A 28-6 Mahābhārata
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 28/6
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 59 x 4.5 cm x 52 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: NS 513
Acc No.: NAK 1/1693
Remarks: Śalyaparvan
Reel No. A 28-6
Inventory No. 30913
Title Mahābhārata; Śalyaparva
Author Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete, damaged
Size 59.0 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 2
Folios 52
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation letters in the middle of the left-hand margin and figures in the middle of the right-hand margin of the verso
Scribe Manikarāja Vajrācārya
Date of Copying NS 513
King Jayasthitimalla/Jayasiṃharāma
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/1693
Manuscript Features
Fols. 50–52 are missing. Fols. 1–5 and 44–49 are damaged in the left-hand margin, some 20 to 27 akṣaras being lost in each line. Fols. 38–43 are only slightly damaged.
The writing on fol. 15r has been partially rubbed off.
There is a portion of free space left in the centre of a number of fols., probably intended for illustration.
Exposures 54–55 show an additional cover-leaf.
Excerpts
Beginning
///⁅rasvatīṃ caiva tato⁆ 〇 jayam udīrayet ||
dharmapra〇cārāya manuṣyaloke
sākṣād asau dharma ivāvatīrṇṇaḥ |
sarvārthicintāmaṇikalpavṛkṣo
virājate śrī-
///− viniveśya dharmaśa〇raṇau dānādisatkarmasu 〇 |
yenābhyastam amatsareṇa manasā nityaṃ hariṃ dhyāyatā
tenedaṃ jayasiṃharāmavibhunā śrībhārataṃ le-
///śraddhayā śrījayasiṃha〇rāmo
vyalīlikhad bhārata〇m uttamaṃ tat ||
prete viṣṇusamāgamāya narakadvāro parodhāya ca
kruddhakrūrayamo sya darśanapathatyā-
///ta
dhīraḥ śrījayasiṃha〇rāmasukṛtī satvārtha〇cintāmaṇiḥ (!) ||
kāyavāṅmānasair vvittair vviṣṇau bhaktiṃ karoti yaḥ |
sa eva bhagavān viṣṇus tasmai ni-
///(va)jitya
saundaryeṇāpy a〇naṅga(ṃ) rajanikaram apa[[i]] 〇 hrepayann ātmadīptyā |
dorjjaṃ peṇāpi (!) bhīmaṃ divasakaram api sparddhamānaḥ pratāpaiḥ
sa śrīmān bhūma-
(2r1) ///tite karṇṇe samare 〇 savyasācinā |
hatāvaśiṣṭāḥ kuravaḥ kim akurvvata vai dvija ||
udīryamāṇaṃ ca balaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājā śuyodhanaḥ | 〇
pāṃḍavāt prāptakāmānāṃ kiṃ prāpadyata korava[[ḥ]] (!) |
(fol. 1v1–2r1)
End
bhayād vyākulitaṃ sarvaṃ prādravan nagaraṃ prati |
tato rājñaḥ ka〇latrāṇi bhrātṝṇāṃ cāsya sarvaśaḥ ||
vāhaneṣu samāropya tryadhyakṣāḥ prādravan bhayāt |
etac chrutvā tu (55r1) vacanaṃ [[vai]]śyāputreṇa bhāṣitaṃ ||
tato haṃ samanujñāpya rājānaṃ sahakeśavam |
praviṣṭo hāstinapuraṃ 〇 paralokān divacyutaḥ ||
prāptakālam iti jñātvā viduraḥ sarvadharmavit |
apūjayad ameghātmā (!) yuyutsuṃ vākya〇kovidaṃ ||
prāptakālam idaṃ sarva (!) bhārato rhati bhāṣituṃ |
adyāham api vikrāntaḥ śvo bhigantā yudhiṣṭhiraṃ ||
etāvad uktvā vacanaṃ viduraḥ sarvadharmmavit |
yuyutsuṃ samanujñāpya praviveśa nṛpakṣayaṃ || 〇
yuyutsur api tāṃ rātriṃ svagṛhe nyavasat tadā || ||
(fol. 54v5–55r2)
Colophon
mahābhārate śatasahasryāṃ (!) saṃhitāyāṃ śalyaparva sa〇māptaṃ || || iti śubhaṃ | maṃgalamahāśrī | oṁ namo gaṇapataye namaḥ | asyānu gadāparva bhavati || || oṃ svasti || trayodaśādhike paṃcaśate naipālavatsare kārttike kṛṣṇapakṣe ca dvādaśyāṃ 〇 kujavāre ||
śrījayasthitimallasya paṭṭaba|| ||ddhasya bhūbhujaḥ |
rājye naipāladeśe smin likhi〇taṃ śa|| ||lyaparvvakaṃ ||
naipālabhūmaṇḍalarakṣaṇāya
dharāvatīrṇṇo madhukeṭabhāriḥ (!) |
aśeṣasāmantaśiromaṇiśrīr-
mahīpatīndro jayasiṃharāmaḥ ||
sa puṇyakīrttiḥ sukṛtaika〇siṃdhur
anaikarāmasya kulekaratnaṃ (!) |
idaṃ mahābhāratam etad evaṃ
vyalīlikhat svargaphalapradaṃ ca ||
śrīma〇nmanikarājena vajrācāryeṇa dhīmatā |
likhitaṃ śalyaparvvākhyamahābhāratam uttamaṃ ||
(fol. 55r2–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 28/6
Date of Filming 09-09-1970
Exposures 56
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by OH
Date 29-05-2005
