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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Also known as Kaviguhya, this poem is in honour of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa king, Kṛṣṇa III.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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This contains the Bālakāṇḍa and Ayodhyākāṇḍa, the first two of the seven cantos of Vālmīki’s epic.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The first of 18 parvas, it describes how Vedavyāsa’s Sanskrit epic came to be recited by Ugrasrava Sauti to the assembled rishis at the Naimisha forest after its first re...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The fifth of 18 parvas, it describes the preparation for war, and includes didactic sections like Viduranīti and Dūtapranidhi.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The sixth of 18 parvas, this describes Bhīṣma’s leadership of the Kaurava army. It includes treatises like Jambūdvīpanirṇaya, Bhuvanakośa and Bhagavadgītā.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The seventh of 18 parvas, it describes the appointment of Drona as commander-in-chief of the Kaurava alliance, on the 11th day of the Kurukshetra War and his death four d...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The fourth of 18 parvas, it describes the Pandavas’ 13th year of exile which they must spend incognito or face another 12 years’ exile in the forest. They assume the iden...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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A continuation of MS No. ark:/12148/btv1b10083123q on the 12th parva of the Mahābhārata.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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This is the 12th of 18 parvas. Traditionally it has three subparvas: Rājadharma, Apaddharma-anusasana and Mokṣadharma, but this manuscript includes Dānadharma. The text d...
Gallica Portal, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits.Sanscrit 358
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The first of 18 parvas, it describes how the epic came to be recited by Ugrasrava Sauti to the assembled rishis at the Naimisha forest after its first recital by Vaishamp...
Gallica Portal, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits.Sanscrit 358
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The eighth of 18 parvas, this describes the appointment of Karṇa as the third commander-in-chief of the Kaurava alliance and how he is killed in conbat with Arjuna. It in...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The second of 18 parvas, this describes the palace and assembly hall (sabha) built by Maya at Indraprastha, the expansion of the Pandava empire, and the game of dice betw...