B 18-18 Mahābhārata
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 18/18
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 34 x 5.5 cm x 428 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: LS 375
Acc No.: NAK 5/774
Remarks: Śāntiparvan
Reel No. B 18-18
Title: Mahābhārata
Remarks: Śāntiparvan
Subject: Mahābhārata
Language: Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script: Maithili
Material: palm-leaf
State: incomplete, damaged
Size: 34.0 x 5.5 cm
Binding Hole: 1, in the middle
Folios: ~ 180
Lines per Folio: 5
Foliation: figures in the left margin of the verso
Date of Copying: Lakṣmaṇa Saṃvat 375 (~1494 CE)
Place of Deposit: NAK
Accession No.: 5-774
Manuscript Features
More than half of the folios are missing. The first folio and some others are slightly damaged by worms, have broken edges or writing is rubbed off.
The last extant folio is no 428. It is followed by a couple of damaged folios, which belong to earlier on in the manuscript, and some fragments.
The manuscript is protected by a wooden cover, onto which a label has been attached on which is stated, in a modern hand, the name of the text and the state and date of the manuscript, which is (probably) la saṃ 375. In the manuscript itself the date could not be found.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namo nā⁅rāyaṇā⁆ya ||
vaiśa⁅mpā⁆yana uvāca ||
kṛtodakās te suhṛdāṃ sarvveṣāṃ ⁅pāṇḍunandanāḥ⁆
+++ ++++ + ++ś ca bharatastriyaḥ |
tatra te sumahātmāno nyavasan pāṇḍunandanāḥ |
śaucaṃ nirvvarttayiṣyanto māsamātraṃ bahiḥ purāt |
kṛtodakaṃ rājānaṃ dharmmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraṃ |
abhijagmur mmahātmānaḥ siddhā brahmarṣisattamāḥ |
dvaipāyano nāradaś ca devalaś ca mahān ṛṣiḥ |
devasthānaś ca ka(ṇva)ś ca teṣāṃ śiṣyāś ca sattamāḥ |
anye ca vedavidvāṃsaḥ kṛtaprajñā dvijātayaḥ |
gṛhasthāḥ snātakāḥ santo dadṛśuḥ kurusattamaṃ |
te ⟪..⟫ bhigamya mahātmānaḥ pūjitāś ca yathāvi[[dhi]]+
āsaneṣu mahārheṣu viviśus te maharṣayaḥ |
pratigṛhya tataḥ pūjāṃ tatkālasadṛśīṃ tadā |
paryupāsan yathānyāyaṃ parivārya yudhiṣṭhiraṃ | (fol. 1v1-5)
«Sub-Colophons»
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvvaṇi rājadharmme karṇṇābhijñāne(!) || 1 || (fol. 4r5-4v1)
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvvaṇi rājadharmme jñānavākyaṃ || || (fol. 15v4)
... ...
End
niḥsaṃśayaṃ niścitadharmmaśāstrāḥ sarvve bhavanto viditapramāṇāḥ |
vijñātukāmasya mameha vākyaṃm(!) uktaṃ yad vai naiṣṭhikaṃ tac chrutam me |
iha tv avaśyaṃ gadato mayāpi(!) vākyan nibodhadhvam ananyabhāvāḥ |
yo ⟪na⟫ vai na pāpe nirato na puṇye nārthe na dharmme manujo na kāme |
vimuktadoṣaḥ sa ca phalgusāro(!) vimucyate duṣyu(!)mukhāt(!) susiddhaḥ |
bhūtāni jātīmaraṇānvitāni jarāvi[[kārai]]ś ca samanvitāni |
bhūyaś ca tais taiḥ paripīḍitāni mokṣaṃ praśaṃsanti na tañ ca vidmaḥ |
snehena baddhasya hi nāsti muktir iti svabhūr(!) bhagavān ucāca |
budhāś ca nirvvāṇaparā bhavanti tasmān na kuryāt priyam apriyañ ca |
evaṃ pradhāno tra na kāmakāro yathā niyukto smi tathā carāmi |
bhūtāni sarvvāṇi vidhir niyuṅkte vidhir bbalīyān iti vitta sarvve |
na (kaś cid āpno)ty<ref >Some correction has been made here, and the reading is not clear. </ref> anavāpyam arthaṃ yad bhāvi tad vai bhavatīti vitta |
trivarggahīno pihit(!) āpnute (rtha)n tasmād idaṃ lokahitāya guhyam ||
vaiśampāyana uvāca ||
udagra..durvvaca° (fol. 428v1-5)
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Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 18/18
Date of Filming: 07-09-1970
Exposures: 188
Used Copy: Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film: positive
Catalogued by AM
Date: 31-08-2011
