A 26-3 Mahābhārata
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 26/3
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 38 x 6 cm x 200 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/2178
Remarks: Sabhāparvan
Reel No. A 26-3
Inventory No. 31161
Title Mahābhārata; Sabhāparvan
Author Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 38.0 x 6.0 cm
Binding Hole 1, rectangular, in the centre
Folios 200
Lines per Folio 4–5
Foliation figures in the middle of the left-hand margin of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/2178
Manuscript Features
Exp. 2 shows a wooden cover-leaf.
The scribe has skipped number “77” in numbering, the text running continuously.
There is one additional and unnumbered fol. (exp. 208 below/209 below), on which the following note has been written in the right-hand margin: paṃktibhramāl likhitam idaṃ patram.
apūpaiś caiva pūpaiś ca modakaiś ca samanvitam ||
sabhāparvvaṇi rājendra haviṣyaṃ bhojaye (!) dvijān || ||
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ vighneya (!) namaḥ ||
nārāyanan namaskṛtya narañ caiva narottamam |
devīṃ sarasvatīñ caiva tato jayam udīrayet ||
vaiśampāyana uvāca ||
tato bra⁅vīn ma⁆yaḥ pārthaṃ vāsudevasya sannidhau |
prāñjaliḥ ślakṣṇayā vācā pūjayi〇tvā punaḥ punaḥ |
asmāc ca kṛcchrāt saṃraddhāt (!) pāvakāc ca didhakṣataḥ |
tvayā trāto smi kaunteya brūhi kiṃṅ (!) karavāṇi te ||
arjjuna uvā〇ca ||
kṛtam eva tvayā sarvvaṃ svasti te stu vrajāsura |
prīti⁅mān bha⁆va me nityaṃ prītimanto vayañ ca te ||
maya uvāca ||
yuktam eta (!) tva〇yi vibho yathāttha puruṛṣarṣabha (!) |
prītipūrvvam ahaṃ kiñcit karttum icchāmi bhārata |
ahaṃ hi viśvakarmmā vai dānavānāṃ mahākaviḥ |
so haṃ vai tvatkṛte karttuṃ kiñcid icchāmi pāṇḍava ||
(fol. 1v1–5)
End
tatra me rocate nityaṃ pārthaiḥ sandhi gra[[r nna vi]]haḥ<ref name="ftn1">The scribe was going to emend: sandhir nna vigrahaḥ.</ref> (!) |
kurubhyo hi sadā paśya pāṇḍavān balavattarān |
tathā vai balavān rājā jarāsandho mahādyutiḥ |
bāhupraharaṇenaiva bhīmena ni(199r1)hato yudhi |
tasya te śamam evāstu pāṇḍavair bbharatarṣabhaiḥ |
ubhayoḥ pakṣayor yuktaṃ kriyatām aviśaṅkayā |
evaṃ kṛte mahārāja paraṃ śreyas tvam avāpsyasi |
dhṛtarāṣtra uvāca ||
etad gāvansaṇer (!) jñā〇tvā dharmmārthāsahitam vacaḥ |
uktavān na gṛhītaṃ ca mayā putraparīpsayā ||
(fol. 189v4–199r3)
Colophon
iti sahābhārate (!) śataśatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ 〇 sabhāparvvaṇy anudyute dhṛtarāṣtraparidevanaṃ nāma samāptañ cedaṃ sabhāparvveti ||
ataḥ paraṃ tṛtīyan tu jñeyam āraṇyakaṃ mahat | 〇
pratisandhir ayaṃ loko yasya prathama ucyate || ||
janamejaya uvāca ||
evaṃ dyutajitāḥ (!) pārthāḥ kopitāś ca durātmabhiḥ |
dhārttarāṣtrraiḥ sahāmātyair nnikṛtyā dvijasattama ||
iti sabhopanyāsaḥ<ref name="ftn2">On fol. 199v follows a short summary of the main incidents of the Sabhāparvan.</ref> ||
(fol. 199r3–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 26/3
Date of Filming 06-09-1970
Exposures 211
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks a few fols. have been micro-filmed twice
Catalogued by OH
Date 05-04-2005
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