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Virāṭa Parvan
[Preliminary Entry] Virāṭa Parvan (Book of Virāṭa) is an anonymous, undated Persian translation of book 4 of the Sanskrit Mahābhārata. This rendering is separate from the Razm-nāma version.
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i) Place of copying; ii) Period of copying; iii) Copyist; iv) Commissioner;
v) Information on colophon; vi) Description of miniatures/illustrations; vii) Other remarks; viii) Information on catalogue(s)
v) Information on colophon; vi) Description of miniatures/illustrations; vii) Other remarks; viii) Information on catalogue(s)
Manuscripts:
London, British Library, Persian Additional 16,873
, viii)Rieu 1879, vol. 1, p. 58
.Cambridge, University Library, Persian Additional 1095
, viii)Browne 1896, p. 97
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Bibliography:
Browne, E. G., 1896, A catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the Library of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, University Press.
Rieu, Charles, 1879-1883, Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 3 vols, London, British Museum.
| Main Persian Title: | Virāṭa Parvan |
| English Translation of Main Persian Title: | Book of Virata |
| Original Sources: |
Mahābhārata.
Other Persian texts quoting this Original Source: Razm-nāma, Mahābhārat (Ādi and Sabhā Parvans), Aśvamedha Parvan, Udyoga Parvan, Mal‘ūn-nāma, Mahābhārata (Zayn al-‘Ābidīn translation). |
| Alternative Title(s): |
Birāt Parv
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