B 254-1 Mahābhārata(Śāntiparvan)

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 254/1
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 37 x 15 cm x 246 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/835
Remarks: Śāntiparvan, Mokṣadharma; continuation of B 253/4

Reel No. B 254/1

Inventory No. 31391

Title Mahābhārata(Śāntiparvan)

Remarks

Author attributed to Vyāsa

Subject Mahābhārata

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State complete

Size 37.0 x 15.0 cm

Binding Hole(s)

Folios 249

Lines per Page 10–12

Foliation figures on the verso; in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation mo. dha. also mokṣa. 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. 1/835

Manuscript Features

• Fols. 6–9, 116 and 117 are missing.

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīrāmāya namaḥ || ||

nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ

devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ tato jayam udīrayet

yudhiṣthira uvāca

dharmā[[ḥ]] pitāmahenoktā <ref>pitāmahonoktā MSac</ref> rājadharmāśritāḥ śubhāḥ

dhharmam āśrayiṇaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vaktum arhasi pārthiva

bhīṣma uºº

(sarvatra) vihino(!) dharmaḥ svarga⟨ṃ⟩ḥ satyamalodayaḥ

bahudvārasya dharmasya nehāsti viphalā kriyā

yasmin yasmiṃs tu viṣaye yo yo yāti viniścayaṃ

satam evādhijānāti nānyaṃ bharatasattama (fol. 1v1–4)

End

maharṣir nnārado rājan siddhas trailokyasammataḥ

paryyeti kramaśo lokān vāyur avyāhato yathā

sa kadācin maheṣvāsa devarājālayaṃgataḥ

satkṛtaś ca maheṃdreṇa pratyāsannagato bhavan(!)

taṃ kṛtakṣaṇam āsīnāṃ(!) paryyapṛcchac chatī(!)pati(!)

maharṣye(!) kiṃvid āścaryyam asti dṛṣṭaṃ tvayānagha

yadātvam api viprarṣe trailokyaṃ ca carācare

jātakautūlo(!) nityaṃ siddhaś carasi sāvat (!)

nah y asty aviditaṃ loke devarṣe tava kiṃcana || || (fol. 254r6–9)

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Colophon

iti śrīmahābhārate sa[[ta]]sa(!)hasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāśa(!)kyāṃ śāṃtiparvaṇi mokṣadharmmeṣu uñchavṛtyākhyānaṃ samāptaṃ || ||| māse 10 nache(!)tre 1 ti 11 jitāśrīrājapustakaṃ liṣitaṃ rāmabhadradvu(!)ja (fol. 254r9–10)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 254/1

Date of Filming 28-03-1972

Exposures 253

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by BK/RK

Date 08-02-2012

Bibliography