A 308-6 Mahābhārata
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 308/6
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 39.5 x 15.5 cm x 55 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/652
Remarks: Gadāparvan w. comm. by Nīlakaṇṭha; forms a group with other NAK 4-652
Reel No. A 308-6
Inventory No. 31061
Title Mahābhārata
Remarks The text covered is part of Śalyaparvan and the text contains Tīrthayātrā(upa)parvan and Gadāyuddha(upa)parvan.
Author attributed to Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 39.5 x 15.5 cm
Folios 55
Lines per Folio 8–11
Foliation figures in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation gadā.(somewhere gadāparv, ga. pa. and somewhere no abbreviation) and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāma on the verso
Scribe Amṛtānanda
Date of Copying SAM (ŚS) 1713
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/652
Manuscript Features
The text starts from the 29th adhyāya of Śalyaparvan and runs up to the end of the Śalyaparvan (64th adhyāya). Those adhyāyas are known as Tīrthayātrā(upa)parvan (29th adhyāya–53rd adhyāya) and Gadāyuddha(upa)parvan (54th adhyāya–64th adhyāya) (POONA EDITION).
Excerpts
Beginning
|| śrīgurugaṇeśāya namaḥ || ||
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ ||
devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayam udīrayet || 1 ||
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ||
hateṣu sarvasainyeṣu pāṇḍuputrai raṇājire ||
mama śainyāvaśiṣṭās te kim akurvata saṃjaya || 2 ||
kṛtavarmā kṛta(!)ś caiva droṇaputraś ca vīryavān |
duryodhanas tu maṃdātmā rājā kim akarot tadā || 3 ||
saṃjaya uvāca ||
saṃprādravatsu dāreṣu kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahātmanāṃ |
vidrute śibire śūnye bhṛśodvignās trayo rathaḥ || 4 ||
niśamya pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ tadā vaijayināṃ svanam ||
vidrutaṃ śibiraṃ dṛṣṭvā sāyāhne rājagṛddhinaḥ || 5 ||
sthānaṃ nārocayaṃs tatra tatas te hradam abhyayuḥ |
dudhiṣṭhiro pi dharmātmā bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito raṇe | (fol. 1v1–4)
End
rājño niyogād yodha(!)vyaṃ brāhmaṇena viśeṣataḥ ||
varttatāṃ kṣatradharmeṇa hy evaṃ dharmavido viduḥ ||
rājñas tu vacanaṃ śrutvā kṛpaḥ śāradvatas tataḥ ||
drauṇiṃ rājño niyogena saināpatye bhyaṣecayat ||
so bhiṣikto mahārāja pariṣvajya nṛpottamaṃ ||
prayayau siṃhanādena diśaḥ savā(!) vinodayan ||
duryodhano pi rājeṃndra śoṇitena pariplutaḥ ||
tāṃ niśāṃ pratipede tha saravabhūtabhayāvahāṃ ||
apakramya tu te tūrṇaṃ tasmād āyodhanān nṛpaḥ(!) ||
śokasaṃvignamanasaś ciṃtādhyānaparābhavan || 46 || (fol. 55r1–7)
Colophon
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ gadāparvaṇi gadāyuddhaṃ samāptaṃ || ||
śubham astu satataṃ || || ||
śāke vahniśaśāṃkaśailaśaśabhṛd yukte maghau śyāmale
pakṣe śaivatithau śanau ca divase matsye sthite bhāskare ||
śrīdaivajña(budhājñavāra)m amṛtānaṃdābhidho lelikhat
śrīmadbhīmavalīsuyodhanaripuṃ prāptā †upad† yatra tat || 1 || (fol. 55r7–*55v4)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 308/6
Date of Filming 03-04-1972
Exposures 62
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks two exposures of fols. 3v–4r, 6v–7r, 22v–23r and 38v–39r
Catalogued by RK
Date 19-11-2007
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