A 21-9 Hitopadeśa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 21/9
Title: Hitopadeśa
Dimensions: 23 x 4.5 cm x 64 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/8022
Remarks:
Reel No. A 21-9
Title Hitopadeśaślokasamuccaya
Subject Nīti
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete, damaged
Size 23.0 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, left from the centre
Folios 58
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation letters in the left margin of the verso, figures in the right
Place of Deposite NAK
Accession No. 5-8022
Manuscript Features
Folios 6, 7, 35, 37, 42 and 54 are missing. A number of leaves (fol. 1, 2, 3, 20, 22, 60) are damaged at the right margins with some loss of text. The extant portions of the text are well legible.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namo vāgīśvarāya ||
siddhiḥ sādhye satām astu prasā[[dā]]t tasya dhūrjjaṭeḥ |
jāhnavīphenalekheva ‥+++++kalā ||
śruto hitopadeśo yaṃ pāṭavaṃ saṃskṛtoktiṣu |
vācāṃ sarvvatra vaicitryaṃ nītividyāṃ ++++
ajarāmaravat prājño vidyām arthañ ca cintayet |
gṛhīta iva keśeṣu mṛtyunā dharmmam ā⁅care⁆+
+++ [[vye]]ṣu vidyaiva dravyam āhur anuttamaṃ |
ahāryatvād anarghatvād akṣayatvāc ca sarvvadā ||
saṃgamayati +++ nīcagāpi naraṃ sarit |
samudram iva durdarśaṃ nṛpaṃ bhāgyam ata[[ḥ]] param || (fol. 1v1-5)
Sub-colophons
iti hitopadeśaślokasamuccayamittra(!)lābho nāma prathamaḥ kathāsaṃgrahaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 21r2-3)
iti hitopadeśaślokasamuccayavigraho nāma tṛtīyaḥ kathāsaṃgrahaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || ❁ || (fol. 51r3-4)
End
aśvamedhasahasrāṇi satyaṃ ca tulayā dhṛtaṃ |
aśvamedhasahasrebhyaḥ satyam evātiricyate ||
sandhiḥ sarvvamahībhujāṃ vijayinām astu pramodaḥ sadā
santaḥ santu nirāpadaḥ sukṛtināṃ kīrttiś ciraṃ varddhatāṃ |
nītir bbālavilāsinīva satataṃ vakṣa⟪ṃ⟫sthale sasthitāṃ(!)
vaktraṃ cuṃbatu mantriṇām ahar aho bhūyān mahān utsavaḥ ||
prāleyādreḥ sutāyāḥ praṇayanivasatiś candramauliḥ ya(!) yāvad
yāval lakṣmīr murāre(!) jjalada iva taḍit mānase visphuraṃtī |
yāvat svarṇṇācalo 'yaṃ davadavanasamo yasya sūryaḥ sphuliṃgas
tāvan nārāyaṇena pracaratu caritaḥ saṃgraho 'yaṃ kathānāṃ ||
śrīmān dhavalacandro 'sau jīyān māṇḍaliko ripūn |
yenāyaṃ saṃgraho yatnāl lekhayitvā pracārataḥ || ❁ || (fol. 63r1-63v2)
Colophon
iti hitopadeśaślokasamuccayaḥ sandhir nnāma caturthaḥ kathāsaṃgrahaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ ||
sattālamānavaravaṃśamṛdaṃgabhijñaḥ(!)
sadrājanītiguṇasāgarapuṇyadehaḥ |
satsuṃdarīhṛdayapakaja(!)bhānumūrttiḥ
saṃrājate bhuvitale ++++ ⁅dhī⁆mān ||
tasya pāṭhārthaṃ || likhi‥‥jaya‥jenaiva prakhyātaśāstraṃ yugaśaśirasayā ⟪‥⟫ kārttike kṛṣṇapakṣe | haratithi dina śukre (rapu)kāvyaprasiddhaṃ bhavatu caṇḍabha nityaṃ paṃḍitāyāñ ca kaṇṭhe || śubham astu sarvvadā || ❁ || (fol. 63v2-64r2)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 21/9
Date of Filming 01-09-1970
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film positive
Remarks Fols. 19v, 60v, 61v have been filmed twice.
Catalogued by AM
Date 18-10-2006