A 386-16 Meghadūta

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 386/16
Title: Meghadūta
Dimensions: 20.6 x 10.9 cm x 27 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1443
Remarks:

Reel No. A 386/16

Inventory No. 38187

Title Meghadūta

Remarks

Author Kālidāsa

Subject Kāvya

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material Nepali paper

State incomplete; eaten by mouse

Size 20.3 x 9.8 cm

Binding Hole

Folios 26

Lines per Folio 6–9

Foliation figures on the verso under the abbreviation me

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/1443

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

Beginning

----- stārapāṃḍu || 16 ||
sthitvā tasminvanacaravadhūbhuktakuṃje muhurtaṃ
toyotsargādrutataragatistatparaṃ vartmatīrṇaḥ ||
revāṃ drakṣyasthupala (!) viśame viṃdhyapāde viśīrṇāṃ
bhakti chedai riva viracitāṃ bhūtimaṃge gajasya || 2 || (fol. 7r1–5)

End

śrutvā vārttā jalada kathitāṃ dhaneśo ---- dyaḥ śāpasyāntaṃ sadaya ----- stakopaḥ || saṃyojyaitau viga ----- tau bhogāniṣṭā naviratasukhaṃ bhoja ------ ||    ||    || (fol. 33r1–4)

Colophon

iti śrīkālidāsakṛtau meghadūtākhyaṃ kāvya samāptaṃ || ❖ ||    ||
jeṣṭa (!) sudi 14 bhaume śrīsamvatsara ||    ||    ||
yādṛśaṃ pustakaṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛśaṃ likhitaṃ mayā ||
yadi śuddhamaśuddhaṃ vā mama doṣā nadīyate ||    ||
maṃgalaṃ lalekhakānāṃ ca pāṭakānāṃ ca maṃlā (!) || maṃgalaṃ sarvvalokānāṃ (fol. 33r4–8)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 386/16

Date of Filming

Exposures

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by JU

Date 26-09-2003