A 390-1 Meghadūta

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Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 390/1
Title: Meghadūta
Dimensions: 22.8 x 8 cm x 22 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1591
Remarks:


Reel No. A 390-1 Inventory No. 38189

Title Meghadūtakāvya

Author Kālidāsa

Subject Kāvya

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material paper

State complete

Size 22.8 x 8.0 cm

Folios 22

Lines per Folio 5–6

Foliation figures in the middle right-hand margin and marginal title śrī.me / me. is in the middle left-hand margin of the verso

Date of Copying NS 754?

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/1591

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṃ nama (!) bhavānīśaṃkabhyāṃ (!) namaḥ || 

kaścit kāntāvirahaguruṇā svādhikārapramatta(2)ḥ (!)

śāpenāstaṃ gamitamahimā varṣabhogyena (!) bharttuḥ

yakṣaś cakre janakatanayāsnānapu(3)nyodeṣu (!)

snigdhachāyātaruṣu (!) vasatiṃ rāmagiryāśrameṣu || 1 || 

tasmin nadrau katici(4)d abalā viprayuktas sa kāmī

nītvā māsān kanakavalayabhraṃśaritkaprakoṣṭhaḥ | 

(5) āṣāḍhasya prathamadivase meghamāśliṣṭasānuṃ

vaprakrīḍāpariṇatagajaprekṣaṇīyaṃ (1) dadarśa || 2 || (fol. 1r1–5,1v1)

End

etat kṛtvā priyam anucitaḥ (!) prārthanāvartmano me

sauhāddhād (!) vā (1) viraha iti vā mayy anakrośabuddhyā (!) || 

īṣṭān deśān jaladavicaraprāvṛṣāsaṃbhṛtaśrīḥ

(2) mābhūd evaṃ kṣaṇam api ca te vidyutā viprayogaḥ || 

śrutvā vārttāṃ jaladakathitāṃ tāṃ dhaneśo (3) pi sadyaḥ

śāpasyānte hṛdayaparicayā (!) yās takopapraśānte | 

saṃyujyante vigalitaśucau daṃ(4)patī dṛṣṭavantau

bhāgān (!) iṣṭhān aviratasukhaṃ bhojayāmāsa saśvat (!)  || || (fol. 21v6–22r4)

Colophon

|| || iti meghadūtakāvya (!) samāptaṃ || || samvat 754 āḍhaśakami hastanakṣatre sudina thoku(6)nhu sidhayakā || śubham astu sarvvadāṃ (!) || || (fol. 22r5–6)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 390/1

Date of Filming 13-07-1972

Exposures 26

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks text on the exp. 3, foliated 22 is recto of the fol. 1

Catalogued by JU/MS

Date 05-09-2006

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