A 308-4 Mahābhārata
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 308/4
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 41 x 16 cm x 135 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/652
Remarks: folio number uncertain; Sabhāparvan w. comm. by Nīlakaṇṭha; forms a group with other NAK 4-652
Reel No. A 308-4
Inventory No. 31057
Title Mahābhārata and Bhāratabhāvadīpa
Remarks The text covered is Sabhāparvan and Bhāratabhāvadīpaṭīkā; a commentary on it.
Author attributed to Vyāsa, Nīlakaṇṭha
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State incomplete; available folios: 9, 17–69 and 71–150
Size 41.0 x 16.0 cm
Folios 134
Lines per Folio 7–11
Foliation figures in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation bhā. sa. ṭī. and in the lower right-hand margin under the word heramba on the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/652
Manuscript Features
Fols. 20 and 22 are comparatively dimmer.
Fol. 21 is much dimmer and completely illegible.
Excerpts
Beginning of the root text
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āsāṃcakrur nareṃdrāś ca nānādeśasamāgatāḥ
asito devalaḥ syatyaḥ(!) sarpi(!) mālī mahāśirāḥ 10
arcāvasuḥ sumitraś ca maitreyaḥ śunako baliḥ
bako dālbhyaḥ sthūlaśirāḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ śukaḥ 11
sumaṃtur jaiminiḥ pailo vyāsaśiṣyās tathā vayaṃ
taittiri(!) yājñavalkyaś ca satuto(!) lomaharṣaṇaḥ 12
suhotraś caiva dhaumyaś ca aṇi(!)māṃḍavyakauśikau
dāmoṣṇīṣas traibalīś(!) ca parṇādo ghaṭajānukaḥ [13]
mauṃjāyano vāyubhakṣaḥ parāśaryyaś ca sārikaḥ
balī(!)vākaḥ sinīvākaḥ satyapālaḥ kṛtaśramaḥ 14
jātūkarṇyaḥ śikhāṃ(!)vāṃś ca ālaṃbaḥ pārijātakaḥ
parvataś ca mahābhāgo mārkaṃḍeyo mahāmuniḥ [15] (fol. 9r1–4)
Beginning of the commentary
/// kālakeyāḥ kālakāyā apatyāni asurāḥ 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 rauravājinavāsasaḥ mṛgacarmaparīdhānā 35 || || (35) (fol. 9v1)
End of the root text
gadāvegaṃ ca bhīmasya nālaṃ soḍhuṃ narādhipāḥ
tatra me rocate nityaṃ pāthaiḥ(!) sāma na vigrahaḥ 34
kurubhyo hi sadā manye pāṃḍavān balavattarāt(!)
tathā hi balavān rājā jarāsaṃdho mahādyuti(!) 35
bāhū(!)praharaṇenaiva bhīmena nihito yudhi
tasya te śasa(!)ma evāstu pāṃḍavair bharatarṣabha 36
ubhayoḥ pakṣayo(!) yuktaṃ kriyatām aviśaṃkayā
evaṃ kṛte mahārāja pare(!) śreyas tvam āpsyasi 37
evaṃ valga(!) kṣattā dharmārthasahitaṃ vacaḥ
uktavān na gṛhītaṃ vai mayā putrahitaiṣiṇā 38 (fol. 149v7–150r5)
End of the commentary
śeṣaṃ havanāvaśeṣaṃ katipayā nāmekatyavā(!)jīvanaṃ bhaviṣyatīty arthaḥ 18 19 20 21 niṣṭhānakaḥ pralayaduṃdubhiś caṃḍavāta ity arthaḥ niṣṭhānaka iti pāṭhe pi sa evārthaḥ || nirghātavajraśabdaḥ 22 23 śivāḥ śṛgālāḥ 24 25 26 27 †aḍabhāvaśrārṣaḥ† pāṭhāṃtareṣu sugamaṃ 28 29 30 31 32 33 ❁ ❁ ❁ 37 38 (fol. 149r1, lower right-hand margin, 149v1 and 150r1)
Colophon of the root text
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ sabhāparva samāptaṃ śubham astu śrīkṛṣṇacaṃdro jayatu
paramātmane namaḥ
purāṇapuruṣottamāya nivedayāmi namaḥ
śrīr astu (fol. 150r5–6)
Colophon of the commentary
iti mat(!)padavākyapramāṇamaryādādhuraṃdharacaturddharavaṃśāvataṃśa(!)śrīgoviṃdasūrisūnuśrīnīlakaṃṭharacite bhāratabhāvadīpe sabhāvarpā(!)khyaprakāśaḥ samāptim(!) agamat śrīr astu na tuṣṭaye śubhaṃ bhavatu śrī etat sarvaṃ sabhāparvam(!) ākhyāyākhyātaṃ maharṣayaḥ … iti sabhāparva samāptaṃ asyānaṃtaraṃ āraṇyakaṃ bhaviṣyati tasyām ādyaślokaḥ
janamecaya uvāca
evaṃ dyūtajitāḥ pārthāḥ kopitāś ca durātmabhiḥ
dhārttarāṣṭraiḥ sahāmātyair nikṛtyā dvijasattamaḥ(!) 1
ayāsmin(!) parvaṇi vṛttāṃtāḥ mabhābhigamanaṃ … pāṃḍavaparājayaḥ dyūtaṃ rājyaharaṇaṃ draupadīprakarṣaṇaṃ draupadīvaradānaṃ anudyūtaṃ pāmḍavaparājayaḥ vanaprasthānam iti śubhaṃ (fol. 150r1–3 and 7–9)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 308/4
Date of Filming 03-04-1972
Exposures 140
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks fols. 38v and 38r are in reverse order, two exposures of fols. 67v–68r, 75v–76r, 97v–98r and 128v–129r
Catalogued by RK
Date 16-11-2007
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