MS Suri BirbhumDL EAP_NEW_BDL_MSS_00002a
Manuscript
ID: 109974
Located in: Suri
Stored in: Birbhum District Library
Other number: EAP_NEW_BDL_MSS_00002a
Also collected in (Collection): EAP BDL MSS Digital Collection
Oldness: Rather old
Year: 1748 c.
Other era - name and year: Bengali Era 1155
Script: Bengali
Material: Palm-leaf
Condition: Poor
Physical completeness: Incomplete
Number of folios: 54
Extant sheet range: 1(?), 1(?), 1–14, 16–24, 26–38, 1(?), 39, 40/41, 42–46, 49–56
Lines per page: 4
Letters per line: 70
Sheet dimensions: 42.0 × 4.0 cm
More facts:
- The first 2 folios (not paginated) are not part of the main text; the first folio contains certain subhāṣitas while the next one contains a hymn to the goddess Durgā. This folio also has a date (San 1155) and probably a signature which is damaged.
- Foll. 15, 25, 40/41, 37-48 are either missing or not scanned due to being highly damaged. Foll. after fol. 56 are missing too.
- A kroḍapatra is inserted after fol. 38
Story:
- This manuscript contains a subcommentary on the Taddhitapāda of the second book of the Kātantra grammar. Since the manuscript is utterly damaged and no colophon is found I could not decipher the title or author of this text. It runs from the beginning of the Taddhitapāda and the last available folio contains text from the middle of the same pāda.
- The Subhāṣitas in the first page are: saguṇo nirguṇo vāpi sahāyo balavattaraḥ | vīraśrībhojarājas tribhuvanavijayī dhārmmikaḥ satyavādī pitrā te yā gṛhītā navanavatiśataratnakoṭiyadīyā tāṃ me dehi satyaṃ sakalabudhagaṇair jñāyate ??m etat na vā jānanti kecit tava kṛtam athavā dehi lakṣaṃ tato me || uttuṅgaśailaśikharasthitapādapānāṃ kākaḥ kṛśo'pi phalam ālabhate sapakṣaḥ | siṃho balī gajavidāraṇadāruṇo 'pi sīdaty aho tarutale khalu pakṣahīnaḥ || The other side of this folio is blank. The Durgāstava on the second folio is: "oṃ durgāyai namaḥ | oṃ jayantī maṅgalā kālī bhadrakālī kapālinī | durgā śivā kṣamā dhātrī svāhā svadhā namo 'stu te || sā te bhavatu suprītā devī śikharavāsinī | ugreṇa tapasā labdho yayā paśupatiḥ patiḥ ||" Again: "oṃ durgāyai namaḥ | jayantī maṅgalā..." etc.
Last update: 13.07.2021 - 11:18