A 1015-8 Mahābhārata

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1015/8
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 42.1 x 16.3 cm x 28 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: complete
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 6/844
Remarks: Āśramavāsikaparvan 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 1015-8 Inventory No. 31041

Title Mahābhārata Āśramavāsikaparva

Author Vyāsa

Subject Mahābhārata

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material Nepali paper

State complete

Size 41.5 x 16.4 cm

Folios 28

Lines per Folio 12

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

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 6/844

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ

nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ

devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayam udīrayet1

janamejaya uºº

prāpya rājyaṃ mahātmānaḥ pāṃḍavā me pitāmahāḥ

katham ā(2)sīn mahārājñi dhṛtarāṣṭre mahatmani1

sa tu rājā hatāmātyo hataputro nirāśayaḥ

katham āsīd dhataiśvaryo (!) gāṃdhārī ca yaśasvinī2

kriyanta (!) caiva kālaṃ te mama pūrvapitāmahāḥ

(3) sthitā rājye mahātmānas tan me vyākhyātum arhasi3 (fol. 1v1–3)

End

hataputrasya saṃgrāme dānāni dadataḥ sadā

jñāti saṃbaṃdhimitrāṇāṃ jñātīnāṃ svajanasya ca 26

yudhiṣṭhirasya nṛpater nātiprītamanās tadā

dhārayāmāsa ta(8)d rājyaṃ nihata jñātibāṃdhavaḥ 27

tathāśramavāsike (!) tu parvaṇyapi samāhitaḥ

gaṃdhabhālyādiyuktaṃ ca haviṣyaṃ bhojayed vijān 28 (fol. 28r7–8)

Colophon

iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāha(9)sryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ āśramavāsaparva samāptam 39 ślokasaṃkhyā 1087 asyānantaraṃ mauśalaparva bhaviṣyati tasyāyam ādyaḥ ślokaḥ

vaiśaṃºº

ṣaṭ(10)triṃśetvatha saṃprāte varṣe kauravanandanaḥ

dadarśa viparītāni nimittāni yudhiṣṭhiraḥ 1  (fol. 28r8–10)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1015/8

Date of Filming (22-05-1985)

Exposures 32

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks text begins from exp.3, two exposures of fols. 3v–4r,

Catalogued by MS

Date 15-01-2007

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