A 50-8 Smṛtisāra
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 50/8
Title: Smṛtisāra
Dimensions: 34.5 x 5 cm x 210 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Dharma(śāstra), incl. didactic portions of the epics, Purāṇas, etc.
Date: LS 341
Acc No.: NAK 3/395
Remarks:
Reel No. A 50-8
Inventory No. 67497
Title Smṛtisāra
Remarks
Author Harinātha Upādhyāya
Subject Dharmaśāstra
Language Sanskrit
Text Features Collection of verses on ritual and rites (saṃskāra) from various sources, such as the Manusmṛti, Yājñavālkyasmṛti and Bṛhadviṣṇusmṛti.
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State complete, slightly damaged
Size 34.5 x 5.0 cm
Binding Hole 1, rectangular, left of centre
Folios 197 + 5
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the middle of the left-hand margin of the verso
Scribe Soleko ?
Date of Copying LS 241
Place of Copying Daulikagrāma
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3/395
Manuscript Features
From fol. “190” onwards, the foliation has been overwritten by a second hand. Thus, the text runs continuously from fol. 179 to “190” (i.e. 180!) till fol. 207. Fols. 201 to 207 are inscribed “2001” – “2007”, which means as much as 200 +1 etc. This way of writing figures of the foliation is, however, a feature often met with. Some ten folios at the end of the MS are slightly damaged in the upper left-hand margin.
After the text proper, there are three more folios added, containing a list of contents of the MS (exps. 116–118).
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṁ namaḥ śivāya || athāṣṭasaṃskārāḥ || tatra garbbhādhānaṃ [[tatra]] manuḥ
- vaidikaiḥ karmmabhiḥ puṇyair nniśekādir dvijanmanāṃ |
- kāryaḥ śarīrasaṃskāraḥ pāvanaḥ pretya ceha ca<ref>Manusmṛti 2.26.</ref> ||
yājñavalkyaḥ
- brahmakṣattri[[ya]]viṭśūdrā varṇṇās tv ādyās tray⟪e⟫[[o]] dvijāḥ |
- niṣekādyāḥ śmaśānāntās teṣām vai mantrataḥ kriyāḥ<ref>Yājñavalkyasmṛti 1.10.</ref> ||
- mātur yad agre jā○yante dvitīyaṃ mauñjibandhanāt |
- brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśas tasmād ete dvijāḥ smṛtāḥ<ref>Yājñavalkyasmṛti 1.39.</ref> ||
upanayanāntasaṃskārānuvṛttau yamaḥ ||
- śūdro py evamvidhaḥ kāryo vinā mantreṇa saṃskṛ○taḥ |
- na kena cit samasṛjac cchandasā taṃ prajāpatiḥ ||
aśūdrāḥ || manuṣu karmmaṇām ity a[[ā]]pastambenopanayane śūdraparyudāsād upanayanābhāvaḥ kuta āha
- tasmā⟪..⟫[[d a]]syādhi○kāro sti nāradena ⟪ca⟫ smṛtāv (it)i
- vivāhamātraṃ saṃskāraṃ śūdro pi labhatāṃ sadā |
mātragrahaṇād viśeṣavihitavyatiriktanivṛttiḥ | tathā
- tūṣṇīm etāḥ kriyāḥ strīṇāṃ vivāhas tu samantrakaḥ<ref>Yājñavalkyasmṛti 1.13c–d.</ref> |
tūṣṇīṃ mantraśūnyaṃ | vaivāhiko vidhiḥ strīṇām aupanāyanikaḥ smṛtaḥ | (fol. 1v1–5)
End
- darppapāṇis tu vidhinā svān pretāṁs tarppayet tataḥ |
- pitrādīn nāmagotreṇa tathā mātāmahā++ |
- ⁅saṃtarpya⁆ vidhivad bhajyā (!) imaṃ mantram udīrayet |
- ye bāndhavā abāndhavā ○ ye nyajanmani bāndhavāḥ |
- te tṛptim akhilā yāntu yaś ca snātto (!) bhi+++
- ++ vi(cchave) rāṇe<ref>The fourth pāda of this verse is missing.</ref>
- śucivastradharaḥ snāto devarṣipitṛtarppa○ṇaṃ |
- teṣām eva ca tīrthena prakurvvīta samāhitaḥ |
- trir apaḥ prīṇana[[ā]]++ ⁅de⁆vānām apavarjjayet |
- ṛṣīṇāñ ca yathānyāyaṃ sakṛc cāpi prajā○⁅pa⁆teḥ |
- pitṝṇāṃ prīṇanārthāya trir apaḥ pṛthivīpate |
- pitāma+++++ prīṇayet prapitāmahān |
- mātāmahāya tatpitre tatpitre ca samāhitaḥ |
- ⁅da⁆dyāt pitryeṇa tīrthena kāmyañ cānyac chṛṇuṣva me |
- mātre pramātre tanmā(fol. 207r1)tre gurupanyai (!) tathaiva ca |
- gurave mātulādīnāṃ snigdhamitrāya bhūbhuje ||
(fol. 206v1–207r1)
Colophon
iti mahāmahopādhyāyaśrīhariṇāthaviracite smṛtisāre vyavahārakhaṇḍaḥ samāptaḥ ||
śubham astu || oṁ namo hayagrīvāya || ||
- daulikagrāma○vāstavyasoleko (!) likhad (bī⟪dva⟫ja)laṃ<ref>Here, three akṣaras have been overwritten.</ref> |
- smṛteḥ sāram imaṃ [[(ṣa)]]kṣu ca dvāviṃśaḥ samāvayāḥ ||
- lakṣmaṇakṣmāpater abdhe candravedākṣila○kṣite |
- phālgunīṣu śaner vvāre bhuvaṃ dhīre vati prabhau ||
śubham astu ||
- yat karmma kurvvato nātmā(j ju)gupsām eti ..ndraka | ○
- tat karttavyam aśaṅkena yan na gopyaṃ mahājane ||
- dinakatipayaparamāyuṣi madakāriṇi yo bale durātmaṇaḥ |
- vi..dhi tathāparādhaṃ janmaiva vṛthā yathā bhavati ||
namo bhavānīpataye harāya || (fol. 207r1–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 50/8
Date of Filming 22-10-1970
Exposures 220
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks Fols. 32v–33r; 64v–65r; 162v–163r have been microfilmed twice, fols. 70v–71r even thrice.
Catalogued by OH
Date 26-10-2007
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