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Aman Mishra

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Nov 28, 2024, 12:36:36 AM11/28/24
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There are four sampradāyas, or disciplic successions, namely the Brahma-sampradāya, the Rudra-sampradāya, the Śrī sampradāya and the Kumāra-sampradāya

Would everyone please let me know if there are any Sampradaya acharyas who have written in-depth, multivolume commentary on Mahabharat?

Thanks 
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Aman Mishra 


V Subrahmanian

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Nov 28, 2024, 6:55:12 AM11/28/24
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On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 11:06 AM Aman Mishra <iamamma...@gmail.com> wrote:
There are four sampradāyas, or disciplic successions, namely the Brahma-sampradāya, the Rudra-sampradāya, the Śrī sampradāya and the Kumāra-sampradāya

Would everyone please let me know if there are any Sampradaya acharyas who have written in-depth, multivolume commentary on Mahabharat?

To my knowledge, there are two 'sampradaya' based Sanskrit commentaries to the MB:

1.  The Bharata-bhAvadeepa by NilakanTha Chaturdhara (17th Century CE)  of the Advaita sampradaya.

2.  Lakshalankara by Sri Vadiraja Tirtha (c.1480 – c.1600 ) of the Madhwa sampradaya.

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subrahmanian.v 

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Shubhendu Manna

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Nov 28, 2024, 8:48:43 AM11/28/24
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Brahma sampradaya

1.Vadiraja tirtha from  had written a commentary called Lakshalankara Teeka on entire Mahabharata 

2.Satyadharma Tirtha had written commentary on Viratparva & Udyoga Parva 

3.Liṅgeri Śrīnivāsācārya had written commentary on Viratparva

4. Śrīnivāsācārya had  written commentary on Yakṣapraśnaḥ section of Mahabharata 

Madhvacharya had written a critical overview of Mahabharata  named MAHABHARATA TATPARYA NIRNAYA but it is not verse by verse

I have uploaded Lakshalankara Teeka and Viratparva tika of Satyadharma Tirtha links are below

https://archive.org/details/mahabharata-virata-parva-ed.-vyasanakere-prabhanjanacaryamahabharata-virata-parv

https://archive.org/details/mahabharata-lakashnalakra-tika-of-vadiraja-vol-1_202411

others are edited by Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacharya but I don't know if it is published or not.




Aman Mishra

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Nov 28, 2024, 8:48:43 AM11/28/24
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Thanks Mr. Subrahmanian.
How do I get commentary in Hindi and English?

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Aman Mishra 

Shubhendu Manna

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Nov 28, 2024, 8:53:56 AM11/28/24
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No commentary is translated in hindi or english but Mahabharat taatparya nirnay has been translated into English I am giving the link below. But it is not verse by verse it is a critical overview of Mahabharata

https://madhwakart.com/product/mahabharata-tatparya-nirnaya-eng-set-of-4-books/


Aman Mishra

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Nov 28, 2024, 11:23:50 AM11/28/24
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Thanks Mr. Shubhendu Manna.

What about commentary in the Sampradaya of Ramanujacharya, Vallabhacharya, and Nimbarkacharya?

In your reply you written 

1.Vadiraja tirtha from had written a commentary called Lakshalankara Teeka on entire Mahabharata 

Please share link of all volumes 

2.Satyadharma Tirtha had written commentary on Viratparva & Udyoga Parva 

Please share link of udyog parva

3.Liṅgeri Śrīnivāsācārya had written commentary on Viratparva

Please share link 

4. Śrīnivāsācārya had written commentary on Yakṣapraśnaḥ section of Mahabharata 

Please share link 

Thanks 
Regards 
Aman Mishra 


Shubhendu Manna

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Nov 28, 2024, 11:31:48 AM11/28/24
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As per the Sampradaya of Ramanujacharya, Vallabhacharya, and Nimbarkacharya there are no commentary
Please check the link all three volumes are uploaded of vadiraja tirtha

For other commentaries I don't have any pdf but they are edited by Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacharya
As per wikipedia


Aman Mishra

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Nov 28, 2024, 10:05:56 PM11/28/24
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Dear Mr. Shubhendu Manna,
I am unable to find vol2 & vol3

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Aman Mishra 

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Shubhendu Manna

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Nov 28, 2024, 10:29:42 PM11/28/24
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Go to download PDF option you will find volume 2 and volume 3

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Shubhendu


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Aman Mishra

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Nov 29, 2024, 7:53:44 AM11/29/24
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Thanks Mr. Manna
Could you please clarify with me how many slokas there are in each of the three volumes?

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Aman Mishra 

Aman Mishra

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Dec 1, 2024, 1:11:50 AM12/1/24
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Dear BVP Scholars,
If possible, could someone please explain the sloka count in the Sri Vadiraja tirtha commentary on Mahabharat? In addition, have we not  the acharya commentary by gaudiye vaishnav sampradaya?

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Aman Mishra 

Shubhendu Manna

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Dec 1, 2024, 1:46:30 AM12/1/24
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Dear Aman Mishra ,
32 syllable verse known as a sloka and it has a meter(Chanda).
Vadiraja tirtha's commentary is in prose rather than sloka. If you want to know a commentary in sloka you can see Sri Hari sauri's commentary on Shrimad bhagavatam 10th canto. So as vadiraja tirtha's commentary is in prose you cannot count sloka.

Gaudiya Vaishnav Acharyas had not written any commentary on Mahabharat.

Regards 

Shubhendu


Aman Mishra

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Dec 2, 2024, 2:59:31 AM12/2/24
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Thanks Mr. Manna,
It's honour to connect with you.

Q1 I am unable to understand number series. For your understanding I circled in screenshot. Where is 11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19 in many pages numbers are missing and not in order.

Q2 Additionally I want to know about commentaries of Nilakantha , Devbodha, Vimalbodha , Arjun Misra , Ratnagarbha etc 

Q3 Please let me know Authentic Kannad/Tamil/Telgu mahabharat translation in english or vice versa


Q4 Manmatha Nath Dutt Translation of Mahabharat (How would you describe )

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Aman Mishra 



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V Subrahmanian

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Dec 2, 2024, 3:23:59 AM12/2/24
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On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 1:29 PM Aman Mishra <iamamma...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Mr. Manna,
It's honour to connect with you.

Q1 I am unable to understand number series. For your understanding I circled in screenshot. Where is 11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19 in many pages numbers are missing and not in order.

Q2 Additionally I want to know about commentaries of Nilakantha ,

With regards to Nilakantha (Advaita) commentary, it is not in verse form.  It is a regular commentary for the verses of the Mahabharata, in prose form.  The commentary is accessible here:


4924 pages.  In some places the scan may not be very clear. There may be a better scan somewhere.

There is another well edited Mahabharata source, produced by Sri Krishnacharya and Gopalacharya, Kumbhakonam, over 120 years ago.  The special feature of this edition is that at the beginning of every chapter the editors have given the chapter summary in a sentence in Sanskrit. They have painstakingly produced an index.     

https://archive.org/details/mahAbhArata-kumbhakoNam/mbh-kumbakonam-vol1/mode/2up

Contains elaborate introduction in Sanskrit and English by T.Krishnacharya.

The edition contains in the foot note in many chapters, the Nilakantha commentary, selectively. 

It is surely worth studying this edition. 

warm regards
subrahmanian.v   


 

Shubhendu Manna

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Dec 2, 2024, 4:26:07 AM12/2/24
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Dear Aman Misra
Regarding the Q1 I am unable to understand number series. For your understanding I circled in screenshot. Where is 11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19 in many pages numbers are missing and not in order.

Answer - you can see the page no is right 3 and after that 4 the verse no are missing basically sri vadiraja tirtha had not written commentary on them and also you will find changes in number of verse in other writer's commentary for example verse 20 of first chapter of adi parva (sri vadiraja Commentary) is 14 in sri neelakanta"s commentary.

Q2 Additionally I want to know about commentaries of Nilakantha , Devbodha, Vimalbodha , Arjun Misra , Ratnagarbha etc 

Answer- I have a complete good quality pdf version of Nilakantha & Devbodha's commentary and will upload soon.
Regarding commentaries of  Vimalbodha , Arjun Misra only the virat and udoya Parva is published.
Ratnagarbha's  commentary is not published; it is still in manuscript form.
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Aman Mishra

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Dec 4, 2024, 10:41:41 PM12/4/24
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Thanks Mr. Manna
Could you please share your thoughts for q3&q4

Regards,
Aman

Aman Mishra

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Dec 5, 2024, 6:23:02 AM12/5/24
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Dear Scholars,

What opinions do scholars have about the purushottama lal translation of the mahabharata?

What opinions do scholars have about the manmatha nath dutt translation of the mahabharata?

Regards,
Aman



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