasyaṃti vasudevaṃ na (te) janāḥ ||
⁅guṇāḥ ku⁆++ ++tvaṃ dūre pi vasatāṃ satāṃ |
ketakīgandham āghrāya svayaṃ gacchati ṣaṭpadaḥ ||
vidvatvaṃ ca /// (5v1) ….
svadeśe pūjito rājā vidyā (!) sarvvtra pūjitaḥ ||
ekenāpi suputreṇa vidyāyu⁅kte⁆+ +++
++ ++++hena candrenaiva prakāśyate ||
vidyāyā bhā〇janaṃ kaścit kaścid dravyasya bhājanaṃ |
ubhayor bha++ ++t kaścin nobhayabhājanaṃ ||
namanti phalino 〇 vṛkṣā namanti guṇino janāḥ |
śuṣkakāṣṭhañ (!) ca ⁅mū⁆+ + +dyate na ca namyate ||
(fol. 5r1 = exp. 9 top–5v4 = exp. 8 bottom)
End
-tathaiva ca ||
gobhir vipr⁅ai⁆ś ca vedaś ca satībhiḥ satyavādibhiḥ |
alubdhair dānaśīlaiś ca saptabhir ddhāryate ma⁅hī⁆
asāre pi hi saṃsāre sāram ec (!) catuṣṭayaṃ |
kāṃśyā (!) vāsaḥ satāṃ saṃgho ⁅ga⁆ṃgāṃbhaḥ śaṃbhupūjana(ṃ) || 300 ||
(fol. 29r1–3 = exp. 15 top)
Sub-colophon
iti cānakyasā⁅rasaṃgrahe⁆ dvitīyaḥ śatakaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 19v1–2 = exp. 11 top)
Colophon
iti cānakyaśārasaṃgra〇he tritīyaḥ śatakaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || ⁅śu⁆bham astu ||
devālayaṃ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ − vararājahaṃsaḥ
pra〇dyotanirmmalaya(śaḥ) khalu maṃtrirājaḥ |
bhrātā ca sūṃdara(manūra) ⌣ − pramodaḥ
saṃrājate ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ − ⌣ ma − ⁅pra⁆dhānaḥ ||
tasyātmajaś ca …………………. (29v1)ḥ |
sarvvanītiguṇair yukta (!) śobhate bhuvi maṃḍale ||
sagaṇaparivārasya jakhaṃrājasya dhīmatāṃ |
śu(bhadhaṃmam) alaṃbhūyāt yāvac caṃdradivākaraḥ || 〇
bhāro staṃ (!) nimihlina (!) śrīrājanītisa⁅mu⁆ccaya cānakyasārasaṃgrahaśāstra coyā di(h)a 〇 || samvat 605 mārgaśirakṛṣṇapaṃcamyāṃ tithau thva kohnu saṃpūdina thva śāstra śrīśrīmāne〇śvarīdevīsavaraprāsādana ………. bhārosa sapari……..māyū ārogyajanadhanalakṣmīsaṃtatisaṃtānavṛddhir astu śubham astu sarvvadā ||
(fol. 29r3 = exp. 15 top–29v5 = exp. 14 bottom)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1075/7
Date of Filming 19-02-1986
Exposures 17
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by OH
Date 25-07-2005
Bibliography
- Sternbach, Ludwig: Cāṇakya-Nīti-Text-Tradition (vol. 1 pt. 1 and vol. 2 pt. 2). Hoshiarpur, Vishveshvaranand Institute, 1963 and 1967.
- Böhtlingk, Otto: Indische Sprüche (2nd ed.). Wiesbaden, 1966.
