A 308-10 Mahābhārata
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 308/10
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 38.5 x 15 cm x 146 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: complete
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: ŚS 1686
Acc No.: NAK 1/971
Remarks: Karṇaparvan; A 308/10, A 309/4, A 309/5, A 303/6, B 264/6, B 248/11 and B 264/16 form a series
Reel No. A 308-10
Inventory No. 30969
Title Mahābhārata
Remarks The text covered is Karṇaparvan.
Author attributed to Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 38.5 x 15.0 cm
Folios 146
Lines per Folio 10–11
Foliation figures in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation ka. pa. and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāma on the verso
Date of Copying ŚS 1686
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/971
Manuscript Features
The text starts form the beginning of the 2nd ahdyāya and runs up to the end. The first adhyāya, which contains vv. 49 has not been copied (POONA EDITION).
Excerpts
Beginning
śrīrāmāya namaḥ || ||
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ
devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ tato jayam udīrayet
saṃjaya uvāca
hate droṇe maheṣvāse tava putrā mahārathāḥ
babhu(!)vur asvasthamukhā viṣaṇṇā gatacetasaḥ
avāṅmukhāḥ śastrabhṛtaḥ sarva eva viśāṃ pate
aprekṣyamāṇāḥ śokārttā nābhyabhāṣan parasparaṃ
tān dṛṣṭvā vyathitākārān sainyāni tava bhārata
urddhvam evānvavaikṣata duḥkhatrastāny anekaśaḥ
astrāsayeṣāṃ(!) ca rājeṃdra śoṇitāktāny anekaśaḥ
prābhraśyaṃta karāgrebhyo dṛṣṭvā droṇaṃ nipātitaṃ
tāny abaddhāny ariṣṭāni laṃbamānāni bhārata
adṛśyaṃta mahārāja nakṣatrāṇi yathā divi (fol. 1v1–5)
End
śrutvā tad apriyaṃ rājā dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpati(!)
papāta bhūmau niśceṣṭaḥ kauravyaḥ paramāsanāt
tathā satyaja(!)tā devī gāṃdhārī priyadarśanā(!)
taṃ paryagṛhṇād viduro nṛpatiṃ saṃjayas tathā
paryaśvāsayatāṃ(!) cainaṃ tāv ubhāv eva bhūmipaṃ
tathaivotthāpayāmāsur gāṃdhārīṃ rājayoṣita(!)
tābhyām āśvāsito rājā tūṣṇīm āsīd vicetanaḥ
idaṃ mahāyuddhamakhaṃ mahātmanor dhanaṃjayādhiratheś ca yaḥ paṭ(!)et
sasamyag iṣṭasya makhasya yat phalaṃ tad āpnuyāt saṃśravaṇāc ca bhārata
makho hi viṣṇur bhgavān sanātano vahaṃti taṃ vahnyanileṃdubhāskarāḥ
ato nusūyuḥ śṛṇuyāt paṭḥec ca yaḥ sasarvalokānucaraḥ sukhī bhavet (fol. 146r3–8)
Colophon
iti mahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ karṇaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭḥirānaṃdo nāmaikonasaptavi(!)satimo(!) dhyāyaḥ || ||
ekonasaptaty dhyāyāḥ karṇaparvaṇi kīrttitāḥ
catvāryy eva sahasrāṇi ślokānāṃ ṣaḍśatāni ca ||
śrīśāke 1686 tithau 13 (fol. 146r8–9)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 308/10
Date of Filming 04-04-1972
Exposures 153
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks Fol. 146 is in reverse order and two exposures of fols. 60v-61r, 65v–66r, 85v–86r and116v–117r.
Catalogued by RK
Date 20-11-2007
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