B 19-6 Mahābhārata

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 19/6
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 35 x 5 cm x 162 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/777
Remarks: Śalyaparvan?

Reel No. B 19-6

Title: Mahābhārata

Remarks: 9th and 10th parvan (Śalyaparvan and Sauptikaparvan)

Subject: Mahābhārata

Language: Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script: Maithili

Material: palm-leaf

State: incomplete

Size: 35.0 x 5.0 cm

Binding Hole: 1, in the middle

Folios: 107

Lines per Folio: 5

Foliation: figures in the left margin of the verso

Date of Copying:

Place of Deposit: NAK

Accession No.: 5-777

Manuscript Features

Extant folios: 3-4, 11, 13-14, +<ref >^{Foliation is lost.} </ref>, (69?), 34, 70-76, 83-93, 105, 103, 119-127, 130-132, 134, 136-137, 140-156, 158-167, (68?), 168-170, 172-173, 175-194, 298-305, 307, 310-311, +.

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Excerpts

Beginning

°cittān ivonmattān śokena bhṛśapīḍitān |
sa tathā vihvalaḥ sūtaḥ praviśya nṛpatikṣayaṃ |
dadarśa nṛpatiśreṣṭhaṃ prajñācakṣuṣam īśvaraṃ |
dṛṣṭvā cāsīnam anaghaṃ samantāt parivāritam |
snuṣābhir bbharataśreṣṭhaṃ gāndhāryā vidureṇa ca |
tathaivānyaiḥ suhṛdbhiś ca jñātibhiś ca hitaiṣibhiḥ |
tam eva cārthaṃ dhyāyantaṃ karṇṇasya nidhanaṃ prati |
rudann evābravīd vākyaṃ rājānaṃ janamejaya⟪ḥ⟫ |
satrūdvignamanāḥ sūto bāṣpāsa⁅ndigdha⁆yā girā |
sañjayo hi(!) mahārāja namas te bharatarṣabha |
madrādhipo hataḥ śalyaḥ śakuniḥ saubalas tathā | (fol. 3r1-4)

«Sub-Colophons»

ati(!) mahābhārate śalyaparvvaṇi || || (fol. 14v4-5)

... ...

End

vyāsa uvāca ||
astraṃ vra.. śiraṃs(!) tāta vidvān pārtho dhanañjayaḥ |
utsṛṣṭavān na roṣeṇa na śāmaya(!) tavāhave |
astram astreṇa tu raṇe tava saṃśa[[ma]]yiṣyatā |
visṛṣṭam arjjunenaitat punaś ca pratisaṃskṛtam |
brahmastram(!) apy avāpyaitad upadeśaṃ pitus tava |
kṣatradharmān mahābāhur nnākampata dhanañjayaḥ |
evaṃ dhṛtimataḥ sādhoḥ sarvvāstraviduṣaḥ sataḥ |
saha bhrātṛvarai(!) kasmāt tatvaṃ vada cikīrṣasi |
astraṃ brahmaśiro yatra paramāstreṇa vadhyate |
samā dvādaśa parjjanyaḥ tad rāṣṭraṃ nābhivarṣati |
etadarthaṃ mahābāhuḥ śaktimān api pāṇḍavaḥ |
na vihany(!) etad astraṃ te prajānāṃ hitā° (fol. 311v1-5)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 19/06

Date of Filming: 09-09-1970

Exposures:

Used Copy: Kathmandu (scan)

Type of Film: positive

Remarks:

Catalogued by AM

Date: 04-10-2011