B 15-1 Nāṭyalocana

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 15/1
Title: Nāṭyalocana
Dimensions: 29.5 x 5 cm x 32 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nāṭaka and Nāṭyaśāstra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/166
Remarks:

Reel No. B 15/1

Inventory No. 46090

Title Nāṭyalocana

Remarks

Author

Subject Nāṭyaśāstra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script (old)Newari

Material palm-leaf

State incomplete

Size 29.5 x 5.0 cm

Binding Hole(s) 1; circular in the middle

Folios 32

Lines per Page 5–6

Foliation figures in the left-hand margin of the verso

Scribe

Date of Copying

Place of Copying

King

Donor

Owner/Deliverer

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 4/166

Manuscript Features

• Fol. 1v seems to be written in a different hand.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṁ namo nāṭeśvaryāya ||

smṛtvā mahānaṭaṇ devaṃ nānābhāvopalabdhaye |

trilocano vidagdhānāṅ kurute nāṭyalocanam ||

ihānuśruyate dakṣo(!) śakrenā(!)(vya)thitaḥ purāḥ(!) |

da(dau) [[nī]]kṛṣya vedebhyo nāṭyavedas tu pañcamaḥ || (fol. 1v1–2)

End

tannāsādaṣṭauṣṭavisphuraṇena darśayet ||

roṣaviśeṣān āha ||

bhrūkuṭīkuṭilotkaṭamukha-

sandaṣṭauṣṭaḥ spṛsan kareṇa

kara(saṃs)pṛṣṭaḥ svabhujāpekṣī-

śatror nirgan ‥ ‥ ruṣyet |

kiñcid vāṅmukhadṛṣṭiḥ kiṃcit †svedāyamāryanaparuśva† | avyakto gūnaceṣṭo vinayādyaṃ ‥ taṃ ruṣyet | anyaka (fol. 32v4–5)

Sub-colophon

iti nāṭyalocane kramoddeśaprathamaḥ paricchedaḥ || ○ || (fol. 2r5)

Colophon

The colophon is missing.

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 15/1

Date of Filming not available

Exposures 36

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by BK/RK

Date 13-03-2012

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