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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100831228
A continuation of MS No. ark:/12148/btv1b10083123q on the 12th parva of the Mahābhārata.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10083123q
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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ark:/12148/btv1b100832072
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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ark:/12148/btv1b100831262
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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ark:/12148/btv1b10083206m
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...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10083125m
The eleventh of 18 parvas. This narattes the misery, grief and vulnerability on women after Kurukshetra war and curse of Gandhari.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100831245
The ninth of 18 parvas, this narrates how Śalya was appointed the fourth commander-in-chief of the Kaurava alliance on the 18th day of the Kurukṣetra War, how he was kill...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10083121t
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...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100827137
An ākhyāyikā kāvya that tells stories from the life of king Harṣavadhana of Sthāṇvīśvara by Bāṇabhaṭṭa (570–650), whose patron was King Harṣavardhana (606–648) of Sthāṇvī...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10082536n
A long series of fervent erotic verses on Kṛṣṇalīlā taken from Vaiṣṇava dramas. It is ascribed to the Vaiṣṇava philosopher Rūpagosvāmin.