B 310-17 Ṛtusaṃhāra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 310/17
Title: Ṛtusaṃhāra
Dimensions: 24.4 x 10.7 cm x 12 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kāvya
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/1055
Remarks:

Reel No. B 310-17 Inventory No. 51517

Title Ṛtusaṃhāra

Author Kālidāsa

Subject Kāvya

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State complete

Size 24.4 x 10.7 cm

Folios 12

Lines per Folio 10

Foliation figures in upper left-hand and lower right-hand margin of the verso, beneath the marginal title: ṛtu . va

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 4/1055

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

pracaṃḍasūryaḥ spṛhaṇīyacandramāḥ sadāvagāhakṣatavārisaṃcayaḥ ||

dināṃtaramyobhyupaśāntamanmatho nidāghakālaḥ samupā[[ga]]ta priye || 1 ||

niśāṃśaśāṃkakṣatanīlarājayaḥ kvacidvicitraṃ jalayaṃtramasdiram ||

maṇiprakārāḥ sarasaṃ ca candanaṃ śucau priye yāṃti janasya sevyatāṃ-m || 2 ||

suvāsitaṃ harmyatalaṃ manoharaṃ priyāmukhochvāsavikaṃpitaṃmadhu ||

sutaṃtrigītaṃ madanasya dīpanaṃ śucau niśithe ʼnubhavaṃti kāminaḥ || 3 ||

(fol. 1v1-5)

End

ramyaḥ pradoṣasamayaḥ paṭucaṃdrakāṃtiḥ

puṃskokilasya virutaṃ pavanaḥ sugandhiḥ ||

mattadvirephavirutaṃ niśi sīdhupānaṃ

sarvaṃ hi sādhanam I[[ti]] kusumāyudhasya || 35 ||

bahukusuma suramyaḥ kāmināṃ kāmabhūtaḥ

pathikajanavadhūnāṃ cittasaṃtāpahetuḥ ||

madhukarapikanādaiḥ jātavādaprapaṃcaḥ

pradiśatu sukhamāsu prāyaśas te vasantaḥ || 36 ||

malayapavanaviddhaḥ kokilārāvaramyo

madhurasurabhisaṃgāllabdhagandhaprabandhaḥ ||

vivudhakaramayukhaiś ceṣṭamānaḥ samaṃtād

bhavatu tava vasaṃtaḥ kāla eṣopi vṛddhyai || 37 || (fol. 11v10–12r5)

Colophon

iti śrīkālidāsakṛtau ṛtuvarṇane mahākāvye vasantavarṇano nāma ṣaṣtḥaḥ sargaḥ samāptam ṛtuvarṇanam || || || || ❁ || || ❁ || || ❁ || || ❁ ||

kānte vasanta samaye vada kiṃ tarūṇāṃ

kiṃ kṣīyate virahiṇām uragaḥ kimeti ||

kiṃ kurvate madhukarā madhupānamattāḥ ||

kidṛgvanaṃ hi vipulaṃ hariṇāstyajaṃti || 1 ||

davavikalamasyārthaḥ || 1 || || (fol.12r7–8)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 310/17

Date of Filming 05-07-1972

Exposures 13

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks 3 times filmed: folio 8,

Catalogued by JU\MS

Date 29-07-2003

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