Manuscripts from Indian Collection

Author(s): National Museum New Delhi
Publisher: National Museum New Delhi

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Ends:
yaśastāni samskrityaikamidam arthaśāstram kritam tasyāyam prakaraṇādhikaraṇasamuddeśaḥ.
evam sastramidam yuktametäbhistantrayuktibhiḥ. avāptau pălane choktam lokasyasya parasya cha. dharmamartham cha kamam cha pravartayati päti cha. adharmanarthavidveshänidam sastram nihanti cha.
Colophon yena sastram cha sastram cha nandarajagatä cha bhūḥ. amarsheṇoddhritänyāśū tena śāstramidam kritam. iti tantrayuktau prathamodhyāyaḥ.
Ends:
mantram yuktayaḥ aditaḥ pañchāśachchhatodhyāyaḥ. etävatā kauţiliyasyärthaśästrasya tantrayuktiḥ pañchadasamadhikaraṇam samāptam.
drishtva vipratipattim bahudhā šästreshu bhäshyakārāṇām. svayameva vishnuguptaschakāra sūtram cha bhashyam cha.
Best known manuscript of the Arthasastra.
Lent by the Oriental Research Institute, Mysore.
MAHABHARATA
Foll. 339 size 30x 34 cm; birch-bark (bhürjapatra); Sharda script, 24 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author: Vyasadeva (according to traditional belief).
Begins:
वैशंपायन
स्वतः राजेन्द्र निवसन्देवसमनि पूजितस्त्रिदशैः साध्यैर्मरुद्भिर्वसुभिस्तदा ।
पुरा हि निर्भनदण्डमोहिता
प्रमूढचित्ता यदनेन शुध्यता ददाति कस्मैचिदन त वराज्यपूर्णामिव'.....
Unique and valuable manuscript containing the Adi, Sabha and Aranyaka parvas. Beginning of the Adi and end of the Aranyaka missing.
Lent by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona.
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