C 44-7 Abhijñānaśākuntala
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: C 44/7
Title: Abhijñānaśākuntala
Dimensions: 23.9 x 4.5 cm x 61 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nāṭaka and Nāṭyaśāstra
Date: LS 343
Acc No.: Kesar 421
Remarks: =ms 4904?; C 92/4
Reel No. C 44/7
Title Abhijñānaśākuntala
Author Kālidāsa
Subject Nāṭaka
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 32.5 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, left of the centre
Folios 65+2
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the right margin of the verso
Place of Deposit Kaiser Library
Accession No. 421
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya ||
yā sraṣṭuḥ sṛṣṭir ādyā vahati vidhihutaṃ yā havir yā ca hotrī
ye dve kālaṃ vidhattaḥ śrutiviṣayaguṇā yāsthitā vyāpya viśvaṃ |
yām āhuḥ sarvvabījaprakṛtir iti yayā prāṇinaḥ prāṇavantaḥ
pratyakṣābhiḥ prasannas tanubhir avatu va⟪ḥ⟫s tābhir aṣṭābhir īśaḥ ||
nāndyante sūtradhāraḥ alam atiprasaṅgena
nepathyābhimukham avalokya, ārye yadi nepathyavidhānam adhyavasitaṃ tad ihāgamyatāṃ, praviśya naṭī, ajja iamhi āṇavedu ajjo ko ṇioo aṇuciṭṭhiadu tti
sūtraḥ ārye rasabhāvaviśeṣadīkṣāguros tatrabhavataḥ śrīvikramādityasāhasāṅkasyābhirūpabhūyiṣṭhā pariṣat, asyāñ ca kālidāsagrathitavastunābhijñānaśakuntalena upasthātavyam asmābhiḥ tat pratipātram ādhīyatāṃ yatnaḥ (fol. 1v1–5)
End
rājā aham api yathāśakti śreyase kariṣye, mārī, vatsa kiṃ te priyam upakaromi rājā bhagavann ataḥ paraṃ priyam asti tathāpi yadi bhagavān prasannataraḥ param api karttum icchati, tad etad astu,
pravarttāṃ (!) prakṛtihitāya pārthivaḥ sarasvatī śrutimahatāṃ mahīyasāṃ |
mamāpi ca kṣapayatu nīlalohitaḥ punarbbhavaṃ parigatabhaktir ātmanā ||
mārī vatsa evam astu
iti niḥkrāntāḥ sarvve
saptamoṅkaḥ samāptaḥ || || (fol. 65r2–4)
Colophon
lasaṃ 343 budhe edine vai hāṇṇale śrīvāsude⟪va⟫venā(!)likhitaṃ || (fol 65r4–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. C 44/7
Date of Filming 15-02-1976
Exposures 91
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by DA
Date 20-06-2005
