A 26-1 Itihāsasamuccaya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 26/1
Title: Itihāsasamuccaya
Dimensions: 32.5 x 5 cm x 147 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/267
Remarks: folio number uncertain;
Reel No. A 26-1
Inventory No. 24387
Title Itihāsasamuccaya
Author Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Text Features a collection of stories from the Mahābhārata
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete, slightly damaged
Size 32.5 x 5.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, rectangular, somewhat to the left
Folios 57
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation characters in the middle of the left-hand margin and numbers in the middle of the right-hand margin of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/267
Manuscript Features
The following fols. are extant: 6; 9 ;11–12; 15–22; 24–25; 29–32; 45–53; 74; 83–99; 114; 120–122; 137; 139; 141; 144–146; 151; 156.
A small piece of fol. 9 has broken off.
On fol. 6v the title itihāsasamuccaya is inscribed in Devanagari characters.
Excerpts
Beginning
-racanti (bhā)- kurvvanti ca spṛhāṃ |
varttamānena varttante rājaṃs tatvavido budhāḥ ||
kva śokaḥ kva mahīpālo lokapāla⟪va⟫dhanudharaḥ |
tyaja śokam iman tasmāt sahāmohasamu(dra)vaḥ ||
iṣṭe naṣṭe vinaṣṭe vā śokaṃ yaḥ kurute naraḥ |
du〇ḥkhe ca labhate duḥkhaṃ dvāv anartho (!) prakīrttitau ||
atraiva udāhantīmam (!) itihāsasam purātanaṃ |
brāhmaṇena yathā rājan ⟪ti⟫ sainajit prabodhitaḥ ||
putraśo[[kā]]bhi〇saṃtaptaṃ rājānan dīnamānasaṃ |
viṣaṇṇavadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā vipraḥ provāca tatvavit || ❖ ||
brāhmaṇa uvāca ||
kin nu muhyasi mūḍhatvaṃm (!) aśocyam anuśocasi |
ya〇dā tvām api śocantaṃ śociṣyanty apare janāḥ ||
tvañ caivāhañ ca ye caite rāja tvāṃ paryupāsate |
sarvvatra ca mariṣyāmas tatra kā paridevanā ||
(fol. 6r1–5)
End
bhaktair bhāgava〇taiś cānyai sevyanonopsarogaṇaiḥ (!) |
taṃ dṛṣṭvā devadeveśam puṇḍarīkaḥ kṛtā⁅ñja⁆liḥ ||
papāta sirasā bhūmau ciraprārthitadarśanaṃ |
pibann iva hṛṣīkeśaṃ 〇 nayanābhyāṃ sa puṇyakṛt ||
āliṃgann iva bāhubhyāṃ lihann iva ca jihvayā |
(papāta) bhūmau sānaṃdan tuṣṭāva ca janārddanaḥ ||
prāñjali (!) praṇato bhṛtobhṛtvā (!) prahṛ〇ṣṭenāntarātmanā || ❖ ||
puṇḍarīka uvāca ||
namo stu viṣ⁅ṇ⁆ave tubhyaṃ sarvva⁅loke⁆kacakṣuṣo (!) |
nirañjanāya nityāya [[ni]]rguṇāya mahātmane ||
tvām āhur jagatām ādiṃ p⁅u⁆ruṣaṃ p⁅r⁆akṛteḥ paraṃ ||
jātyādibhir asaṃspṛ-
(fol. 156v2–5)
Extracts
itihāsasamuccaye mudgalo〇pākhyānatṛtīyo dhyāya || ❁ || (fol. 18v3–4)
iti(32r1)hāsasamuccaye śaktuprasthīyan nāma ṣaṣṭṭhamaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 31v5–32r1)
itihāsasamuccaye durggatitaraṇan nāma daśamo dhyāyaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 46v3–4)
itihāsasamuccaye saptaṛṣivṛṣādarbhisamvādaḥ ekādaśamaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 52r1–2)
itihāsa〇samaccaye (!) māṃsajugupsā || ❁ || (fol. 99r4)
itihāsasamuccaye naghuṣopākhyānaṃ (!) || ○ || (fol. 137v5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 26/1
Date of Filming 06-09-1970
Exposures 62
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by OH
Date 07-04-2005
