A 20-16 Chandomāṇikya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 20/16
Title: Chandomāṇikya
Dimensions: 28 x 4.5 cm x 2 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Chandaḥśāstra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/721
Remarks:
Reel No. A 20-16
Inventory No. 14589
Title Chandomāṇikya
Remarks The beginning of the pratyaya section from Ratnākaraśānti’s #Chandoratnākaraṭīkā is appended to this work (cf. reel no. A 20/9).
Author Tathāgatadāsa
Subject Chandaḥśāstra
Language Sanskrit
Text Features In the conclusion to his treatise Tathāgatadāsa mentions Citrabhānu’s Chandaḥsundarikā, a hitherto unknown work on metrics, and confesses his indebtedness to it. Jñānaśrī[mitra], Jayadeva, Piṅgala and Ratnākaraśānti are also mentioned there. The Chandomāṇikya must have been written after Ratnākaraśānti’s Chandoratnākara but probably not very late than it, perhaps still in the 11th c. Cf. reel nos. A 20/12 and G 8/16.
Reference Dimitrov 200?
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete; only two folios are available.
Size 28.0 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, rectangular, somewhat to the left
Folios 2
Lines per Folio 5–6
Foliation figures in the middle of the left-hand margin on the verso
Date of Copying undated; old appearance (perhaps 12–13th c.)
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/721
Used for Edition yes (Dimitrov 200?)
Manuscript Features
The first of the two preserved folios (perhaps fol. 11) contains almost the whole definition of the Madanavilasitā metre (the last metre mentioned in the Dhṛti class of the samavṛtta metres; structure: na-na-ra-ra-ra-ra 7/11) and ends with the introductory words to the Prakṛti class of the samavṛtta metres. The last metre of the Kṛti class discussed in this treatise is Vilāsinī (structure: ra-ja-ra-ja-ra-ja-ga-la, 11/9).
The second folio (perhaps fol. 17) contains the final three stanzas of Tathāgatadāsa’s Chandomāṇikya. On the final line of the recto side of this folio the pratyaya section of Ratnākaraśānti’s autocommentary (cf. reel no. A 20/9) begins, and the folio ends with the concluding remarks to the second pratyaya, called Naṣṭa. Assuming that this MS originally contained the whole of Ratnākaraśānti’s chapter on the pratyaya rules, one may estimate that the MS included at least three more folios. It should be noted that instead of ayam asmadīyaḥ prastāraḥ at the end of the commentary on the second pratyaya is written dvyakṣaracchandasi Ratnākaraśānteḥ prastāraḥ. It seems as if some scholar (Tathāgatadāsa himself?) deliberately appended Ratnākaraśānti’s pratyaya section to the Chandomāṇikya, probably because the pratyayas are not discussed in the latter work.
Excerpts
Beginning
(1) ///2 .⁅ṭ⁆<ref name="ftn1">Read: (1) yadā ṣaṭ. The first line of the stanza reads: padamukhalaghavo bhaveyur yadā ṣaṭ ca dīrghas tato.</ref> ca dīrgha[s] tato
laghur anu ca ⟪ta⟫(bha)dvayaṃ<ref name="ftn2">Read: *gurudvayaṃ.</ref> hrasva eko gurū dvau tathā |
punar api ca laghu (!) gurū dvau laghur dīrgha ekaḥ punar
Madanavilasitā yatiḥ saptabhiś Citrabhānor ma(2)tā ||
⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ − ◆ ⌣ − − ⌣ − − ⌣ − − ⌣ − || 18 ||
Dhṛtibheda 〇 uktaḥ || ○ || Śārdūlavikrīḍitakaṃ Meghavisphūrjitā tathā | ūnaviṃśatyakṣarā syād dhṛtir evā(3)tipūrvvikā || yathā ||
ādau trīṇi guruṇy (!) atho la〇ghuyugaṃ gurvv ekam ekaṃ laghu
syād dīrghañ ca laghutrayañ ca paratas trīṇy eva dīrghāṇy atha |
la(4)ghv ekaṃ guruṇī laghur guru yatis tu dvādaśabhyo bhaved
i〇ty āccai.<ref name="ftn3">Read: *uccaiḥ.</ref> kavirājavaṃśaviśadaṃ Śārdūlavikrīḍitaṃ ||
− − − ⌣ ⌣ − ⌣ − ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ − ◆ − − ⌣ − − ⌣ − ◆ ||
yad evādāv uktaṃ (5) kusumitalatā nāmato ʼtraiva vṛttaṃ
yadā tatraivaikaḥ prasarati laghuḥ kevalaḥ pādaśīrṣe |
yatiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ prabhavati tathā saptabhiś cet padānte
tadeyaṃ vidvadbhiḥ (fol. ⁅1⁆1v) ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ − ⁅Megha⁆visphūrjiteti<ref name="ftn4">The whole line reads: tadeyaṃ vidvadbhiḥ sadasi gaditā Meghavisphūrjiteti.</ref> ||
⌣ − − − − − ◆ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ − ◆ − ⌣ − − ⌣ − − ◆ || 19 ||
Atidhṛtibheda uktaḥ || ○ || viṃśatyakṣarasaṅkhyātā vṛttiḥ Kṛtir ihocyate | Suvadanā Vilāsinī(2)ty ete cā⁅tra p⁆riye ubhe || yathā ||
catvāro yatra dīrghā la〇ghur atha guruṇī ṣaṭ cātha laghavo
dīrghāṇi trīṇy adīrghatritayam atha bhaved eko yadi guruḥ |
sapta(3)bhyo dvir yatiś cet punar api viratiḥ ṣaḍbhir yadi bhavet
kṛtyā〇khyātā tadeyaṅ kavikuladayitā kāntā Suvadanā ||
− − − − ⌣ − − ◆ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ − ◆ − − ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ − ◆ ||
syur gurū(4)ṇi dūradūram āditaḥ prabhṛty alaṃ daśātra cāpi
ced bhave〇yur ekam ekam aṅkato laghūni cāntarāntarañ ca |
syād daśākṣarāt paraṃ yadā yatis tathā padāṃ(5)///2<ref name="ftn5">The two missing akṣaras are °tato.</ref> ⁅l⁆aghoś ca
Citrabhānusammateyam īdṛśī bhavet tadā Vilāsinīti ||
− ⌣ − ⌣ − ⌣ − ⌣ − ⌣ − ◆ ⌣ − ⌣ − ⌣ − ⌣ − ⌣ ◆ || 20 ||
Kṛtibheda uktaḥ || e || ekaviṃśatyakṣarā tu Prakṛ- (end of fol. ⁅1⁆1v)
End
(1) JñānaśrīJayadevaPiṅgalamatāc cādāya sāraṃm manāk |
śrīRatnākaram apy agādham atulaṃ vi⁅ṣ⁆vag vigāhyoddhṛtaṃ
cchandoratnam anargh⟪i⟫am arghitagirām bhūyād urobhūṣaṇaṃ (ac: dharo°) ||
etan me sarasa⁅ṃ⁆(2) sakautukam abhispaṣṭam prasiddhākṣarair
ak⁅l⁆iṣṭair vvacanai〇r apūrvvavacanā vyutpannam udbhāvayan |
yaḥ ko ʼpi pratibhākṣayapratibhayād aślokakāraḥ sva(3)yaṃ
so pītthaṃ bhavitā kavīndrasadasi prauḍho girā〇m īśvaraḥ ||
preṣaṇam prāpya bhikṣūṇāṃ śrīKhasarppaṇacāriṇām |
Cchandomāṇikyam asrākṣī(4)d upādhyayas (!) Tathāgataḥ ||
|| Cchandomāṇikya〇n nāma cchandassāraśāstraṃ samāptaṃ || || kṛtir upādhyāyaTathāgatadāsasyeti || || (5) .. atha vṛttānāṃ sākalyena laghunipuṇajñānārtham prastārādayo vaktavyāḥ || ata ucyante ||
sarvvaguru vṛttam ādau
jyeṣṭhaguror laghur adhaḥ pare sadṛśāḥ [|]
pūrvve gāḥ prastāre
tāvad amī sarvvalaghu yāvat ||
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pra(fol. ⁅1⁆7v)⁅stāre⁆ karttavye sarvvaguru vṛtam ādau lekhyam iti śeṣaḥ | guruṣu yaḥ prathamaḥ sa jyeṣṭhaguruḥ | tasyādhastāl laghur llekhyaḥ | yathā || || ekākṣare cchandasi || dvyakṣare ʼpi caṃ (!) yathā || ||
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evaṃ trya⁅kṣa⁆(2)rādiṣv api karttavyaṃ || Piṅgalaprastāraḥ || ||
g upari l adhaḥ prastāre
paṅktir dviguṇāyatā praticchaṃndaḥ |
gurulaghubhir dviguṇaghanair
ekaikā varddhate kramaśaḥ ||
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prastāre karttavye upa(3)⁅riṣṭ⁆ād gurur lekhyaḥ | adhastāl laghuḥ | evan tāvad ekākṣare ccha〇ndasi || || tataś cchandasi tryakṣaraprabhṛtau pūrvvasiddhā paṅktir ⟨dviguṇa⟩dviguṇadīrghā karttavyā || (4) ekaikā cāparā varttate | yathākramaṃ pūrvvapaṅktidviguṇair nira〇ntaragurulaghubhiḥ || || dvyakṣaracchandasi Ratnākaraśānteḥ prastāraḥ || ||
etāvatitham vṛttaṃ
ki(5)m iti nyasyaitad ā phalād dalayet |
viṣama[ṃ] saikaṃ dalayed
ga iha same laḥ phalati naṣṭaṃ |
tadyathā caturakṣare cchandasi daśa⁅maṃ vṛttaṃ kīdṛ⁆śam iti praśne etad eva daśakaṃ likhitvā tāvad dalayet | yāva(6)n⁅n⁆aṣṭaṃ phalati | arddhīkaraṇe yad viṣaman tad ekaprakṣepād dalayitavyaṃ | ga iheti viṣame dalite guru (!) labhyata ity arthaḥ | same la iti same dalite laghur llabhyata ity arthaḥ | yad yal labhyate ta- (end of fol. ⁅1⁆7v)
Colophon
|| Cchandomāṇikya〇n nāma cchandassāraśāstraṃ samāptaṃ || || kṛtir upādhyāyaTathāgatadāsasyeti || (fol. ⁅1⁆7r4)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 20/16
Date of Filming 31-08-1970
Exposures 7
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by DD
Date 15-12-2002
Bibliography
Dimitrov, Dragomir
- 200?: Edition of the Chandomāṇikya.
- 200?: “Ratnākaraśānti’s Chandoratnākara and Tathāgatadāsa’s Chandomāṇikya.”, in: Felicitation volume for Professor Michael Hahn.
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