Mahâbhârata-Tâtparya-Nirnaya

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A downloadable text of the Mahâbhârata-Tâtparya-Nirnaya is now available.

This can be had either in:

Devanâgarî (ISBN 0-615-11362-1, 625 pages, 2389 kB, version 2.10, June 3, 2007), or
Roman (English) (ISBN 0-9703421-0-1, 509 pages, 1993 kB, version 1.95, January 21, 2002).

The files prints on U.S. "letter size" (215 mm × 279 mm, or 8½ inches × 11 inches) pages.

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The source code (in ITRANS) of the text is not available to the general public, but if you are a serious scholar who needs a machine-readable format for academic purposes, send mail to infoATdvaita.net requesting the same.

A machine-readable file is also available from the Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialen (TITUS) web page to TITUS members only.

One special feature of this MBTN release is that the effort to create it has been blessed by an Âshîrvachana by the late H.H. Sri Palimar Swamiji, whose message in Kannada is also part of the file (see below to see the images online). A concordance of shloka-s and a list of authorities cited are given as appendices in the Devanâgarî version. There is also a translation into English of the Bhâva-Sangraha, summarizing the MBTN.

If the kernel version number and the date (found on the inside front cover page of the downloaded document) are significantly earlier on one you downloaded previously than given at the top of this page, it may be worth your while to upgrade your copy.

Bhâva-Sangraha of Sri Râghavendra Tîrtha.

Facsimile images of H.H. Sri Palimar Swamiji's Âshîrvachana; click on these for larger-size versions.

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Created February 13, 2000; last updated March 26, 2023.