A 1015-9 Mahābhārata

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1015/9
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 28.7 x 13 cm x 118 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: NS 980
Acc No.: NAK 6/950
Remarks: Āśvamedhikaparvan

Reel No. A 1015-9 Inventory No. 31409

Title Mahābhārataāśvamedhikaparva

Author Vyāsa

Subject Mahābhārata

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material Nepali paper

State complete

Size 29.0 x 13.5 cm

Folios 118

Lines per Folio 11

Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the marginal title ā.pa. and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāmaḥ

Scribe Dāmodaravipra

Date of Copying NS 980

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 6/950

Manuscript Features

On the expo.2 is written ‥979 āśvinavadi 13 roja 2 khvapadeśayā narasiṃhadevalasa thva āśvamedhika śrīvāṇīrāja upādhyāna hlānā lujo ||

āśvamedhikaparvva

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || || 

nārāyaṇaṃ namas kṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ || 

devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jaya(2)m udīrayet || 

|| vaiśampāyana uvāca || 

kṛtodakan tu rājānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ || 

puraskṛtya mahābā(3)hur uttatārākulendriyaḥ || 1 || 

uttīryya tu mahābāhur vāṣpavyākulalocanaḥ || 

papāta tīre gaṃgāyā vyā(4)dhaviddhva iva dvipaḥ || 2 || (fol. 1v1–4)

End

taiś cokto yajñimān deśān dharmmā(1)raṇyaṃ tathaiva ca || 

jugupsamāno dhāvan sa taṃ yajñaṃ sam upāsadat || 98 || 

dharmaputram athākṣipya saktuprasthena tena saḥ || 

muktaḥ (2) śāpāt tataḥ krodho dharmmo hyāsīd yudhiṣṭhiraḥ || 99 || 

evam etat tadāvṛttaṃ yajñe tasya mahātmanaḥ || 

paśyatāñ cāpi nas tatra nakulonta(3)rhitas tadā || 2900 || 55 || (fol. 121v10–122r3)

Colophon

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvvaṇi anugītāparvvaṇi nakulopākhyāne dvinavato ʼ(4)dhyāyaḥ (!)  || 92 || ○ || samāptañ cedam āśvamedhikaparvva || śubham || || atra vyāsoktādhyāya ślokasaṃkhyā nyūnādhi(5)kyañ cellipikarapramādāt tad bodhyaṃ || ❁ || saṃvat 980 kārttikaśudi 14 roja 4 śrīdāmodaravipreṇa likhitaṃ śumbhm || (fol. 122r3–5)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1015/9

Date of Filming (22-05-1985)

Exposures 124

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks two exposures of fols. 45v–46r,

Catalogued by MS

Date 15-01-2007

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