B 257-3 Mahābhārata (Śalyaparvan)

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 257/3
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 41 x 16 cm x 50 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: complete
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: NS 815
Acc No.: NAK 2/120
Remarks: Śalyaparvan w. comm. by Nīlakaṇṭha; B 263/12, B 253/2, B 249/3, B 246/4, B 263/10, B 257/3, A 302/8, A 311/5, A 311/7, A 311/6, B 254/3, B 251/3, A 302/2, B 264/7, A 308/14, A 303/7, and B 264/4 form a series

Reel No. B 257/3

Inventory No. 31017

Title Mahābhārata (Śalyaparvan)

Remarks

Author attributed to Vyāsa

Subject Mahābhārata

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State complete

Size 41.0 x 16.0 cm

Binding Hole(s)

Folios 50

Lines per Page 8–12

Foliation figures on the verso; in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation bhā. śalya. 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. 2/120

Manuscript Features

• The date of copying, NS 815, has been mentioned in the PTL. But it could not be found in the MS.

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ

nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ

devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayam udīrayet 1

janamejaya uvāca

evaṃ nipātite karṇe samara savyasācinā

alpāvaśiṣṭāḥ kuravaḥ kim akurvata vai dvija 1

udīryamāṇaṃ ca balaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājā suyodhanaḥ

pāṃḍavaiḥ prāptakālaṃ ca kuṃ prāpadyata kauravaḥ 2 (fol. 1v1–3)

End

viveśa nṛpate rājan niśaśvāsa śanaiḥ śanaiḥ

yuyutsur api tāṃ rātriṃ svagṛhe nyavasat tadā 105

naṃdyamānaḥ svakaiś cāpi nābhyanaṃdat suduḥkhitaḥ

ciṃtayānaḥ kṣayaṃ tīvraṃ bharatānāṃ parasparaṃ 106 (fol. 50r1–2)

Colophon

iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyyāsikyāṃ śalyaparva samāptaṃ || 29 || saṃkhyā 1660 śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ śrīvāsudevāya namaḥ śrīvedavyāsāya namaḥ rāma rāma śrīkṛṣṇa (fol. 50r2–3)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 257/3

Date of Filming 30-03-1972

Exposures 53

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by BK/RK

Date 24-02-2012

Bibliography