B 257-1 Mahābhārata (Śāntiparvan)
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 257/1
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 35 x 13 cm x 170 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/930
Remarks: Śāntiparvan, Rājadharma
Reel No. B 257/1
Inventory No. 31374
Title Mahābhārata (Śāntiparvan)
Remarks
Author attributed to Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State incomplete
Size 35.0 x 13.0 cm
Binding Hole(s)
Folios 169
Lines per Page 9–11
Foliation figures on the verso; in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation dā. dha also rā. dha. and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāmaḥ
Scribe
Date of Copying
Place of Copying
King
Donor
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/930
Manuscript Features
- Fol. 69 is missing.
Excerpts
Beginning
śrīrāmaṃ namāmi
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṭyaṃ(!) naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ
devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ tato jayam udīrayet
vaiśaṃºº
kṛtodakās te suhṛdāṃ sarveṣāṃ pāṃḍunaṃdanaḥ
viduro dhṛṭarāṣṭraś ca sarvāś ca bharatastriyaḥ
tatra me sumahātmāno nyavasan pāṃḍunaṃdanāḥ
śaucaṃ nivarttayiṣyaṃto māsamātraṃ bahiḥ purāt (fol. 1v1–2)
End
buddhyā dākṣyeṇa caivānye cinvaṃti dhanasaṃcayāt ||
adhanaṃ durbalaṃ prāhur dhanena balavān bhavet ||
sarvaṃ dhanavataḥ prāpyaṃ sarvaṃ tarati koṣavān ||
koṣād dharmaś ca kāmaś ca paralokas tathā hy ayaṃ ||
taṃ ca dharmeṇa lipseta nādharmeṇa kadācana (fol. 170r6–7)
Colophon
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyyāsa(!)kyāṃ śāṃtiparvaṇi rājadharmāḥ samāptim agaman(!) ❁ śubham ❁ (fol. 170r7–8)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 257/1
Date of Filming 30-03-1972
Exposures 176
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by BK/RK
Date 24-02-2012
Bibliography