A 1015-23 Mahābhārata

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1015/23
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 40 x 15.8 cm x 272 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 6/832
Remarks: Vanaparvan w. comm. by Nīlakaṇṭha; A 1014/8, A 1015/21, A 1015/23, A 1016/4, A 1016/6, A 1014/9–A 1015/1, A 1015/3, A 1015/11, A 1015/14, A 1015/6, A 1015/4, A 1015/8, A 1015/10, A 1015/15, A 1015/16, and A 1015/18 form a series

Reel No. A 1015-23 Inventory No. 31032

Title Mahābhāra-āraṇyakaparva and Bhāvadīpaṭīkā

Author Vyāsa and Nīlakaṇṭha

Subject Mahābhārata

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material Nepali paper

State incomplete, missing fol. is 84

Size 40.0 x 15.8 cm

Folios 270

Lines per Folio 11–17

Foliation figures in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation bhā. Va. ṭī. and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāmaḥ on the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 6/832

Manuscript Features

The folio number 141 is not mentioned but text is continuous.

The folio number 153 and 188 are mentioned twice but text is not repeated.

After the colophon there has been written some verses of virāṭaparva and Śravaṇavidhi.

Excerpts

«Beginning of the root text:»

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ

nārāyaṇaṃ namakṛtya (!) naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ

devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayam udīrayet

janamejaya uvāca

evaṃ dyūtajitāḥ pārthāḥ kopitāś ca durātmabhiḥ

dhārttarāṣṭraiḥ sahāmātyair nikṛtyā dvijasattama 1

śrāvitāḥ paruṣā vācaḥ sṛjadbhir vairam uttamaṃ

kim akurvata kauravyā mama pūrvapitāmahāḥ 2

kathaṃ caiśvaryavibhraṣṭāḥ sahasā duḥkham eyuṣaḥ

vane vijahrire pārthāḥ śakrapratimatejasaḥ 3 (fol. 1v4–6)

«Beginning of the commentary:»

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ

†oṃ yodevo muninirayakṣudhānudhāna

paraṃ āmuninivaho pi tṛpti āpa ||

tasyaivaṃ nijajagadaṃtarātmabhāvaṃ

vyākarttuḥ padam upayāma gopasūnoḥ†

†patijñā (!) sā labhyate patramukhyair

yatraikāgryaṃ prārthata(saṃpamādyaiḥ)

bhese vehaṃ madguruṃ makṣaṇārthaṃ

brahmaprajñāni vaṃśāvataṃsaṃ† 2

praṇamā (!) nārāyaṇatīrthavaryā (!)

dhīreśamiśrāṃś ca hamīrapuryān

kurmo gurūṇāṃ hṛdayānurūpaṃ

āraṇyake parvaṇi bhāvadīpaṃ 3

tatra pūrvasmin parvaṇi draupadītrāṇena bhakter māhātmyaṃ darśitaṃ jñānapratijñāpālena (sansayagama)tīrthāṭanasvadharmācaraṇādinā labhyata iti tattadākhyāyikāmukhyeneha pratipādya darupadīdattaśākaleśāśane prakṛtsne tṛpte sarvajagataḥ | miti (!) daurvāsaso [ʼ]py ākhyāne (fol. 1v1–3)

«End of the root text:»

kośamātram upāgamya tasmād deśān nimittataḥ

śvobhūte manujavyāghraś channaṃvāsārtham (!) udyatā (!) 30

pṛthak śāstravidaḥ sarve sarve maṃtraviśāradāḥ

saṃdhivigrahakālajñā matrāya samupāviśat 31 || (fol. 271r8–9)

«End of the commentary:»

samutthānasamāgataṃ bhīmādīnāṃ samutthānaṃ ca dharmarājena saha samāgataṃ saṃmelanaṃ vveti (!) samāhāraḥ pituḥ dharmasya yudhiṣṭhirasya kadaryabhāve kārppaṇye sadā sthānaṃ śubhākhyānaṃ 29 adhyāyaḥ dharmeṇeti vatsyaṃtaḥ vastum ichatataḥ (!) 2 sthitāḥ svadharmaniṣṭhāḥ 3 4 5 6 yuktāḥ yojitāś cārā yais te yuktāḥ avahitāḥ paurasya svajananasya (!) (yatrasthābhirāśritasya) viṣamaṃ kuryur ato rāṣṭrāṃtaro ʼsmābhir gaṃtavyam ity āśayaḥ 7 8 aśucir ārttiprastatvāt śucir ity eva pāṭhaḥ svasthaḥ 9 10 11 12 †upaviśi† kṛtvā 13 14 15 16 17 navacālachalena śatruna (!) nāṃgīkṛtavān 22 26 āśīryoktā āśiṣaṃ prayujya 27 30 maṃtrāya vicārarthaṃ (!) 31 (fol. 270r12–270v1 and 270v12–271r1)

«Colophon of the root text:»

iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyām āraṇyake parvaṇi haraṇaṃ (!) samāptaṃ || (fol. 271r9)

«Colophon of the commentary:»

iti śrīmatpadavākyapraṃāṇamaryādādhuraṃdharacanurvaraṃvaṃśāvataṃsaśrīgoviṃdasūrisūnoḥ (!) śrīnīlakaṃṭhasya kṛto (!) bhāratabhāvādīpe (!) āraṇyakaparvārthaprakāśaḥ samāptim agamat

rāmaḥ rāmaḥ rāmaḥ rāmaḥ rāmaḥ rāmaḥ rāmaḥ (fol. 271v1–11)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1015/23

Date of Filming 23-05-1985

Exposures 276

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks two exposures of fols. 147v–148r and 188v–189r

Catalogued by BK

Date 14-06-2007

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