Anusmṛti

Anusmṛti also known as Mokṣdharma Parva is the 3rd Part out of the 3 from the 12th Parva (chapter) of the epic Mahābhārata, that is Śānti Parva. There are a total of 18 Parvas in Mahābhārata, Anusmṛti contains 90 Ślokas (metered verses) depending on the edition. The text describes how does one achieve Moksha (liberation of one's 'Ātmana' a type of soul that reincarnates into a new body after the previous body dies) and the importance of remembering the supreme Hindu deity Viṣṇu at death. This Ms. has 6 Speaker introduction titles [1] Śatānīka Uvāca in (f. 1b); [2] Śaunaka Uvāca, [3] Nārada Uvāca, [4] Bhīṣma Uvāca in (f. 2a); [5] Śrībhagavānuvāca Uvāca in (f. 3a); [6] Vaiśaṃpāyan Uvāca in folio(f. 14a). This Ms. is written in 6 lines per folio. Cover page contains title. There are double red vertical margins on each side of the folio. The full stop style vertical brackets, speaker introduction titles, significant words are in red. This Ms. only contains total of 76 Ślokas. There are a few marginal corrections. Lengthy additions of text are also present in margins written vertically, possibly a commentary. There is text wriiten in Telugu script in margin at (f. 1a). Alternate title Viṣṇudharmottara present in (f. 14b).