A 28-1 Mahābhārata
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 28/1
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 60.5 x 6 cm x 273 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: LS 422
Acc No.: NAK 1/869
Remarks: Udyogaparvan
Reel No. A 28-1
Inventory No. 31252
Title Mahābhārata; Udyogaparvan
Author Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 60.5 x 6.0 cm
Binding Hole 1, in the centre
Folios 273
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the middle of the left-hand margin of the verso
Scribe Vāmacandra
Date of Copying LS 422
Place of Copying Kakabauragrāma
Donor Hīrū
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/869
Manuscript Features
The scribe has skipped “265” in numbering the fols., the text running continuously.
There are a few corrections and additions by another hand.
Exposures 2–3 show an additional cover-leaf.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
sa jayaty eva matimān yenāsau śrutisāgarāt |
prakāśo janito lo[[ke]] mahāratacandramāḥ (!) ||
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca ||
kṛtvā vivāhan tu kurupravīrās
tadābhimanyor muditāḥ sapakṣāḥ |
viśramya rātrāv uṣasi pratītāḥ
sabhāṃ virāṭasya tadābhijagmuḥ ||
sabhā tu sā matsyapateḥ samṛddhā
mālapravālottamaratnacitrā |
nyastāsanā mālyavatī sugandhā
tām abhya〇yus te nararājamukhyāḥ |
yathāsanañ cāviśatāṃ purastād
ubhau virāṭadrupadau narendrau |
vṛddhāś ca mānyāḥ pṛthivīpatīnāṃ
pitāmahau rāmajanārddanābhyāṃ |
pāñcālarājasya samīpasthas tu
śinipravīraḥ saharauhiṇeyaḥ |
matsasya rājñaś ca 〇 susannikṛṣṭo
janārddanaś caiva yudhiṣṭhiraś ca |
śrutāś ca sarvve drupadasya rājño
bhīmārjunau mādravatīsutau ca |
pradyumnaśāmbau ca narapravīrau
virāṭaputraiś ca sahābhimanyuḥ |
(fol. 1v1–4)
End
tam abhyayāt satyadhṛtiḥ saucittir yuddhadurmmadaḥ |
śroṇimān vasudānañ (!) ca pu〇traḥ kāśyasya vāritaḥ |
rathā viṃśatisāhasrā ye teṣām anvayāyinām |
hayānān nava koṭyas tu dhvajānāṃ kiṅkiṇīkināṃ |
gajā viṃśatisāhasrāḥ iśādantāḥ prahāriṇaḥ |
kulīnā bhinnakaraṭā meghā pūravisarppiṇaḥ (!) |
ṣaṣṭināgasahasrāṇi daśānyāni ca bhārata |
yudhiṣṭhirasya yā〇ny āsan yudhi senā (!) mahātmanaḥ |
rakṣanta (!) iva jīmūtāḥ prabhinnakaraṭāmukhāḥ |
rājānam anvayuḥ paścāc calanta iva parvvatāḥ |
evaṃ samabhavad bhīmaḥ kuntīputrasya dhīmataḥ |
yadāśrityābhiyuyudhe dhārttarāṣṭraṃ suyodhanaṃ |
tato nye gaṇaśaḥ paścāt sahasrāyutaśo narāḥ |
nadantaḥ prayayus teṣām anīkāni sahasraśaḥ |
tatra bherīsahasrāṇi śaṃkhānāṃ ayutāni ca |
nyavādayanta saṃhṛṣṭāḥ sahasrāyutaśo narāḥ ||
(fol. 174r4–6)
Colophon
iti mahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsi(kyām udyo)gaparvvanāmapustakaṃ samāptam || la saṃ 422 phalgunaśukladvādaśyāṃ śanau kakabauragrāme śrīhīrūmahāśayānām ādeśenodyogaparvvapustake śayabhāge śataṃ patrāṇi śrīvāmacandreṇa likhitānīti ||
pustakalikhanapariśramajño vidyujjano (!) nānyaḥ |
sāgaralaṃghanakhedaṃ hanūmān ekas (pa)raṃ veda ||
(fol. 174r6–7)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 28/1
Date of Filming 08-09-1970
Exposures 283
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks a few fols. have been micro-filmed twice
Catalogued by OH
Date 21-04-2005
