A 1075-8 Mahābhārata
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1075/8
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 64 x 5.2 cm x 199 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: NS 632
Acc No.: NAK 5/842
Remarks: Ādi-, Sauptika-, Aiṣīka-, Viśoka-, Strīparvan
Reel No. A 1075-8
Inventory No. 97289
Title Mahābhārata; Ādiparvan; Sauptika-, Aiṣīka-, Viśoka-, Strīparvan
Author Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State almost complete
Size 65.0 x 5.0 cm
Binding Hole 2
Folios 198+1
Lines per Folio 6-7
Foliation figures in the left-hand margin by a later hand
Date of Copying NS 632
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/842
Manuscript Features
There are two separate foliations for the Ādiparvan on the one hand (fols. 1–166, fols. 2–4 missing, fol. 8 has come between 1 and 5), and the Sauptika-, Aiṣīka-, Viśoka-, and Strīparvan on the other hand (fols. 1–36, fol. 16 missing). These last 35 fols. have been micro-filmed in reversed order.
There is an additional fol. of another MS inserted at the end of the Ādiparvan (exp. 168–169, numbered “165”), which is written in Newari characters of quite old appearance and seems to belong to a text connected with Śivadharma.
The writing on a few fols. is partially rubbed off.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṁ namaḥ pi⁅tāmahāya namaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanā⁆ya ||
nārāya⁅ṇa⁆ṃ [namaskṛt]ya narañ caiva narottamaṃ |
devīṃ sarasvatīñ caiva tato jayam udīrayet ||
pārāśaryavacaḥsarojam amalaṃ gītārthagandhotkaṭaṃ
nānākhyānakakesara (!) harikathāsambodhanodbodhitaṃ |
loke sajjanaṣaṭpadair ahar ahaḥ pepīyamānaṃ mudā
bhūyād bhāratapaṅkajaṃ kalimalapradhvaṃsi naḥ śreyase ||
jayati parāśarasūnuḥ satyavatīhṛdayanandano vyāsaḥ |
yasyāsya kamalagalitaṃ vāṅmayam amṛtaṃ jagat pibati ||
romaharṣaṇapu〇tra ugraśravāḥ sūtaḥ paurāṇiko
naimiṣāraṇye sauṇakasya kulapater dvādaśavārṣike satre |
sabhāsīnān abhyagacchad brahmarṣī〇n saṃśritavratān |
vinayāvanato bhūtvā paryatan (!) sūtanandanaḥ ||
tam āśramam anuprāptaṃ naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ |
cittrāḥ śrotuṃ kathās tatra parivavrus tapasvinaḥ ||
abhivādya munīṃs tāṃs tu sarvvān eva kṛtāñjaliḥ |
apṛcchat sa 〇 tapovṛddhiṃ sadbhiś caivābhinanditaḥ ||
atha teṣūpaviṣṭeṣu sarvveṣv eva tapasviṣu |
nirddiṣṭam ānasam (!) bheje vinayād raumaha〇rṣaṇiḥ ||
sukhāsīnaṃ tatas tan tu viśrāntam upalakṣya ca |
athāpṛcchad ṛṣis tatra kaścit prastāvayan kathāḥ ||
(fol. 1v1–3)
End
sa naḥ prathamajo bhrātā sarvvaśastrabhṛtām varaḥ |
asūta taṃ bhavaty agre katham adbhutavikramaṃ |
aho bhavatyā 〇 mantrasya gūhanena vayaṃ hatāḥ |
nidhanena hi karṇṇasya pīḍitā[[ḥ]] sma ha pāṇḍavāḥ |
abhimanyor vvināśena draupadeyavadhena ca |
pāṇcālānāñ ca nāśena kurūṇāṃ patanena ca |
tataḥ śataguṇaṃ duḥkham idaṃ mām aspṛśad bhṛśaṃ |
karṇṇam evānuśocan hi 〇 dahyām (!) agnam (!) ivāhitāḥ |
na hi sma kiñ cid aprāpyaṃ bhaved api divi sthitaṃ |
na ca sma vaiśasaṃ ghoraṃ kauravāntakaraṃ bhavet |
evaṃ vilapya 〇 bahulaṃ dharmmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
vinadan duḥkhitaṃ rājan cakāra syo(!)dakaṃ prabhuḥ
tato vineduḥ sahasā strīpumāṃsaś (!) ca sarvvaśaḥ |
abhito ye sthitās tatra tasminn udakakarmmaṇi |
tataḥ ānayayāmāsa (!) karṇṇasya saparicchadāḥ |
striyaḥ kurupatir ddhīmān bhrātu (!) premnā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
sa tābhiḥ saha dharmmātmā pretakṛtyam anantaram |
kṛtto(!)ttatāra gaṃgāyāḥ salilād ākulendriyaḥ || 75 ||
(fol. 36v4–6)
Sub-colophons
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāśikyāṃ ādiparvva samāptaṃ || || (fol. 166v8)
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāśikyāṃ sauptikaṃ parvva samāpta (!) (24)0 || || (fol. 13r3)
|| 25 || 237 || iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhi〇tāyāṃ vaiyāśikyāṃ aiṣikaṃ parvva samāptam || || (fol. 19r3)
|| 51 || [[236]] || iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāśikyāṃ viśokaparvva samāptam || || 8 || (fol. 24v1)
Colophon
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāśikyāṃ strīparvva samāptaṃ || ❁ || śubham astu lekhakapāṭhakayo (!) || saṃ 632 mārggaśire ||
(fol. 36v6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1075/8
Date of Filming 20-02-1986
Exposures 210
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks the same MS has been micro-filmed on A 29/2, including some changes in the order of fols.
Catalogued by OH
Date 23-06-2005
