B 257-4 Mahābhārata and Bhāratabhāvadīpa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 257/4
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 36.2 x 18.2 cm x 77 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: complete, damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/865
Remarks: Virāṭaparvan w. comm. by Nīlakaṇṭha
Reel No. B 257/4
Inventory No. 31091
Title Mahābhārata and Bhāratabhāvadīpa
Remarks
Author attributed to Vyāsa, Nīlakaṇṭha
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 36.2 x 18.2 cm
Binding Hole(s)
Folios 78
Lines per Page 12–14
Foliation figures on the verso; in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation vi. ṭī. 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. 1/865
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
«Beginning of the root text»
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya nara(!) caiva narottamaṃ
devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayam udīrayet 1
janamejaya uvāca
kathaṃ virāṭanagare mama pūrvapitāmahāḥ
ajñātavāsam uṣitā duryodhanabhayārdditāḥ 2
pativratā mahābhāgā satataṃ brahmavādinā
draupadī ca kathaṃ brahman najñātā duḥkhitāvasat 3 (fol. 1v5–7)
«Beginning of the commentary»
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ
śrīmadgopālam ānamya prācīnācārya(vartmanā) |
virāṭaparvapradyotī bhāvadīpo vitanyate 1
tatra pūrvasmin parvaṇi diptyā (!) paṃcasu rakto bhidip(!)tyā te ṣaṭpadī jitā dve pūrve madhyame dvai(!) ca dve cāṃtye sāṃparāyike iti śāṃto dāṃta uparatas titikṣuḥ samāhito bhūtvāṭmanyevātmānaṃ paśyatītī(!) śrutiprasiddho hyātmadarśana(mācaneṣu) raktaḥ ṣaḍūrmilakṣaṇāṃ ṣaṭpadījātamātrasyāśanāpipāse praruhe sya śokamauhau(!) vṛddhasya jarāmṛtyū iti loke yo (śano yā pipāse) śokaṃ mohaṃ jarāṃ mṛtyum atyetīti vede ca prasiddho jayatītyuktaṃ | (fol. 1v1–4)
«End of the root text»
śrutvā vairāṭakaṃ parva vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca
hiraṇyadhānyagāś caiva dadyād vittānusārataḥ
mānave devatānāṃ vai dadyād vai dvijamukhyake
vācake tu susaṃtuṣṭe tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ
brāhmaṇān bhojayec chaktyā pāyasaiḥ sarpiṣā mitaiḥ
evaṃ śrute caiva (bhahe samyakpajam) avāpnuyāt 48 (fol. 78r15–16)
«End of the commentary»
preṣayāmāsa āhvānārthaṃ hatān iti śeṣaḥ 13 upa(plavyaṃ) virāṭanagarasamīpasthanagalokasya (duvāsya) vīṭabhayāt || ‥ ‥ nānādravyasārarūpaṃ madyaṃ maireyaṃ ‥ tarasarūpaṃ madyaṃ 28 30 (abhyabhavanā) abhibhūtāḥ 31 36 ātmānam eva (vaprā)dād iti pūrveṇānvayaḥ 37 40 (fol. 77v15–78r1)
«Colophon of the root text»
iti mahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyyāsikyāṃ virāṭāparvaṇi uttarāvivāho nāmādhyāyaḥ samāptaṃ cedaṃ virāṭaparva ataḥ paraṃ udyogaparva tasyāyam ādyaḥ ślokaḥ
vaiśaṃºº
kṛtvā vivāhaṃ tu kurupravīrās
tadābhimanyor muditasvapakṣāḥ
ahāni catvāry avasan pratītāḥ
sabhāṃ virāṭasya tato ʼbhijagmuḥ 1
śrutvā vairāṭakaṃ parva vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca
hiraṇyadhānyagāś caiva dadyād vittānusārataḥ
(mānave) devatānāṃ vai dadyād vai dvijamukhyake
vācake tu susaṃtuṣṭe tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ
brāhmaṇān bhojayec chaktyā pāyasaiḥ sarpiṣāmitaiḥ
evaṃ śrute ca vaiṛāṭaṃ samyak phalam avāpnuyāt 48 (fol. 78r13–17)
«Colophon of the commentary»
iti śrīmatpadavākyapramāṇamaryādādhuraṃdharacaturdharavaṃśāvaṃ(!)ta(!)sagoviṃdasūrisūno ⟨na3⟩[nīla]kaṃṭhasya kṛtau bhāratabhāvadīpe virāṭaparvārthaprakāśaḥ samāptim agamat samāpta(!) || (fol. 78r1 and 17)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 257/4
Date of Filming 30-03-1972
Exposures 80
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by BK/RK
Date 06-03-2012
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