B 346-15 Varṣatantra
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 346/15
Title: Varṣatantra
Dimensions: 24.1 x 10.8 cm x 25 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Jyotiṣa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/2382
Remarks: b Nīlakaṇṭha; E 2119/3
Reel No. B 346/15
Inventory No. 85445
Title Tājikanīlakaṇṭhī
Remarks an alternative title is Varṣatantra; E 2119/3
Author Nīlakaṃṭha
Subject Jyotiṣa
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 24.1 x 10.8 cm
Binding Hole
Folios 25
Lines per Folio 7
Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the marginal title va.pra.tā and in the lower right-hand margin above the word rāma
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/2382
Manuscript Features
On the exposure 27 is written:
mṛdāharaṇasaṃghaṭṭapratiṣṭhāhvānam eva ca ||
snapanaṃ pūjanaṃ caiva visarjanam ataḥ paraṃ ||
haro māheśvaraś caiva śūlapāṇi (!) pinākadhṛk ||
paśupatiḥ śivaś caiva mahādeva iti smṛtaḥ ||
nāmakrameṇāpūrvokte karmāṇi kāryāṇītyarthah || ||
āraṃbhalakṣaṇāṃ ||
āraṃbho varaṇaṃ yajñe saṃkalpo †atasatrayoḥ†||
nāndīśrāddhaṃ vivāhau (!) śrāddhe pākaparikriyeti ||
On the exposure 2 is written: varṣatantram
Excerpts
Beginning
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || ||
svasvābhilāṣaṃ nahi labdhum īśā
nirvighnam īśānamukhāḥ suraughāḥ
vinā (2) prasādaṃ kila yasya naumi
taṃ ḍhuḍhirājaṃ matilābhahetoḥ || 1 ||
jātakoditadaśāphalaṃ yataḥ
sthūla(3)kālaphaladaṃ sphuṭaṃ nṛṇāṃ ||
tatra na sphurati daivavin mati (!)
taddhruveṣṭaphala⟪ā⟫m (!) āditājikāt || 2 ||| (fol. 1v1–3)
End
āsīd asīmaguṇa(4)maṃḍita⟨ṃ⟩maṃḍitā ʼgyro
vyākhyad bhujaṃgapagavīḥ śrutivitsu vṛttaḥ ||
sāhityaritinipuṇo (!) gaṇitāgamajña⟨ḥ⟩ś
cintāmaṇir vipulagargakulāvataṃsaḥ || 53 ||
tadātmajonaṃtaguṇosty anaṃto
(5) yo dhok saduktiḥ kila kāmadhenuṃ ||
saṃtuṣṭaye jātakapaddhatīṃ (!) ca
nyarupaya (!) duṣṭamataṃ nirasya || 54 ||
padmāṃvayā sā viyato vipaścit
śrīnīlakaṃṭhaḥ śrutiśāstraniṣṭaḥ (!) ||
(6) vidvac chīvaprītikaraṃ (!) vyadhāsīt
tadvarṣatatraṃ (!) mṛgayādiyuktaṃ || 55 || || (fol. 25r3–6)
Colophon
īti (!) śrīkāśīnivāsīnilakaṃṭhaviracitavarṣataṃtra (!) samāptim agamat śubham || || || (fol. 25r6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 346/15
Date of Filming 27-09-1972
Exposures 28
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks Text begins from exposure 3.
The same manuscript is microfilmed on A 1064/17.
Catalogued by JU/MS
Date 25-08-2006
