B 18-12 Naiṣadhacarita
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 18/12
Title: Naiṣadhacarita
Dimensions: 30.5 x 6.5 cm x 96 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1697
Remarks:
Reel No. B 18-12
Title: Naiṣadhacarita
Author: Harṣa
Subject: Kāvya
Language: Sanskrit
Text Features: The text differs considerably from the printed edition, moreover it has been transmitted in a corrupt state.
Manuscript Details
Script: Maithili
Material: palm-leaf
State: incomplete, damaged
Size: 30.5 x 6.5 cm
Binding Hole: 1, left of the centre
Folios: 96
Lines per Folio: 5-7
Foliation: figures in the left and in the right margins of the verso
Date of Copying:
Place of Deposit: NAK
Accession No.: 1-1697
Manuscript Features
The extant folios are: 1-2, 4-6, 8-13, 15-37, 39-40, 42-48, 50-102.
The manuscript is written by several hands and also on leaves of various formats.
A number of folios are broken in the edges, some with considerable loss, others are stained with water.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
yadīyam āpīya kathādbhutam budhā
⁅yayuḥ⁆ sudhāyā[[m api]] mandam ādaraṃ |
sa rāśir āśīn mahasām ivojvalo(!)
nalas pratāpodayanirjjitā'nalaḥ ||
diśā⁅ṅga⁆bhogena tadīśabhāgabhūs
prakāśikāmaprasarāvarodhi ca |
babhāra śāstrāṇi tṛtī⁅yam⁆ īkṣaṇan
trilocanāṅśāvatara(tva)lakṣaṇam ||
nivāritās tena mahītale khile
nirītibhāvaṅ gamite 'tivṛṣṭayaḥ |
na tatyajur nnūnam ananyaviśramāḥ
pratīpabhūpālavilāsinī ++ || (1v1-4)
«Sub-Colophons»
iti paṇḍitaśrīharṣakṛtau naiṣadhacarite mahākāvye kuṇḍilavarṇṇanā nāma dvitīyaḥ sarggaḥ || || (fol. 13r6-7)
iti paṇḍitaśrīśrīharṣakṛtau naiṣadhacarite mahākāvye damayantīhaṅsa(!)samvādo nāma tṛtīyaḥ sarggaḥ || || (fol. 18r5-6)
... ...
iti paṇḍitaśrīśrīharṣakṛtau mahākāvye naiṣadhacarite damayantīdarśanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭhaḥ<ref >In fact it is the eighth, not the sixth sarga which ends here. </ref> sarggaḥ || || (fol. 37r1-2)
... ...
śrīśrīharṣakṛtau naiṣadhacarite mahākāvye parīhāravilāso nāmaḥ(!) saptadaśasarggaḥ samāptaḥ || || (fol. [101v]5-6)
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End
kvāpi yannabhasi dhūpajadhūnir(!) mmecakāgurutarair bhramārāṇām(!) ||
bhūyate sma susamanaṃ(!)sumanaḥstrag(!)dāna(!)gandhapa(ṭa?)lena(!) |
anavātha(?) rucipītatamā yair ssāṅkur(!)eva rajanī janitāsīt ||
te dhṛtā nistari(tu)n(!) tridaśebhyo yatra hematila(!) (e)va dīpāḥ |
yatra mauktikamaṇer iva (sākṣā)(!)bhavi(!)prayogadahane mahastram(?) ||
kuṃkuṃmena(!) paripūri..(!)tam antaḥ śuktayaḥ śuśubhire 'nubhavantyaḥ |
aṅgacuṣi ghanacandana...<ref >The rest of the line is illegible/unintelligible.</ref> (fol. 112v4-7)
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Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 18/12
Date of Filming: 06-09-1970
Used Copy: Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film: positive
Remarks: The same manuscript was filmed on A 1365/18 in 1989.
Catalogued by AM
Date: 09-09-2011
Bibliography: Naiṣadhīyacaritam. Śrīmannārāyaṇaviracitayā Naiṣadhīyaprakāśākhyavyākhyayā (...). Nārāyaṇa Rāma ācārya Kāvyatīrtha ity etaiḥ (...) Saṃśodhitam. Nirṇayasāgarapres, Mumbai 1952.
