MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 236.1(R)
Sanskrit, Evans-Wentz Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: The first three folios of a Bengali paper manuscript containing the beginning of a commentary of Kālidāsa's Meghadūta.
, [Meghadūtavyākhyā]
Rubric: [1v1] śrīrāmaḥ ||
Incipit: [1v1] sargabandhe mahākāvyam ucyate tasya laksaṇaṃ | āśīr namaskriyā vastu nirdeśo vāpi tanmukhaṃ | itihāsakathodbhūta itaratrapadāśrayaḥ[sic] | nagarārṇṇavaśailartucandrārkodayavarṇṇanaṃ || ityādi mahā
[1v2]kāvyalakṣaṇaṃ | khalu kāvyam idaṃ sargabandhād yad uktaṃ tra(?)tallakṣaṇasahitaṃ rahitaṃ sargabandhanena | tad uvati[sic] khalu kāvyaṃ jñātavyaṃ meghadūtādi |
[1v2]kāvyalakṣaṇaṃ | khalu kāvyam idaṃ sargabandhād yad uktaṃ tra(?)tallakṣaṇasahitaṃ rahitaṃ sargabandhanena | tad uvati[sic] khalu kāvyaṃ jñātavyaṃ meghadūtādi |
Explicit: [21r2] etat_ kṛtvā priyasamucitaṃ prārthanācetaye me sauhārddād vā vidhura iti vā ma⟨yy a⟩nukrośabuddhyā |
iṣṭān deśān vicara jalada prāvṛṣā saṃbhṛtaśrīr mā bhūd evaṃ kṣaṇam api ca te vidyutā viprayogaḥ || 114 || 1 || ❀ || ❀ || ❀ ||
iṣṭān deśān vicara jalada prāvṛṣā saṃbhṛtaśrīr mā bhūd evaṃ kṣaṇam api ca te vidyutā viprayogaḥ || 114 || 1 || ❀ || ❀ || ❀ ||
Final rubric: [21r4] || iti śrīkālidāsakṛtaṃ meghadūtaṃ dhavalikāvyaṃ samāptaṃ || ❀ || ❀ ||
Colophon: [21r4] śubham astu lipikarttari || śakābdā[sic] 1622 ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Yellow paper.
8 × 36.5 cm.
Extent: 3 ff.
Foliation: Bengali numerals, mid-right margin, verso.
Condition
Damaged; all folios are smudged and stained, with akṣaras (mostly still readable) damaged by humidity.
Layout
4 lines per page, approximately 54 akṣaras per line. 3-4 × 3 mm. 1.25:1
Impressed marginal frame lines. 2 × 23.7-25.5 cm. 2
Hand(s)
Bengali in black ink.
Bengali in red ink (second set of annotations).
Additions:
Marginalia
- \Invocation (śrī) immediately before the foliation, mid right margin, verso. /
- \Numerous annotations on all margins throughout the manuscript; the first set in black ink was probably written by the scribe of the main text, while the second set in red ink might have been added later./
Binding
Cardboard box, library binding.
History
Origin: Śāka 1622 / 1700 CE. Bengal.
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated by Prof E.H. Johnston in February 1940; previously belonged to Evans-Wentz, W.Y. Dr. W.Y. Evans-Wentz.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation