[INDOLOGY] Ms colopon from Nepal, need help

[Alessandro Battistini]

Dear Justin,

the compound denotes the year of composition of your ms, expressed with the
*bhūtasaṃkhyā* notation (the digits are represented by items usually
associated with those numbers, see e.g. Salomon's *Indian Epigraphy* p.
173). The numbers should be read leftward (*aṅkānāṃ vāmato gatiḥ*) and in
this way you will have: *khacara* (the nine planets=9), *śara* (Kāma's five
arrows=5). As for *yaṇa*, I cannot give an answer, as I can't find a
meaning for it, but for sure someone of this list can do better. Are you
sure of the reading? I cannot visualise the scan! Leaving the last digit
aside, the date expressed is therefore Nepalese Year 95x. Since the Nepali
age starts in AD 879, your copy must belong to something between 1829 and
1839 AD: does it fit? You can find more details in Kielhorn's "The Epoch of
the Newar Era", *Indian Antiquary* 17. For lists of *bhūtasaṃkhyās*, you
can refer to Bühler's *Indian Paleography* pp. 84-86 or Kale's *History of
Dharmaśāstra* vol. 5.1 pp. 701-703. I hope this helped.
Best
Alessandro

Alessandro Battistini
PhD
Sapienza Università di Roma

2016-08-01 23:10 GMT+02:00 Justin Fifield <aksobhya.buddha at gmail.com>:

> Dear list,
>
> In manuscript E 1160/3 of the National Archives of Nepal (Nepal German
> Manuscript Project)--also cataloged by the Asha Saphu Kuti as 5229--the
> following colophon is given at the end of the text:
>
> nepālavarṣe yaṇaśarakhacare vidyānandena likhitaṃ hi śubhaṃ bhūyāt ||
>
> Does anyone know what "yaṇaśarakhacare" designates?
>
> Attached is a photo of the folio (if it goes through).
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> - Justin Fifield
>
> fifield at fas.harvard.edu
>
>
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