B 252-2 Mahābhārata (Āraṇyakaparvan), Bhāratabhāvadīpa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 252/2
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 40 x 17.5 cm x 324 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/887
Remarks: folio number uncertain; comm. by Nīlakaṇṭha; Vanaparvan;
Reel No. B 252/2
Inventory No. 31213
Title Mahābhārata (Āraṇyakaparvan), Bhāratabhāvadīpa
Remarks
Author attributed to Vyāsa, Nīlakaṇṭha
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 40.0 x 17.5 cm
Binding Hole(s)
Folios 326
Lines per Page 11–13
Foliation figures on the verso; in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation va. ṭī. and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāma
Scribe
Date of Copying
Place of Copying
King
Donor
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/887
Manuscript Features
Fols. 140-145, 154–222, 245–256, 301–322, 407–409 are missing.
There are two exposures of fols. 3v–4r, 61v–62r, 69v–70r, 89v–90r, 110v–111r, 267v–268r and 349v–350r.
Excerpts
«Beginning of the root text»
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ
devīṃ sasvatīṃ caiva tato jayam udīrayet
janamejaya uvāca
evaṃ dyūtajitāḥ pārthāḥ kopitāś ca durātmabhiḥ
dhārttarāṣṭraiḥ mahāmātyair nnikṛtyād dvijasattama 1
śrāvitāḥ paruṣā vācaḥ sṛjadbhir vairam uttamaṃ
kim akurvvata kauravyā mama pūrvvapitāmahāḥ 2 (fol 1v5–7)
«Beginning of the commentary»
|| śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ
yo devo (municayakṣudhā kṣudhāvān)
yattṛṣṇāmuninivahoʼpi tṛptim āpa
tasyaivaṃ nijajagadaṃtarātmabhāvaṃ
vyākartuḥ (padam upayāma gopasūnoḥ) 1
yajjijñāsā labhyate yajñamukhyair
yatraikāgryaṃ prārthyate saṃyamādyaiḥ
taṃ sevi haṃ sadguruṃ lakṣaṇāgryaṃ
brahmajñānivaṃśāvaṃ(!)taṃsaṃ 2
praṇamya nārāyaṇatīrthavaryān
dhīreśamiśrāṃś (ca hamīrapuryān)
kurmmo gurūṇāṃ hṛdayānurūpam
āraṇyake parvaṇi bhāvadīpaṃ 3
tatra pūrvasmin parvvaṇi draupadītrāṇena bhakter māhātmyaṃ darśitaṃ sā ca pratijñāpālanasatsamāgamatīrthāṭanasvadharmmācaraṇādinā labhyata iti tattadākhyāyikāmukheneha pratipādya draupadīdattaśākaleśāśanena kṛṣṇe tṛpte sarvaṃ jagat tṛptam iti daurvāsasopākhyānena bhagavato jagadaṃtarātmatvaṃ darśitaṃ dharmmayudhiṣṭhirasaṃvādena bhagavattattvaṃ adhigamopāyasahitaṃ ca saṃkṣepeṇoktaṃ evaṃ dyūtajitāḥ pārthāḥ ityādinā (fol. 1v1–4, 9–10)
«End of the root text»
krośamātram upāgamya tasmād deśān nimittataḥ
śo(!)bhūtamanujavyāghrā(ś channa)vāsārtham udyatāḥ 30
(pṛthava śamaghrā vedaḥ) sarvve sarvve maṃtraviśāradāḥ
saṃdhivigrahakālajño maṃtrāya samupāviśat 31 (fol. 437v9–10)
«End of the root text»
(navavānaddhatapaśatruvadhenāṃgīkṛtavān 11 13 aṃśīyaṃ ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥17 30) maṃtrāya vicārārthe 31 (fol. 437v1)
«Colophon of the root text»
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyām āraṇyake parvvaṇi araṇīharaṇaṃ samāptaṃ || || (fol. 437v10–11)
«Colophon of the commentary»
iti śrīmatpadavākyapramāṇajñamaryādādhuraṃdhara‥‥‥‥ravaṃśāvataṃsaśrīgoviṃdasūrisūnoḥ śrīnīlakaṃṭhasya kṛtau bhāratabhāvadīpe āraṇyakaparvārthaprakāśaḥ samāptim agamat || || ||❁ || ||❁ || ||❁|| (fol. 437v1, 12)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 252/2
Date of Filming 28-03-1972
Exposures 337
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by BK/RK
Date 12-01-2012
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