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MS. Sansk. d. 305

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Hemacandra’s Balinarendrākhyānaka, A. D. 1616.

Contents

The Balinarendrākhyānaka, a legend in clumsy prose, by Hemacandra

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] śrīsarvajñāya namaḥ | astīha Jaṃbūdvīpe Meroḥ paścimāyāṃ diśi Saṃthilāvati nāmā vijayas tatra nivāsaḥ sarvasaṃpadāṃ nilayoniḥ śeṣavilāsānāṃ gṛhaṃ samastasadvyavahārāṇāṃ anāspadam aśeṣapāpavyāpārāṇāṃ dhāma dharmakarmaṇāṃ valayitaṃ prāṃśuprakāreṇa durgākṛtam atigaṃbhīraparikhayā samagrāścaryaniketanam ativistīrṇam avanivanitāśirastilakabhūtaṃ Vijaya puraṃ nāma nagaraṃ | tatra cārādhyaḥ pārthivasahasrāṇāṃ prathamaḥ satvavātām agresaro vikramiṇāṃ pātraṃ samagrasaṃpadāṃ jaladhir buddhisaritāṃ vihitabahuvismayo mahāmaṃtriṇāṃ kamanīyatāhitakāmavibhramaḥ kāminīnāṃ mahākarikuṃbhasthalasthulena kaṭhinakarakeśākṛṣṭaripuramānavaratakṛtakeliḥprabala-parabalācalanicayanirddhalanadaṃbholiś Caṃdramaulir nāma mahānareṃdraḥ |
Explicit: [64v] sarvaśarīrakarmasaṃbaṃdhaṃ viprahāya saṃjāto nirvṛtipurīyarameśvaro Balinareṃdrarṣikevalijīvaḥ | iti Balinareṃdrākhyānakaṃ samāptaṃ | cha | paripūrṇeyaṃ Bhuvanabhānukathā | cha | śubhaṃ bhavatu | kalyāṇam astu | cha | A later hand has added below: tatsamāptau prathamā anityatābhāvanā samāptā | iti Maladhāragachamaṃḍanapra-bhuśrīhemacaṃdrasūrisaṃdarbbhitaṃ Bhuvanabhānukedalicaritaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ samāptaṃ | cha |

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iii + 64 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 27.3 × 12.1 cm.

Condition

f. 62v has suffered from abrasion.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

f. 64v: śrīsāḥdhaṃnāparuṣāṇīḥ Vāghayāl līṣataṃ | Sāḥ is perhaps for sādhu, and the name may be Vādyapāl as far as the writing is concerned.

History

Origin: A. D. 1616.

f. 64v: saṃvat 1672 ⟨1616⟩ māhasuda 8 dine | The MS. hardly looks so old, but the handwriting is old in style, and the date may therefore be correct, though the paper looks new; cf. Hultzsch, Z.D.M.G., XL, 11.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 454).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1408, pp. 241-242

Availability

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1408, pp. 241-242

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