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MS. Sansk. c. 66

MSS. Sansk. c.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Pañcatantra, A. D. 1760.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iii + 145 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 34.6 × 21.3 cm.

Condition

f. 2 is damaged, and part of the long marginal note is lost.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, 1 with Jaina characteristics. The diagrams on ff. 1v and 83, and the blank space in the centre of f. 27r, also show the Jaina hand.

2 was written by Rādhākṛṣṇa, in the town of Karnakundala, for Śaṅkararāma, Śambhūrāma, Ṣuśpālīrāma, and Savāīrāma (if these are names of different persons in the colophon: Karṇakuṇḍalapuryyāṃ vai Rādhākṛṣṇo vyalīlikhat ciraṃjīvasvātmajaśaṃkararāma-śaṃbhūrāmaṣuśpālīrāmasavāīrāmapaṭhanārthaṃ).

History

Origin: A. D. 1760.

2 is dated (f. 144v): mittī saṃvata 1806 ⟨1750⟩ vaiśākhe śuklapakṣe tṛtīyāśanivāśare | 1 is probably not quite so old.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 111).

MS. Sansk. c. 66(1) [fols 1-103v]

Contents

the Pañcatantra, by Viṣṇuśarman, books I and II, and nearly the whole of book III.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: ǁ 60 ǁ oṃ namaḥ ǁ śaº śrīmati Ratnagurubhyo namaḥ ǁ ǁ baṃde Sarasvatīṃ nityaṃ bāgmanaḥkāyakarmmabhiḥ | vāksamudrā yayā naddho dustaras tridaśer api ǁ 1 ǁ Manave Vācaspataya Sukrāya Parāsarāya sasutāya ǁ Cāṇākyāya viduṣe namāstu sarvaśāstrakarttṛbhyaḥ ǁ 2 ǁ praṇamya vighnaharttāraṃ gaṇādhyakṣam Umāsutaṃ ǁ nītaśāstram idaṃ bakṣye kathāmārganibaṃdhanaṃ ǁ 3 ǁ tad yathānuśrūyata ǁ asti dakṣiṇātye janapada Mahilaropyaṃ nāma nagaraṃ | tatra sakalaśāstrakalpadrumaḥ pravaranṛpa-mukaṭamaṇimarīcicayacarccitacaraṇāḥ sakalakalāpāraṃ-gato Damaraśaktir nāma rāmarājā babhūva ǁ
Explicit: evaṃ śatrūn aniḥśeṣatāṃ nītvā bhūyo ’pi Meghavarṇas tam eva nyagrodḥapādapaṭuga jagāmaḥ | tataḥ | sihāsanasthau bhūtvā sabhāmaṃdhye pramuditaḥ | manāsthirajīvinam apṛchat | tāta |

MS. Sansk. c. 66(2) [fols 104-144]

Contents

the Pañcatantra, or Pañcākhyānaka, by Viṣṇuśarman, the second half of book III with books IV and V.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: dyā pādayaṃti ite mugdhāḥ śrute paramārthaṃ na jānaṃti yac ca kenacid uktaṃ ājair yaṣṭavyam iti tatra ajā vrīhavaṃ saptivārṣikā ucyate na jāyaṃta ity anvarthavalāt uktaṃ ca vṛkṣān chitvā | &c.
Explicit: evam uktvā suvarṇasiddhas tam andra (?) jñāpya svagṛhaṃ prati nivṛttiḥ samāptaṃ cedam aparīkṣākāritaṃ nāma paṃcamaṃ taṃtraṃ yasyāyam ādyaḥ ślokaḥ kudṛṣṭaṃ kuparijñātaṃ kukṛṣṭaṃ kuparīkṣitaṃ tan nareṇa na karttavyaṃ nāpi teneha yat kṛtaṃ etatsamāptau samaptaṃ Paṃcataṃtrā ’paranāmakaṃ Paṃcākhyānakam iti nītiśāstrakaṃ kathānvitaṃ satkavisūktayuktaṃ śrīviṣṇuśārmā nṛpa nītiśāstraṃ cakāra yo neha paropakārasvargāya jāyeta vudhā vadaṃti ǁ 1 ǁ śrīsomamaṃtrivacanena viśīrṇavarṇaḥm ālokya śāstram akhilaṃ khalu Paṃcataṃtraṃ ǁ 2 ǁ śrīpūrṇabhadraguruṇā guruṇādareṇa saṃsodhitaṃ nṛpatinītivinecanāya pratyakṣaraṃ pratipadaprativākyaṃ pratikathaṃ pratiślokaṃ | śrīpurṇabhadraśūriś ca (?) śodhayām āsa śāstram idaṃ ǁ 3 ǁ yad yat kiṃcit kiṃcid api mayā neha samyak prayuktaṃ tat karttavyaṃ nipuṇadhiṣaṇaiḥ jñāṃtimaṃto hi saṃtaḥ śrīśrīcaṃdraprabhuparivṛtaḥ pātu māṃ pātakebhyo yasyādyā vibhramati bhuvane kīrttigaṃgā-pravāhaḥ [ǁ 4 ǁ] ya smārttaṃ vacaḥ kvacana yat samayopāyāgi proktaṃ samastaviduṣāṃ tad draṣaṇīyaṃ Somasya manmathavilāsaviśeṣakasya kiṃ nāma lāṃchanamṛgaḥ kurute na lakṣmīṃ ǁ 5 ǁ pratyaṃtaraṃ na punar asya maṇḍakrameṇa kutrāpi kiṃcana jagaty api niśrayo me kiṃ tvāghasaktavipadākṛtabījamuṣṭiḥ siktā mayā matijalena jagāma vṛddhiḥ ǁ 6 ǁ catvāri hi sahasrāṇi tatparaṃ ṣaṭ śatāni ca graṃthasyāsya mayā mānaṃ gaṇitaṃ ślokasaṃkhyayā ǁ 7 ǁ śaravāṇataraṇivarṣe ravikaravadi phālgune tṛtīyā jīrṇoddhāra ivāsau pratiṣṭhito ’yaṃ savikṛdhaiḥ ǁ 8 ǁ mūlapratilakṣamā na saṃti cha iti śrīpaṃcākhyānakaṃ nāma nītiśāstraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ |

MS. Sansk. c. 66(3) [fols 145]

Contents

a fragment (eight lines only) of some work on Alaṃkāra, treating of pūrṇopamā and luptopamā.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: śrīgurubhyo namaḥ | Goviṃdaṃ saccidānaṃdaṃ praṇamyābhīṣṭasiddhaye | alaṃkṛtpuṃbhiḥ sāṃdraś caṃdrālokaḥ prakīrttyate ǁ 1 ǁ

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1274 (1–8), pp. 183-184

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1274 (1–8), pp. 183-184

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