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Bhagavadgītā is the 3rd part out of the 4 from the 6th Parva (chapter) of the epic Mahābhārata, that is Bhīṣmaparva. They are a total of 18 Parvas. It is more well known as a stand alone text than most other parts of the Mahābhārata because of it's attribution to Kṛiṣṇa and his teachings of Dharma. Because of the text being rich in philosophy it is considered to be like an Upaniṣada mostly by the Vaiṣṇava tradition. The text has elements of Yoga, Sāṃkhya and Vedānta school of Hindu philosophies present in it. The speakers of the verses are given as Dhṛtarāṣṭa, Sañjaya, Arjuna and Śrībhagavāna Uvāca. This Ms. lacks a bigining. This Ms. contains a group of ceremonial initiation verses which are meant for public recitation, it is present in the start of the text which can be divided as [1] Karanyāsa verses starting from incomplete text bhyo mokṣyiṣyāmi and [2] Hṛdayādinyāsa verses from Nainaṃ chindanti in (f.2a). [3] Ceromonial metered verses in (f.2b) from Atha dhyānam Pārthāya pratibodhitāṃ a total of 9. The main text has 18 Adhyāyas (chapters) & 700 Ślokas(metered verses) which are [1] Arjunaviṣadayoga(47 verses) starting from speaker title Dhṛtarāṣṭra Uvāca in (f.4a), [2] Sāṃkhyayaga(72 verses)(f.7b), [3] Karmayoga(43 verses)(f.14a), [4] Jñānkarmasaṅnyāsayoga(42 verses)(f.17b), [5] Karmasaṅnyāsayogā(29 verses)(f.21a), [6] Ātmasaṃyamayoga(47 verses)(f.23b), [7] Jñānavijñānayoga(30 verses)(f.27b), [8] Akṣarabrahmayoga(28 verses)(f.29b), [9] Rājavidyārājaguhyayoga(34 verses)(f.32b), [10] Vibhūtiyoga(42 verses)(f.35b), [11] Viśvasvarūpadarśanayoga(55 verses)(f.38a), [12] Bhaktiyoga(20 verses)(f.43a), [13] Kṣetrakṣatrajñavibhāgayoga(34 verses)(f.44b), [14] Gaṇatrayavibhāgayoga(27 verses)(f.47b), [15] Puruṣottamayoga(20 verses)(f.49b), [16] Daivasurasaṃpadvibhāgayoga(24 verses)(f.51a), [17] Śraddhātrayayoga(28 verses)(f.53a), [18] Mokṣasaṃyāsayoga(78 verses)(f.55b–62Aa). This Ms. is written in 7 lines per folio. There are triple black vertical margins on each side of the folio. A few folios in the start have broad red margins on each side of the folio. The (Pūrna Virāma) full stop style vertical brackets, numerals, significant words and speaker titles are in red. There are 4 ornamental vertical vines in rectangular boxes in yellow and red. The Ms is dated in (f.62a)
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