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Plate MS · RATAMahābhārataమహాభారతము

URN · urn:vamshanidhi:manuscript:vedic-mahabharata

Manuscript · birch bark

Provisional

మహాభారతము

Mahābhārata

Mahabharata

100000 folios
0% transcribed

Held at BORI

Provenance ledger

11 entries

  1. Dating-400–400 CE · range certaintymanuscriptal
  2. Held atBhandarkar Oriental Research Institute · Pune, Indiaverified evidence
  3. Materialbirch bark · Deva scriptverified evidence
  4. Catalogue IDitihasa · BORIverified evidence
  5. ReferenceGRETIL — Mahabharata (Pune Critical Edition, digitised)manuscriptal
  6. Dynastic patronizedGurjara-Pratiharascholarly interpretation
  7. Dynastic patronizedSatavahanascholarly interpretation
  8. Dynastic patronizedShungascholarly interpretation
  9. Dynastic patronizedGuptascholarly interpretation
  10. Dynastic patronizedParamara (Malwa)scholarly interpretation
  11. Dynastic preservedAhom Kingdomscholarly interpretation

IPreservation outlook

Conservation triage · ADR-0053
85 / 100Critical
  • Climate+30
  • Material+30
  • Custody+5
  • Digitisation+20

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IICite this manuscript

"మహాభారతము" (tel/Telu, -400–400 CE). Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, India, ms. itihasa. Vamshanidhi URN: urn:vamshanidhi:manuscript:vedic-mahabharata.

"మహాభారతము" (tel/Telu, -400–400 CE). Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, India, ms. itihasa. Vamshanidhi URN: urn:vamshanidhi:manuscript:vedic-mahabharata.

IVDynastic attestations

VTitle in other scripts

  • tel · Teluమహాభారతము
  • san · LatnMahābhārata
  • mal · Mlymമഹാഭാരതം
  • eng · LatnMahabharata· also Mahabharata, Jaya, Bharata
  • tam · Tamlமகாபாரதம்
  • hin · Devaमहाभारत· also जय, भारत
  • kan · Kndaಮಹಾಭಾರತ
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