A 17-7 Rāmopākhyāna
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 17/7
Title: Rāmopākhyāna
Dimensions: 30 x 5 cm x 12 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kathā
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1583
Remarks: A 1087/19
Reel No. A 17-7
Inventory No. 57493
Title Rāmopākhyāna
Remarks from the Āraṇyakaparvan of the Mahābhārata
Subject Upākhyāna
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Nāgari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete and damaged
Size 30 x 5 cm
Binding Hole 1
Folios 12
Lines per Folio 7
Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso
Scribe
Owner / Deliverer NAK
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1-1583
Manuscript Features
Available folios are 2–6 and 8–14. It covers III.260.3–III.266.25 portion of the Mahābhārata.
Excerpts
Beginning
kāner mmahābalaḥ |
tato nas trīr bbhagavā (!) nānya (!) trātā hi vidyate〇 || ○ ||
brahma uvāca ||
na sārdda (!) suraiḥ śakyā yuddhe jetuṃ vibhāvaso |
vihitas (!) tatra yat kāryam abhitas tasya vigrahe |
tadartham avatīrṇṇo sau manye yogāc caturbhuje |
viṣṇuḥ praharatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sa karmmaitat kariṣyati || ○ ||
mārkkaṃḍeya uvāca ||
pitāmahas tatas teṣāṃ sannidhau vācyam abravīt |
sa vai devagaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ saṃbhavec ca mahītale |
viṣṇoḥ sahāyān ṛ〇kṣīṣu vānārīṣu (!) ca sarvvaśaḥ |
janayadhvaṃ sadā vīro kāmarūpabalānvitān |
tato bhāgānubhāgena devagaṃdharvvadānavāḥ |
avatarttuṃ mahīṃ sarvve rocayāmāsur aṃjasā || (fol. 2r1–4)
End
mārkkaṃḍeya uvāca ||
rāghavas tu sasaumitriḥ sugrīveṇābhipālitaḥ |
vasaṃ mālya〇vataḥ pṛṣṭhe dadarśa vimalan nabhaḥ |
sa dṛṣṭvā vimale vyomni nirmalaṃ śaśalakṣmaṇam |
grahanakṣatratārābhir anuyātam amitrahā |
kumudotpalapadmānāṃ gandham ādāya vāyunā |
mahīdhara〇sthasītena sahasā pratibodhitaḥ |
prabhāte lakṣmaṇaṃ vīram abhyabhāṣata durmmanāḥ |
sītāṃ saṃsmṛtya dharmmātmā ruddhāṃ (fol. *14v4–6)
atrāntare vānarendrāḥ ++jagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ |
diśaḥs(!) tisro vicityātha na tu ye dakṣiṇāṃ gatāḥ |
ācakhyus te ’tha rāmāya mahīṃ sā[ga]ramekhalāṃ |
vicitā na tu vaidehyā darśanaṃ rāvaõasya vā |
gatās tu da++m āśā ye vai vānarapuṃgavāḥ |
āśāvāṃs tena kākutsthaḥ prāṇān ārto 'py adhārayat |
dvimāse(!)parame kāle vyatīte plavagās tataḥ |
sugrīvam abhigamyedaṃ tvaritā vā(kyam abruvan |) (fol. *15v4–6)
Sub-colophons
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ āraṇyake parvvaṇi rāmopākhyānae || ❁ || (fol. 2v1)
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ āraṇyake parvvaṇi rāmopākhyānae || ❁ || (fol. 10v1)
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ āraṇyake parvvaṇi rāmopākhyānae || ❁ || (fol. 13v1–2)
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ āraṇyake parvvaṇi rāmopākhyānae || ❁ || (fol. 14v4)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 17/7
Date of Filming 25-08-70
Exposures 16
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by DA
Date 27-10-2004
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