B 250-3 Mahābhārata
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Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 250/3
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 45 x 12 cm x 203 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: complete
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1018
Remarks: Bhīṣmaparvan; art of A 308/12, B 250/2, B 243/7, B 250/3, B 250/8, A 308/14, B 245/4, B 245/5, A 303/9, B 251/7, A 310/4
Reel No. B 250-3
Inventory No.: 30948
Title Mahābhārata
Remarks The text covered is Bhīṣmaparvan.
Author attributed to Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State incomplete; missing folio: 79 (the second foliation)
Size 46.0 x 12.0 cm
Folios 105+98 = 203
Lines per Folio 9
Foliation figures in the extreme lower right-hand margin on the verso
The MS contains two foliation. The first foliation runs up to the fol. 105v and the second start from 1 and runs up to 98.
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/1018
Manuscript Features
After fol. 150v, the MS is written with a different hand.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya, narañ caiva narottamaṃ ||
devīṃ sarasvatīñ caiva, tato jayam udīraye(!) || ||
janamejaya uvāca ||
kathaṃ yuyudhire vīrāḥ kurupāṇḍavasomakāḥ |
parthivāḥ sumahātmāno, nānādeśasamāgatāḥ || ||
vaiśampāyana uvāca ||
yathā yuyudhire vīrāḥ kurupāṇḍavasomakāḥ |
tapaḥkṣetre kurukṣetre, śṛṇu tvaṃ pṛthivīpate ||
te vatīryya kurukṣetraṃ, pāṇḍavāḥ sahasomakāḥ ||
kauravāḥ samavarttanta, jigīṣanto mahābalāḥ ||
vedādhyayanasampannāḥ sarve yuddhābhinandinaḥ |
āsaṃśanto jayaṃ uddhe, balenābhimukhe raṇe |
abhiyāya ca durddharṣā, dhārttarāṣṭrasya vāhinīṃ ||
prāṅmukhāḥ paścime bhāge, nyaviśanta sasainikāḥ | (fol. 1v1–5)
End
bhīṣma uvāca ||
na cec chakyaṃ ya(!)thotpraṣṭuṃ, caivam etat sudāruṇaṃ |
anujānāmi karṇṇa tvā(!), yudhyasva svargakāṃ(!)myayā ||
nirmmanyur gatasaṃrambhaḥ kṛtavarmmā raṇai(!) saha |
yathāśakti yathotsāhaṃ, satāṃ vṛr(!)tteṣu vṛttavān ||
ahaṃ tvām anujānāmi, yad icchasi tathāpnuhi |
tvaṃ hi kṣatrajitā(!) llokā,n avāpsyasi na saṃśayaḥ ||
yudhyasva nirahaṃkāro, balavīryyavyapāśrayāḥ |
dharmyā(!)d hi yuddhācchreyo nyat, kṣatriyasya na vidyate ||
praśame hi kṛto yatnaḥ, samuhān suciraṃ mayā |
na ca me saṃkita(!) karttuṃ, yato dharmmas tato jaya(!) || ||
sañjaya uvāca ||
ity uktavantaṃ gāṃgeya,m iti vādya(!) prarudya ca |
rādheyo ratham āruhya, prāyāt tava sutaṃ prabho || || || (fol. 97v8–98r3)
Colophon
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ bhīṣmaparvvaṃ(!) samāptaṃ || ||
śrīśrībhūpatīndramallo jayati || ||
śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ || || (fol. 98r3–4)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 250/3
Date of Filming 27-03-1972
Exposures 208
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks two exposures of fols. 1v–2r, 20v–21r and 45v–46r
Catalogued by RK
Date 22-01-2008
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