B 18-2 Kumārasambhava

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 18/2
Title: Kumārasambhava
Dimensions: 38 x 5 cm x 12 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/7994
Remarks:

Reel No. B 18/2

Title: Kumārasambhavavyākhyā

Remarks: commentary on Kumārasambhava

Subject: Kāvya

Language: Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script: Maithili

Material: palm-leaf

State: incomplete, damaged

Size: 38.0 x 5.0 cm

Binding Hole: 1, in the middle

Folios: 13

Lines per Folio: 5-6

Foliation: figures in the left margin of the verso

Date of Copying:

Place of Deposit: NAK

Accession No.: 5-7994

Manuscript Features

The extant folios are: 5, +<ref >^{foliation is lost}</ref>, 38, 40, 82, 85, 86, 87, 29, +, +, +, +. Some of the folios are badly damaged.

Excerpts

Beginning

°citā tathā ca daṇḍī ,

āśayasya vibhūter vvā yan mahattvam anuttaram |
udāttaṃ nāma taṃ prāhur alaṅkāraṃ maṇīṣiṇa(!)

iti | yad vā ananto mokṣaḥ nirvvāṇam amṛtaṃ śreyaḥ sthiro nantaś ca kīrttita i⁅ty⁆ amaramālā , puṇyaśailatvena mokṣadatvam asya | kathaṃ doṣajanakam api hitaṃ doṣatāṃ na gata(!) ity āha , hi yataḥ eko 'dvitīyo doṣaḥ guṇasannipāte guṇamelake nimajjati , nimagno bhavati , guṇaiḥ pihito varttamāno pi na lakṣyata iti bhāvaḥ yathā ca candrasya kiraṇeṣu viṣayabhūteṣv aṅkaḥ kalaṅko na saubhāgyavilopī bhavati tathety arthaḥ candraḥ(!) kīdṛśasya anekacandrakāntamaṇīnāṃ prabhāvasyādyajñānaviṣayasya tasyodgama eva teṣāṃ jalakṣaraṇāt , ata eva teṣāṃ candramaṇitvaṃ etc. (fol. 5r1-4)

Excerpt

uvāca || sā enam uvāca , babhāṣe , he dvija , paramārthatas tattvato niścitam eva haraṃ na jānāsi , yata evaṃ māṃ vadasi harati pāpam iti , haram ity ucitapadaṃ , kīdṛśam alokasāmānyaṃ , nānanya(!)sādhāraṇaṃ lokātiriktam ity arthaḥ 'cintyo 'nākalanīyo hetuḥ kāraṇaṃ yasya taṃ , niḥkāranam ity arthaḥ | etādṛśasyāpi doṣoktau he⁅tu⁆m āha , mandāḥ pāpā alpā vā , mahatāṃ , mahātmanāṃ caritaṃ vyāpāraṃ dviṣanti nindanti | sāmānyaśabdaḥ sādhāraṇārthaḥ |

mandaś c(ālpe) ca rogārtte bhavet pāpe śanāv apī-

ti viśvaḥ || amaṅgalābhyāsaratim ity atrottaram āha || vipat || (fol. 87r3-6)

End

vibhūṣaṇaiḥ kuṇḍalādibhir udbhāsana(śīlā)° (fol. 87v6)<ref >^{Writing is partly rubbed off on this page.}</ref> <references/>

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 18/2

Date of Filming: 06-09-1970

Exposures: 16

Used Copy: Kathmandu (scan)

Type of Film: positive

Catalogued by AM

Date: 29-08-2011