Manuscripts from Indian Collection

Author(s): National Museum New Delhi
Publisher: National Museum New Delhi
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MANUSCRIPTS FROM INDIAN COLLECTIONS
Descriptive Catalogue
NATIONAL MUSEUM, NEW DELHI

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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE
OF MANUSCRIPTS
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Rajkumar and Mrigavati, miniature painting, Malwa School, 17th century, from the Mrigavati. Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

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MANUSCRIPTS FROM INDIAN COLLECTIONS
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE
NATIONAL MUSEUM, NEW DELHI.

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National Museum,
New Delhi.
January, 1964
In honour of the XXVI International Congress of Orientalists (January 4 - 11, 1964) an exhibition of selected
manuscripts from Indian collections.
Published by the National Museum, Janpath, New Delhi and printed at
Printcraft, Puri Building, Desh Bandhu Gupta Road, New Delhi-1.
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INTRODUCTION
Manuscripts in India have a long tradition. They were produced in all parts of the country ; they are in many languages and scripts and on a wide range of religious, philosophical, historical, literary and scientific subjects. Frequently they have rich illuminations and illustrations of outstanding quality, in a great variety of schools and styles of miniature painting. In some periods and places in India their importance to the history of the development of painting is great. Everywhere they are a reflection of profound and wide-ranging learning, and of the richness, variety and long history of Indian culture.
The exhibition of manuscripts described in this catalogue, organized on the occasion of the meeting in New Delhi of the XXVI International Congress of Orientalists, surveys in less than two hundred examples the history of manuscripts in India, as represented by surviving works. The majority of important manuscript collections in the country have been generous in lending to it. Obviously not all the great manuscripts of India and in India are included, but many of the finest in their respective categories have been brought to Delhi for the exhibition. The exhibition therefore provides a rare and convenient means of obtaining a sampling of the quality and variety of this field, and brings together for comparison some works normally far distant from one another.
Some of the manuscripts in the exhibition have been published, or at least have been described or referred to in publications familiar to experts; most are undoubtedly known to some specialists; others are probably brought to the attention of international scholarship for the first time in this exhibition and its catalogue. For that reason as thorough descriptions as possible, in those respects useful for scholarly reference, have been provided. These descriptions are based on the detailed information furnished by the lenders, which they sent most conscientiously, and for which the National Museum is most grateful to them. Illustrations were a greater problem and unfortunately had to be limited to a few from outstanding manuscripts for which colour blocks could be secured.
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Selection of the works exhibited has been strict, for the exhibition had to be limited in size and it had to be representative in all possible ways. Therefore, from the many manuscripts proposed by potential lenders, the oldest or rarest or otherwise most notable of those in each category were invited. This selection is based in the first instance on reports of their rarer holdings, sent by a large majority of the libraries and museums with manuscript collections, in response to a general questionnaire sent out by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Joint Secretary of the Organizing Committee, in June, 1963. Previously, a preliminary study of manuscript resources in the country and suggestions from the expert advisers on the Committee had supplied a basic list of manuscripts that they knew and considered indispensable for the exhibition. In some cases, the replies to the questionnaire of June were delayed until the organization of the exhibition had progressed to a point where the suggestions could no longer be acted upon. In a few cases no reply at all was received. These circumstances explain several omissions in the lenders' list which are greatly to be regretted. This first stage of selection was followed by a second, to which the expert advisers on the Organizing Committee of the Congress, the specialists in all parts of India who generously responded to requests for advice, for information and for help in securing loans, and the staff members of the National Museum, competent in the various languages and scripts and in the field of manuscript studies, contributed significantly and appropriately.
Special thanks should be expressed to these two expert advisers of the Organizing Committee, Dr. M. Nizamuddin of Hyderabad, and Dr. V. Raghavan of Madras, who guided the project from its beginnings. In addition, gratitude must be recorded to the numerous scholars throughout India who made suggestions and gave advice on specific manuscripts required to make the exhibition as representative and as complete as possible and indicated likely sources from which to secure them. It would have been impossible to present this exhibition without their generous help, for many important manuscripts did not come to attention as a result of the first general inquiry nor even after the several subsequent ones. Special mention should be made here of Dr. Moti Chandra and Shri Pramod Chandra of the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay, of Dr. Z.A. Desai, Superintendent for Persian and Arabic
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Inscriptions, the Archaeological Survey of India, Nagpur, of Shri Rai Krishnadasa and of Dr. Anand Krishna of the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, for their suggestions and generous assistance.
The actual work of assembling the material, describing it for the catalogue and labels, editing the catalogue and seeing it through the press was carried out by a special unit in the National Museum appointed for the purpose, headed by Dr. P. Banerjee, Superintendent of Publications and Keeper of the Central Asian Antiquities, whose competence in Sanskrit and Buddhist studies as well as technical publication experience provided the required background for the work. All the scholarly and technical resources of the National Museum staff were, of course, made available as required at every stage of organizing and presenting the exhibition and of producing the catalogue.
The thanks of scholars and public, both Indian and foreign, who will enjoy this exhibition, as well as of the Organizing Committee and of the National Museum which have presented it, must be expressed here in most appreciative terms to the many lenders. Not only have these lenders deprived themselves for a time of works that they value greatly, but they have in many cases delegated, at great inconvenience, responsible staff members to convey them safely to Delhi. Some of these representatives have arranged to remain here for a part or for the entire period of the exhibition in order to serve as experts familiar with the manuscripts to consult with scholars, especially those assembled for the XXVI International Congress of Orientalists to whom this exhibition may be considered to be dedicated. The National Museum is glad to have been entrusted with the responsibility of assembling this exhibition and it is honoured to serve as host to so distinguished a group of the great manuscripts of India.
National Museum, New Delhi, 1st January, 1964.
G. MORLEY
Director
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Note : Dimensions of manuscripts : horizontal measurements first
for palm-leaf, birch-bark and other early works following this format; in other cases, vertical measurements first.
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SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS

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Rajkumar at the well, miniature painting, Malwa School, 17th century, from the Mrigavati. Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

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FRAGMENTS OF BIRCH-BARK MANUSCRIPT
FROM TAXILA
Fragments, nos. 1, 3, 7 and 8; length 12.5 cm ; Brähmi script of the 5th century A.D.; Sanskrit.
No. 1. (two pieces, A, B.) Obv. A, line 3...la (sattitmā ?) sadyaṁ tā ye tasthü.
4...(kshatri) ya-brahmaņa-vit-cchüdrā...
3...cha kućalam karma samādāna (tam tena)... 4...(m m)ūlasutra kena vādi karma ko...... 2... (he) mabhava...
Rev. A,
2...mahāgu(na)...
| 3...tra..cha mahāyānasya=āvatāra No. 3. (two pieces, A, B.) Obv. A, line 3...bhavataḥ katame....
B,
2...rāchhi 3...karme...
No. 7. (three pieces, A, B, C.)
Obv. A, line 1...ryakaiḥ dharme.
2... dyākusala(m)karma.
3 yacchati chā ke. 2 sa satai daśayati tatra tatr-aikam.
3...nāśayati yena samādhyaḥ Nil
Rev.
No. 8. (three pieces, A, B, C.) Obv. A, line 1 hetuvādināṁ nā...
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B.
C,
Rev. C,
1. panneshu kechid...panna... 2..p(ra)tijñā
4..kuśalamülaṁ....
2..sattitma...
3..daŝayati yena..di-karme
Terms, like mahäyäna, kušalamula and hetuvädin show that the manuscript was Buddhist.
Ends:
The manuscript was discovered at Taxila by Sir John Marshall.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
BHAISHAJYAGURU-VAIDŪRYAPRABHASOTRA (A Buddhist religious text)
Foll. one; size 38.5x6.5 cm; birch-bark; Gupta script of the 5th-6th century A.D.; 6 lines on each side of the leaf; Sanskrit.
Begins :
Bhaishajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabhasya dheyam śrutam bhavishyati.
imam
sūtraratnam dharayishyati tasya bhaishajyaguruvaidüryaprabhasya tathāgatasya.
Lent by the National Archives of India, New Delhi.
tathāgatasya nāma
FRAGMENTS OF PRAJÑĀPĀRAMITĀ MANUSCRIPT
FROM CENTRAL ASIA
(A Buddhist religious text)
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bhagavato
Four leaves; size 25.4x23.5 cm; paper; Gupta script of the 6th century A.D.; Sanskrit.

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Begins : M18(a) (Obverse) ... [ni]nopapadyate parāṁścha dhyāneshu
samādā (pa] (Reverse) ... ya : tat kasmāddheto... M18(b) (Obverse) ... (skstā] nam dharmāņām.
(Reverse) ... ho nāma samadhi... M18(c) (Obverse) ... [k] āyakalāsamprathamano... (Reverse) ... nirukti nirdeśampraveśayatyayamuch
yate. M18(d) (Obverse) ... (sarvba] guna...
(Reverse) ... bhi praviśyatyayamuchyate... Ends : M18(a) (Obverse) ... śūnyā akūțasthāvināśatāmupādāya: ta.
(Reverse) ... duḥkham anubhavana la. M18(b) (Obverse) ... samadhi sarvbadharmasamasara
(Reverse) ... samādhi. M18(c) (Obverse) ... samudgachchhatyam uchyate samu.
(Reverse) ... śuddhasāro nā (ma.] M18(d) (Obverse) ... bhavatalavikiraṇaḥ samādhi.
(Reverse) ... samanvāga [to.] The manuscript appears to be a condensed version of the Satasahasrika Prajnaparamita, books 7 to 11.
Lent by the Archaeological Section, Indian Museum, Calcutta.
JYOTISHA SĀSTRA
(A work on astronomy) Foll. 90 ; size 26 x 20 cm ; birch-bark ; Sharda script ; 16 to 17 lines to a page ; Sanskrit. Begins : wt TMT 74: 11 w retai eta u fafahrt I
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On palacographical grounds, the manuscript can be attributed to the 8th-9th century A.D. The topics dealt with are the origin of the lunar and solar eclipses, movements of planets and the festivals celebrated in Kashmir.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
UPAMITIBHAVAPRAPANCHAKATHA
(A Jaina allegorical work on the evolution of the soul)
Foll. 178; size 67x5 cm; palm-leaf; Devanagari script; 5 to 7 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 962 (A.D. 906). Author: Siddharshi (10th century A.D.).
Begins:
Ends:
।। ६० ।। ॐ नमः सर्व्वज्ञाय || ॐ नमः परमात्मने ॥ ॐ नमः श्रुतदेवतायै ॥ नमो निर्नाशिताशेषमहामोहहिमार्त्तये लोकालोकामलालोकभास्वते परमात्माने ॥
मा च राज्यं शरीरं च यशश्च शशिनिर्मलं ।
Incomplete; the oldest palm-leaf manuscript in the collection. Lent by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona.
ASHTASAHASRIKĀ PRAJÑĀPĀRAMITĀ (A Buddhist religious text)
Foll. 203 (of which some are missing); size 54x6 cm; palm-leaf; Kutila script; Sanskrit; dated 10th century A.D. Scribe Kalyāṇamitra Chintamanika.
Colophon पायष्टसाहस्रिकायां प्रज्ञापारमितायां परीन्दनापरिवतों नाम द्वात्रिंशत्तमः ॥ स (मा) ता चेयं भगवत्यष्टसाहस्रिका प्रज्ञापारमिता सर्वतथागतजननीविहरन्तु सदाचिन इति ।
12 illustrated panels, depicting the events in the life of the Buddha and other Mahāyāna Buddhist divinities.
Copied in the sixth year of Mahipala-deva (c.A.D. 994) at Nalanda.
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An almost similar manuscript copied in the fifth year of the same king is now in the Cambridge University Library.
Lent by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta.
ASHȚASĀHASRIKĀ PRAJNĀPĀRAMITĀ
(A Buddhist religious text) Foll. 178; size 55x6.7 cm; palm-leaf; Devanagari script; 6 lines to a page; Sanskrit.
20 illustrations on four folios and two painted covers in Pāla style of the 10th - 11th century A.D.
Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
SĀRATAMĀ PRAJÑĀPĀRAMITĀ TIKĀ (Condensed version of the Prajñāpāramitā with commentary)
Foll. 72 ; size 58x6 cm; palm-leaf'; Newari script; 6 to 7 lines to a page ; Sanskrit. Author : Ratnākaraśānti (teacher of Atisa, A.D. 9821054).
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यतोऽस्याम् श्रुतसमाधिनिश्रितोमहान् । धर्मावभागस्तस्मात् प्रभाकरी ॥ यतोऽस्यां वो(बो)धिपक्षः......दहनं तस्मात् ॥ परीन्दनाभिधायी परिवर्तः परीन्दनापरिवर्तः ।। ......ये धर्मा हेतुप्रभवा हेतुन्तेषान्तथागतोह्यवदतेषाञ्च यो निरोध एवं वादी महाश्रमणः ।। १ सम्वत्........३ राज्ञः श्रीहर्षदेवराजः श्रीगण्डिगुल्मविषये कुलपुत्रकायस्थः पण्डित श्रीजीवधरशि(सिं)हस्य पुस्तकोयमिति (पुस्तकमिदमिति)।
The manuscript originally belonged to a sāky Monastery in Central
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Tibet (South). It was obtained for the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim in October, 1958. The Lamas concerned were of the opinion that it was brought to Tibet from India before A.D. 1200. On palaeographical grounds, the manuscript belongs to the 11th century A.D.
Lent by the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok (Sikkim).
PAÑCHARAKSHĀMANDALA (On the worship of the 5 goddesses constituting the Pancharakshā group)
Foll. 83 pages; size 58.5 X 6.5 cm; palm-leaf; Newari script; Sanskrit.
5 illustrations in Pāla style and painted wooden covers.
According to the colophon the manuscript was copied in the reign of king Sivadeva of Nepal for whom we have Newari Samvat 239 and 240, corresponding to A.D. 1119 and 1120, as known from two manuscripts from Nepal.
Lent by the Asutosh Museum of Indian Art, University of Calcutta, Calcutta.
BHĀGAVATA PURĀŅA (Deals mainly with the glories and exploits of Krishna) Foll. 440; size 56x11 cm; paper; mixed script of the 12th century; 7 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author: Vyāsadeva (according to traditional belief). Begins : ... pataifa nåtifTif TATT I far asfaci Tz #977 ar rret: 1
अन्ये च मुनयः सूत परावरविदो विदुः । Ends : (889 TO Toufa fa-afer # HITTE cfh4297: 1
तमेव चिन्तयन्नर्थमृषि: स्वाश्रम एव सः । Original colophon bore the date, Samvat 1181 (A.D. 1124); marginal
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notes dated A.D. 1381. This seems to refute the theory of Bopadeva's authorship of the Bhagavata, for Bopadeva was born after the date of this manuscript.
Lent by the Sarasvati Bhavan, Sanskrit University, Varanasi.
ŚRĪBHOJADEVASANGRAHA (A miscellaneous collection of social rites and ceremonies)
Foll. 89; size 28.6x5 cm; palm-leaf; Newari script; 5 to 6 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Newari Samvat 309 (A.D. 1189). Begins : ओं नमो गणपतये । वर्ग (भर्ग) उदाच ।। कस्मिन्काले तु कर्तव्या प्रतिष्ठा भृगुनन्दन ।
कस्मिन्काले कृते काले तथा भवति कीदृशी ॥ मार्कण्डेय उवाच । शृणु कालं प्रवक्ष्यामि
प्रतिष्ठाकरणेन च । यस्मिन् यस्मिन् कृते काले यथा भवति यावद् ॥ Ends: श्री भोजदेवसंग्रह (:) समाप्त: संवत् ३०६ मावा (घे) कृष्ण-अष्टमी बुधवासरे। विशाख
नक्षत्र (त्रे) लिखित मिति ।। 33 illustrations of the Pāla-Nepal school and painted covers. Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
YUDDHAJAYĀRŅAVATANTRA
(An astrological work) Foll. 82; size 20x4 cm; palm-leaf; Newari script; Sanskrit; dated Newari Samvat 390 (A.D. 1270). Author : Bhattotpala (c.10th century); scribe : Daivajñaja Sarvabala (?). Begins : मोहान्धकारमग्नानां जनानां ज्ञानरश्मिभिः ।
कृतमुद्धरणं येन तं नौमि शिवभास्करम् ॥ कैलासशिखरासीनं देवदेवमहेश्वरं। गणसिद्धसमाकीणं मुनिसंघनिषेवितन् ।
अपृच्छज्जगतो देवी पार्वती पतिबल्लभाEnds : दातव्यमेव देवेशि शास्त्रं परमदुर्लभं ।
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सिद्धकुबलयाख्योऽयं भक्तिमान् वृषभध्वजे ॥ तेन स्वरोदयं शास्त्रं मर्त्यलोकेऽवतारितम् ।
Colophon : तन्त्रप्रकाशाधिकारो नाम दशम : पटल: ।
समाप्तमिदं भट्टोत्पलविरचितमिदं युद्धजयार्णवमिति ।।
This work was quoted by Raghunandana in Jyotishatattva. Bhastotpala composed his Jagachchandrika Brihajjatakatika in A.D. 966.
Lent by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta.
ŚRUTIVIKĀŠA (Pre-Sayana commentary on the 8th Ashtaka of the Rigveda)
Foll. 57; size 32.4 x 13.7 cm; paper; Devanagari script; 16 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1367 (A.D. 1310). Author: Govinda Bhatta.
Begins : ओं स्वस्ति प्रहोतेति । प्रकर्षेण यजतो होता महानादिशब्दस्य बोद्धा। तस्मादेव जात: तत
आह ते वायुनान्तरिक्षं प्रापितः ।
Ends : अस्माकं द्विपदे पुत्रपौत्रादिरूपाय चतुष्पदे च गवादिकाय श्रेयो इति श्रीगोविन्दविरचिते श्रुतिविका
शाख्ये चतुःषष्टि-विवरणे चतुःषष्टोऽध्याय: समाप्त: ।
Lent by the Sarasvati Bhavan, Sanskrit University, Varanasi.
CHIKITSĀSĀRASANGRAHA
(A work on medicine) Foll. 104; size 29 x 12 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 13 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1376 (A.D. 1320). Author: Vangadatta (12th century A.D.); scribe: Ranasimha. Begins : ओं नमो विनायकाय ॥ ओं नमो वैद्यनाथाय ।।
स्निग्धा सव्वण्र्णा ग्रथिता नीरुजा मुद्गसन्निभा । कफवातोत्थिता ज्ञेया बालानामजगक्किका ।।
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Ends:
योयं मया चिरपरिश्रमतः कथंचित् संवद्धितो जगतिकीतिलताप्ररोहः । सोयं भवेन यदि गोभिरलं खलानां छिन्नो युक्न नसा कौतुकमीक्षितः ।।
Colophon: कृतिरियंवैद्यश्रीगदाधरसुतवैद्याचार्यश्रीवंगसेनस्येति ॥ संवत् १३७६ वर्षे लौकिकफाल्गुन
शुदि १३ शनौ अद्य ह बीजापुरवास्तव्यनागद्रहज्ञातीय ठ० जालासुत ४० रणसिंहेन आत्मनोऽध्ययनार्थ खंडद्वयेन पुस्तकमलेखि । मंगलं महाश्रीः । शुभं भवतु । लेखकपाठकयोः । यादृशं पुस्तके दृष्टं तादृशं लिखितं मया । यदि शुद्धमशुद्ध वा मम दोषो न दीयताम् ।।
Oldest dated paper manuscript in the collection.
Lent by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona.
KUMĀRASAMBHAVA (A classical poem on the birth of Kumāra) Foll.63; size 21x8.5 cm ; paper ; Devanagari script; 8 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1431 (A.D. 1374). Author: Kalidasa.
Begins :
ॐ नमो गणेशाय ॥ अस्त्युत्तरस्यां दिशि देवतात्मा हिमालयो नाम नगाधिराजः । पूर्वापरौ तोयनिधी वगाह्य स्थित: पृथिव्या इव मानदण्डः ॥
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समदिवस निशीथं सङ्गिनस्तत्र शंभो: शतमगमहतूनां सार्धमेका नीशेव । न स सुरतसुखेभ्यश्छिन्नतृष्णो बभूव ज्वलन इव समुद्रान्तर्गतस्तज्जलौघः ॥ ६१ ॥
Colophon : इति कुमारसंभवे महाकाव्ये श्री कालिदासकृतौ सुरतवर्णनो नाम अष्टमः सर्ग: समाप्तः ।
शुभं भवतु । स्वस्ति संवत् १४३१ वर्षे द्वितीय श्रावण शुदि १४ शुक्रे मूडरठी ग्रामे राज श्री.........
One of the oldest known manuscripts of this kavya.
Lent by the Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Jodhpur (Rajasthan).
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KĀDAMBARI (A prose romance narrating the fortunes of the princess called Kādambari)
Foll. 289; size 32 x 11 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 9 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1435 (A.D. 1378). Author: Banabhatta and Pulinda (Pulina) (7th century A.D.); scribe: Mandana. Begins : श्री गणेशाय नम:।
रजोजुषे जन्मनि सत्त्ववृत्तये स्थितौ प्रजानां प्रलये तमःस्पृशे ।
अजाय सर्गस्थितिनाशहेतवे त्रयीमयाय त्रिगुणात्मने नमः ॥ Ends: न केवलं चन्द्रमा: कादम्बर्या सह, कादम्बरी महाश्वेतया
(सह, महाश्वेता) पुण्डरीकेरण सह, पुण्डरीकोऽपि चन्द्रमसा सह परस्परावियोगेन सर्व एव सर्वकालं सुखमनुभवन्त: परां
कोटिमानन्दस्याध्यगच्छन् । Colophon : इति पुलिन्द(न)रचित कादम्बरीखण्डं द्वितीयं समाप्तम् ।
यादृशं पुस्तके दृष्टं तादृशं लिखितं मया । यदि शुद्धमशुद्ध वा मम दोषो न दीयते ॥ इति चन्द्र (श्री:) संवत् नेत्रनवांघ्रिचन्द्रसमये मासे शुचौ पाण्डुरे पक्षे पंचमके तिथौ भृगुदिने श्रीमण्डपे माभूति । आ सङ्ग ऽवनिमासमुद्रमखिला शासत्यमात्येश्वरे श्री'"घटयत्यनौद्धतमिह व्यापारमादेशत: ।। १ ।।
श्री मण्डनेन स्वाध्ययनार्थमलेखि।
One of the earliest manuscripts of Bāņa's Kadambari along with a supplement by his son, Pulinda (Pulina).
Lent by the Vishveshvarananda Vedic Research Institute, Hoshiarpur (Punjab).
NIRUKTA WITH BHĀSHYA
(Etymological interpretation of Vedic words) Foll. 360; size 31 x 12 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 10 lines to a page;
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Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1444 (A.D. 1387). Authors of the text and the commentary: Yaska and Durgāchārya respectively. Begins : श्री गणेशाय नमः ।
आदितः पाणिनीयं तु शिक्षा ज्योतिस्ततः छन्दः । पंचाध्यायीनिघण्टोश्च निरुक्तमुपरि स्थितम् ।। प्रणम्य तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि रुद्रायामिततेजसे । स मे दिशतु सुप्रीतो वागधियोः शिष्टसम्मतिम् ।
समाम्नायः समाम्नातः । स व्याख्यातव्यः । Ends: गुणोऽपि गणनादेव असावपि हि ग्रन्थत एव ।
द्विगुणःत्रिगुण इति । निगमप्रसक्तमेतदुक्तम् ।
अधुनाऽऽस्य मंत्रस्य भाष्यकारः समाम्नानमाह । Colophon : एकादशोध्यायः ।
यावन्तो मंत्रा सर्वशाखा....."नि गुणपदानि लक्षणोद्देशतः..... सर्वांण्यपि व्याख्यातानि ।
संवत् १४४४ वा सी श्रा० शुसोमे.... Lent by the Vishveshvarananda Vedic Research Institute, Hoshiarpur (Punjab).
KIRĀTĀRJUNIYA (A classical poem based on the Mahābhārata) Foll. 53; size 27.5 x 11 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 12 to 13 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1499 (A.D. 1442). Author : Bhāravi. Begins : नम: श्री सर्वज्ञाय ॥
श्रियः कुरूणामधिपस्य पालनी प्रजासुवृत्ति यमयुक्त वेदितुम् ।
स वरिणलिंगी विदित: समाययौ युधिष्ठिरं द्वैतवने वनेचरः ।। Ends : ब्रज जय रिपुलोकं पादपद्मानत: सन्
गदित इति भवेन श्लाघितो देवसधैः । निजगृहमथ गत्वा सादरं पाण्डुपुत्रो
धृतगुरुजयलक्ष्मीधर्मसूनुं ननाम ।। Colophon : इति किरातार्जुनीये महाकाव्ये महावैयाकरणस्य श्रीमद्भारवे किराताष्टदश : सर्ग: समाप्त: ॥
१८ सं० १४६६ पौषमासे शुक्लपक्षे नवम्यां तिथौ सोमवासरे ।। श्री ।। पासलकोट नगरे लिखितं शुभं भवतु। उपकेशगच्छोय श्री श्री श्री कक्कसूरीणां शिष्यानुशिष्यधनसारेण लिखापितं
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आत्मपठनार्थ लेखकपाठकयोः शुभं भूयात् ।। A pupil of the line of Kakkasūri of Upakeśagachchha, named Dhanasāra, had the manuscript written at Asalakoța for his study.
Lent by the Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Jodhpur (Rajasthan).
SANGĪTAŠIROMANI
(A musical text) Foll. 174; size 25.5 X 8.5 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 6 lines to a page; Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1544 (A.D. 1487). Author: Pandits from different parts of the country; scribe: Vega Rāya Kāyastha. Begins : ...तो माध्यन्दिनीं विदुः। पंचमो धैवतश्चेतौ स्वरौ कौयुमशाखिनौ ।
काण्वशाख निषादस्य स्वरशाखा क्रमादमूः ॥ Ends : संगीतांबुधिमंदरीकृतनिजप्ररिभिज्ञैर्जगद्रक्षायोद्ध तकार्मुकस्य धवलं सन्नाहमामुञ्चता ॥
वीरश्रीसुरुताणसाहिनृपतेरादेशतो निम्मिते श्रीसंगीतशिरोमणावयमगाद्गीतप्रकाशोद्गमः ॥ Colophon : इति श्री संगीतशिरोमणी मलिक शार्क श्री सुलुता(ण)शाहिमलिकाज्ञया नानादेशीयपंडित
मंडलीविरचिते गीतप्रकाशो नाम प्रथम: परिच्छेद : समाप्त: ।। स्वास्ति श्री भूमिग्रामशुभस्थाने । महाराजाधिराज श्री खरगसिंघदेवभुज्यमानराज्ये महाराजाश्री खरगसिंधदेव आत्मपठनार्थं परोपकारार्थं लिखापितं ॥ ॥ लिखितं गौडान्वयकायस्थवेगरा
येन ॥ संवत् १५४४ वर्षे भाद्रवदि १० भौमवासरे ।। ।। शुभमस्तु ।। The language is corrupt at places.
Composed by a set of Pandits under orders of Malik Sārka(?) Sultan Shah. Written by Vega Rāya Kāyastha of the Gauda family at the instance of King Kharag Singha Deva.
Lent by the Oriental Research Institute, Jodhpur (Rajasthan).
DURGĀSAPTAŚATI (Verses extolling the deeds of Durgā)
Foll. 72; size 17.5x9.3 cm; paper; Devanagari script; Sanskrit; dated
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Samvat 1544 (A.D. 1487). Author : Vyāsadeva (according to traditional belief). Begins : सावरिणः सूर्यतनयो यो मनुः कथ्यतेष्टमः । Ends : सूर्याजन्म समासाद्य सावणिः स पिता मनुः ।
16 illustrations in Western Indian style; the manuscript was written in Pipalner, Malwa during the reign of Sultan Ghiyasuddin of Malwa.
Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
VYĀKARANA MAHĀBHĀSHYA (Patanjali's commentary on Panini's Ashtadhyayi) Foll. 209; 48 x 13 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 17 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1546 (A.D. 1490). Author : Patanjali (2nd century B.C.); scribe: Jogeśvara. Begins : ॐ नमो गणपतये ॥ श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः अथ शब्दानुशासनं ॥ अथेत्ययं शब्दोऽधिकारार्थ :
प्रयुज्यते ॥ शब्दानुशासनं शास्त्रमधिकृतं बेदितव्यं ॥ केषां शब्दानां ॥ लौकिकानां
वैदिकानां च ॥ Ends : एकशेषनिर्देशात् वा स्वरभिन्नानां भगवतः पाणिनेराचार्यस्य सिद्ध । एकशेषनिर्देशोयं ।।
अअअ इति ।।। Colophon : इति श्री भगवत्पतंजलिविरचिते श्रीमहाभाष्ये अष्टमस्याध्यायस्य चतुर्थपादे प्रथममाह्निकं ॥
अध्यायश्चाष्टमः समाप्त: ॥ शुभं भवतु ।। स्वस्ति संवत् १५४६ वर्षे मार्गशीर्षमासे कृष्णपक्षे ८ अष्टम्यां भौमदिने अद्य ह श्रीवृद्धनगरे परमकारुणिकयतिः श्री श्री श्री श्री श्री अनन्त सरस्वती एतेषां पठनार्थ श्रीचरणदासानुदासेन जोगेश्वरेण लिखितं ॥ मंगलमस्तु ।।
Lent by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona.
SAUNDARYALAHARI WITH COMMENTARY
(A work of Sankarāchārya) Foll. 44; size 28 x 12.7 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 19 to 22 lines to
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a page; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1634 (A.D. 1577). Author of commentary: Rāmachandra Miśra.
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श्रीमद् गणपतिचरणं स्मरणीयमतः परं । श्री भवान्यै नमः । शिवः शक्त्या युक्तो यदि भवति शक्तः प्रभवितुं ।
श्रीमत्सा घर कायां महादेवाग्निहोत्र |
...असीदिदः स्तोत्रं सियानपूर्वकम् ।। सम्वत् १६३४ था.
An important text with several commentaries, the present commentary bears the above date.
Lent by the K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna (Bihar).
KUMĀRASAMBHAVA WITH COMMENTARY
(A classical poem on the birth of Kumāra)
Foll. 57 (nos 1-9 and 15 missing); size 26x11.2 cm; paper; Devanagari script; 19 lines to a page; dated Samvat 1701 (A.D. 1644). Author: Kalidasa (4th century A.D.); scribe: Harshasoma.
इति श्री कुमारसंभवमहाकाव्ये उमापरिणयो नाम सप्तमः सर्गः शुभं भवतु ।
Ends : Colophon संयच्चन्द्राकाशमुनि
श्री नौतनपुरे फागुनि वदि ११ दिने वा० यशः कुशल गरिए-शिष्यमुख्य पं० श्री लाभकीर्तिगरिशिष्य पं० हर्षसोमेन लिखितम् ।
5 illustrations in Mughal style.
Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Sanskriti Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad.
HARIBHAKTIDĪPIKĀ
(A work on sacrificial rites and devotion)
Foll. 294; size 38.1x5.1 cm; palm-leaf; Maithili script; 5 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Lakshmanasena Samvat 525 (A.D. 1644). Author : Ganesa Misra; scribe: Sri Harisankara Karana.
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ओं नमः श्री कृष्णाय ॥ सकलमांपारं तिलकुधीविहारसहकारं । अद्वैतराजहंसी कमलाकर मेकमच्युतं वन्दे ||
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इति परमवैष्णवश्रीमाधवदासकारिता श्रीगणेशमिश्रकृता । हरिभक्तिदीपिका समाप्ता ।।
Colophon : लसं ५२५ फाल्गुन कृष्ण चतुर्थ्यां कुजे नेहराग्रामे श्रीमत्सदानन्दस्य निदेशेनालिखदिदं श्रीहरि
शङ्करकरण एवाशु शिव ॥
Lent by the K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna (Bihar).
BHĀGAVATA PURĀŅA WITH ŚRĪDHARA'S COMMENTARY (Deals mainly with the glories and exploits of Krishņa) Foll. 334; size 40 x 22 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 15 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1705 (A.D. 1648). Author: Vyāsadeva (according to traditional belief); scribe : Bhattaraka Jasavant. Begins : श्री गणेशाय नमः ॥ ॐ नमः श्री परमहंसास्वादितचरणकमलचिन्मकरंदाय भक्तजनमानस
निवासाय ।... "मुदितः परिपप्रच्छ सर्वमन्वंतरस्थिति । Ends : नामसंकीर्तनं यस्य सर्वपापप्रणाशनं
प्रणामो दु:खशमनस्तं नमामि हरिं परं ।। २२ ।।
इति श्री भागवते महापुराणे द्वादशस्कंधे सूतोक्ते त्रयोदशोऽध्याय: ।। Colophon : इति श्री भागवतभावार्थदीपिकायां श्रीधरस्वामिविरचितायां द्वादशस्कंधे त्रयोदशोऽध्याय:......
श्रीमन्नृपविक्रमार्कसमयातीत संवत् १७०५ वर्षे भाद्रवा सुदि २ गुरौ लिखितेयं(तमिदं)पुस्तकं ॥ श्रीउदयपुरनगरे ।
129 illustrations, by the artist Sāhabadi, of the Rajasthani school.
Lent by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona.
RĀMĀYAŅA
(Aranyakāndam) Foll. 36; size 39.5 x 24.5 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 13 to 20 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1708 (A.D. 1651). Author : Maharshi Vālmīki; scribe : Mahātmā Hīrāņanda.
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श्री रामाय नमः । रामायणमपि नावं संसारार्णवतारणम् यश्चकार मुनिः सम्यक् तस्मै वाल्मीकये नमः ।
इत्यार्षे रामायणे दंडकारण्ये रामोन्मादो नाम सर्गः शुभं भवतु ।
संवत् १७०८ वर्षे कार्तिकमासे कृष्णपक्षे नवम्यां तिथी रविवासरे मेदपाठसे ( ) - चित्रोड़गढ़े । महाराजाधिराज महाराणा श्रीजगत्सिंघजी विजैराज्य । श्री एकलिंगप्रसादात् - यादृषं ( शं) पुस्तके दृष्ट तादृषं ( शं) लिखितं मया यदि शुद्धमशुद्धं वा मम दोषो न दीयते । मंगलं लेखकानां च पाठकां (कानां च मंगलम् - मंगलं सर्वलोकानां भूमि भूपति मंगलम् । महात्मा हीरागंद लिखितं ।
Lines at the beginning and the end in corrupt language; 32 beautiful illustrations of the Mewar school.
Lent by the Saraswati Bhawan, Udaipur (Rajasthan ).
MEGHADOTA
(Well-known Sanskrit lyric)
Foll. 8; size 25.5x11 cm; paper; Devanagari script; 17 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1726 (A.D. 1669). Author: Kalidasa; scribe: Muni Udayaharsha.
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Colophon
कश्चित्कान्ता विरहगुरुणा स्वाधिकारात् प्रमत्तः
श्रुत्वा वार्ता जलदकथितां तां घनेशोऽपि सद्यः
रसपक्षमुनिशर्वरीपतिप्रमिते वर्षे मार्गशीर्षमा शुक्लपक्षकादीतियों श्री ग्रासीको मध्ये श्रीमत् खरतरगच्छेभट्टारकी मीजिनचन्द्रसूरि विजयराज्ये वाचनाचार्य श्रीहीरराजमणि पदपंकज सेवाचंचरीपं उदयहर्षसाधुभिलिखितं । छ । शिष्य चिरं० मतिविमलपठनार्थम् ॥
5 illustrations in Mughal style; only known illustrated manuscript of the Meghadutam.
Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad.
MATSYAPURĀŅA
Foll. 330 (some missing); size 32.5x17.5 cm; paper; Devanagari
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script; 14 to 15 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1733 (A.D. 1676). Author: Vyäsadeva (according to traditional belief); scribe Kasirāma.
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ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय । श्री मत्स्यरूपाय नमः । ॐ प्रचण्डताण्डवादोपप्राक्षिसौक्षिप्तदिग्गजाः । भवन्तु विविधाकाराः विघ्नौघपरिशान्तये ॥ १ ॥
इति मत्स्यपुराणे देवतार्चानुकीर्तनं नाम । समाप्तं चेदं मत्स्यपुराणम् ।
शुभमस्तु सर्वजगतां परहितनिरता भवन्तु भूतगणा: । दोषाः प्रयान्तु शान्ति सर्वत्र सुखी भवतु लोकः ॥
Colophon : ॐ संवत् १७३३ माघशुदि सप्तम्यां रविवासरान्वितायां लिखितं पंडितकाशीरामेण इह काश्मीरमण्डलायां शुभमस्तु ॥
3 illustrations in Kashmir style.
Lent by the Maharaja of Jaipur Museum, City Palace, Jaipur (Rajasthan).
DASAKUMĀRAKATHA
(Adventures of Ten Princes)
Foll. 99; size 29x13 cm; paper; Devanagari script; 15 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1734 (A.D. 1677). Author: Gopinatha Dvijādhiśa; scribe Badridasa.
Begins : श्री गणेशाय नमः ॥ सर्वकामप्रदामिष्टदेवतां भुवनेश्वरीम् ।
प्रणम्य परया भक्त्या गणानामधिपं तथा ॥ १ ॥
Ends :
परस्परमैकमत्येन वर्तमाना पुरंदरप्रभृतिभिरप्यतिदुर्लभानि राज्यसुवान्यन्यवन् ॥
Colophon इति श्रीमहाराजाधिरश्री गोपीनाथसंशोधितदकुमारकथायां सकलसमागमो नाम एकादश उच्छ्वासः । समाप्तेयं कथा दशकुमाराणाम् ।। संवत् १७३४ शाके १५९८ प्रवर्तमाने मासमुदि नवम्यां सोमे लिखितेवं रूपा दसकुमाराणां बद्रीदासेन योधपूरमध्ये ॥ श्रीरस्तु ॥ श्री ॥
A rare copy, based on Dandin's Dasakumaracharita.
Lent by the Oriental Research Institute, Jodhpur (Rajasthan).
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BALACHARITA, ABHISHEKANATAKA, AVIMARAKA, DUTAGHATOTKACHA, KARNAKAVACHA
HARANA AND ORUBHANGA
(Well-known dramas of Bhāsa) Foll. 66; size 49 x 5.5 cm; palm-leaf; Malayalam script; 9 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author : Bhasa.
Begins :
- ഹരി: ശ്രീ ഗണപതയെ നമഃ (നാന്ദ്യന്തേ തതഃപ്രവിശതി സൂത്രധാരൻ) സൂത്രധാരൻ - ശംഖക്ഷീരവപുഃ പുരാകൃതയുഗേ നാറ്റാ തു നാരായണ. സൂതായാംത്രിപദാപ്പിത ത്രിഭുവനോ വിഷ്ണുഃ സുവണ്ണപ്രഭഃ| ദൂദാശ്യാമനിഭഃ സ രാവണവധേ രാമോ യുഗേ ദ്വാപരേ നിത്യംയോഞ്ജനസന്നിഭഃ കലിയുഗേ വഃ പാതു ദാമോദരൻ|| ഏവമാര്യമിശ്രാൻ വിജ്ഞാപയാമി | അയേ! കിന്നുഖe! മയി വിജ്ഞാപനവ്യഗ്രേ ശബ്ദ ഇവ ശ്രയതേ അങ്ഗ! പശ്യാമി
Ends:
ബല.അയേ! അയം ഗുരുപുത്രോ....
....യതാലംബബാഹു. സരഭസമയമുഗ്രം കാമ്മ കം കമ ാണ
Colophon : കണ്ണകവചഹരണം സമാപ്തം
This manuscript is about 500 years old.
Lent by the Manuscripts Library, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Kerala).
RIGARTHĀGAMASAMHRITI
(Commentary on the Rigvedasamhitā) Foll. 246; size 54 x 5 cm; palm-leaf; Malayalam script; 8 to 12 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author: Skandasvämi (7th century A.D.). Begins : ഗണപതയെ നമഃ അവിഘമസ്തു.
വില്ലേശവിഘമാത്താണ്ഡചന്ദ്രന്റോപേന്ദ്രവന്ദിത
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നമോ ഗണപതെ! തുഭ്യംബ്രഹ്മണാംബ്രഹ്മണസ്പത മന്ത്രാണാമവബോദ്ധ്യാ യതൊത്ഥാങ്ഗത്വസിദ്ധയെ ഋഗ്വേദസ്യാത്ഥബോധാർത്ഥമതൊ ഭാഷ്യം കരിഷ്യതേ. തെ മന്ത്രാപേഞ്ചപ്രകാരാ-പ്രെഷാഃ കരണാ ക്രിയമാണാനുവാദിന: ശാസ്ത്രാഭിഷ്ടവാദിഗതാഃ പാനുവചനാദിഗതാ ഇതി
Ends :
ഹെ അശ്വിനൌ. സൌഭഗെഭിഃ ഭഗേ ഇതി ധനനാമ, ശോഭനോനി ധനാനി സുഭഗോനി സുഭഗാന്യവ സൗഭഗാനി തെഃ സൌഭഗെഭി:. തൃതീയാശ്രതെഃ സാകാംക്ഷത്വാത്.സംയോജിതമിതി വാക്യശേഷം. അഹിംസിതാനി ച ശോഭനാനി ച ധനാന്യസഭ്യം ദത്തമിത്യർത്ഥം. തന്നൊ മിത്ര ഇത്യക്തം.
The manuscript seems to be 500 years old. Skandasvāmi is one of the earliest commentators of the Rigveda.
Lent by the Manuscripts Library, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Kerala).
RIGVEDABHĀSHYA
(Commentary on the Rigveda) Foll. 186; size 51 x 5 cm; palm-leaf; Malayalam script; 11 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author : Venkatamadhava (c. A.D. 1100). Begins : ഹരി: ശ്രീ ഗണപതയെ നമഃ അവിഘമസ്തു.
പഞ്ചമോഥാഷ്ടകസ്തസ്മി. ന്നദ്ധ്യായാദിഷു വക്ഷ്യതേ. ഋഷിനാമാഷ്ഗോത്രേഷു വിജ്ഞയമിഹ വൈദികെ..
Ends :
വ്യാഖ്യദി......... മഷ്ടമസ്യാഷ്ടകസ്യ സം തീരമാശ്രിത്യ നിവാസൻ കാവേര്യാ ദക്ഷിണം സുഖം. ............ തജഗ്വേദഭാഷ്യം സമാപ്തം ശ്രീ: ഓം ഹരി: ഹരി: ഹരി: ശ്രീ:
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Of the pre-Sayana commentators of the Rigveda, Venkaṭamādhava was one of the foremost. A note on the first folio says that the manuscript (about 400 years old) belonged to Payyur Bhatta's family of great repute in Kerala,
Lent by the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Adyar (Madras).
RĀMĀYAŅA
Foll. 337; size 31x4.5 cm; palm-leaf; Grantha script; 20 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author: Maharshi Vālmiki.
Begins :
Ends:
Suklämbaradharam vishnum śaśivarṇam chaturbhujam; prasannavadanam dhyäyet sarvavighnopaśäntaye.
ayurarogyaputrabhāryabandhusamuchchayāḥ. bhavantu te sadā vishnoḥ (prasā)dädrangaśãyinah.
bhavabhayaharamekam bhānukotiprakāśam karadhritaśarachāpam kälameghävabhāsam. kanakaruchiravastram ratnavatkundaladhyam
kamalavisadanetram sānujam rämamide.
The manuscript, about 400 years old, has very beautiful letters - very minute but clear. The metal book covers contain illustrations.
Lent by the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Adyar (Madras).
ARTHASASTRA
(A treatise on political science)
Foll. 167
size 36x5 cm; palm-leaf; Grantha script; 10 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author: Kautilya (4th century B.C.).
Begins:
harib om. namaśukrabrihaspatibhyäm prithivyä läbhe palane cha yavantyarthaśästrāņi pūrvächäryaiḥ prasthäpitäni pră
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yaśastāni samskrityaikamidam arthaśāstram kritam tasyāyam prakaraṇādhikaraṇasamuddeśaḥ.
evam sastramidam yuktametäbhistantrayuktibhiḥ. avāptau pălane choktam lokasyasya parasya cha. dharmamartham cha kamam cha pravartayati päti cha. adharmanarthavidveshänidam sastram nihanti cha.
Colophon yena sastram cha sastram cha nandarajagatä cha bhūḥ. amarsheṇoddhritänyāśū tena śāstramidam kritam. iti tantrayuktau prathamodhyāyaḥ.
Ends:
mantram yuktayaḥ aditaḥ pañchāśachchhatodhyāyaḥ. etävatā kauţiliyasyärthaśästrasya tantrayuktiḥ pañchadasamadhikaraṇam samāptam.
drishtva vipratipattim bahudhā šästreshu bhäshyakārāṇām. svayameva vishnuguptaschakāra sūtram cha bhashyam cha.
Best known manuscript of the Arthasastra.
Lent by the Oriental Research Institute, Mysore.
MAHABHARATA
Foll. 339 size 30x 34 cm; birch-bark (bhürjapatra); Sharda script, 24 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author: Vyasadeva (according to traditional belief).
Begins:
वैशंपायन
स्वतः राजेन्द्र निवसन्देवसमनि पूजितस्त्रिदशैः साध्यैर्मरुद्भिर्वसुभिस्तदा ।
पुरा हि निर्भनदण्डमोहिता
प्रमूढचित्ता यदनेन शुध्यता ददाति कस्मैचिदन त वराज्यपूर्णामिव'.....
Unique and valuable manuscript containing the Adi, Sabha and Aranyaka parvas. Beginning of the Adi and end of the Aranyaka missing.
Lent by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona.
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SLOKAVĀRTIKAVYAKHYĀ TĀTPARYAȚIKĀ
(Commentary on the Slokavārtika of Kumārilabhatta) Foll. 152; size 54 x 5 cm; palm-leaf, Malayalam script; 12 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author : Umbekabhatta (8th century A.D.).
Begins :
യേ നാമ കേചിദിഹ നഃ പ്രഥയന്ത്യവാം ജാനന്തി തെ കിമപി താൻ പ്രതി നെഷ് യത്ന ഉത്പത്സ്യതെ മമ തു കോടതി സമാനധമ്മാ കാലോഹ്യയം നിരവധിിപുലാ ച പൃഥ്വീ
ഗ്രന്ഥാരംഭsഭിമതദേവതാം പ്രസ്തുതി വാത്തികകാര: --വിശുദ്ധതി. തസ്യ ച കർത്തവ്യതായാം ശിഷ്ടാചാര : പ്രമാണം.
Ends :
തുക്തം : "ആധാരാത്മനി വിജ്ഞാ സുഖമാധേയബോധനം” ഇതി,
Colophon : ഇതി ഭട്ടോംബേകവിരചിതായാം
താത്പര്യ ടീകായാം സ്പോടാഖ്യം പാദസ്പാനേകം സമാപ്തം.
Umbekabhatta is said to have been the direct disciple of Kumārilabhatta, the famous philosopher of the Mimāṁsā school and author of the Slokavartika.
Lent by the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Adyar (Madras).
RIGVEDAPADAPĀȚHA (Text of the Rigveda with words in independent form) | Foll, 230; size 40,7x4.5 cm; palm-leaf; Malayalam script; 8 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Begins : അഗ്നിം. റംളെ. പുര: ഹിതം. യജ്ഞസ്യ. ദൈവം.
eഋത്വിജം. ഹോതാരം. രത്ന. ധാതമം.
Ends :
സരസ്വതി. അഭി. ന; നെഷി, വസ്യ:, മാ. അപസ്റ്റരീ: പയസാ, മാ, നഃ, ആ. ധകർ. ആഷസ്വ. ന
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സഖ്യാ. വെശ്യാ, ച. മാ, ത്വത്'. ക്ഷെത്രാണി. അർണാനി. ഗന്മ.
Colophon : ഇതി ചതുതാഷ്ടകെടഷ്ടമൊദ്ധ്യായം.
Svaras (accent marks) have been marked in excellent order. Lent by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras.
ŚLOKAVĀRTIKAVYAKHYA SARKARIKA
(A commentary on Kumarilabhatta's Slokavartika) Foll. 152; size 54 x 5 cm; palm-leaf; Malayalam script; 12 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author : Bhattaputra Jayamiśra (c. 8-9th century A.D.). Begins : അത്ര ഭാഷ്യം. അഥ ഗൗരിത്യസ്യ
ശബ്ദസ്യ കോട്ടത്ഥ: ഇതി. തത്രാസ്യ വാച്യനിരൂപ. ണസ്യ പ്രകൃതസംബന്ധൗത്പത്തികത്ത സി. ദ്ധാന്താപയോഗിതാം ദശയന്നാഹ്.
Ends :
ഏവമേവേന്ദ്രിയെസ്തുല്യം വ്യവഹാരോപലംഭനം
Colophon : ഇതി ഭട്ടപുത്രജയമിശ്രവിരചിതായാം
ശ്ലോകവാത്തികവ്യാഖ്യായാം ശരികായാം ആകൃതിഗ്രന്ഥ പ്രഥമഃ പരിച്ചേദഃ.
The commentary is incomplete.
Lent by the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Adyar (Madras).
RIGVEDA SAMHITA
Foll. 69; size 35.5X3.5 cm; palm-leaf; Nandinagari script; 5 to 6 lines to a page. Begins : श्री गणेशशारदागुरुभ्यो नमः । हरि: ओं ॥ अग्निमीले पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम् । होतारं रत्नधातमम् ।।
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इन्द्रो यातोऽवसितस्य राजा शमस्य च शृङ्गिणो वज्रबाहुः । सेदु राजा क्षयति चर्षणीनामरान्न नेमिः परिता बभूव ।। हरि: ओं अयं देवाया व यो व यन्ति यच्चिद्धि शश्वता शश्वदिन्द्रोऽष्टौ ।
Colophon : इति प्रथमाष्टके द्वितीयोऽध्यायः ।।
Accent marks in Samhita in Nandināgari.
Lent by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras.
RIGVEDA
Foll. 14 sheets (first bundle) and 16 sheets (2nd bundle); size 28 x 11 cm; Devanāgarī script; 7 lines to a page; Sanskrit.
Begins:
हरि: ॐ अग्निमीले पुरोहित हरि: ओं ।। अयं देवाय जन्मने श्री महागणपतिर्जयति ।। हरिः ॐ ॥ प्रव: पांत हरि: ॐ ॥ सुषुमा यातमद्रिभि:
Ends :
इति प्रथमाष्टके प्रथमोध्याय: ।। १ इति प्रथमाष्टके द्वितीयोध्याय: ॥ २ ॥ एतायामोपगव्यं त इद्र ।। इति द्वितीयाष्टके प्रथमोध्याय: ।। १ ।। सुषुमायातमद्रिभि: ।। इति द्वितीयाष्टके द्वितीयोध्यायः ॥ २॥ वसुरुद्रा पुरुमन्तूवधता ।।
With illustrations.
Lent by the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Madras).
RIGVEDAPADAPĀȚHA (Text of the Rigveda with words in independent form)
Foll. 147 ; size 39.2 X 3.9 cm ; palm-leaf ; Telugu script ; 7 lines to a page ; Sanskrit. Begins : Kris058 ] 345508 | 3880 | 2010 | 268&01 cass|60|wasesol छ601630-
4500॥
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Important because of accent marks and padapatha in Telugu. Lent by the Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras.
అహం | | గర్భం | అదధాం | ఓషధీషు | అహం | విశ్వేషు | భువనేషు | అంతరితి | బహం | ప్రజాం ఆజనయం | పృధివ్యాం | అహం జనిభ్యః॥ అపరిషు | పుత్రాస్||
SRĪDEVĪMĀHATMYAM
(Hymns in honour of the Devi, the supreme female goddess) Foll. 75; size 8 x 4 cm ; palm-leaf, Telugu script ; 24 lines per folio;
Sanskrit.
Begins:
Ends :
శ్రీ గురుభ్యోనమః | శ్రీ శారదాంబాయైనమః |... పురసుందర్యైనమః | చాముండాయైనమః/.... ఏవంగుణ శుభతిధౌ శ్రీ మహాకాళీ మహాలక్ష్మీ మహాసర స్వతీ దేవతా ప్రీత్యర్ధం - సప్తశతీస్తోత్ర..... కరిష్యేణి అధ ధ్యానం॥ యా దేవీ మధు కైటభప్రమధినీ యామాహిపోన్నూళినీ యా ధూమ్రేక్షణచండముండశమనీ యాభ క్తి.... శినీ | యా శుమాసురనిశుమ్భదైత్యదమనీ యా సిద్ధలక్ష్మిపరా | సా చండి నవకోటిమూర్తివహితా మాం పాతు విశ్వేశ్వరీ ||
సీమంతే తే భగవతి మయా సాదరం వ్యస్తమేత
దూరమే హృదయకమలే హర్షవర్షం తనోతు, బాలాదిత్యద్యుతిరిప బాలాదిత్య ద్యుతీరివ సదాలోహితా యస్యకాంతి రంతర్ధ్వాంతం హరతు సకలం చేతసా చింతయామి.
A manuscript with beautiful handwriting in microscopic form.
Lent by the Oriental Research Institute, Mysore.
VIVARANADARPANA
(A work on philosophy)
Foll. 162; size 45x3.5 cm; palm-leaf; Nandinãgarl script; 5 lines to
a page; Sanskrit. Author : Rangarājādhvari, father of Appaya Dikshita (16th century A.D.).
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प्रधानादिवारणेन ईश्वरस्य सिद्धेरिति च का योजना या अद्वितीय इति कृतः वास्त्रयोविदपेक्षया
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fafa faq ।
तस्माज्ज्ञानग्राहकसामग्रीमात्रसाध्यं ज्ञानस्य त" न च तत्र प्रमाणाभाव इति वाच्यम् ।
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A rare manuscript of a work of Rangarajādhvari known from a verse of Viraraghava-kavi in Achchändikshitavaṁśāvali.
Lent by the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Madras).
SILPAPRAKASA
(Canons of temple architecture in Orissa)
Foll. 96 ; size 38,5 x 4 em : palm-leaf' : Oriya script ; 4 lines to a page; Sanskrit ; dated 11th year of the reign of Rājā Gopinathadeva, i.e, A.D. 1731. Author: Ramachandra Mahāpātra (between 11th and 13th century) ; scribe : Narasimha Dwija.
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ଶ୍ରୀମଣଙ୍କୁ ନିମ
ଐରାବସମାରୂତଂ ନାନାମଣି କରୁଷି ତମ୍ ଋଷଷ୍ଟି କଲା ବଦ,ନସୁଜଂ ଦଦନୋଜି ଲମ୍ ॥ ପ୍ରବସ୍ତ୍ର ପରିଧାନ ସରିବାର ମା ଲମ୍
ବଳୁକୁ କାରଗଦେବଂ ପ୍ରଣାମ ବଦନ ମହିନ୍ତି ॥
ଭୁକ୍ତହସ୍ତେ ସୂଗର୍ଭା ର ଅରେମାନଧାରଣ ଗଦେବ, ମହାଳୀ ଦକର୍ମ ନିୟମିକ ଓ
ଋଷିକୁଲ୍ୟାତରାମିଂ ଶୋଭନପୁର ବାସିନ ବରଂଚଳ ଘୋଡାୟ ନରସିଂ ହର୍ଡ କୋଷ୍ଟ । ଲିଖିତମିଦ ଇମ୍ପୋୟୁମ୍ ଗୋପୀନାଥନରୋତ୍ତମ ଗାଈରେ ରୁଦ୍ରର୍ଷ ମେଲିକର୍ମଦ ସ୍ତଳମ୍ ।
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Colophon : Q 6160700158mga m3194 0902 991816219612
ଶିଳ୍ପୀ ପ୍ରବରେ କରଚିତ ଶିଳ୍ପପ୍ରକଶାୟୁମ୍ ଗନ୍ତୁ
ହଁ ତୀୟୁ ପ୍ରକାଶ୍ୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ସ୍ବାୟୁନ୍ମ This text gives principles and descriptions of the construction of the Vadabhi type of temples of Orissa in the medieval period, such as the Vaitāl Deul and the Gauri temple in Bhubaneswar, the Vārāhi temple in Chaurāsi and the Gangeśvari temple.
The language of the text is corrupt at places. Lent by the Raghunandan Library, Puri (Orissa).
SĀDHANAMĀLĀ
(A work on Buddhist Iconography) Foll. in folder form; size 38 x 18.5 cm; Newari script; Sanskrit.
Written during the reign of Jayaprakāśamalla of Nepal (c.1760 A.D.).
155 illustrations of Nepal school.
Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
PRAYOGARATNAMĀLĀ VYĀKARAŅA
(A work on Grammar) Foll. 151; size 47x10 cm; Tulā pāt; Assamese script; 6 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Saka 1695 (A.D. 1773). Author : Mahāmahopadhyāya Purushottama Vidyā Vāgiša Bhattāchārya (16th century A.D.).
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ওম নমাে গণেশায়। শ্রীনন্দসূনােবদনাৰবিন্দমুপাম্মহে যত্র নিতান্তমেব।
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ইতি মহামহােপাধ্যায় বিদ্যাৱাগীশভট্টাচাৰ্যনির্মিতায়াং প্রয়ােগৰত্নমালায়াং তদ্ধিতবিন্যাসঃ সমাপ্তঃ ॥ শ্রীমল্লদেৱস্য গুণৈকসিন্ধোর্মহীমহেন্দ্রস্য যথানিদেশম্। ପୃfe ratr। ଓମ4 salt୩ ଓ ୫(agar // ভূতগ্ৰহ ৰসঙ্কেচ শাকে সিংহগতেৰবৌ। শ্রীশম্ভুনাথে ব্যলিখত, হাশীতে ৰত্নমালকম্ ॥
The manuscript contains the entire text from Sandhi to Taddhitavinyasa. It was written by the author at the instance of the Koch king, Naranārāyaṇa of the 16th century.
Lent by the Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies, Gauhati (Assam).
ŚILPAPRAKĀŠA (Canons of temple architecture in Orissa) Foll. 73 ; size 34.5 x 4 cm; palm-leaf ; Oriya script ; 5 lines to a page; Sanskrit ; dated 4th Anka of Divyasimhadeva, Utkala era, i.e. 1198 (A.D. 1791). Author : Rāmachandra Mahāpātra (between 11th and 13th century); scribe : Bhuvanesvara Misra. Begins : ଶ୍ରୀଗଣେଶାୟ ନମୀ ଈଶ୍ୱକର୍ମା-ପ୍ରତି ମାଧାନ
ଐରାବତସମାରୂଢ଼ ନାନାମଣିଶଭୁଷି ତମ୍
ରଭୁଷ କଲାତିଦ୍ୱାନପୁଣ୍ୟ ବଦନୋନମ୍ || Ends : ସର୍ବଶସ୍ତ ମଣିଳ୍ପ ବିଶ୍ବକର୍ମାଶାସନମ୍
କୀ ହମୁକ୍ତ ସର୍ବ ସିଦ୍ଧି ! ପ୍ରଦାୟକମ୍ ସର୍ବଭାଗ୍ୟ ସମାପୁନ୍ତେ ସର୍ବକର୍ମା ଘ ନ
ବକ୍ଷା ଶିଳ୍ପ ସ୍କାr ଶିଳ୍ପ-ପ୍ରକାଶ-ମଜ୍ଞ । Colophon : ଇତିଶ୍ରୀ ଅଶୋକମଣ୍ଡଳାନ୍ତର୍ଗର୍ତ୍ତ ନାରାୟଣପୁରବାସି ନ
ସ୍ ସଗୋତ୍ର ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱର ମିଶ୍ରୀ ଲିଖିତ ଦ୍ରବ୍ୟସିଂହଦେବ ଚତୁର୍ଥୀଙ୍କ ଉତ୍କଳରେ ୧୧୮ କନ୍ୟା ପ୍ରଭୃଦଶମ୍ୟୁତିଆଁ ପଣ୍ଡି ତ ବାସରେ ଲିଫନୁବାଦ୍ୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ।
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The language of the text is corrupt at places.
The text gives principles and descriptions of the construction of Vadabhi types of temples.
Lent by the Raghunandan Library, Puri (Orissa).
SILPAPRAKĀŠA (Canons of temple architecture in Orissa)
Foll, 108 ; size 39x4cm ; palm-leaf ; Oriya script ;4 lines to a page ; Sanskrit ; dated Saka 1715 (A.D. 1793). Author: Ramachandra Mahāpātra (between 11th and 13th century); scribe : Govindadāsa. Begins : ଶ୍ରୀପୟ ନମ ଓ ବିଶ୍ୱକର୍ମ ନମ
ଶ୍ରୀନୀଳାଦ୍ର ନାଥାୟ ନମ ବୟ କର୍ମୀ-ପ୍ରଡିମା ଧ୍ୟାନମ୍ ଐରାବ ସମାରୂଢ଼ ନାନ ମଣି ଶଭୁଷି ତମ୍ ଚଢୁପ୍ତ କଳାବିଦ୍ୟା ନସୁଖୀ ଦଦନୋକ୍ତଳମ୍ । (୧) ଯନ୍ତ୍ର ମୁ ମହାକାଳୀ ସର୍ବ ଶଦୀ ରୁପିଣୀ
ସର୍ବ ଶିଳମୟୀ ନତ୍ୟ ସର୍ଦାନନ ପ୍ରଦାୟ ନା] । (୬) Ends :
ପ୍ରଶମାମି ମହାଶ୭ ଦୁର୍ଗା ଚ ପଙ୍କଜ ଲିଖିତ୍ୟ ପୁସ୍ତକର ଶ୍ରୀନଦାସ କୃପାର୍ଥସ୍ତେ ଖକ ଦୀ୫ ଜଣ ଲହୁସିନ୍ଧ ନକ୍ଷତ୍ର ମୟୁତିକ ଲିଖିତଭାୟୁ°-ଦମ୍ବନ୍ଧୁ ଯଥା ଶସ୍ତାନ୍ତର ତଥା ||
69 illustrated pages (Orissan school). The text gives principles and descriptions of the construction of the Vadabhi types of temples.
The language of the text is corrupt at places.
In private collection of Miss Alice Boner, Varanasi; lent through the Raghunandan Library, Puri (Orissa).
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AMARUŠATAKA (One hundred stanzas of Amaru on love) Foll. 26; size 28 x 4.2 cm; palm-leaf; Oriya script; 7 to 8 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author : Amaru (c. 8th century A.D.). Begins : ଜୀ -ବର- କା ୟୁ:-ମଣି ପୃଷ୍ଠ... Ends : ସଖୀକି ଗୁଣମୀ କଳ ଇତ୍ୟାଦି
96 illustrations of the Orissan school, 18th century.
Lent by the office of the Museum and Archaeology, Bhubaneshwar (Orissa).
GĪTAGOVINDA (A lyrical drama depicting the love of Kțishņa for Rādha)
Foll. 7 ; size 30 x 4 cm ; palm-leaf ; Oriya script ; 12 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author : Jayadeva (12th century A.D.). Begins : । ଶ୍ରୀ କୃଷ୍ଣାୟ ନମଃ ।
ମଘିମେମ୍ବର ବନଭୁବ ଶ୍ୟାମାପ୍ତମାଳମି
ଭୀରୁ ତ୍ୱମେବ ଜଦି ରାଧଗୃହପ୍ରାପମ୍ଭ Ends :
କଦମ୍ବନତମ୍ବ ଇତ୍ୟାଦି Colophon : ଇତିଶ୍ରୀ ଗୀତଗୋବିନ୍ଦ ମହାକାବ୍ୟ କବିରାଜ
ଜୟଦେବ କୃହେଁ ମୁମଧୁସ ଦନୋ ନାମ ତୃତୀୟୁସଗୀ !
ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣାୟ ନମ । 7 illustrations of the Orissan school, 18th century. The writing is disposed in such a way that from a distance it appears like the design of a Pidha temple.
Lent by the Raghunandan Library, Puri (Orissa).
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VIDAGDHAMĀDHAVA (A drama on Krishna )
Foll. 64; size 35.7x4.4 cm; palm-leaf; Oriya script; 6 to 7 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author: Rüpagoswami (16th centuryA.D.).
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ସୁଧମ-ବାଦ କପି ମଧୁବମାନ୍ମାଦ ଭବନୀ ଶୈମାସ। ଇତ୍ୟାତ ।
106 illustrations of the Orissan school.
Lent by the office of the Museum and Archaeology, Bhubaneswar (Orissa).
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UKARA
(An astronomical work )
Foll. 36; size 32x13 cm; paper; Devanagari script; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1865 (A.D. 1808). Author: Nayanasukhopadhyāya.
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श्री गणेशाय नमः अथ उकराख्यो ग्रंथसावजूसकृतो लिख्यते । तत्रास्य त्रयोदशाध्याये एकोन षष्टितुल्यानि ५६ क्षेत्राणि संति । परं च क्वचित्पुस्तकेषु पंचाश ५० न्मितान्येव क्षेत्राणि संति । तत्र प्रयोजनद्वयस्यैकक्षेत्रमेव कृतंइदं युनानीभाषात: अरव भाषायां श्रबुल अच्चास
सहस्याज्ञया कुस्ता विविका याहीसंशेन तृतीयाध्यायस्य पंचमजेपर्यंत ति शेषमन्यतिंनरसीरसंज्ञेन टीका कृता । सेवं संस्कृतमुखोपाध्यायं निवध्यते ॥
अथ प्रथमाध्यायः
संवत् १८६५ मिति ज्येष्ठशुक्ल शनिवार श्रीरामचन्द्राय नमः श्री गंगादेव्यै नमः श्री विश्वेश्राय नमः श्री राम जी 1
Contains several geometrical diagrams.
The original of this Sanskrit text was in Greek. It was translated into Arabic by Kustabi-Biluka-valuvabi at the instance of Abul-AchchasaAhaska. Nayanasukhacharya translated it into Sanskrit with the help of Abida, an Arabic scholar.
Lent by the Oriental Manuscripts Library, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Kerala ).
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TANTRASĀRA
(Essentials of Tantric rites) Foll. 262; size 54 x 13 cm; paper; Bengali script; 8 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Saka 1733 (A.D. 1811). Author : Krishnananda Agamavagisa (17th century). Begins : নত্ব কৃষ্ণপদদ্বন্দং ব্ৰহ্মাদিরবন্দিত।
গুরুং চ জ্ঞানদাতারং কৃষ্ণাননে ধীমতা। Ends:
যদ্ য ময়া নাথ বিমূঢ়বুদ্ধ্যা
স্পষ্টীকৃতং গুহাতমং চ তন্ত্রে। ক্ষন্তব্যমেতৎ করুণানিধান
ক্রোধে ন চাহঃ খলুপামরেষু। Colophon : ऐति बीमशमशानाशाब कीकहानमायाकृष्ठहमानः ममानुः ।
10 illustrations; this manual of Tantric rituals is very popular in Bengal.
Lent by the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Calcutta.
GAJAŚĀSTRAM
(On elephants of different regions) Foll. 332 plates; size 40 x 25 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; Sanskrit and Marathi. Authors : Pālakāpyamuni, and Sarabhojirājā (A. D. 17981832) respectively of Sanskrit and Marathi versions. Begins : (Sanskrit) ओंकारात्मकशालायां नादस्तम्भे महोत्तरे
निबद्ध्य ध्यानपाशेन कलये कलभाननम् ।। (Marathi) श्लोक ॥ ओंकारात्मक दिव्यभव्य बरवी शालाविशालामहानादस्तंभ अभंगसुंदरलसे तीमाजि भारीपण । त्याशी श्रीकलभानना कबलुनी संध्यानपाशीं पंदी ध्यांतो त्या निजवल्लभा प्रतिवशा जो डोल तोंकी मंदी ॥१॥
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(Sanskrit) आसनत्रितयेप्येवं सौष्ठवं परिकल्पयेत् । गजस्य प्रेरणार्थाय पुरस्तादासनं जगुः ॥ ३ एतदेवमुत्कृष्टमित्याहु:॥ (Marathi) मंदादिजांतीयुद्धार्थ उत्कृष्टासन बोलिलें गजसामान्यसंग्रामी तेंचि पैजाणनेमिलें ॥४
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Colophon : इति पालकाप्ये ॥ ९॥ नवमप्रकरणं संपूर्णम् ।।
इति श्री शरभेद्रमहाराजविरचिते गजशास्त्रभाषाप्रबंधे गजगतिदोषगुणनिरूपणं नाम ।। ६॥
नवमप्रकरणं संपूर्णम् । Pictures, over 600 in number, illustrations of elephants with different temperaments and of how the elephants were captured, tamed and trained for fighting; some pictures are of ailing elephants.
Lent by the Sarasvati Mahal Library. Tanjore (Madras).
AŚVAŚĀSTRA (On horses of different breeds and their chief characteristics)
Foll. 174 sheets ; size 40x25 cm; paper ; Devanagari script, Author : Nakula (according to traditional belief).
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आलिंग्य देवी हरितां निषण्णां संध्यारुणं पाशसृणीर्वहन्तम् । परस्परस्पृष्टकटीनिवेशं भयापहं शक्तिगणेशमीडे ।। वाहनेषु च ये वर्गा : कुर्वन्ति हरिवाहनम् । सुहृदस्तव वाहानामन्ये तु हरयस्तव ।। इति वाहनाध्यायः ।।
Colophon : दृष्ट्वा समस्तं नकुलः शास्त्रं तच्छालिहोत्रीयं ।
ब्रूते तत्त्वार्थमनघं शास्त्रं कृत्वा समासतः ।। 275 illustrations of the Maratha school of Tanjore (A.D. 1800-1832). Lent by the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Madras).
CHATURANGAVIHĀRA (Moves of dice in chess)
Foll. 32; size 20.6x18.2 cm ; paper ; Devanagari script ; 15 to 25 lines to a page ; Sanskrit and Marathi. Author : Krishnendramaharaja of Mysore.
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Begins : श्री चामुण्डा प्रश्नचक्रम्हाणायाचा ३२४ घरांचा चक्रांत १४४ घरांचे आणि ६४ घरांचे ही
बुधबलपटभित होऊण १ या आंखास विभागरीत्या आठादि शांत ही गांठ पडल्या अश्वगती कडून संपूर्ण श्सले आहे याचकाचा अंकोद्धार श्लोकाचा अनुलोम विलोम गती केडून १०६४
भेदचक्रे उत्पन्न होतात ॥ Ends: या ६४ घरांचा बुधबलपटांत चित्र विचित्रवाणी तेरीज व्हावयाचा या जगन्मोहन चक्रांत
मध्ये १६ घरांत दंडपार्श्व इत्यादि ५६ प्रकारानेहि १५४ तेरी जहोईजेसव भोवतें १ बल्यांत बारा खंडांत ही चार-चार घरांस १२२ तेरीज होईजे संही एकाश्वगति चालविली आहेयाचे
. १२६ भेदचकें उत्पन्न होतात ॥ Colophon : श्रीमत्समस्तधरणीमंडलपुण्डरीककणिकायमान कर्णाटकजनपदमध्य-विद्योतमान नि:
समानवैभवभवनायमान श्रीमन्महीशूरपुरवराधीश राजाधिराज चामराजधर्मपत्नी रत्नके पनं जां...... श्री चामुण्डादयासांद्र श्री कृष्णेन्द्रविनिम्मिता। प्राचन्द्रतारक जीयात् प्रश्नचक्रे हयप्लुति: ६४ ।। श्री॥ श्री ॥
Lent by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras.
ABHINAYACHANDRIKĀ (On a classical dance of Orissa called the odisi dance) Foll. 47; size 39x4 cm; palm-leaf; Oriya script; 2 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author: Maheśvara Mahāpātra (A.D. 1764); scribe: Gopipātra. Begins : ନମୋହରେ ଘୃଶ କଲ3ଧଦାସୀନ
ଡ୍ରାମାସୁ ଭ୍ର ମହାକାୟ ଦନ୍ତୀ ନୃତ୍ୟ ଶିଖିଦ ତାଣ୍ଡବପି ୟୁ ପୁତ୍ର ୟୁ ତାଣ୍ଡବ ଫ୍ରି ୟୁ-ଧୂର୍ଜ6
ନମୋ ଚିନ୍ତାମଣି ନ ଶୁଦ୍ଧ-ବୃଦ୍ଧି ପ୍ରଦାୟିକ । Ends : ନୃତ୍ୟଭାବଢଥାଢନ୍ଧୁ ଯଥାଶ ସ୍ତ୍ରନୁମୋଦିତ୍ୟ
ଖଣ୍ଡ ବ୍ର ସମାବେଶେ ନୃତ୍ୟାଭିନୟ ଲଣମ୍ । 6 Asmi PDIAN-AROO ପରିତେଶ ପ୍ରସ୍ଥାୟୁ କନ୍ମ ଜୀ ମୋଦକମ୍ !! ଊଡିଦେଶାନୁସରଣ ଯଥଚାରିସମ । ତଥାଶ୍ମୀକାନୁବନ୍ଧିନ କହାଭିନୟ ର କ! ||
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Colophon :
ଇତିଶ୍ରୀ ଗଜପତି ନାରାୟଣଦେବ ଅନଙ୍ଗଭୀମ ମହାରାଜ ରାଜସଭାମଣ୍ଡନ ପ ତରାଜ ବିରୁପା ମହାପାତ୍ରସଂ ମୁଁ ରାଜ ବୟସ ଗୋ ଡ୍ରାୟ ମହେଶ୍ୱର ମହାପାତ୍ର ଦରତ ଅଭିନୟ ଚନ୍ଦକା ନୃତ୍ୟs it ଗୋପୀ ପାଢ଼େନ ଲିଖିତମିଦରନ୍ତୁ ।
The language is corrupt at places.
50 illustrations of the Orissan school. The author was the son of Virūpāksha Mahāpātra, court poet of King Anangabhima.
Lent by the Raghunandan Library, Puri (Orissa).
PREMARĀMĀYAŅA (Sanskrit translation of the Hindi Ramacharitamanasa of Tulasidasa)
Foll. 224; size 29 x 12 cm; paper; Oriya script : 8 lines to a page; Sanskrit and Hindi. Author : Dāśarathi Kavichandra; scribe: the author himself.
Begins :
ଶ୍ରୀ ଗତିଶଗଗଜବକ୍ତ ° ମହାନ ଯସ୍ୟ ମୁଲ୍ୟମାତ୍ରେଣ ସିଦ୍ଧି ବତି ନଣ୍ଠ ଜମ୍ ।
ସୁନନ ସିଦ୍ଧ ହୋଇ ଗନ ନାୟୁକ କରିବର ଦିନ
Colophon :
ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀ ଦାଶ କହ, ଅଖୁବ ଧାନ ଦ୍ବିତା ପ୍ରେମରାମାୟୁଶ ସଂପୁ: ୫ ।
The language is corrupt at places.
This is the only known Sanskrit translation of the Ramacharitamanasa.
In private custody ; but lent through the Raghunandan Library, Puri (Orissa).
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YĀGAVEDI - CHITRĀNI (Diagrams of Srauta sacrifices)
Size 62.2 x 47.1 cm; paper; Devanāgari, Grantha and Roman scripts.
42 illustrations showing diagrams of altars for various sacrifices, like the Agnishțoma, etc.
Lent by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras.
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PALI AND PRAKRIT MANUSCRIPTS
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SHATKHANDAGAMA (DHAVALA)
(A work on the Karma philosophy of the Jainas)
Foll. 777; size 75x6 cm; palm-leaf; Kanarese script; 12 to 14 lines to a page; Präkṛit; dated 1113 A.D.; the commentaries are in Präkrit alternating with Sanskrit. Authors: Dharasena and Pushpadanta; commentator: Virasena (9th century A.D.).
Begins: ಣಮೋ ಅರಿಹಂತಾಣಂ ಣಮೋ ಸಿದ್ದಾಣಂ ಣಮೋ ಆ ಇರಿಯೋಣಂ ಣಮೋ ಉವಜ್ಝಾ ಯಾಣಂ, ಣಮಾ ಲೋಪಿ ಸಬ್ಬ ಸಾಹೂಣಂ || ೧ ||
2 illustrated folios.
Acharya Dharasena taught the Shatkhandagama and the Mahabandha to Acharyas Pushpadanta and Bhütabali. Acharya Virasena wrote an exhaustive commentary on the Shatkhandagama in 72,000 slokas and this is known as the Dhavala.
Lent by the Trustees of the Siddhanta Basadi at Moodbidri (South Kanara) through the kind courtesy of Babu Chhotelal Jain of Calcutta.
MAHABANDHA (MAHADHAVALA)
(A work on the Karma philosophy of the Jainas)
Foll. 219; size 72.5x7 cm; palm-leaf; Kanarese script; 12 to 14 lines to a page; Präkṛit. Authors: Dharasena and Bhutabali (1st century A.D.); scribe: Ugrăditya.
Begins:
majue no | o ||
ಣಮೋ ಅತಿಜಿಣಾಣಂ || ೧ ||
7 illustrated folios.
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Acharya Bhütabali wrote the Mahabandha (Mahadhavala). It is the longest Prakrit Sutra consisting of 40,000 slokas.
The colophon of the Mahadhavala manuscript states that it was copied through the munificence of Säntisena's queen, Mallikabbe for the purpose of presentation to an erudite sage, Maghanandi.
Lent by the Trustees of the Siddhänta Bäsadi at Moodbidri (South) Kanara) through the kind courtesy of Babu Chhotelal Jain of Calcutta.
KASHAYAPAHUDA (JAYADHAVALĀ)
(On the Karma philosophy of the Jainas)
Foll. 516; size 68.5x7 cm; palm-leaf; Kanarese script; 12 to 14 lines to a page; Prakrit; the commentaries in Präkṛit alternating with Sanskrit. Author: Gunadhara (1st century B.C.); commentators: Yativṛishabha (6th century A.D.) and Virasena (9th century A.D.).
Begins :
ಪುಬ್ಬಮ್ಮಿ ಪಂಚಮ್ಮಿ ದು ದಸಭೆ ಜನ ಸಾಪಡೆ ತದಿಣ ವಿಟ್ಟಂತಿ ನಾಹು ಡಮ್ಮಿ ದು ಹವದಿ ಕಸಾಯಾಣ ಪಾಹುಡಂ ಣಾ ಮ || ೧ ||
The colophon states that a certain Bhujabali Anna Śreshthi got it copied and presented it to Padmasena Muni.
The teachings of the Jaina Tirthankara, Mahävira (6th century B.C.) were arranged into twelve angas by his pupil, Indrabhûti Gautama, and were orally handed down from generation to generation. But gradually they fell into oblivion.. According to the Digambara tradition the canons of the twelve angas are forgotten; only a portion of them was known to Acharya Gunadhara (1st century B.C.) and Acharya Dharasena (1st century A.D.) and whatever of it survived is preserved in the ancient scriptures known as the Kashayapahuda of Gunadhara and the Shatkhandagama and the Mahabandha of Dharasena.
Acharya Gunadhara wrote the Kashayapāhuḍa in 233 Gatha Sutras.
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Āchārya Yativrishabha (6th century A.D.) wrote churni sutras on it in 6000 slokas. Thereafter, in the 9th century A.D., Āchārya Virasena wrote an exhaustive commentary on it in 20000 slokas; this was, however, completed by his pupil Jinasena by the addition of another 40000 slokas. This commentary is known as the Jayadhavala,
14 illustrated folios.
Lent by the Trustees of the Siddhānta Bäsadi at Moodbidri (South Kanara) through the kind courtesy of Babu Chhotelal Jain of Calcutta.
ŚĀNTINĀTHA KALAŠA
(Jaina text) Foll. 21; size 20.5 x 7.7 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 9 lines to a page; Apabhraíśa; dated Samvat 1350 (A.D. 1293). Author: Jineśvarasūri (A.D. 1275-1300); scribe: Vinayasamudra, pupil of Jineśvara.
Begins :
ufafafagafat 9493# I afafafya ay safet
Colophon : संवत् १३५० चैत्र सुदि १ रवौ रेवती नक्षत्र श्री जिनेश्वरसूरिशिष्येण विनयसमुद्र मुनि
देवराजपुरस्थितेन महाधरपुत्र मोलणनिमित्तं कलसबोलिपत्राणि लिखितमिति । Incomplete; the oldest paper manuscript in the collection.
Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad.
UTTARAPURĀNA (Life-story of the Tirthankaras after Rishabhadeva) Foll. 398; size 30 x 10 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 10 lines to a page; Apabhraṁsa; dated Samvat 1391 (A.D. 1334). Author: Pushpadanta (10th century A.D.); scribe : Vahad Rāja-deva.
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Begins :
ॐ नमो वीतरागाय . वंभहो वंभालय सामिय हो ईस हो ईसरचंद हो। अजिय हो जियकाम हो पणवेवि परमजिरिंगद हो ॥ छ ।
Ends :
सिरिनिरह हो वहुगुणहो कइकुलतिलयं मासिउ । सुपहाण पुराणु तिसट्ठिहिमि पुरिसह चरिउ समासिउ ।। १४ ।। इति महापुराणे तिसट्ठिमहापुरिसगुणालंकारे महाकइ पुप्फयंतविरइस महाभब्वभरहाणु मणिगए महाकव्बे वीरणाहणिव्वाणगमणं त्रावितिसट्ठिपुरिस वणणणं णाम दिउत्तरूसयसंधी समत्तो। उत्तर पुराण समाप्तं मिति ॥ संधि १०२॥
Colophon : संवत्सरेस्मिन् श्री विक्रमादित्यगताब्दः संवत् १३९१ वर्षे ज्येष्ठ वदि ९ गुरुवासरे अद्यह
श्री योगिनीपुरे समस्तराजावलीशिरोमुकुटमाणिक्यखचितनखरश्मौ सुरत्राण श्री महम्मदसाहिनाम्नि महीं विभ्रति सति अस्मिन् राज्ये योगिनीपुरस्थित अग्रोतकान्वय नभः शशांक सा. महिपालपुत्र जिनचरणकमलचंचरीकैः सा. खेतूफैरा साढा महराजा रूपा, एतैः सा. खेता पुत्र गल्हा आजा एतौ । सा. फेरा पुत्र वीधा हेमराज एतौ धर्मकर्मणि सद्योद्यमपरै ज्ञानावरणीय क्षयाय भव्यजनानां पठनाय उत्तरपुराणपुस्तकं लिखापितं । लिखितं गौडान्वय कायस्थपंडित गन्धर्वपुत्रवाहदराजदेवेन ।
Second part of the Mahāpurāņa written by Pushpadanta; one of the best works of Apabhramśa literature. The manuscript was written at Yoginipura (Delhi).
Lent by the Shri Digambar Jain Atisaya Kshetra, Shri Mahavirji, Jaipur (Rajasthan).
KALPASŪTRA AND KĀLAKĀCHĀRYAKATHA (Biographies of the Jinas and rules for ascetics;
the story of Kalakāchārya)
rakatha: is so som: Doanigan wrips tims on ram ranit
Four folios from a manuscript of the Kalpasūtra and the Kālakācharyakatha; size 30.5x9 cm; Devanagari script; 7 lines to a page; Prakrit and Sanskrit. Author of the Kalpasūtra: Bhadrabāhu (4th century B.C.).
5 illustrations in Western Indian style of the late 14th century; a very
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early illustrated manuscript of excellent workmanship.
Lent by the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay.
KAMMAVACHA
(A Pali Buddhist text)
16 copper plates; size 55x10 cm; Siamese script; Pali.
Begins:
Ends:
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa pathamam upajjhamh gähäpetabbo upajjham gähäpetvä pattachivaram achikkhitabbam.
Sammata samghena itthannämassa bhikkuno nissayamutta
sammuti.
khamati samghassa tasmā tunhi evam etam dharayāmīti...
10 illustrations, good examples of Thai art of the middle period (c. 14th century A.D.).
Lent by the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Adyar (Madras).
UPADEŠAMĀLA WITH COMMENTARY
(A poem containing moral instructions for laymen and nuns)
Foll. 2-231; size 30.8 x 11 cm; paper; Devanagarl script; 15 lines to
a page; text in Prakrit; commentary in Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1457 (A.D. 1400). Author: Dharmadasagani; scribe: Rāmāka.
Ends:
इत्याचार्य श्री उदयप्रभसूरिदेवसंघटितायां उपदेशकणिकायां विशेषवृत्तो तृतीय: परिवेषः संपूर्णः । ग्रं० ३७१४ एतावता संपूर्णा उपदेशमालायाः कणिकाख्यविशेषवृत्तिरिति ॥ छ ॥ आदितो ग्रन्थानं १२३७४ ।। शिवमस्तु ।।
Colophon स्वस्ति श्री नृपविक्रमकालातीत (1) १४५७ श्रावणवदि १२ शनौ श्रद्य ह श्रीमद्दन हिलरेनगरे वापत रामाकेन धीउपदेशमालाविशेषवृत्तितिखिता ॥ Two illustrations in Western Indian style; commentary unpublished.
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Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad.
KALPASŪTRA (Biographies of the Jinas and rules for ascetics)
Foll. 72; size 27 x 10 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 7 lines to a page; Prakrit; dated Samvat 1486 (A.D. 1429). Author: Bhadrabāhu (c. 4th century B.C.).
Begins :
नम: सिद्वेभ्य: ।। नमो अरहताणं ।। नमो सिद्धारणं । नमो आयरियाणं ।। नमो उवज्झायणं । नमो लोए... ....."मो पंच नमुक्कारों.....।
Ends : संवत् १४८६ वर्षे श्री मण्डपमहादुर्गे पातिसाहि
श्री महम्मदराज्ये वाचनाचार्यवये..... कीर्तिगणिवराणां विनयवर्यो: श्री क्षेमहंसगणिभिः...... मुदहर्षगणि..... भावराजगणिक्षेमराजगणि प्रमुख मुनिपरिकरस धीकै: श्री कल्य...... स्ववाचनहेतोलिखापितं वाच्यमानं चिरकालं नंदतु ।
भद्र भवतु..... श्रीसंघभट्टारकः ॥ श्री ॥ श्री ।। 33 illustrations; the manuscript was written at Mandu.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
UTTARĀDHYAYANASOTRA
WITH AVACHŪRI (A Jaina text containing sermons and admonitions to
pupils and monks)
Foll. 61; size 26 x 11 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 17 lines to a page; text in Prakrit; Avachuri in Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1551 (A.D. 1494).
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Begins:
Ends :
Colophon संवत् १५५१ वर्षे माधवदि ७ सोमे लिखितं पालियानगरे || शुभं भवतु ।
The manuscript is an example of Rikta-lipi, i.e. copied in such a way that the blank space gives the designs.
संजोगा विपक्स अरणगारस्स भिक्खुणो ।
इइ पाउक्करे बुद्ध नायए परिनिब्बुए। छत्तीसं उत्तरज्भागए भवसिद्धी सम्मएत्ति बेमि ॥ ६७॥
Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad.
ĀDIPURĀŅA
(Life-story of the first Jaina Tirthankara, Rishabhadeva)
Foll. 344 (some missing); size 28 x 12 cm; paper; Devanagari script; 13 lines to a page; Apabhramśa; dated Samvat 1597 (A.D. 1540). Author: Pushpadanta (10th century); scribe : Vishnudasa.
Begins: ॐ नमो श्री वीतरागाय ।। णमो अरिहंताणं । णमो सिद्धाणं । मो आयरियाणं । णमो उवज्झायाणं । णमो लोए सब्बसाहूणं ।
Ends :
एसो पंच नमुक्का सब्बपावरणासरणो । मंगलारणं च सब्बेसि पढमं हवइ मंगलं । सिद्धिस मारंग परमगिरंजकमल सरस पण सासरा रिसह परमे ।।
।
भरहु विमविद्धमविहिकम्मधाहि फरियर किणार पवरनर पुष्पदंत गरणसंबुद्ध ।। २५ ।। इय महापुराणे तिसट्ठि महापुरसि गुणालंकारे महाकइ पुप्फयंत विरयए महाभव्व भरहासुमरि गए महाकब्बे सगणहर रिसहनाह
हरिणक्वाण मरणं णाम सत्ततीसमो परिछेड समत्तो ॥ ३७ ॥ दिपेन जातरलोक मानेनाटहाणि अंकतो था ८०००।
अक्षरमाचपदस्वरहीनं व्यंजन संधिविवजितरेकं ।
साधुभिरेष मम क्षमितव्य को न विमुह्यति शास्त्रसमुद्र ।। १ ।।
Colophon धवत्सरेम श्रीनृपविक्रमादित्य राज्ये संवत् १५२० वर्ष फागुनमा शुक्लपक्षे त्रयोदश्यां
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१२ तिथी भौमवासरे कुरु श्री जोगिनीपुरुमहादुर्गे सुरिशरण श्री साहियालम्बुपातिसाहिराज्यवर्तमाने श्रीपाल शुभवाने श्री काष्ठासने मधुराम्यये पुष्करगणे उभयभाषा प्रवीणतपोनिधि भट्टारक श्री देवसेनदेवान् एतेषां मध्ये सर्वज्ञध्वनिनिर्गत जीवादिपदार्थ षट्द्रव्यगुण पर्याय श्रद्धापर शास्त्र दाननिरितपरोपकारीसाधु लाध सुत चौधरी राइमल तेन इदं महापुराण आदि खंड प्रष्ट सहस्त्रप्रमिदं कर्मक्षयनिमित्तं लिखापितं । जिनशासनं । सचित्र कारापितं राइमल कृतं हरिनायकायस्थ परिवारे लिखितं विष्णुदास ऊषा सुतेन ब्राह्मणेन सिष्य श्री बा. श्री जयमेर मिश्र शुभं भुयात ।
First part of the Mahapurana written by Pushpadanta, one of the best works of Apabhramša literature.
558 illustrations by the artist Harinätha Kayastha of the Delhi school. A striking feature of the composition is the enlarged pictorial area to cover sometimes the entire folio.
Lent by the Shri Digambar Jain Atisaya Kshetra, Shri Mahavirji, Jaipur (Rajasthan).
JASAHARACHARIYA
(On the life of Mahārāja Yasodhara)
Foll. 94; size 29x11.5 cm; paper; Devanagari script; 9 lines to a page; Apabhramsa; dated Samvat 1647 (A.D. 1590). Author: Pushpadanta. (10th century A.D.).
Begins:
ॐ नमः सिद्धेभ्यः ॥ श्रथ यशोधर चरित्र लिख्यते ॥
तिहुयरण सिरिकंत हो, श्रइसयवंत हो अरहंत हो हय वम्मह हो । पवित्र परमेट्ठि पविमलट्ठि गजुराहो। कोडिण्णगोत दियरामु वल्लहारिंद घर महयरासु ।
हो मंदिरे णिवसंतु संतु, अहिमारण मेरु कई पुप्फयतु । चित हो रणरणारी कहाए, पज्जतउ कयदुक्किय पहाए । कह धम्मविद्ध कवि कहमि कहियाए जाए लहु मोक्खु लहम्मि |
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तं माइ महासइ देवि सराइ सिसयन सं
महु खयउ भडारी चिहुरणसारी पुप्फयंत जिरगवयर रूह ।। ३० ।।
इय जसहर महाराय चरिये महामल्लण
हरणो कइ
पुष्कपत चिरइये महाकवे चंडमारिय देवय मारिदत्तराव
धम्मलाहो अवि सग्ग गमरणं णाम चउत्थो संधी परिछेत्रो सम्मत्तो ॥ ६ ॥ सन्धि ४ इति यशोधरचरित्रं समाप्तं ।
Colophon : श्रथास्मिन् संवतु संवत् १६४७ वर्षे ज्येष्ठे सुदि तृतीयायां भूमवासरे पुनर्वसु नक्षत्रे श्री नेमिनाथालये अम्बावती वास्तव महाराजाधिराज श्री मानसिंहराज्यप्रवर्तमाने श्री मूलचे गंवाना बनाकार सरस्वती गच्छेदाचार्यान्वये भ० श्री प्रभाचंद्रदेवा तात्सिय्य मं. श्री धर्मचंद्रदेवा तत्सिष्य मं. श्री ललितकीर्तिदेवा तत्सिष्य मं. श्री चन्द्रकीर्ति देवास्तदानावे संडेलवालान्वेये गोधा गोवे सा० ठाकुर लगायें देवे प्र० डीडी द्विव लाछि तयो पुत्राः सप्त प्र० सा० श्री तेजपाल तेभायें देवे प्र० त्रिभुवनदे दिव, ल्होडी तयो पुत्रो हो प्र०...
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70 illustrations in Rajasthani style. The manuscript was written at Amber during the reign of Raja Manasimha.
Lent by the Shri Digambar Jain Atisaya Kshetra, Shri Mahavirji, Jaipur (Rajasthan).
Begins: Ends :
GATHĀSAPTASATI
(Anthology of 700 verses by Salivāhana)
Foll. 73; size 26.2 x 13 cm; paper; Maithili script, 5 to 6 lines to a page; Prākrit; dated Lakshmanasena Samvat 566 (AD 1685) Author : Salivāhana (Hala); scribe Kamalanārāyana Sarma.
नमो महागणेशाय । सुवइलोरोस्सापडिमा गरिन् । चन्द्रवडा प्रभरण वश अरगं गंगा असहर ।। ३६ ।।
Colophon इति श्री महाराज शालिवाहनविरचितं सप्तशत पत्रिद्गायाधिकं समाप्तम् । ५६६ भाद्रसित त्रयोदश्यां ब्रह्मपुरा ग्रामे ||
Lent by Patna University, Patna (Bihar).
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ĀDIPURĀŅA (Life-story of the first Tirthankara, Rishabhadeva, his sons Bharata
and Bahubali) Foil. 142 ; size 28.5 X 8.3 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 13 lines to a page; Apabhramśa. Author: Pushpadanta (10th century). Begins : THE TUTTI
142 illustrations. Pushpadanta was patronized by Bharata, Minister of the Rāshtrakūta king, Krishna III (A.D. 939-968). So he has composed his verses with double meaning - applicable to the events in the life of Bharata, son of Rishabhadeva, as weil as to that of his own patron of the same name.
Lent by Shri Panna Lal Jain Agrawala, Delhi.
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MANUSCRIPTS IN OTHER INDIAN LANGUAGES
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Rajkumar and Mrigavati, miniature painting, Malwa School, 17th century, from the Mrigavati. Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

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MAHĀBHĀRATA - ŠALYAPARVA
Foll. 112; size 65 x 18 cm; Sāñchi Pāt (leaves made of bark of aloe wood); Assamese script; 10 lines to a page; Assamese. Author: Bholanatha Dvija alias Ātmarāma (A.D. 1740).
Ends :
ধৃতৰাষ্ট্ৰ নৰপতি আছে জিতে থানে। বিদ্যুৰাে চলিলা তাক মহা অপমানে। ১৭৪৭ বৈস্যাশতে জাত বীৰ জুযুৎসু নামত। থাকিলা ৰজনি সিতে আপােন গৃহত ৷৷ পৰদিনে স্নান কৰি ধৰ্ম্ম নৃপতিৰ। সমিপক চলি গৈলা জুযুৎসু সুধিৰ। ১৭৪৮ দ্বিজ ভােলানাথে ভনে এড়ি আন কম। সঘনে ঘুসিয়াে দামােদৰ কৃষ্ণ ৰাম । তাহাৰ অৰ্থক সুনি আনন্দিত মনে। সিৱসিংহ নৰপতি বুলিলা তেখন ৷৷ তাসম্বৰ মধ্যে এক দ্বিজ আত্মৰাম। বিৰচিলা পদ ইতাে শৈলপর্ব নাম ।
Colophon :
Every page is illustrated. The illustrations present good examples of the Assam school of painting, based on weaving designs for which Assam has been so famous since early times.
The manuscript is the author's original copy. Every page of the folios contains different varieties of floral and creeper designs in colours. The manuscript was compiled under the orders of the Ahom king, Siva Singha.
Lent by the Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies, Gauhati (Assam).
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Foll. 129; size 58 x 16cm; Sanchi Pat; Assamese script; 10 lines to a page; Assamese. Author: Sukumar Barkäith, Šaka 1656 (A.D. 1734).
Begins:
Ends :
HASTIVIDYARNAVA
(On the science of treatment of elephants )
Colophon :
পৰ্ব্বতৰপৰা ওলাই আহি সোণৰ সৰপহুএ পানীৰ মুখত কঁটালি খালেহি । সেই পছৰেপৰা কতোদিন থাকি ইতাল, মাধু দি দুটা হাতি হৈ হাতি বন-পচলা খাই ফুৰে । সকল জুৰিত্ৰ জৰি ফুৰে। তাৰেপৰা অনেক লাখ-বিলাখ হাতি হল ।
নদী পাৰ হোৱা ৰাঘৰ মাংসগুটি, পিত ল'ব। মতা ভালুকৰ মাংসগুটি, পিত ল'ব । চিকা মাৰি ল'ব। জি ছত্তিৰ বঁলিয়া লেতেৰা গড়াই সেই বলিয়া । মস্তক মিলই বাটি ল'ব। জেতিয়া হস্তি জন্মাবলৈ নিএ এই ঔষধ কপালত ঘঁসিব। গন্ধমাত্রতে হস্তি পলাই। আকে মঙ্গলবাৰে দেওবাৰে হপ্তিৰ যিন কুম্ভত ঘসিলে কুগু গুৰ হয়।
সৌমাৰ পিঠৰ ইশ্বৰ নীযুত জীনন্ত শিৱসিংহ নাম জি মহাৰাজা আৰু তানে মহিদী.... জি জীনী অদিকা নাম মহাদে সেই দুই জনাৰ আজ্ঞা ৰত্নমালাক শিৰত ধৰি হুকুমাৰ বাড়াথে এই হস্তিবিদ্যাৰ্ণৱ সাৰসংগ্ৰহক ৰচিলে । শক ১৬৫৬ ৷৷ আতে চিত্ৰ কৰিবলৈ আজ্ঞা কৰিলে দিবৰ দোষায় দুই লিখকক ।।
167 illustrations of the Assam school of Painting with Mughal features by the artists, Dilbar and Doshai..
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The work was composed under the orders of the Ahom king, Siva Singha.
Lent by the Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies, Gauhati (Assam).
KRISHNAKĪRTANA
(Poems in honour of Kșishņa) Foll. 206; size 34 x 9 cm; paper; Bengali script; 8 lines to a page; Bengali. Author: Badu Chandidāsa (c. 15th century). Begins: সভাপতি তার সব সভাসদজন ।
আলপমতী তােহ্মাতে শরণ ॥
Ends: মথুরা আইল হেঁ৷ তেজি গােকুলের বাস।
মন কৈলে। করিবে মম কংসের বিনাস। Supposed to be the oldest known manuscript in Bengali. Lent by the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Calcutta.
VIKRAMĀDITYA - KHĀPARĀCHORA-CHAUPAI
(A popular story) Foll. 30; size 26.9 X 10.8 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 12 lines to a page; old Gujarati. Author : Lābhavardhana, Samvat 1727 (A.D. 1670). Begins : gf waruit qfiqzfarar yrafarei
समरंता सुखसंपदा दिन दिन अधिक पाणंद ।।
Ends :
धवणे सुरणे बहुभावसु जे चतुर सुघट सुजाण भ० । कहे लाभवरधन तेहनै हुवै कल्याण भ० १३ इति श्री विक्रमादित्य खापराचोरसंवादोचोपई संपूरणं ।। श्री।। श्री।
56 illustrations in late Mughal style.
Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad.
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PAÑCHANĀMĀ (A document)
Foll. one; size 67x33.2 cm; paper; Devanagari, Kaithi and Arabic scripts; a sloka in 5 lines and signatures of more than thirty persons%3B Sanskrit, Hindi and Persian; dated A.D. 1669. Authors and scribes: Goswami Tulasidasa (c.A.D. 1543-1623) and others.
Begins :
श्री जानकी बल्लभो विजयते । द्विश्शरन्नाभि संधत्तं द्विस्स्थापयति नाश्रितान् द्विईदाति न चाथिभ्यो रामो द्विन्न व भाषते ॥१॥
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साछी पीतवर दसवधी पुरन सुत साछी रामराइ गरीव.........म० पु रिफनंसुर साछी धनीराम मयुराये सुत ।
Deed of arbitration regarding the settlement of property of a local Zamindar in which the poet Goswami Tulasidāsa was one of the arbitrators and the first 5 lines are in his own handwriting. This is the only known handwriting of this great saint.
The deed has been authenticated by the Quazi of Banaras. Lent by the All India Kashiraj Trust, Varanasi.
RAMACHARITAMĀNASA (Poem on the life of Rāma)
Foll. 339; size 21.3 x 12.2 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 8 lines to a page; Hindi; dated Samvat 1704 (A.D. 1647). Author: Goswāmi Tulasidasa ; scribe: Raghu Tiwari. Begins : श्री गणेशाय नमः । श्री जानकीबल्लभो विजयते ।। वर्णानामर्थसंघाना रसानां छन्दसामपि ।
मंगलानां च कर्तारौ वन्दे वाणीविनायकौ ॥१॥ Ends : श्रीमद्रामचरित्रमानसमिदं भक्त्यावगाहन्ति ये ।
ते संसारपतंगघोरकिरणदह्यन्ति नो मानवा: ।। २ ।।
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इति श्री रामचरितमानसे सकलकलिकलुषविध्वंसने अविरलहरिभक्तिसंपादिनी नाम सप्तमसोपानः समाप्त: । शुभमस्तु । मंगलमस्तु ।
Only copy of the complete Ramacharitamanasa (an original composition on the life of Rāma) written in A.D. 1647, only 24 years after the death of the famous poet and saint, Tulsidas.
Lent by the All India Kashiraj Trust, Varanasi.
MRIGĀVATI (Romantic poem of an Indian love story)
Foll. 250; size 18.7x17.4 cm; paper; Kaithi script; Hindi (Avadhi dialect). Author: Kutban (A.D. 1615).
All the 250 folios have on their obverse appropriate full-page paintings of the Malwa school.
Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
AVATĀRAGĪTĀ BHĀSHĀ ŠIROMANI
(Describes incarnations of Vishnu)
Foll. 629; paper; Devanāgari script; Hindi (Avadhi dialect); dated Samvat 1733 (A. D. 1676). Author : Naraharadasa (middle of the 16th century). Begins : ॥१०॥ श्री गणेशाय नमः । श्रीकृष्णाय नमः ॥ अथ अवतारगीताभाषा बारहट नरहरदास
कृत लिख्यते ।। अथ साठक ॥ सुंडादंडप्रचंडमेकदसणं मदगंधगलस्थलं । सिन्दूरारुणतुंडमंडित
मुखं भृगस्य गुंजारवं ।। Ends: दुहा-सोरह सहस अरु आठसै, इकसठ ऊपर ांन ।
छंद अनुष्टुप करि सकल, पूरन ग्रंथ प्रमांन ॥ १ ॥
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मै जोई सुन्यौ पुरानमहि ॥ क्रक जोई वर्णन कीन । श्रोता पाठक हेतिसौं, पावै भक्ति प्रवीन ।। २ ।। इति श्री चतुर्विंशतिअवतारचरित्रे महामुक्तिमार्ग भाषा बारहट नरहरदासेन विरचित ग्रंथानाम अवतार चरित्रं भाषा शिरोमणी संपूर्ण ॥ श्री।। शुभं भवतु ।। कल्याण
मस्तु ॥ श्रीरस्तु॥ 31 illustrations of the Rajasthani (Mewar) school. Lent by the Allahabad Museum, Allahabad.
VIDYAPATI - PADAVALI
(Poems of Vidyāpati)
Foll. 34; size 32x5.5 cm; palm-leaf; Maithili script; 5 lines to a page ; Maithili. Author : Vidyāpati Thakur (14th century).
Begins :
....."सो रहव अअधि भए लाजे ।
Ends :
प्रथमहि हाथ पयोधर लागु पुलके प्रमोदे मनोभव ।
These are collections of Vidyāpati's poems. The manuscript seems to be 300 years old.
Lent by Patna University, Patna (Bihar).
SAKUNTALĀNĀTAKAKATHĀ (Hindi version of the well-known Sanskrit drama, the Abhijñāna
Sākuntalam, by Kālidāsa)
Foll. 47 ; Size 23.5 X 15.3 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 16 lines to a page ; Hindi; dated Samvat 1845(A.D. 1788). Author: Kavi Nivāj. Begins : श्री गणेशाय नमः ।। अथ सकुंतला नाटक लिख्यते ॥ कवित्त ॥ राखत न सूरज ससी की
परवाहि निसिवासर प्रफुल्लित रहत एक बानी के ॥ ध्यान हूकियेते देत ग्यान मकरंद वास नाक में लहै कहै या जिनकी कहानी के ।
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इति श्री सकुंतलानाटककथायां चतुर्थ : तरंग: समाप्त शुभं । माघमासे शुक्लपक्षे तिथौ पूर्णिमायां संवत् १८४५ ।
12 illustrations in Mewar style. Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
ĀDIPURĀNA (Life-story of the first Jaina Tirthankara, Ādinātha)
Foll. 189; size 51.7 x 4.5 cm; palm-leaf; Kannada script; 7 lines to a page; Kannada; Saka 1301 (A.D. 1378). Author: Pampa, Saka 863 (A.D. 941); scribe: Abhayachandra Saiddhānti.
Begins :
ಶ್ರೀ ದೇವೇಂದ್ರಮುನೀಂದ್ರ ವಂದಿತ ಗುಣವಾತಂಜಗಾಮಿಸಂದಾದಿಬ್ರಹ್ಮನಗಾಧಬೋಧನಿಲಯ.೦ ದುರ್ವಾರ ಸಂಸಾರವಿ- | ಚೈದೋಪಾಯನಿಯುಕ್ತ ಸೂಕ್ತಿವೃಷ ಮಾರ್ಗಾಗ್ರೇಸರಂ ಪಾಪ ತಾದಾಬ್ಬಂ ದಯೆಗೈಯ್ಯ ನಕ್ಕೆ ಮಗೆ ಮುಕ್ತಿ ಶ್ರೀಸುಖಾವಾಹಿಯಂ||
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ಭಾಸುರದೇವಕೋಟಿವಿಭುವಪ್ಪ ಮಹಾಧಿಕನಪ್ಪ ವಾಸವಂಗಾಸನ ಕಂಪಮಂ ಪಡೆದು ತೀರ್ಥಕರ ಮನಿತ್ತನಪ್ಪ ರಾವಾಸವನೈದಿಸದುವೆ ಷೋಡಶ ಭಾವನೆಯಿಂದ ಷೋಡಶಾಶ್ಯಾಸವನೆಯೆ ಭಾವಿಸುಗೆ ಭವ್ಯರನಂತ ಸುಖಾಭಿಲಾಷಿಗಳ್||
ಗದ್ಯ:- ಇದು ದೇವೇಂದ್ರಮುನೀಂದ್ರವಂದ್ಯ ಪರಮಜಿನೇಂದ್ರಮುಖ ಚಂದ್ರ ವಾಕ೦ದ್ರಿಕಾಪ್ರಸರಪ್ರಸಾದೋದೀರ್ಣ ಸೂಕ್ತಿ ಕಲ್ಲೋಲ ಮಾಲಾಕೀರ್ಣ ಕವಿತಾ ಗುಣಾರ್ಣವ ಪ್ರಣೀತ ಮುಪ್ಪಾದಿಪುರಾಣದೊಳ್ ಪರಿನಿರ್ವಾಣ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ ವರ್ಣನಂ ಷೋಡಶಾಶ್ಯಾ ಸವಮ್ ||
Colophon : ಸ್ವಸ್ತಿಶ್ರೀ ವಿಜಯಾಭ್ಯುದಯ ಶಕವರ್ಷ ೧೩೦೧ ನೆಯ ಶುಕ್ಲ ಸಂವತ್ಸರದ ರ್ಕಾತಿಕ
ಸು ೧ ಗುರುವಾರದಂದು ಶ್ರೀಮದ್ರಾಯ ರಾಜಗುರು ಮಂಡಲಾಚಾರ್ ರುಂ ಮಹಾವಾದ ವಾಗೀಶ್ವರರಾದ ವಾದಿಪಿತಾಮಹ ಸಕಲ ವಿದ್ವಜ್ಜನ ಚಕ್ರವರ್ತಿ ಸಾರತ್ರಯಾದಿ ವೇದಿಗ ಳುಂ ದೀಷಿಯ ಗಣಾಗ್ರಗಣ್ಯರುಮಪ್ಪ ಶ್ರೀಮಲಧಾರಿ ನಾಗಚಂದ್ರ ಭಟ್ಟಾರಕರ ಪ್ರಿಯಾಗ್ರಶಿಷ್ಯರು ಖಂಡಸ್ಸು ಟಿಕ ಜೀರ್ಣ ಜಿನಾಲಯೋದ್ಧಾರಕರುಮಪ್ಪ ಶ್ರೀಧರ್ಮ

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ಭೂಷಣ ಶ್ರೀಮದಭಯ ಚಂದ್ರ ಸೈದ್ದಾಂತಿ ದೇವರು ಬರದ ಆದಿ ಪುರಾಣಗ್ರಂಥಕ್ಕೆ ಮಂಗಳ ಮಹಾ ಶ್ರೀ ||
Contains some geometrical drawings.
This is the earliest known Adinathacharitra in champu style (a kind of elaborate and highly artificial composition in which the same subject is continued through alternations in prose and verse'). The author, Pampa, was one of the foremost Jaina poets.
Lent by the Oriental Research Institute, Mysore.
GADUGINA BHĀRATA (Popular version of the Mahābhārata in Kannada)
Foll. 281; size 32 x 5 cm; palm-leaf; Kannada script; 15 lines to a page; Kannada; Saka 1476 (A.D. 1554.). Author: Nāraṇappa. Begins : ವೀರನಾರಾಯಣನೆ ಸುಕವಿಸೇ
ಖರಿಕುಮಾರವ್ಯಾಸ ಕೇಳುವ ಸೂರಿಗಳು ಸನಕಾದಿಗಳು ಜಂಗಮ ಜನಾರ್ದನರೂ|| ಚಾರುಗವಿತೆಯ ಬಳಕೆಯಲ್ಲವಿ ಚಾರಿಸುವರಳವಲ್ಲ ಚಿತ್ರವ ಧಾರು ಹೋ ರ್ಸವಜ್ಞರಾದರಿಗೆ ಸಲುಗೆ ಬಿನ್ನ ಪವಾ ||
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ಸಕಲ ಋಷಿಮುತದಲಿ ಕಥಾನಾ ಯಕನ ಗಂಧಾಕ್ಷತೆಯೊಳರ್ಚಿಸಿ ಮಕಟ ಕರ್ಣಾಭರಣ ವೆನಿಸುವ ವಸ್ತ್ರ ಕನಕವನೂ|| ಭಕತಿಯಿಂದಲಿಯರ್ಘ...ದ್ಯಾ ನಿಕರದಲಿ ಮನ್ನಿಸಿದರಾ ಮುನಿ ಯುಕುತಿ ಮಿಗೆ ಹರಸಿದನು ಜನಮೇಜಯಮಹೀಪತಿಯಾ ||
Colophon : ...ಮಾನ ಆನಂದ ಸಂವತ್ಸರದ ಶ್ರಾವಣ ಬ ೩ ಸೋಮವಾರದಲು
ಸಾಲಿಗ್ರಾಮದ ಚಿಕ್ಕದೇವರಸರ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಬೋಧಾನಸೂತ್ರ

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ಶ್ರೀ......ಷ್ಮಪರ್ವ • • ದಶಪರ್ವವು ೧೦ ಕೆ ಸಂಧಿ ೧೪೭ ಕಂ ಪದ ಸಾ ೭೯೭೧ ಕಂ ಶುಭಮಸ್ತು
Contains some floral designs; oldest known manuscript of the work.
Lent by the Oriental Research Institute, Mysore.
RĀJANĪTI
(A treatise on political science)
Foll. 4; size 26x5 cm; palm-leaf; Kannada script; Kannada.
Begins:
ಸಭೆಯೊಳೋಲಗದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿರಿಂಚಿ
ಪ್ರಭುವಿನ ಮತದಿಂದ ಧರಣಿ
ವಿಭುಮಹಾಕ್ರತು ರಾಜಸೂಯವನೊಲಿದು ಕೈಕೊಂಡ
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ವಲದೊಲದು ಬಿಡೆ ಭಾವದಲಿ ಕಳ
ವಳಿಸಿ ಹದುಳಿಸಿ ಮತ್ತೆ ಭೂಪತಿ
ತಿಲಕ ಚಿಂತಿಸಿ ನೆನವುತಿದ್ದನು ವೀರನರೆಯಣನಾ||
* ರಾಜನೀತಿ ಸಮಾವ್ರ ಮಂಗಳಮಹಾ ಶ್ರೀ*
About 400 years old: these leaves are interesting for the writing in
patterns.
Lent by the Oriental Research Institute, Mysore.
CHITRARAMAYAṆA
(Rāmāyaṇa in pictures)
Foll. 98; size 36x5 cm; palm-leaf; Malayalam script; Malayalam; dated 697 ME (A.D. 1522).
രാമായണം കഥയിൽ ഒള്ള രൂപങ്ങൾ എഴുതിയ ഗ്രന്ഥം
ഇൻ മകരമാസം ഉാൻ എഴുതിതീർത്തപുസ്തകമിദം തസവ ബാലകവി ബിംബലി ഭൂസുരസ
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ശിഷ്യാസ്തി കൊട്ടപി ചരണായുധനാസദേശ്യൽ | കായസ്ഥകാമ്പയഭവസ്സച ലേഖകാരീ. തസൈ്യവ പുസ്തകവരസ്യ ഗുരൊന്നിയൊഗാൽ ||
The story of the Ramayana is completely illustrated by pictures in the mode of the Kathakali costumes incised on palm-leaf. It is an old and rare manuscript.
Lent by the Manuscripts Library, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Kerala).
NĀMALINGĀNUŚĀSANATĪKĀ AMARAPANCHIKĀ (A gloss on the Nāmalingānuśāsana of Amara, the
Sanskrit lexicographer) Foll. 107; size 32 x 4.5 cm; palm-leaf; Malayalam script; 11 lines to a page; Malayalam. Author : Vāsudeva (A. D. 1541).
Begins :
ക്ലേശാദയോ യം ന പരാമൃശന്തി യോ വാ ബിഭത്തീശ്വരശബ്ദമേക: പുരാതനാനാം ഗുരവേ ഗുരൂണാം തസൈ നമോ നാഗവിഭൂഷണായ.
ആയുഷനുവേദനിഘണ്ടുസാരം വാസ്തുഗ്രഹാശ്വാദിഗജാദിശാസനം സ്മതീ : പുരാണാന്യഖിലാ: സഹസ്രശ : സമീക്ഷ്യ വക്ഷ്യs മരകോശപഞ്ചികാം.
Ends :
പരം വിരോധേ പൂവാപരവിരോധേ...... ശിഷ്ടപ്രയോഗത് :
Colophon : ശശധരവസുബാണപ്രാണരക്ഷാശൈ:
പരിമിതിമുപയാതെ വാസരാണാം സമൂഹ ഇഹ കലിയുഗഭാജാം വാസുദേവോ ദ്വിജന്മാ വ്യലിഖദമരകോശഗ്രന്ഥതാത്പർയ്യസാരം.
The introductory verses are in Sanskrit, the rest in Malayalam.
Lent by the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Adyar (Madras).
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ARTHAŚĀSTRA KERALABHĀSHĀ VYĀKHYA
(A commentary in Malayalam on the Arthaśāstra, a - book on political science, of Kautilya, 4th century B.C.)
Foll. 123; size 31 x 3 cm; palm-leaf; Malayalam script; 5 to 6 lines to a page ; Malayalam.
Begins :
മാനംകളൊഴിച്ചു അവരളാ അപകാരവിതു. അനന്തരം കാപ. ടികനായൊള്ളാനൊരു ശാസ്ത്രൻ പിന്നെ രാജാവിനാൽ പരിക്ക്...ത്ഥമാ നംകളെ ഉടയനായിരിക്കുമരൻ അമാനംകളെ ഒരിക്കപ്പെട്ട അമാത്യരൊരൊത്തരെയെ ... ... പിതുഅസൽപ്രവൃത്ത ... ... ഇവനെ ക്കൊൻ മറെറാരുത്തനെ വാഴിപ്പോമിതു എല്ലാക്കുമൊരു പാടെനിന. ക്കെന്തുപക്ഷമെൻറു വിയാരിപ്പണിതു......
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ആകരകമ്മാന്ത പ്രവർത്തനമെമ്പിതുസൂത്രം. ആകരമാവിൽ സുവാദികൾ ജനിക്കുന്ദേശം.. ........ വെള്ളിയും പൊന്നും പൂണല്പാനുള്ള
A rare manuscript ; the commentary is considered to be a work about 1000 years old.
Lent by the Oriental Manuscripts Library, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Kerala).
KATHĀKALPATARU (An important Marathi text)
Foll. 103(of which some are missing); size 25.5 x 15 cm; paper, Devanāgari script; 16 lines to a page; Marathi. Authors: Krishna Yājñavalkya (A.D. 1548-1613) and Madhukara Yajnavalkya (c.A.D. 1618). Begins : ജt 161 19: 11 , 19 ജnt::.. #art 11 ? | Hafifte:
it''''''11 3 11 1949 9tIRI: 2194; t"::::"11 3 11 49441: 29T11TH ''''''11 4 11 1991 11THT: 1:11:11 9 1
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Ends: जैसे तुंबीचे फल आपण तरे काष्टे...
कांतारीक लोक : माहापुराचा ॥ ७३ ।। कवीचा भाव ऐसा दृषी.....'न करीलतुटी ।। ७४ ।।
हा ग्रंथकथाकल्पतरु येशाजीराम मोरारकरांचा हाली 184 illustrations of the 17th century A.D., showing the extension of Rajasthani styles into Maharashtra.
Lent by the office of Archives and Historical Monuments, Government of Maharashtra, Bombay.
MAHĀBHĀRATA
Foll. 3 illustrated leaves; size 42 x 18.5 cm; paper; Devanāgari; 13 lines to a page; Marathi; Saka 1798 (A.D. 1876). Begins : कोनि भूमण्डलीं। पुढे न्यायप्रकारे प्रजापालं ।।
मा गह्मणतां चि ईश्वरें वर ॥ पंचवार भ्रातार या चिले ।। ६२ शली नगरी ॥ पुष्पेंचे (मे) बोनिपहरण नारी ।।
वर्षती अर्जुनसभद्र वरी॥ Illustrations are fine examples of Marathi painting of the Tanjore school.
Lent by the Oriental Manuscripts Library, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Kerala).
GAJATHAMBHA (HASTIROGACHIKITSA)
(On the science of treatment of elephants) Foll. 14; size 22.3x12.3 cm; paper; Devanagari script; 12 lines to a page; Māru-Gūrjara; dated Samvat 1747 (A.D. 1690). Scribe: Dayālagira.
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Begins : अथा सीतजुर कोम जाणिजे तेनी कसी पारीख्या ? उघे अर कांपे तेहनी विचार ।। दूहा कांपे
उघे सीसज्वर अर रोमज उभा होय, दंतज धवला कुंभस्थ मोटा ऐहवइ वार करो मति कोय ॥ Colophon : संवत् १७४७ महासुद १ मंगलवार पोथी लीखतं गुसाई दयालगीर पठनारथे आतमा। शुभं
भवतु ।। 11 illustrations.
Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad.
VAIDYAVINODA
(A work on medicine) Foll. 80; size 25.5 x 10.5 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 17 lines to a page; Māru-Gurjara; dated Samvat 1753 (A.D. 1696). Author : Rāmachandra Kharatara, Samvat 1712 (A.D. 1655); scribe: Vidyāvimalamuni. Begins : दोहा ।। श्री सुखदायक सलहीय जोतिरूप जगदीस।
सकति करी सोभइ सदा श्री शंकर निसिदीस ।। Ends : दोहा—साहानसाहि पतिराजतो औरंगसाहि नरिद्द ।
तासु राजमै ए रच्यो भलोग्रंथ सुषकंद ।। ७२ ।। गच्छ नायक है दीपता श्री जिनचंद राजान । सोभागी सिरसेहरो बर्ड सकल जहान ।। ७३ ।। मरोटकोट शुभठौडहै वसे लोक सुषकार । परचना तिहांकिन रची सबही कुं हितकार ।। ७४ ।। पर उपगारी ग्रंथ है सकल जीव सुषकार । थिर रहा ज्यों लगि सदा तां लगि धू इक तार ।। ७५ ।। इति श्री वाणारसपदमरंगगणिशिष्यरामचंद विरचिते श्री वैद्यविनोदे नेत्रप्रसानं कल्पना अध्याय
उत्तरषंड तृतीय संपूर्ण ॥ Colophon : संवत् १७५३ वर्षे फाल्गुण मासे कृष्णपक्षे दसमीतिथौ १० शनिवासरे श्री नवरांगषनरा
कोट्टमध्ये लिपोकृत्वा वा० श्री पू श्री ज्ञाननिधानगणिभिः शिष्यविद्याविमलमुनि लिखितं ।। The manuscript was written during the reign of Aurangzeb.
Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad.
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Foll. 628 illustrated pages; 42.5 x 26.5 cm; paper; Devanagari script; 2 to 4 lines to a page; Rajasthani. Author: Chand Bardai, Samvat 1183 (A.D. 1126).
Begins:
Ends :
PRITHVIRAJA RĀSAU
(Historical romance )
रासे को पत्र ।। १ ।। षटरितु । राजा प्रीथीराज प्रागे सवा ने संजोगता रो वरनन कीनो । सवचन राजा रे बाग सरीखो लागो । पिन पिन साले सुवेद पुसतग देखे पन रोगु पावे नहीं । चंद सु राजा कहे है मोहे कनवज दीषावो । रूपक |
रासे को पत्र । ६३७ । रात घडी छर ही तिणी वेलां पंग रजपता हें देस हाथी घोड़ा देने सुचता कीघा | पछ च्यार फौज करे ने च्यारी प्राडी थी- प्रथी -रे श्रायो तदी प्रथीराज हे सुतो मेले ने सूरज उगे नहीं तठा पेला सामंते लोह काढे ने पग री फौज सो मिल्या । प्रथीराज निसंक सूतो हे ने गजर वाजी ।
628 illustrations of the Mewar school of the 17th century. Lent by the Saraswati Bhawan, Udaipur (Rajasthan).
Ends :
MADHUMALATI-CHAUPAI
(Romantic poem of an Indian love story)
Foll. 86; size 26x23 cm; paper; Devanagari script; 20 lines to a page; Rajasthani.
Begins:
सरस्वती नाम लेइ करी करे गुणपत जुहार । कीवजनांचा परी कहे मधुमालती को प्यार ॥ सकल बुध दौ सुरसती बंदु गुर के पांच । मधुमालती बोलासको कहे चुत्रभुज रां ॥ २ ॥
दीनदस मधुनाम ले नये ब्याह के बंध । असते तन अनंग चढ्यो द्रिग न परे जगदंग ।। १३६६ ।। काम सरप पाइ सवे लेहरजे मुरकी देत घरी च्यार
"अपूर्ण..
87 illustrations in Mughal style.
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VAIDEHĪŚAVILĀSA
(Rāmāyaṇa in Oriya) Foll. 171; size 37 x 4 cm; palm-leaf; Oriya script; Oriya. Author: Upendra Bhañja ; scribe : Michchha Pattayosi (A.D. 1800-1865). Begins : ଶ୍ରୀମଣର ଶ୍ରୀ ଗଣେଶାୟ ନମୀ ।
ସ୍ଵାଗ ପାହାଡ଼କେଦାର ଶ୍ରୀଦପ୍ତରନ୍ତୁ । ବନ୍ଦଇ ଦୀନବାନ୍ଧବ......
Ends :
ଦୀରଦରପଦ ଉପଇନ୍ଦ୍ର ଭୀଉ ମୋର ନାମ ଦାରେ ବାରେ ସେ ବାରେ ମନାଇ ସୀତାରାମ ! ବିଚିତ୍ରକବିମନେ ପ୍ରସରିଲା ବୃଦ୍ଧି
ବିରଲା ରମାୟୁ ଏ ଦଡ଼ସିଦ୍ଧ ଜେ ।। Colophon : ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥକଉଁ: ସୟୁ ବ୍ୟାସେ ଲେଖନ୍ତୁ ବିନାୟୁଙ୍କ
ଜୟୁର୍ବଚଲିତା ବୃଦ୍ଧି ମନୁଷ୍ୟଣi° ଚ କ କଥା ; ରହ୍ମାନେ ଜାନାତି ରକ୍ତନପରିଶ୍ର ନହ ବନ୍ଧ୍ୟା ବଜାନାତି ଗୁର୍ବ° ପ୍ରସବବେଦନା
ଶ୍ରୀମୁକୁନ୍ଦଦେବଂକ ୧୯ ଅଂକ ଲେଖିବାର ହେଲା । Contains more than 250 illustrations; the whole Ramayana is in verses and each verse begins with the letter 'va'.
Lent by the Raghunandan Library, Puri (Orissa).
ŚRI GURUGRANTHASAHIB
(The Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs) Foll. 894; size 54 x 51 cm; paper; Gurumukhi script; 21 lines to a page; Punjabi Bhäshā, dated Samvat 1896 (A.D. 1839). Scribe: Tameshwar Prakash.
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| ੧ਓ ਸਤਿਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
Ends : ਟਰਾ ਗਉਨ ਗਾਏ ਸੰਗਿ ਰਾਗਨੀ ਤੀਸ ॥
ਸਭੈ ਪੁਤ੍ਰ ਰਾਗੰਨ ਕੇ ਅਠਾਰਹ ਦਸ ਬੀਸ ॥ 46 illustrations of the Kashmiri-Sikh school of the 19th century. Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
TOLKĀPPIYAM WITH THE COMMENTARY OF ILAMPURANAR AND
NĀCHCHINĀRKINIYAR
(A work on Tamil Grammar) Foll. 119; size 42.7 x 3.5 cm; palm-leaf; Tamil script; 8 lines to a page; Tamil. Author : Tolkappiyar (c. 1st century A.D.). Begins : | இலக்கணத்தொடு தொல்காப்பியஞ்சொல்லத்
துலக்கிய கணபதிதூய தாட்டுணையே, குருகுதாமரையுறைகோமளவண்ண பெருகுகாவருபதம் பேணித்தொல்காப்பியம் (பாயிரம்) வடவேங்கடந்தென்குமரியாயிடைத்தமிழ்கூறு நல்லுலகத்து.
Ends :)
கிளந்தவல்ல செய்யுளுட்டிரிருவும் - வழங்கியன்மருங்கின் மருவொடு திரிநவும் - விளம்பியவியற்கையின் வேறுபடத்தோன்றின வளங்கியன் மருங்கினினுணர்தன ரொழுக்க நன்மதி நாட்டத்தென்மனார் புலவர்.
Colophon : பிறவுமன்ன - 77.
ஒன்பதாவது, குற்றியலுகரப்புணரியல் முற்றும். எழுத்ததிகாரம், இளம்பூரணர்விருத்திகாண்டிகை முற்றும்.
முருகன் துணை.
Tolkāppiyar was a member of the Second Tamil Sangam. His grammar is an authority for the Tamil language as Pāṇini's Ashtadhyayi is of the Sanskrit language.
Lent by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras.
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TIRUVOYMOLI VIYĀKYĀNAM (Commentary on the Tiruvoymoli, the collection of the hymns
of the Ālvārs in honour of Vishnu)
Size 50.5x6 cm; palm-leaf; Tamil script; Tamil. Author : Vadakkuttiruvidippillai.
Begins :
ஸ்ரீய:பதியாய் அவாப்தலமஸ்தகாமனாய், ஸமஸ்த கல்யாண குணாத்மகனான ஸர் வேசுவரன், மாறிமாறிப் பலபிறப்பும் பிறந்து என்கிறபடியே ஜந்மபரம்பரைகளிலே தோள்மாறி நித்யஸம்ஸாரியாய்ப்போந்த இவரை 'அடியையடைந்துள்ளந்தேறி ஈறி லின்பத் திருவெள்ளம் யான் மூழ்கினன்'' என்று முதலிலே தன் திருவாயாலே சொல்லவல்லராம் படியாக முதலடியிலே விசேஷகடாக்ஷத்தைப் பண்ணிய ருளினான்.
Ends :
இதன்றே நான் உங்களைக் குடிக்கச் சொல்லுகிற வேப்பங்குடிநீர்! தேனேமலருந்திருப்பாதத்தையிறே சேரச்சொல்லுகிறது.
ஹரி ஓம். ஆழ்வார்திருவடிகளே சரணம். வடக்குத்திருவீதிப்பிள்ளை திருவடிகளே சரணம். ஜீயர்திருவடிகளே சரணம்.
This is a commentary on Nammalvar's Tiruvoymoli. The commentary is also called Idu or Nampillai Idu.
Lent by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras.
TIRUVOYMOLI VĀCHAKAMĀLAI (Collection of hymns of the Alvārs in honour of Vishnu)
Foll. 64; size 40x3.5 cm; palm-leaf; Tamil script; Tamil. Author : Koneridāsai (14th century A.D.).
Begins :
தத ஆச்ரயணீயன் ஆரென னமயர்வற மதிநலமருளினன். அத்தாலே தேவதாந்தர பஜநமற்று அருளின பக்தியாலே ஸுகரமாக பகவத்ஸமாச்ரயணம் பண்ணப் பெற்றேன்.
Ends :
ஆங்கீரஸ வருஷம் மார்கழி மாஸம் 26ந்தேதி உயர்வற உயர்நலமுடையவன் என்கிற முதல் பாட்டின் விவரணசதகமென்று திருநாமமான வாசகமாலையை அபர் யாப்தன் திருவடிகளிலே ஸந்தர்ப்பமான மாலையைச் செய்தடிமை செய்தாள் திருக்கோநேரி தாஸ்யை கரக்ருதம்பராதம் க்ஷந்துமர்ஹந்தி ஸந்த: ஹரி ஓம் சுபமஸ்து.
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One illustration showing Vishnu in late Nāyaka style (about 300 years
old).
Lent by the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Madras).
RĀMĀYANA IN PICTURES
Foll. 3 sheets illustrating the Balakānda, the Ayodhyā-kānda and the Aranyakānda ; size 40X15 cm ; paper ; Telugu script ; 5 rows of panels on each sheet ; Telugu.
Begins :
వినాయకులు | నారదుండు | వాల్మీకి తమసానదికి పోవుట | వాల్మీకి వద్ద బ్రహ్మ వచ్చుట ! దశరధుడు పుత్రకామేష్టి యను | రిష్యశింగుడు వచ్చుటయును.
Ends:
స్వామి శబరి ఆశ్రమానికి వచ్చుట | స్వామి పంపాతీరం వచ్చి చేరుట.
Paintings in the Nāyaka style of Tanjore (17th century A.D.). Lent by the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Madras).
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TIBETAN MANUSCRIPTS
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DRI-MED-SEL-PHREN-NAS-BSAD-PAHI-SMAN-GYI
HKHRUNS-DPE-MDZES MTSHAR-MIG RGYAN-CES-BYA-BA BZHUGS
(A work on medicine) Foll. 47; size 60 x 13 cm; Tibetan paper; Tibetan script; 6 lines to a page; Tibetan.
Begins : Gan-zhig-snon-du-yons-su-bsno-ba-rnam-dag-pa. Ends : Mangalam Mangalam. The colophon says that the work was xylographed in 1910. Profusely illustrated.
Lent by the International Academy of Indian Culture, New Delhi.
STAG-GZIG-NOR-RDSON-STOD-CHA
(On adventures and exploits of King Gesar) Foll. 279; size 39 x 8 cm; Tibetan paper; Tibetan script (Umed); 6 lines to a page; Tibetan.
Gesar's exploits are described in a saga of several volumes. The present volume narrates Gesar's expedition to Ta-zig (Turkistan).
Lent by the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok (Sikkim).
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ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS
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HOLY QURAN
Foll. 90; size 40x30 cm; parchment; Kufic script; 10 lines to a page; Arabic.
Begins :
2 illuminated folios. This manuscript is attributable to the 8th century A.D. and like other early copies of the Quran, it is written on parchment.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
MUKHTASAR-UL-KĀFI
Foll. 220; size 32x19 cm; paper; 55 lines to a page; early Arabic Naskh script; Arabic; dated A.H. 417 (A.D. 1027). Author: Abu'l Faḍl Muhammad bin Muhammad; scribe: Aḥmad bin Muhammad bin Ahmadud-Damghani-al-Ansari.
Begins :
الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمدلله رب العالمين
بسم
Ends:
الحمدلله رب العالمين والعاقبة للمتقين وصلي الللاعلي حمدوعلي آللا الطيبين قال ابوالفضل محمدبن احمد رضي الله عنه قداودعت كتابي هذا... ... الخ
... ابوحنيفة قال ينطلق مثل منها... كل واحد منهما القراة التي وقت ظهرها...صلى على محمد نبی... الخ
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Colophon:
تم نسخها سمع عنه وخط أحمد بنکمد بن أحمد الدامغاني الانصاری بعون الله وتوفيقك يوم السبت قبل الظهر السادس عشر من شعبان سنه ۳۱۷ سبع وعشرة وأربعمائد هجرى غفرالله للاولوالديه جميع احياء و موتاه من المومنين والمومنات ... الخ
A concise work on Hanifite jurisprudence, being an abridgement of Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Hasan al-Kaifi. According to Haji Khalifah, a most reliable work accepted as authority by famous jurists for their commentaries, annotations and glosses.
Oldest manuscript in the collection. Lent by the State Central Library, Hyderabad.
Naskh sabul Hasa.cor bin 'All
AN-NUKATUWAL-‘UYON
(A rare commentary on the Holy Quran) Foll. 214; size 26 x 20.8 cm; paper; Naskh script; 17 lines to a page; Arabic; dated A.H. 577 (A.D. 1181). Author: Abul Hasan 'Ali bin Mohd. bin Habib Albaşari (A.H. 450=A.D. 1058); scribe: Jáfar bin `Ali bin Abi Muhammad; known as bin Abi't Tayyib. Begins :
الحمدلله الذي هدانالديني القيم ومن علينا بكتابه المبین
Ends :
وان كان في كل الايام نافعا
Colophon:
كان الفراغ من نسخة السابع من جمادي الخر سنه سبعو سبعين وخمسمایع ما أمر بنسخه الدول الفقير الجليل
کمد بن الزاهد الوحد لسان الدين رشيد الزمان معهد البلخي به سجده الذي بجوار دارك الخ
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A very valuable copy of rare commentary on the Holy Quran of which only a few copies exist.
Lent by the Raza Library, Rampur (U.P.).
MA'ŪNAT-UL-MU'IN-AL-MUKHTASAR MIN
SIYASAT-ID-DUNYA WAD-DIN
(A treatise on Islamic politics)
Foll. 170; size 16.5 x 10 cm; paper; Archaic Naskh script; 15 lines to a page; Arabic; dated A.H. 586 (A.D. 1190). Author: Yusuf bin Muḥammad bin Ishaq-al-Khurasani,
Begins :
جعل الستينا بالايمان باطلة
خلق فاکمل رزق فافضل الذي الحمدلله الذي وقلو بنا على معرفته متطا بقه... الخ
Ends :
فان امتنعا عن الإسلام فقد بينت حكم كل واحد منهما في صدر هذا الباب والله اعلم بالصواب
Colophon:
تمت الكتاب بحمد الله عونه......وقع الفراغ من نسخه في...... رمضان سنة ست وثمانين و خمسمائة......
12 Seals
A treatise on politics based on fiqh. Sālār Mu'inu'd-din.
The work is dedicated to Sipah
It bears autographs and seals of the King of Yemen and other celebrities of the Mughal court.
Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.
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KHARIDAT-AL-QASR
(A collection of verses) Foll. 307; size 18 x 14 cm; paper; Taliq script; Arabic. Author: Imad-al-Din-al-Katib al-Isfahani; scribe: the author himself.
Begins :
بالشام
علب و مني ليس
علب عماد الخراط هوحماد بن منصور البزاعی و بزاعا بين في عصرنا هذا مثله
Ends :
وقوله كنت...... عديمالی مغلاوند یما تم اشريت واعرم ولمر ترع قديما
الله الى ولي مديونا غريما رد
This is an anthology of contemporary poets who flourished during the years 1106 and 1176 A.D. in different parts of the Muslim world. It also deals with their biographies.
The manuscript was copied in the 12th century. Lent by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta.
KITĀB-UL-FŪSŪL
(A rare manuscript on medicine) Foll. 281; size 25.5 x 16.5 cm: paper; Spanish Naskh script; Arabic; dated A.H. 657 (A.D. 1258). Author: Mūsä bin 'Abdullāh A. H. 601 (A.D. 1204); scribe : Yusuf bin 'Abdullah, a brother of the author.
Begins :
الكيل الوحد العالم موسی بن عبداللل قال العكيم الفاضل الفيلسوف القرطبي تنيده الله برضوانك كثيرا مالف الناس تواليفا الخ
Ends :
وهذا المعني هو الذي لحظ عند كلامه في الحيل فتامل هذاستمت
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Unique copy of a work on Tibb-i-Unani with notes in Hebrew on the margin.
Lent by the Raza Library, Rampur (U.P.).
HOLY QURAN Foll. 286; size 33 x 25 cm, paper; Naskh and Thulth script; 13 lines to a page; Arabic; dated A.H. 661 (A.D. 1264). Scribe: Yaqut-ulMustáşimi.
Colophon :
کتبر ياقوت المستعصي في منع
وستين وستمایع حامدا لله تعالی احدي
Ten seals on the first page, of which the three important are : Sultan Quțub Shah of Golconda; Muḥammad Shāh, the Mughal Emperor (A.H. 1133); and Raja Holkar (A.H. 1257).
Specimens of excellent calligraphy by the celebrated master of Naskh script, Yāqūt-ul-Mustáşimi, who was court calligrapher of Mustáşim Billāh, the last Abbasid caliph.
Lent by the State Central Library, Hyderabad.
AT-TAHDHIB FI TAFSIR-AL-QURAN
(A commentary on the Holy Quran) Foll. 221; size 25.4 x 18.3 cm; paper; Arabic, Naskh script; dated A.D. 1275. Author: Abu Saeed al-Muhsin-al-Baihaqi (11th century A.D.).
Begins :
الحمدلله حق حمده و الصلوة علي محمد و اله قوله تعالی
...pedija
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This is a commentary on the Quran beginning from the latter half of the 8th chapter to the first half of the 11th chapter.
Lent by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta.
KITAB AL-MUKHTRA FI
FUNUN MIN-AS-SAN'A
(A treatise on mechanics and technology) Foll. 118; size 23 x 15 cm; paper; Naskh script; Arabic; dated A.H. 877 (A.D. 1472). Author :Yusuf bin Sulaiman al-Kurki; scribe: Muhammad bin Quwami bin Şafi bin Muhammad Zia Turk Nāgori alias Qazi Khan.
Begins :
المدلل المكمود بكل لسان المنيل فواضل الحسان المتحصل على كل انسان
Ends :
يكون خشب الرخام والكابوس من الديول والمدن العب والقوايم
Colophon :
تم الكتاب بعون اللي الملكر الوهاب بيد الخط الفقير
کمد بن قوام بن صفی بن محمد ضیا
الضعيف العقير الخيف
قاضی خان بتاريخ بيست دوم ماه رجب تركه ناگوري عرف رجب المرجب قدرة سنة سبع وسبعين وثمانماید
Illustrated with 31 figures.
A rare and valuable work on mechanics, technology and other industrial sciences; deals with metallurgy, assaying, tanning, textiles, ink, colour paints, soap, oil, paper making and alchemy.
Lent by the State Central Library, Hyderabad.
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SCROLL WITH THE TEXT OF THE COMPLETE QURAN
Size 380 x9 cm; paper; Ghubar script; Arabic; dated A.H. 955 (A.D. 1548). Scribe : Shaikh Hamid, son of Mahmud.
Begins :
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا الحال اللي محمد رسول الله
Ends :
بسم اللة الرحمن الرحيم سورة اخلاص) قل هو الله أحد اللي الصيد... الخ
Colophon :
كتبه وذهبا العبد الضعيف راجي الي الله الغني شیخ حميد بن محمود 955
The writing is so minute that it is difficult to read it without the help of a strong magnifying glass. Outwardly, it looks like a fleck of dust (Ghubar) and hence the style is called Khatt-i-Ghubär.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
HOLY QURAN Foll. 284; size 41.5 x 30 cm; paper; Naskh script; 7 lines to a page; Arabic.
Begins :
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم العبد لله رب العالمین
Ends :
واذكروا أذ كنتم قليلا فكثر کم
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The manuscript, attributable on stylistic and other considerations to the 17th century, is richly illuminated in gold and colours. The illuminations, with Safavid Iranian influence, were done presumably during the Mughal period.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
FATĀWI-AL-PŪRĀNIYAH (Some theological questions and their answers)
Foll. 490; size 24.5 x 14.2 cm; paper; Naskh script; 23 lines to a page. Author: Abdul Wahhab bin Bāyazid bin Abi Saeed-al-Purani.
Begins :
الحمدلله الذي ...... یکتا به اصول الشريعة الغراء ورفع خطا به فروع الحنيفية الع
Ends :
فانه لايلد وطهرها بمنشئي اذا احتيج الى نصب العادة لها
مارادت وان امتد اذا استمر بها الدم وصلة ايامها لكنها شئي على وعامة مثتا ئخنا رحمهم الله -
Seals :
Khādim-i-Adil Khāni Jamāluddin 'Uthmāni
خادم عادل خانی جمال الدين عثمانی
Contains decisions on some important religious questions pertaining to the first two kitabs (Taharat and Salat).
Only known copy of the work.
Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.
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AL-IKHTIŞĀR-WAL-TAJRID
(A collection of traditions)
Foll. 258; size 26 x 19 cm; paper; Naskh script; Arabic. Author : Abū ‘Abdullah Muhammad bin Uthman bin 'Umar-al-Shafi'i.
Begins :
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عليه اتوكل وبه نستعين وهو حسبي و نعم الوكيل، الحمدلله الذي ارسل محمد اصلى الله عليه وسلم رحمة للعالمين بشيرا ونذيرا للخلق كافة الى يوم الدين الع
It is a large collection of Prophet's sayings which are narrated by Imam Muslim and Bukhari. It is an abbreviated and partly revised edition of Al-jam-baynas Sahihayn by Abdul Haq bin Abdur Rahman bin al-Kharrat.
Lent by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta.
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PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS

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پر ان ملکوبی امریکن
انتونی بی تی پشکین
ی به کمر تورکر توپ
تنویت
و خون فوت
ش ادی باسنے تین
و با اکانت درخت به اندازه خور را واکر مرد کی
The meeting of two saints, miniature painting, Herat School, late 15th century, from the Bustan, by Sadi. Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.

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MUQADDAMATUL ADAB
(An Arabic-Persian Dictionary) Foll. 285; size 26.5 x 16.8 cm; paper; excellent archaic Naskh script; 18 to 23 lines to a page; dated 7th Ramadan, A.H. 603 (7th April, 1207 A.D.). Author: Mahmud bin 'Umar-az Zamakhshari, dated A.H. 538 (A.D. 1143). Begins :
الحمد لله الذي فضل على جميع الالسنة لسان العرب
مرخداي را انكم افزوں کرد برهمه زبا نها زبان تازی را سپاس
Ends :
والمسلط والمجوزو المحشر المشرق والمغرب فشانه وكان القياس الفتع لانها من باب يفعل -
Colophon :
تم الكتاب بحمد الله ومنه وعن توفيقه في اليوم السابع من شهر رمضان سنة ثلث و ستما په -
An Arabic-Persian dictionary compiled by the command of Alsiz bin Khawārizm Shāh (A.H. 522-551=A.D. 1128-1156) for his library.
Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.
KULLIYĀT-I-IBN-YAMIN
(A collection of poems) Foll. 230; size 23.6 x 15 cm; paper; old Nast‘aliq script; 25 lines to a page; Persian; dated A.H. 753 (A.D. 1352). Author: Fakhruddin Mahmud bin Amir Yaminuddin Muhammad Tughra-i Mustawfi, A.H. 745 or 769 (A.D. 1345 or 1353).
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egins :
ای دیده در شناختن حال کائنات بنیاد کارا ہم برفت وچار جاں
باید که با شدت نظری از سرانا حس نے از سرمستمکو نے از ره ثبات
nds :
عمر شده در کامرالی تا ابد باد و بود.ورد من چاکر دعاء شاه با حجاب با مدست در چند نقد ديوان و کلمات آنرا درسته بازار ناقدان.................. اشعار پراگنده چوہفت اورنگم مانده پروين بنظام آرم باز القصة بطولها بیتی چند......مفاخرلهر آنست چون این مطولات
بے طائل را بتشريف مطالعه مشرف وایں عروس بے بہا را بزیور ملا عظه مشرف گردانند... ولد عاء خیر مدل دهند جري ذاك في غره شوال سنت ثلاث وخمسين و سبعا ئن ......
'olophon :
ذلك في غرة شوال سنة ثلادف و خمسین و سبعمائة يترمقالات الصاحب الفاضل......... المستوفي ................. نشرا وا منشورات.........
Contains a seal of Al-Abd Mukhtār Knan bin Nāsir Beg. The oldest known copy of the work. Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.
DIWĀN-I-HĀFIZ AND OTHER WORKS
(A collection of verses) Foll. 231; size 20.3 x 12.4 cm; paper; Nast‘aliq script; Persian; da 1.H. 818 (A.D. 1416). Author: Khwaja Shamsuddin Hafiz Shirazi.
egins :
الايا ايها الساقي اديكاسا وناولها که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی افتاد مشکلها
inds :
گفتم دهنت گفت زمن أب حیات گفتم سخن گفت که حافظ حقا
گفتم که لبت گفت زمن آب نبات شادی همه لطیفے گوداں صلوات

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Colophon :
This is a composite copy of three works, Kalila-o-Dimna, mantaq-utl-Tair and Diwan-i-Hafiz. The Diwan begins on the margin on page 273, copied only 26 years after the death of the poet. This is probably the oldest copy of the work.
Lent by the State Central Library, Hyderabad..
محمد حافظ الشيرازي تمام شدديوان موالد الشمس الدين ، بحمد الله وحسن توفيقه
ZIJ-JADEED-E-SULTANI
(Astronomical and chronological tables)
Foll. 202; size 24 x 17 cm; paper; Naskh script; 19 lines to a page; Persian; dated A.H. 848 (A.D. 1442). Author and scribe: Sultān Ulugh Beg bin Shahrukh bin Timur Gurgän, dated A.H. 853 (A.D. 1449).
Begins:
Ends:
السماء بروجا وجعل فيها سراجا و قمرا منيراو تبارك الذي جعل في هوالذي جعل الليل النهار خلفة لمن ارادان الخ
Colophon :
عه ۱۷۰ ۲۳۵ ۳۰۱ ۳۸۳ ۴۳۶ ۴۹۸ ۵۶۲ ۶۳۵ ۷۰۲ بشرکت شمس
كتبه ورقمه الغ بیگ بن شاه رخ ان تیمور بن كور كان في سنة
Two seals of which one of Asadullah-al-Ghalib bin Abi Talib
is clear.
Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.
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KULLIYĀT-I-SULTĀN MUHAMMAD QULI QUȚB SHĀH
AND 'ABDULLĀH QUȚB SHĀH (A royal copy transcribed by the court calligraphers) Foll. 194; size 12 x 6.5 cm; paper; excellent Naskh script; 14 lines to a page; Deccani. Author : Sulțān Muhammad Quli Qutb Shāh, dated A.H. 989-1020 (A.D. 1581-1611) and A.H. 1035-83 (A.D. 1626-74); scribe: Zainud-din 'Ali Shirāzi (17th century).
Begins :
تمن من کی مراداں کی بھری جام دویگا سعادتكی تری ہات سر انجام دویا
کر خدا کام دویگا فداكن دلامدک
ہو کہ حق آرام دویگا دلا حق کی طرف
Ends :
منجی هیو یا دتہي آسایش و سکه دل نین بهريا عیش کا وقت آھے غم کا جنس راني جاني
کے صدقے شاعبدالله کے منکوں رجهانی آج نبی هزاروں چھندسوں تیر انين مستا نه هی باعث
With a seal of Sirājul Mulk; the Kulliyāt-i-Sulțān Muḥammad Quli Qutb Shāh contains on folio 4 by Qāsim 'Ali-al-Muddahib, seven paintings of the Persian Safavide school (16th-17th century).
Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.
KULLIYĀT-I-IMĀD
(A collection of poetic verses) Foll. 225; size 20 x 11.5 cm; paper; fine Nast'aliq script; Persian. Author : Khwājā ‘ímāduddin Faqih Kirmāni.
Begins :
اے حکمتت زبان وافصل الخطاب داد کشت امید ما را از دیده أبداد
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یک لحظه عماد از عشق گورے بگرداند مشهورشود......... در شهر بنے گہش
A rare and old copy with illumination. The floral work of the first four pages is probably that of the Bukhāra school. The transcription date may be of the early 9th century A.H.
Lent by the State Central Library, Hyderabad.
DĪWĀN-I-SHAMS TABRIZI
Foll. 492; size 39.5 x 24 cm ; paper; Naskh script; 25 lines to a page; Persian. Author: Shams Tabrizi, A.H. 642-645 (A.D. 1244-1247).
Begins :
سلطانه مشهس
الحمد لله الذي خلق الثريا والثري الفاطر الفرد الذي رفع السموات العلى
العطا غفرانه ماحي الخطا عوانه، نورالهدی احسانی مروض الضگی
Ends :
چه عطائی چه چه دولتی
چه عطائی چه دولتی فتوحی
غم تو دامن جانی کشیده دامن کانی بسوی گنج نهانی راحتی وچه روحی چه کشتی وچه نوحی چه نعمتی
The text is written on a ground dusted with gold. The calligraphy is superb. It is possible that the manuscript was written during the 15th century.
Lent by the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay,
MATHNAVIYĀT-I-JAMĀLI
(A collection of verses) Foll. 260; size 19.8 x 12.4 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; 21 lines to a page; Persian. Author: Jamāluddin Muhammad better known as Jamāli Ardastani, A.H. 879 (A.D. 1474).
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Begins :
کہ عشق است و بس هرچه هست ای حکیم
کرد درجری آب
بیک سر دشمن
.... وذات قدیم زعشق این عناصر بهم خوی کرد
Ends :
هدايات غريب
يافعت اتمام این
شکر کن ای دل کے درجات حبيب
Sultan Muhammad Qutub Shāh in his note dāted Shabān 1024, August, 1615 has listed eleven works, namely : 1) Ruhul Quds, 2) Mihrul-Qulub, 3) name missing, 4) Qudrat Nama, 5) Misbah-ul-Arwah, 6) Ahkamul Muhibbin, 7) Nihayatul Hikmat, 8) name missing, 9) BidayatulMuhabbat, 10) Hidayatul Marifat and 11) Fathul Abwāb.
Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.
BUSTAN (A didactic composition)
Foll. 229; size 34 x 24 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; 9 lines to a page; Persian; dated before A.H. 908 (A.D. 1502). Author: Sa'di, A.H. 655 (A.D. 1257); scribe: Shahsawār.
Begins :
بنام خداوند جاں آفریں حکیم سخن برزباں آفریں
Ends :
بضاعت نیاوردم الا امید خدایا زعفوم مکن نا امید
Colophon :
الوهاب تمت الكتاب بعون الملک
فی ۱۵ ربیع ۹۰۸ الثاني غفر ذنوبه كتبه شهسوا والكاتب عوض
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43 illustrations by the artist, Hāji Mahmud, of the Herat school; 3 seals on the frontispiece, and one (erased) at the end.
This excellent copy was made for Sultan Nāşir Shāh of Malwa, illustrated by excellent paintings.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
RISĀLA-I-TURKI MANZOOM (Emperor Babur's Turkish poems)
Foll. 20; size 15.7 x 9.5 cm; paper; Naskh script; 13 lines to a page; Turkish. Author: Babur Bādshāh, A.H. 937 (A.D. 1530).
Begins :
حق تعالی غم دین حمدو سپاس
و هم وقياس
انیک کہنی غمه تیماس
Ends :
وسكان وقائع اول دور دركيم تقرير قلب تورمین نوک کيم لو اوراق نه مسطور روز وارى أخر أده مقیاس
Colophon:
حوره ببرد. شنبه ۵) ربيع الآخر سنه ۹۳۵ھ
A unique copy of Babur's Turkish poems, bearing four lines at the end in the hand of Babur himself. It is annotated by Bairam Khan and Shahjahan.
Lent by the Raza Library, Rampur (U.P.).
WĀQI'ĀT-I-BĀBURI
(Autobiography of Emperor Babur) Foll. 457; size 30 x 20 cm; paper; Nast‘aliq script; Persian; dated A.H. 937 (A.D. 1530). Author: Emperor Babur; scribe: Ali-ul-Kātib of Herat.
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Ends :
سنة سبع وثلاثون وتسعمايه من الهجرة بفضله وحسن توفيقه
على الكاتب غفر الله ذنوبه صورت تمام و طريق اختتام یافت بيد العبد الضعيف
18 illustrations by the artists, Sadullah, Muhammad and others of the Delhi school; 6 seals, one of Humayun, two of Akbar, one of Jahangir, and two of Shahjahan.
The original is in Turkish; the present one was copied during the time of Humayun. The Persian translation is by Khan-i-Khānān.
Lent by the Government Museum, Alwar (Rajasthan).
DEWAL RANI KHIĐR KHĂN
(A romantic poem) Foll. 157; size 32 x 21.3 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; 14 lines to a page; Persian; dated A.H. 976 (A.D. 1567). Author: Amir Khusrau; scribe: Sultan Bāyazid bin Mir Nizām.
Begins :
سرنام بنام أي خدا وند کر دلها را بخوبان داد پیوند
Ends :
حاجت آرنددریش همه کس چه حاجت من که گویم حاجت خویش
Colophon :
الفقير العقير المذنب سلطان بایزید ابن میر نظام مشہور بدوري بتارين شهر محرم الحرام سنه ۵۹۷۹
Two illustrations of the Mughal school; several seals, the earliest being of Shahjahan.
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It is the earliest known illustrated and dated manuscript of the Akbar period.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
DIWAN-I-HAFIZ
(A collection of verses)
Size 21 x 14 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; Persian; dated A.H. 985 (A.D. 1566). Scribe: 'Inayatullah of Shiraz (16th century).
Begins:
Ends :
Colophon :
و ناولها الیا ایها الساقی ادر کاسا که عشق آسان نمود اول رے افتاد مشکل ها
عالی هم الطبقه اویان صلوات
گفتم سخن توگفت حافظ گفتا
بتاريخ نوزدهم ماه شعبان المعظم سه جلوس
On the first page are three seal impressions and several endorsements; on the margin of the last page, a seal impression, dated A.H. 1186 (A.D. 1772) of Rai Kunwar Sain, an official of Shah Alam II and an endorsement stating that the book should be placed in the wardrobe.
Lent by the Archaeological Museum, Red Fort, Delhi.
SIFATUL ASHIQIN
Foll. 62; size 25.5x 18.2 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; Persian, dated A.H. 986 (A.D. 1576).
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Begins :
خداوندا دری از غیب بکشائی
بنمای لاريب شاهد جمال
Ends :
خطای من مبين ودرعطاکش عطا کن پرده برزوی خطا پوش
Colophon :
الوهاب تحریرا تمت الكتاب بعون الملک
سنة ست وثمانين في شهر رمضان المبارک تسعهای
قاقشالی درتارینه به قیمت یکهزار و نهصد و چهل و پنجم روبيه بمعرفت مرزا فرخ بیگ
والا خرید داخل كتب خانه نموده شد بیست و پنجم مكرم الحرام سه۲۵ جلوس
Two illustrations of the Khorasan school; the manuscript belonged to the Emperor Akbar's library.
The colophon states that in the 25th regnal year of Akbar, this manuscript was purchased through Farrukh Beg Qaqshal, the famous painter, for Rs. 1945. The date of copying is given as A.H. 986 (A.D. 1578) and it is presumed that the painter was Farrukh Beg Qaqshal himself who painted this manuscript before coming to the court of Akbar in 1578.
Lent by the Sayeedia Library Association, Hyderabad.
GULISTĀN (A didactic composition)
Foll. 137; size 27.5 x 16.5 cm; paper; Nast‘aliq script; 12 lines to a page; Persian; dated A.H. 986 (A.D. 1578). Author: Sádi Shirāzi (died about 1291 A.D.); scribe: Hasan ash-Sharif Ibn Husain ash-Sharif Al-Husaini al Mashhadi.
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Begins :
خدای را عز و جل که طاعتش موجب قربتست و بشکر من
هر نفسی که فرومی رود الخ اندرش مزید نعمت
Ends :
قلت یا مولانا
یوم الثلاثي مكافة عند الروف الوان الی اني المستی وانت مولی محسن الخ
6 miniatures of the 16th century, Shiraz school; double frontispiece richly illuminated.
One of the best few examples of manuscripts in the world, with old lacquer binding, excellent Nast‘aliq script and fine paintings of the Persian school.
Lent by the Sayeedia Library Association, Hyderabad.
TUHFA-I-SĀMI (Biographies of poets)
Foll. 229; size 25. 7x 15.9 cm; paper; fine Nast'aliq; script 12 to 13 lines to a page; Persian. Author: Prince Sam Mirzā bin Shāh Ismāʻil Şafawi, A.H. 923-984 (A.D. 1517-1576); scribe: Muhammad Qiwāmush Shīrāzi (late 16th century). Begins :
قافيه سدان سر طراز ...... وحسن مطلع طوطي صفتان شیرین کلم سحر پرداز حمدناظمیست که الخ
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Ends :
كندا بشار شگوفه درم مدام تاکه
آل علی با دست وزار: نزار عدوى
همین تا بچمن کل زند سراپرده محب آل علي باد سرفراز جهان
Colophon :
تمت الكتاب بعون الله وحسن توفيته كتبه محمد قوام الشيرازي غفرله
10 illustrations of the Shiraz school of Persia; 4 seals; of which one is of Muhammad Qutb Shāh of Golconda and the rest are illegible. This copy which once adorned the Qutb Shāhi Library is a collection of the works of the poets who flourished from the end of the 9th to the middle of the 10th century A. H. It is more or less a continuation of Daulat Shāh's Tadkiratush Shu'ara and Nawai's Majalisu'n-Nafais. It contains notices on the lives of 652 famous as well as unknown poets.
Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.
DIWĀN-I-HĀFIZ
(A collection of verses) Foll. 203; size 26.5 x 19 cm; paper; Nastáliq script; Persian. Author: Shamsuddin Muhammad Hāfiz Shirāzi, A.H. 792 (A.D. 1373).
Begins :
بيقيس الخ حمل بيعدو ثناء بیل، مسدس شد عرصه زمین چوساط ام خوان الم
Ends :
زفاز گی نتوان رسید
زلال خاره در آب
از سینه داش
سنگ مانند
11 illustrations of the Mughal school; a unique copy prepared for
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Akbar by his court painters, Kanha, Sanwala, Farrukh Chela, Manohar, and Narsingh Chitra.
Lent by the Raza Library, Rampur (U.P.).
BUSTĀN
(A collection of didactic poems) Foll. 257; size 25 x 15 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; Persian, dated A.D. 1538. Author: Shaikh Sadi (died A.D. 1291); scribe: Muhammad bin Ishaq
Begins :
حکیم سخن برزن آفریں
پذیر
و پرش کریم خطا بخش
بنام خداوند جان آفریں خداوند بخشنده دستگیر
10 illustrations of the Mughal school; and seals of the Alwar State. The calligraphy of this manuscript is remarkably fine.
Lent by the Government Museum, Alwar (Rajasthan).
GULISTAN (A didactic composition)
Foll. 156; size 21.5 x 13.5 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; Persian; dated A.D. 1564. Author: Shaikh S'adi, scribe : Muhammad Bāqir.
The fly-leaf has a pear-shaped Imperial seal of Shahjahan; the manuscript is written in a most exquisite hand and has decorated margins with rich floral and animal designs in gold.
The manuscript is of great historical value inasmuch as it bears two inscriptions of Shahjahan. According to the one, he ordered deposit of the manuscript in his personal library as a volume of the first category, while the other shows that he presented it to his first son, Dārā
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Shukoh. An oblique inscription at the top indicates that later on, the manuscript came into the posession of Dilawar Khan.
Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
ANWĀR-I-SUHAILI (A book on good counsel illustrated with animal fables)
Foll. 239; size 29 x 19 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; 15 lines to a page; Persian, dated A.H. 1005 (A.D. 1596-97). Author: Mullā Husain ibn ‘Ali, Wāiz-al-Kashifi (A.D.1495); scribe: Maulana ‘Abdur Rahim al-Harwi.
Colophon: In translation reads :
“Finished at the hand of the humble and the sinner Abdur Raḥmān-al-Harwi. May God conceal his defects and forgive his sins. Written in the Metropolis, Lahore, A.H. 1005 Finis,"
A royal copy with 27 illustrations of the Akbar school. The names of the artists include: Basawan, Jagannath, Farrukh Chela, Dharamdas, Mukund, Miskin, Mahesh, Sanwala, Manohar, Shankar, Lachhman, Madho, Bishandas and Anant.
Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
ZIJ-I-SHAHJAHANI
Foll. 328 (some missing); size 25 x 40 cm; paper; Nast'aliq and Naskh script; Persian, dated A.H. 1037 (A.D.1627).
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Begins :
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
قلوحت شامله اش در تقويم درجات حمد بے حد خالقی راسل که مهندس مخلوقاس دقیقه از دقائق فرونگذاشت و در تقدیر مراتب موجود اس......
Ends :
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الدارین که چرں خواهیم که بدانیم که اتصال الله تعالي في بدار اسعد قمر .................. به ساعات ودقائق از اول ... بود که بعد از شب است والله اعلم بالصواب
Lent by the Maharaja of Jaipur Museum, City Palace, Jaipur (Rajasthan).
KULLIYĀT-I-SA'I (A poetic composition)
Foll. 284; size 24.5 x 15 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; 14 lines to a page; Persian. Author: Sāʻi Sádullah, A.H. 1081 (A.D. 1661).
Begins :
چو شاه مشرق وتاج سپهر خضر بقا كزوست اشک شب در گریز ودر سودا
Ends :
بانی ذره از مهر نداری زیر تست محنت از مروانی
S'adullāh, with the nom de plume Sa‘i, came to India from Iran and was attached to the court of Sultan Muhammad Shujā of Bengal, second son of Shahjahan.
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S'adullah's poems contain references to the adventure of his patron and his love for building. This copy has been corrected in the poet's hand with additions on the margin and is, therefore, considered a rare copy.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
RĀMĀYAŅA (SUNDARAKĀŅDA)
(A Persian translation of the Rāmāyaṇa) Foll. 188; size 31 x 19.5 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; Persian, dated A.D. 1729.
Begins :
لنا الاندومذكور أغاز كاند پنجم مردي به سند راند عرف جنگ و کشتن راجهان و ملاقات سندر راج......اله
Ends :
بخاطرمن چنای آید که سیتارا برام یه دهید
شدن سزاوار عورت اسیر را از زیر متصرف
ماند نیست این بگفت وخاموش
Colophon :
تمام شد اند پنجم کسی به سند اند وسلام خوه رجب سنی ۰ مکمل شادی
88 illustrations in Deccani style. Lent by the State Central Library, Hyderabad.
DIWAN-I-HAFIZ (A collection of verses)
Foll. 201; size 22 x 14.5 cm; Persian script; 15 lines to a page;
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Shamsuddin Muhammad Hafiz-ash-Shirāzi,
Persian. Author : Khwaja A.H. 791 (A.D. 1388).
Begins :
که عشق آسان نمود اول وے افتاد مشکله
الا یا ایها الساقی ادرا ساونا ولها
Ends:
گفتم سخن تو چیست حافظا گفتا شادی همه لطیفہ گویاں صلوات
The typical poems of the celebrated Hafiz of Shiraz. This extremely rare manuscript bears numerous marginal notes in the handwriting of the emperors Humayun and Jahangir.
Contains seals of distinguished persons, like Sultan Husain Baigra, Maimanat Khān, Muḥammad Baqir, 'Abdullah Chalpi, and others.
Lent by the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna.
TŪZUK-I-JAHANGIRI (Autobiography of the Emperor Jahangir)
Foll. 273; size 26.5 x 16.5 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; Persian; dated A.H. 1032 (A.D. 1622). Author: Mughal Emperor Nūrud-Din Jahāngir; scribe: the Emperor
Begins :
الله اكبر
از عنایات بیغایات الهی یکساعت نجومی از روز پنجشده بیستم جمادی الثانی و چهار ده ہری گزشته... الخ
Ends :
دیر بمنصب چهار هزاری ذات راجہ نرسنگ و دو هزار و دویست سوار مقرر گشت
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Contains a seal of Aurangzib
Marginal decorations consist of floral designs and miniatures of birds and animals in the Mughal style.
The manuscript is considered by some scholars as the original copy in the Emperor's own hand. Incomplete.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
BABUR NAMA (Autobiographical Memoirs of Babur)
Foll. 382; size 26 x 21.5 cm; paper; Nastáliq script; 15 lines to a page; Persian. Author: Mughal Emperor Zahirud-Din Babur, A.H. 937 (AD. 1530).
Begins :
در ماه رمضان سده هشتصد ونود و نه در ولایت فرغانه
پادشاه شدم دود دوازده سالگی
Ends :
رابگوالیار بایشان شیخ کون ونوبیگ فرستاده شد که گوالیار رابایشان سپرده
145 illustrations in Mughal style of late Akbar and early Jahangir period; 3 seals, one old and two modern.
This is a Persian translation of the original work in Turkish, made at the instance of Emperor Akbar by Mirzā Khān ‘Abdur Rahim Khān-iKhānān bin Bairam Khān. It contains accounts of Babur's reign from his accession in A.D. 1494 to A.D. 1529.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
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ADOXOX ADO
VAAVA ADDT DO
200 00
The Presentation of the sons of Amirzada Muhammad Sultan, before Timur at a place called Uni, Mughal School, late 16th century, from the Tarikh-i-Khandan-i-Timuriyah. Lent by the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna (Bihar).

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TARIKH-I-KHÄNDÄN-I-TIMURIAH
(A historical account of the Timurid dynasty)
Foll. 338; paper; Nast'aliq script; 21 lines to a page; Persian.
Begins :
Ends:
الموجب حكم جہالمطاع مسعود اوراق جز شرح احوال که مقصود بالذات في تاريخ است نمی نویسد
مہمات گجرات باتعلق خان اعظم معین شد و رایات نصرت حضرت باب مقرون فلم و ظفر عازم معاونت کشید
The work was compiled during the reign of Akbar (A.D.1556-1578); an excellent and richly illustrated copy of an otherwise unknown history of Timur and his successors down to Akbar (up to his 22nd year); a unique and rare work; only known copy.
132 illustrations by the court painters of Akbar. The names include Läl, Madhu, Basäwan, Kesü, Daswanth, Rämdäs, Tulsi, Shankar, Husain, Muhammad Kashmiri, Farrukh, Kamal, Bhagwan, Anant, Bahzād, Manohar and others.
Many official seals of the nobles of the Mughal courts and an autograph of Shahjahan embellish this copy.
Lent by the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna.
SHAHJAHAN NAMA
(History of the first ten years (A.D. 1628-38) of Shahjahan's reign).
Foll. 473; size 25.5×16.6 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; 15 lines to a page, Persian. Scribe: 'Abdur Rashid Dailami (17th century).
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Begins :
نگارش تاریخ روزنامه بهروزی و بختیاری وفهرست جريدة فيروزی و کامگاری یعنی جلوس ابد مانوس الخ
Ends :
آني که سريرت آسمان پایه بود تا هست خدا تو نیز خواهی بودن
برملک جہاں عدل تو پیرایه بود زیراکه همیشه ذات باسای بود
Colophon :
چارد هم ذي قعده سال هزار و پنجاه و چهار چری احوال کرامت اشتمال... فرش فال جلوس مقدس کے دور نشین است از ...... بے شمارایں عطيه سنیه درمستقر علافها...... اکبراباد عن الفتنة والفساد نگاشد بقلم...... فيروز مندی سخن رادادم از دولت بلندی طراز آفریں ...... إستم قلم رازدم برنام شهنشاه رقم را شهاب الدین محمد شاه آفاق جوابرو پاسی هم جفت و هم طاق
This account is accompanied by Shāhjahān's horoscope drawn by Mulla Farid and a list of honours and notes on high nobles, Shaikhs, learned men, physicians and poets. This work is quite distinct from other histories of the period.
Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.
PĀDSHĀH NĀMAH
(History of Shahjahan's reign) Foll. 416; size 32.5 X 20.5 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; Persian. Author: 'Abdul Hamid Lahuri (17th century); scribe : Muhammad Sālih.
Begins :
سپاس والا اساس داور کارساز و کردار بے نیاز مددکاری اندیشه سخن سنج ودستیاری الع
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Ends :
راقمه بنده درگاه خلائق پناه محمد صالح الكاتب
A comprehensive Persian manuscript dealing with the historical account of Shahjahan's reign from A.D. 1638 to 1647. It contains the autograph of the Emperor himself on the first page.
Lent by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta.
A’IN-I-AKBARI (Statistical & historical account of Akbar's reign) Foll. 220; size 54 x 30 cm; paper; Nast'aliq script; Persian. Author: Abul Fazl A.D. 1655. Begins :
بے خبر انجام از آغاز نو اے هم در پرده نہاں راز تو در تو هم آغاز و هم انجام کم هر دو شهر قلمی نام گم
Ends :
روزگار
شکر کاری الله الحمد کہ ازیں مرالب از تماشای
سرایان از خیر سگالی بیرون نمی رود وبر نکوهیدان و مدح
و آفریں نمی آلايد الع شود و زبان و دل را بیفری بیرون نمي
A celebrated Persian book giving a statistical and historical account of Akbar's reign.
Lent by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta.
TARIKH-I-RASHIDI (A general history in the Turkish language) Pages : 676; size 36 x 23 cm; paper; Nast‘aliq script; Author : Muhammad Niyayuhi, son of Abdul Ghaffar.
Lent by the Archaeological Museum, Red Fort, Delhi.
Turkish.
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SAIRUL MANĀZIL (A treatise on archaeology of Delhi)
Pages 166; size 28 x 15 cm; paper; Naskh and Nast‘aliq script; Persian. Author : Sangin Beg.
Begins :
معماری که بمعماری کن وجود كائنات واباهزارای نقش و نگار بنافرموده وایوان رفيع امکان هستي خلق رابچار دیوار عناصر وستونهاي مواليد ثلائم مرتب
Ends :
سال ان صفا
قدر اهل معرفت نور دوعين مرتضي خواسا چوفضل زرخورد سال نفت برنت از جہاں قطب جہاں ابوالعلا ان اولياء الله يموتون بل ينتقلون من الدار الي الدار
Lent by the Archaeological Museum, Red Fort, Delhi.
TIBB-I-SHIFA MAHMOD SHĀHI
(A valuable work on Indian medicine) Foll. 337; size 23 x 14.5 cm; paper; Naskh script; Persian. Author : ‘Ali Muhammad bin Ismā'il Asawali Asili.
Begins :
باب اول. دربیان نمطی که علم و عقل أي ممد عمر و حيات بود.........الخ
Ends :
پس بخزائن هردو به هندو برکه چرا بخواند دانا کسی نیکر رااختیار کند
Colophon :
تمام شد طب شما محمود شاهی که جان طبيب است بر اقبال خدایا...... ابوالفتن محمود شاهی السلطان خلدالله ملکه ...... الم
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A valuable work on Indian medicine; Persian translation of the second book of Vāgbhata's Ashtangahridaya. The translation was done at the instance of Sultan Muhammad Shāh, Ahmedabad.
Lent by the State Central Library, Hyderabad.
SHARH-I-AWARZF-UL-MA'ARIF
(A famous sufic work)
Foll. 392; size 27 x 17 cm; paper; ordinary Nast'aliq script; 25 lines to a page; Persian, dated 7th Ramadan 1110 A.H. (27 Feb. 1698 A.D.): Author: Sayyid Muhammad Husaini Gesūdarāz Khawaja Banda Nawāz of Gulbarga, A.H. 721-825 (A.D. 1321-1431).
Begins :
مخدای راست کے بزرگ است الحمدلله العظيم شانه ستوده مختص کاراو عظيم شانه انه يكیی احدا ويميت آخر الع
Ends :
قال هي الرجوع الى البداية وقد فسر بعضهم قول الجيد قال معناه أنه كان
في ابتداء
Colophon :
۷ شهر رمضان المبارک سنة ۱۱۱۰ هجری با نجام رسید
A Persian commentary on Shihābuddin Suharwardi's famous sufic work, the Awarif. Only known copy.
Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.
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DARAB NĀMA
Foll. 326; size 32 x 21 cm ; paper; Nast‘aliq script; 23 lines to a page; Persian.
Begins :
الحمدلله رب العالمين والعاقبة للمتقین الصلوة على خير خلقه، أما بعد راویان اخبار وناقد ان اسرار و خوانندگان قصص و تواريخ استاد فاضل و کمال ابوطار این حسن بن على بن موسى الطوسی.....
Ends :
کن و ازاں پاہ شاد عادل عبرتی گیر
در حال اسکنلر نظری دل بستگی رنشاید اینک این بود اخبار داراب اسکندر و بعد اندشت تمت تمام
50 illustrations in Mughal style (c. A.D. 1620-1630); a rare text; very few illustrated versions of this early date are known.
Lent by the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay.
LAUR CHANDA
(A popular North Indian ballad) Foll. 6 illustrated leaves; size 19 x 14 cm; paper; Taliq script; 10 lines to a page; Hindi (Avadhi dialect). Author : Mulla Daud, A.H. 781 (A.D. 1379-80) .
The illustrations are of the first half of the 16th century; they represent a highly advanced pre-Mughal style of painting in India.
Lent by the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay.
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