B 254/4 to B 255/1 Mahābhārata(Śāntiparvan)
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 254/4 and B 255/1
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 30 x 12.5 cm x 240 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: complete
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: SAM 1689
Acc No.: NAK 5/2696
Remarks: Śāntiparvan, Mokṣadharma; continuation of B 254/4
Reel No. B 254/4 to B 255/1
Inventory No. 31393
Title Mahābhārata(Śāntiparvan)
Remarks
Author attributed to Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 30 x 12.5 cm
Binding Hole(s)
Folios 240
Lines per Page 10
Foliation figures on the verso; in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation mokṣa and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāma
Scribe Balabhadra
Date of Copying SAM 1689
Place of Copying Garttapāla, Bhagavatīpura
King
Donor Bhagavatīdāsa
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/2696
Manuscript Features
- The MS contains considerable marginal notes.
- There are two exposures of fols. 3v–4r, 32v–43r and 107v–108r.
Excerpts
Beginning
|| śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || ||
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ |
devīṃ sa[[rasvatīṃ]] caiva tato jayam udīrayet ||
(yudhiṣṭhira uvāca) || ||
dharmmāḥ pitāmahenoktā rājadharmmāśritāḥ śubhāḥ |
dharmmam āśr⟪i⟫amiṇāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vaktum arhasi pārthiva || ||
bhīṣma uvāca ||
sarvvatra vihito dharmmaḥ svargyaḥ pretyatapaḥphalaṃ |
bahudvārasya dharmmasya nehāsti viphalā kriyā |
yasmin yasmiṃs tu viṣaye yo yo yāti viniścayaṃ |
satam evābhijānāti nānyaṃ bharatasattama | (fol. 1v1–4)
End
yadā ca mama rāmeṇa yuddham āsīt sudāruṇaṃ |
vasubhiś ca tadā rājan katheyaṃ kathitā mama |
pṛcchyamānāya tattvena mayā ca cottamā tava |
ketheyaṃ kathitā puṇyā dharmyā dharmmabhṛtā vara |
yad ayaṃ paramo dharmmo yan māṃ pṛcchasi bhārata |
āsīd vī(!)pro hy anākāṃkṣī dharmmārthakaraṇe nṛpa |
sa ca kila kṛtaniścayo dvijo bhujaga(pa)tipraddeśitātmakṛtyaḥ |
yamaniyamasaho vānāntaraṃ parigaṇitoṃchaśilāśanaḥ praviṣṭaḥ | (fol. 239v9–240r2)
Colophon
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāśikyāṃ śāntiparvvaṇi mokṣadharmeṣūṃchhavṛtyupākhyānaṃ samāptam [[187]] | śubham |
navāṣṭarasacaṃdraiś ca śodhite ʼbde prajāpatau ||
pauṣe māsi śite pakṣe caturddaśyāṃ raver dine ||
garttapāle śubhe deśe bhagavatyāḥ pure tathā ||
lekhāyitaṃ pustakam idaṃ bhagavatīdāśena hi likhitaṃ balabhadreṇa viṣṇur me prīyatām iti || || rāma || (fol. 240r2–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 254/4 to B 255/1
Date of Filming 29-03-1972
Exposures 45 + 214 = 255
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by BK/RK
Date 10-02-2012
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