B 255-7 Mahābhārata (part of the Śāntiparvan)

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 255/7
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 36 x 15.5 cm x 3 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/897
Remarks: Mokṣaparvan

Reel No. B 255/7

Inventory No. 31088

Title Mahābhārata (part of the Śāntiparvan)

Remarks

Author attributed to Vyāsa

Subject Mahābhārata

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State incomplete

Size 36.0 x 15.5 cm

Binding Hole(s)

Folios 3

Lines per Page 10

Foliation figures on the verso; in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāma and it is not visible in the upper left-hand margin.

Scribe

Date of Copying

Place of Copying

King

Donor

Owner/Deliverer

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/897

Manuscript Features

• Fols. 116, 117 and 118 are available.

• The left-hand part of the MS is completely damaged.

• The text covers the end of the 269th chapter to the beginning of the 270 chapter of the Śāntiparvan.

Excerpts

Beginning

/// (putro) babhūva medhāvī medhāvī nāma nāmataḥ

so ʼbravīt pitaraṃ ///-

-/// vicakṣaṇa

putra uvāca

dhīraḥ kiṃsvit tāta kuryyāt prajā ///-

(thārtha)yogaṃ

mamānupūrvvyā yena dharmmaṃ careyaṃ (fol. 116v–3)

End

apūrvacārakasaumyo aniketasamāhitaḥ

vāna///-

-///-

ajñātalipsāṃ lipseta na cai⟪va⟫na[ṃ] harṣa āviśat

vijānatāḥ mokṣa eṣa śramaḥ syā///-

-/// hārito ʼbravīt

abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo dattvā yaḥ pravrajed gṛhāt

lokās tejomayā /// dharmme †hārittagītānāma† || ||

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca || ||

dhanyā dhanyā iti janāḥ sarve (fol. 118v7–10)

Colophon

x

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 255/4

Date of Filming 28-03-1972

Exposures 6

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by BK/RK

Date 15-02-2012

Bibliography