B 240-2 Mahābhārata
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 240/2
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 40 x 15.5 cm x 404 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: complete
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 2/267
Remarks: Ādiparvan w. comm. by Nīlakaṇṭha; forms a series with NAK 267–273
Reel No. B 240-2
Inventory No. 31046
Title Mahābhārata-ādiparva and Bhāvadīpa
Remarks The commentary Bhāvadīpa is on the Ādiparva of the Mahābhārata
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Reference BSP 8, pp. 158–160, no. 361
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 40.0 x 15.5 cm
Folios 404
Lines per Folio 10
Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the marginal title ādi.ṭī. and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāma. Two folios have two foliation numbers: fols. 163 (164 in the right margin) and 338 (339 in the right margin).
Illustrations A rectangular area is lined out on the first and last folios for illustrations.
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 2/267
Manuscript Features
The root text is situated in the middle of the folio, and the commentary above and below of it.
Excerpts
Beginning of the root text
oṃ nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ ||
devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayam udīrayet || 1 || (fol. 2r5)
…
sautiḥ paurāṇiko naimiṣāraṇye śaunakasya kulapter dvādaśavārśike satre || 1 || (fol. 5r5)
sukhāsīnān abhyagacchad brahmarṣīn saṃśitavratān||
vinayāvanato bhūtvā kadācit sūtanandanaḥ || 2 || (fol. 5v3)
Beginning of the commentary
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
yaṃ vaktraṃ mukurā ivendriyamanomāyāḥ parāg dṛśyatāṃ
ninyus tat(!)chavim ādināpi ca virāṭsūtreśa(2)bhāvaṃ gataṃ ||
taṃ pratyag dṛgadṛśyam akṣaram aṇuṃ tyaktopanetratrayāḥ
śrīgopālam upāsmahe śrutiśirovaṃśīravair darśi(3)taṃ || 1 || (fol. 1v1–3)
…
sukhāsīnaṃ tatas taṃ (6) tu viśrāntaṃm upalakṣya ca ||
athāpṛcchad ṛṣis tatra kaśit prastāvayan kathāḥ || 6 ||(fol. 5v5–6)
End of the root text
parikramya tataḥ sarve trayo pi bharatarṣabha ||
ramaṇīye na(7)dīkūle sahitāḥ samupāviśan || 19 || (fol. 404r6–7)
End of the commentary
carataṃ yatra vāṃchitam ity anenāpratihatagatitvaṃ
dvayor api dattaṃ mayety arthaḥ || 17 || 18 || 19 || (fol. 404r1)
Colophon of the root text
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyyāsikyāṃ ā(8)diparvaṇi khāṃḍavadāhe śārṃgakopākhyānaṃ samāptaṃ adhyāyaḥ || 233 || ādiparvasamāptaṃ ||
ataḥ paraṃ sabhāpa(9)rva atrāya⟨ṃ⟩m ādyaślokaḥ
vaiśampāyana uvāca ||
tato bravīn mayaḥ pārthaṃ vāsudevasya sannidhau
prāñjaliḥ śla(10)kṣṇayā vācā pūjayitvā punaḥ punaḥ || 1 || (fol. 404r7–10)
Colophon of the commentary
iti śrīmatpadavākyapramāṇajñamaryādādhuraṃdharacaturdha(2)ravaṃśāvataṃsagoviṃdasūrisūnoḥ śrīnīlakaṃṭhasya kṛtau bhāratabhāvadipe ādiparvaṇi khāḍava(10)dāhaśārṅgopākhyāna (!) samāptim agamat adhyāyaḥ dviśatādhikatrayastriṃśodhyāyaḥ || 233 || (fol. 404r1–2&10)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 240/2
Date of Filming 19-03-1972
Exposures 425
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks two exposures of fols. 23v–24r, 29v-30r, 136v–137r, 160v–163r, 203v–205r, 224v–225r, 233v–234r, 263v–264r, 311v–312r, 318v–320r, 325v–326r, 333v–334r, 369v–370r, 377v–378r
Catalogued by MS
Date 30-05-2007
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