B 247-2 Mahābhārata

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Filmed in: B 247/2
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 30 x 11 cm x 203 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: complete
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1008
Remarks: Bhīṣmaparvan

Reel No. B 247/2

Inventory No. 31275

Title Bhīṣmaparva

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Subject Itihāsa

Language Sanskrit

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Script Newari

Material Nepali paper

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Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/1008

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Beginning

oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||

nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya, narañ caiva narottamaṃ ||
devīṃ sarasvatīñ caiva tato jayam udīrayet ||

janamejaya uvāca ||

kathaṃ yuyudhire vīrāḥ kurupāṇḍavasomakāḥ |
pārthivā (!) sumahātmāno, nānādeśasamāgatāḥ ||   ||

vaiśampāyana uvāca ||

yathāyur dhipure vīrāḥ kurupāṇḍavasomakāḥ |
tapakṣetre kurukṣetre śṛṇu tvaṃ pṛthivīpate || (fol. 1v1–3)

End

dharmyād dhi yuddhāt chreyo nyat kṣatriyasya na vidyate ||
praśame hi kṛto yatnaḥ sumahān suciraṃ mayā ||

na ca me saṃkitaṃ (!) karttuṃ yato dharmmas tato jayaḥ ||   ||

saṃjaya uvāca ||

ity uktavat taṃ gāṅgeya abhivādya prasādya ca |
rādheyo ratham āruhya pāyās tava sutaṃ prati || (fol. 203r10–303v2)

Colophon

iti mahābhārate śatasāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ bhīṣmaparvasamāptaṃ || 120 || śubham astu || ❁ || (fol. 203v3)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 247/2

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Used Copy Kathmandu

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Catalogued by JU

Date 12-11-2005

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