[South Indian Sanskrit MS 040, Whish MS 39] Bhagavadgītā
Bhagavadgītā
Language – Sanskrit
Date – [1800?]
Palm leaf; 9 or 10 lines on a page.
Text consists of the Bhagavadgītā, with a brief introduction.
Text begins: asya śrī-bhagavatgītāśāstramahāmantrasya | Vedavyāso bhagavān ṛṣiḥ | anuṣṭup cchandaḥ | tāsāṃ gītānāṃ kvacin nānācchandāṃsi | evaṃprakārīṇi cchandāṃsi | viśvarūpo viṣṇuḥ paramātmā bhagavān śrīman-nārāyaṇo devatā | aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṃ prajñāvādāṃś ca bhāṣasa iti bījaṃ | sarvadharmmān parityajya mām ekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajeti śaktiḥ | ūrddhvamūlam adhaśśākham aśvatthaṃ prāhur avyayam iti kīlakaṃ | śrībhagavatsamārādhanārtthe jape viniyogaḥ | etc.
Text of the Bhagavadgītā begins f.2: Dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | dharmmakṣetre kurkkṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ | etc.
F.5b: visṛjya saśarañ cāpaṃ śokasaṃvignamānasaḥ || śokasaṃvignamānasa iti || iti on tat sad iti mahābhārate śatasahasrikāyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ bhīṣmaparvaṇi śrībhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu parabrahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjjunasaṃvāde arjjunaviṣādayogo nāma prathamoddhyāyaḥ ||
Text ends: iti on tat sat śrībhagavatgītāsūpaniṣatsu parabrahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjjunasaṃvāde sakalavedaśāstrapurāṇasaṃgrahamokṣayogo nāmāṣṭādaśoddhyāyaḥ || śrīkṛṣṇāya parabrahmaṇe namo namaḥ || śrīvāsudevārpaṇam astu |
South Indian Sanskrit / Whish Manuscript Collection.
See ’A catalogue of South Indian Sanskrit manuscripts (especially those of the Whish Collection) belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland’ by M. Winternitz, with an appendix by F. W. Thomas (London: RAS, 1902) p.47. Go to http://tinyurl.com/j3tkdwj for a digital copy of this catalogue.
J. L. Whish, gift of manuscripts collected by his brother C. M. Whish, July 1836.
Text in Sanskrit; Grantha script.