A 1343-7 Mahābhārata (Śāntiparvan)
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1343/7
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.8 cm x 10 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 2/141
Remarks: Śāntiparvan
Reel No. A 1343-7
Inventory No.: 97344
Title Mahābhārata (Śāntiparvan)
Remarks The text covered is the Śāntiparvan.
Author attributed to Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Reference BSP, p. 224, no. 542
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 9.2 x 5.8 cm
Folios 10
Lines per Folio 3
Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation bhā. rā. (or bhā.) and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāma
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 2/141
Manuscript Features
The MS contains the 5th adhyāya (Rājadharma(upa)parvan of the Śāntiparvan (Poona Edition).
Excerpts
Beginning
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
nārada uvāca ||
aviṣkṛtabalaṃ karṇaṃ śrutvā rājā sa māgadhaḥ ||
āhvayad vairathenājau jarāsaṃdho mahīpatiḥ || 1 ||
tayoḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ divyāstraviduṣor dvayoḥ ||
yudhi nānāpraharaṇair anyonyam abhivarṣatoḥ || 2 ||
kṣīṇabāṇau vidhanuṣau bhagnakhaḍgau mahīṃ gatau ||
bāhubhiḥ samasajjetām ubhāv api balānvitau || 3 ||
bāhukaṃṭakayuddhena tasya karṇo tha yudhyataḥ ||
vibheda saṃdhiṃ dehasya jarayā śleṣitasya hi || 4 || (fol. 1v1–4r1)
End
bhīṣmāvamānāt saṃkhyāyāṃ rathasyārddhānukīrtanāt ||
śalyatejovadhāc cāpi vāsudevanayena ca || 12 ||
rudrasya devarājasya yamasya varuṇasya ca ||
kuveradroṇayoś caiva kṛpasya ca mahātmanaḥ || 13 ||
astrāṇi divyāny ādāya yuddhe gāṃḍīvadhanvanā ||
hato vaikarttanaḥ karṇo divākarasamadyutiḥ || 14 ||
evaṃ śaptas tava bhrātā bahubhiś cāpi vaṃcitaḥ ||
na śocyaḥ sa naravyāghro yuddhe hi nidhanaṃ gataḥ || 15 || (fol. 8r2-10v1)
Colophon
iti mahābhārate śāṃtiparvaṇi rājadharme paṃcamo[’]dhyāyaḥ || 5 ||
śubham (fol. 10v1–3)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1343/7
Exposures 13
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Catalogued by RK
Date 18-03-2008
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